GENERAL-RELIGION
Research in the department of Chemistry is in progress on the mechanism of chemical reactions, and on the chemistry of various plants of the Colony and other parts of South East Asia which have reputed medicinal or other value.
The Fisheries Research Unit is now well established and a Director, Chief Scientific Officer, and three Assistant Scientific Officers have been appointed. The Unit's premises in the department of Biology are now adequately equipped and the research vessel "Alister Hardy" was launched on November 27, 1953. A hydrological survey programme has been designed and will be initiated early in January, 1954, following the vessel's sea-trials and the installation of scientific equipment. A programme of investigation on fish biology, pond culture, and algology has been started.
The department of Surgery is concerned with the surgery of liver disease, particularly cirrhosis and cholangitis.
Work is continuing in the department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology on the treatment of eclampsia by sodium pentothal and an investigation has been undertaken, in conjunction with the department of Pathology, on the incidence and pathogenesis of hydatidiform mole and chorion-epithelioma, conditions which are relatively more frequent in this part of the world than in the West. The department of Medicine is conducting research on the pathogenesis and incidence of disease of the liver in Hong Kong, with special reference to the disturbance of intra-hepatic circulation produced and their relationship to the occurrence of ascites. Study is made also of the haematological findings in tropical splenomegaly and of the mechanism involved.
Religion
The Anglican Diocese of Hong Kong, which includes Macao, covers nine organized parish churches and eight mission chapels, of which three worship in English and the remainder
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