Future of Young Chinese in

Papua and N. Guinea

COMMENTING on the new citizen ship rights conferred recently on the Chinese of New Guinea, and their probable effect on the future of the twin Territories of Papua and New Guinea, a leading educationalist in New Guinea said this recently: Out of 750 Chinese children now attending school, no less than 250 are “on subsidy” in Australia, being educated there. The children of Chinese resident in New Guinea now get the same education subsidy as Europeans.

Can you see what this means to the future of these Territories?

These young Chinese will almost certainly wish to engage in pro fessional and semi-professional

occupations if they return to the Territories. If they do not return, they may engage in such occupa tions in Australia—that, at any rate, is my reading of Mr. Hasluck’s latest announcement on the Chinese, There has been a huge Chinese building programme in Rabaui. In less than two years, this will have

finished. What then will become the hundreds of Chinese carpente and other artisans, who apparent do not wish to become planters an traders?

In my opinion, many of them w take advantage of this new citizei ship law, and transfer themselves Papua.