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Ordinance (1960) provides for the registration and control of the colleges and for their exemption from the provisions of the Educa- tion Ordinance. The object is to give statutory recognition to those institutions whose status approaches, but does not attain, that of a university.
In July the three grant colleges, now foundation colleges of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, held their joint entry examina- tion in which two private colleges also participated; 1,828 candi- dates sat and 927 passed. At the conclusion of the 1962-3 academic year, the joint diploma examination of the three grant colleges was held; 192 candidates sat and 174 passed.
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The University of Hong Kong was begun with financial help from friends and benefactors and has since received further bene- factions and substantial recurrent and non-recurrent grants from Government. In 1962-3 Government made capital grants totalling $639,738 and recurrent grants of $9,418,633 towards a total re- current expenditure of $16,179,455. Grants of land have been made from time to time and the central university estate now covers an area of about 40 acres, while other adjacent estates cover almost 12 acres.
There are four faculties: arts, science, medicine, and engineering and architecture. Undergraduate and graduate enrolments in each faculty were 765, 292, 408 and 291 respectively in October. The Institute of Oriental Studies had 52 language students, the educa- tion diploma and certificate courses 123 and the social study courses 25. Of this total of 1,956 students, 211 were part-time, 25 were external and 601 were women. Most of the undergraduates are Chinese, but many other nationalities are represented, particu- larly from south-east Asia.
Pressure for admission continues to grow, and in May 3,388 candidates entered for ordinary and advanced level subjects in the university's matriculation examination, of whom 886 fulfilled minimum requirements for entry. The number of candidates may decrease when the university ceases examining at the ordinary level after 1965.
In 1959 the university embarked on a seven-year expansion plan, which will result in an increase of undergraduate numbers to about 1,845 by 1965-6. The total number of full-time teaching posts is