(g) Communist schools recruit actively through parents and
relatives, as well as through the unions.
(h)
The communists now have a number of reasonable modern
premises for their schools.
(i)
Communist schools often provide cheap meals and take
children off the hands of working parents after school
and during holidays.
(3)
Teachers in communist schools appear devoted to their
task, as a way of life rather than forty hours per
week teaching. Home visits and group activities involve
the pupils' family as well. As in all Party activities,
there is a strong sense of belonging.
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68.
There are two complementary methods to contain and prevent the growth
of the communist educational apparatus in Hong Kong, namely legal sanctions and
the provision of a more attractive alternative.
59.
To take the first of these, the Director of Education already has
powers to de-register any school affiliated to, connected with, or controlled by
a foreign government or department thereof or by any organization or group of a
political nature. It is quite clear that the political realities of Hong Kong's
situation completely rule out any such action against a school merely on the
grounds of its affiliations with the Mainland.
70.
On the other hand there seems to be no good reason why life should be
nude easier for communist educators by allowing them to avoid the regulations over
the number of pupils permitted in their schools.
Evasion of the regulations allors
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