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TO PRIORITY F C O TELEGRAM NUMBER 384 OF 29 MARCH/INFO O D A

AND HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON,

APPOINTMENT OF DR. H.D.R. BAKER AS CHINESE LANGUAGE

ADVISER.

AT ITS MEETING ON 28 MARCH, 1974, FINANCE COMMITTEE

APPROVED THE CREATION OF A POST OF ADVISER ON CHINESE LANGUAGE TRAINING FOR THE GOVERNMENT TRAINING DIVISION, COLONIAL SECRETARIAT FOR A PERIOD OF ABOUT 18 MONTHS IN ORDER TO

ENABLE THE APPOINTMENT OF A SUITABLY QUALIFIED AND EXPERIENCED

PERSON FOR THE PURPOSE OF CARRYING OUT A REVIEW OF THE WORK

OF THE CHINESE LANGUAGE SCHOOL. DR. BAKER, AGED 36, HAS A B.A. (HONOURS) DEGREE IN CHINESE AND ACQUIRED HIS PH. D. IN 1967. HE IS AT PRESENT A LECTURER AT THE SCHOOL OF ORIENTAL

AND AFRICAN STUDIES, UNIVERSITY OF LONDON AND IS FLUENT IN BOTH CANTONESE AND MANDARIN, HE HAS CLOSE ASSOCIATIONS WITH

THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND WITH THE TRAINING DIVISION,

WHERE HE HAS LECTURED OCCASIONALLY. HE IS ONE OF THE FEW

PEOPLE IN THE WORLD QUALIFIED FOR THIS JOB. HE HAS BEEN INTERVIEWED BY MR A.J. SCOTT, THE SECRETARY FOR THE CIVIL

SERVICE AND IS CONSIDERED SUITABLE FOR APPOINTMENT.

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