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The Council maintains close relations with the University of Hong Kong, and with most cultural and higher educational institu- tions in the Colony. Presentations of British books and periodicals were made to the Hong Kong Teachers' Association and to the three grant-aided Post-Secondary Colleges. In commemoration of the University's Golden Jubilee, the Council presented to the University Library a complete microfilm of the Official Index to "The Times' for the fifty years 1906-56.
The British Council deals every year with many inquiries about higher education in Britain and other parts of the Commonwealth. Senior officers assist in the recommendation and selection of scholars to be sent to Britain under the auspices of the Sino- British Fellowship Trust, the Federation of British Industries, the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission as well as the Council's own Scholarship Scheme. Three Registrars from the grant-aided Post-Secondary Colleges were sent to Britain to study the British system of university administration. The Council also contributed to the exchange of information and to the making of personal contacts among specialists by arranging for a number of eminent visitors from Britain to visit and lecture to educational and pro- fessional bodies in Hong Kong. Conversely, soon after his appoint- ment, the Manager of the new City Hall was able, with the assistance of the Council, to tour civic and cultural centres in several of the major cities of Britain.