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English School Certificates, and considered the needs of the schools and the education of students as important factors in the develop- ment of a core curriculum in the field of history in the Chinese University. It was conducted among more than 100 schools with a total enrolment of over 50,000 students. Altogether 35,000 student questionnaires were sent out.
The Geographical Research Centre, financially supported by the Rockefeller Foundation, embarked on a study of Hong Kong's population, beginning in the latter half of 1966. Conducted by Prof Chen Cheng-siang, the study is expected to terminate by the end of 1967, and includes small-scale but intensive surveys on traffic flow and commuter movement. The study will produce precise maps which are expected to be of considerable value with regard to urban and socio-economic planning and, in particular, the problems of overcrowding in the Colony.
Prof Chou Fa-kao's research on Mencian syntax neared com- pletion, while Dr George Wong's indexing of source material on Chinese social studies, and Sir Lindsay Ride's research into the history of the Old Protestant Cemetery of Macau and the East India Company in South China during the period 1800-60, made good progress.
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The Economic Research Centre, established within the Institute of Social Science and the Humanities, under the directorship of Prof K. R. Chou and, latterly, Prof A. M. Tang, was engaged on projections of Hong Kong's demand for, and supply of, agricultural products in the next 15 years. This is a contract research project supported by the Department of Agriculture of the United States Government. The Centre has already completed reports on the general economy of Hong Kong and on cotton, tobacco, wheat and wheat preparations, vegetable oil-seeds and rice.
Prof Fehl completed preliminary work on two additional projects, a lehrbuch and bibliography in the history of world history and a history of science in relation to culture, while continuing his study of the history of Hong Kong. Mr Lee Din-yi's continued study of the history of Sino-American relations entered upon the period 1901–32. Designed as an objective and detailed study of this very important period, Mr Lee's project has received the support of the Harvard-Yenching Institute. In the field of Chinese history, Mr