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collection, a gift to Government consisting of 14,825 volumes, and the Hok Hoi Library of 34,415 volumes on permanent loan to Government. The Library also possesses the complete National Library of Peking on 8,000 rolls of microfilm and microfilms of the Times from 1900 to 1958.
The Colonial Secretariat Library houses 8,645 volumes. These include many government publications; books written especially about Hong Kong, including publications by local authors, reference books on such subjects as public administration, sociology, econom- ics and political science; and standard works on the history of the Commonwealth and of the countries of south-east Asia. Apart from being a departmental reference library, it is a useful source for research workers in matters concerning Hong Kong and is available to members of the public.
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The British Council continued to make a valuable contribution to the cultural life of Hong Kong and during 1964 several British specialists came to the Colony under the auspices of the Council including Mr Robert Speaight, the actor and author and Dr Muriel Bradbrook of Cambridge University in connection with the Shake- speare Quatercentenary.
The City Hall Art Gallery was provided with large displays of photographs on Kew Gardens and Shakespeare in the Theatre together with the major exhibitions of British works of art in the original already referred to.
Dr C. M. Li, Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, was a guest of the British Council in England for a short while and other visitors to Britain for whom the Council had responsibility were the Architect of the Chinese University, the Curator of the City Hall Art Gallery, the Principal of the Hong Kong University Language School, as well as an Inspector of Schools' Music and a member of the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong.
During the year the libraries of the three Foundation Colleges of the Chinese University were assisted by a major presentation of books and periodicals to the value of £3,250. The two Council libraries in Victoria and Kowloon together contained a book stock