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Director (Technical) of the Education Department.

Before the

commencement of my official programme I was also able to spend an

evening with Dr. Legg

who, together with the other

candidates, had just arrived in Hong Kong. I had another meal

with him before he left.

5. On completion of my visit I was gratefully conscious of the

generosity of the Hong Kong Polytechnic for contributing half

the cost of my passage and the cost of my hotel room during the

period in which I was visiting the Polytechnic for the care

which had been given to the arrangements for my programme :

for the patience and friendliness (not to mention the amount of

time involved) extended to me by everybody I met and for very

generous hospitality of a varied nature. I was particularly

grateful to Mr. Varty who, apart from some generous hospitality,

made the first initiative which led to the invitation.

6. As regards the Hong Kong Government my thanks are due to

Mr. Kingwell who arranged and stage-managed my visit against

what amounted to an unpromising background, but with eminently

satisfactory results: among other things he intervened with the

Polytechnic at a point when due to lack of management and the

incidence of staff leave, nothing would have happened about sending

me an invitation unless he had made a move. Mr. Kingwell was

also particularly kind in a number of personal ways.

7. In addition, I was most appreciative of the help given by

Mr. Kenneth Topley, the new Director of Education.

His energetic

objective approach to the issues involved in my visit, combined