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XI. Paragraph 29.
XII. Paragraph 42.
XIII. Paragraph 47.
(c) Arrangements should be made with the University of London for the holding in Hong Kong of an Intermediate Examination in Engineering to be taken by students who wish to become Electrical and Mechanical Engineers; and
(d) The University should contribute in the form of scholarships to be awarded to students from China to assist such students to- wards completing in London degree courses in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering after passing the Intermediate Examination in Hong Kong, and should endeavour to interest the Federation of British Industries China Com- mittee in this scholarship scheme and secure a contribution from them towards the training and apprenticeship of such students;
Provided that the elimination of the specialized courses in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering proposed under paragraph (b) should be contingent on the implementing para- graphs (c) and (d) and that the University should now recognize that specialized courses in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering may be justified at a time when Chinese industry is more developed (See paragraph 37).
Professor C. A. Middleton Smith spoke against and the
Více-Chancellor in support of the motion.
Resolved (nem. con) that the Court gratefully acknow-
ledges the assistance given by the Public Works Department of the Colony in the matter of post- graduate apprenticeships, and that Government be asked to institute a cadre of locally appointed assist- ant Engineers to be recruited in the main from the Graduates of Hong Kong University by selection after a period of apprenticeship in the Public Works Department.
Resolved (nem con)
(i) that difficulties with regard to the employ- ment of doctors trained in the University can best be met by the institution of a scholarship scheme whereby more students are attracted from China and after graduation, are induced to return there; and
(ii) that a Department of Preventive Medicine should be instituted in the University, and that one of its important functions should be social hygiene propaganda.
Resolved (nem. con) that the Court is of opinion that the present relations existing between the Clinical Pro- fessors and the Government Medical Service are satisfactory and that the system whereby the Clinical