London, Aug. 26.
Sir Robert and Lady Ho Tung and their son and daughter were the guests of honour at a reception yesterday at Highleigh, Hertfordshire, where the annual' conference of the Central Union of Chinese Students in Britain is being held, Mr. Chu Chao-hsin, the Charge d'Affaires, who presided, addressed the students. He deseril ed Sir Robert Ho Tung as a great philanthropist and patriot keenly interested in the welfare of the fatherland. Lady Ho Tung had done much to increase the silk industry in China, Sir Robert Ho Tung, in his repl thanked the students for their reception and expressed adi at their enterprise in coming so far to seek knowledge. He urged to try and maintain the best Great opportunities for promoting the wre of China as doctors, health experts also. many opportunities development of the latent potentialities of China in mining, road-making, railway construction, inland navigation and waterworks.
Mechanical development, Sir Robert said, was still in its infancy. He concluded. by exhorting the students to do all in their power to help China to maintain her position among the great nations of the world. The most important thing was to do one's duty to the country for the benefit of the human. race.
Reuter.
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