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EDUCATION
officially recommended Hong Kong students in the United King- dom, for assisting them to find places in universities and other institutions of higher education of their choice in Britain (except private schools or colleges), for making arrangements for them to be met and accommodated on arrival and for helping them with personal or educational problems.
In this latter connection, the Student Advisers made a total of 55 visits during the period under review, 31 to universities and colleges of further education and 24 to hospitals in various parts of the United Kingdom.
There are 4,673 students recorded by the Student Adviser, excluding government servants but including apprentices on sand- wich courses and nurse trainees, undergoing a wide range of courses in the United Kingdom.
During the year under review, 2,871 Hong Kong students left for further study to the United States, 1,600 went to Canada and 128 to Australia.
Government maintains Hong Kong House in London as a residential and social centre for Hong Kong students in Britain. It accommodates some 80 students and serves as a focal and meeting place for many more. During 1970 the Administrative Commissioner in London assumed responsibility for the adminis- tration of Hong Kong House and is assisted in this work by an Advisory Board which includes two student representatives among its members.
UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
During the year, a wide range of research programmes was conducted by both universities. The following serve to illustrate some of the research completed or in progress during 1970 which has particular relevance to the Hong Kong community.
In the University of Hong Kong, the Centre of Asian Studies sponsored a number of projects including studies of urban squatters in Hong Kong, trade unions, attitudes of youth towards modernisa- tion and industrialisation, locational preferences and characteristics of Hong Kong street hawkers, the development of exchange bank- ing in the Far East, the writing of a concise Cantonese-English