Educational facilities for the children of Japanese subjects of Formosan extraction residing in Shanghai may become available early next year, the local Japanese press said yesterday.
The Formosan population of Shanghai, the papers said, now totals 680, whereof about 130 persons are members of a recently organized Shanghai Formosan Residents' Guild, This organization proposes to establish a refuge for unemployed, an employment bureau and create other facilities for the welfare of Formosan residents. i Because of its recent inception, coupled with the absence of any wealthy members, the Guild is unable to provide its own educational facilities, such as those maintained by its Korean counterpart.
Formosan children attending Japanese schools here total 13, five of whom are attending middle school. In contrast about 30 Formosans are attending Chinese primary schools and another 30 Chinese middle schools, the reports said.
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