Chapter 18: Research
THE University of Hong Kong is continuing with various research projects.
Its current historical projects include work on several aspects of the history of Hong Kong, China, Japan, and South-East Asia. Two books on the history of Hong Kong await publication. The Department of Geography and Geology is conducting research into land use throughout the Colony, the distribution of Hong Kong clays and their moulding characteristics and baking temperatures, glazes manufactured from local minerals, the paragenesis of the wolfram and molybdenum deposits in the New Territories, and the geomorphology of Northeast Lantau with special reference to its terraces and erosion surfaces.
Educational projects include further investigation into the value of group methods in teacher-training; continued investigation of mental health problems, particularly as they affect child development and juvenile delinquency; and studies of the educational implications of a plural society.
In the Department of Economics and Political Science research work has been concentrated on the study of economic and social conditions in Hong Kong, China and the Far East, and on the theory and history of economic development. Research services of the Department were utilized by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, the High Commissioner for Refugees, the Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East, the Indo-Pacific Fisheries Council, the Government of Hong Kong and several local and foreign institutions. Results of some of the researches have also been published as monographs or articles, and some con- tributions of the Department were presented at the Conference