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Governor's disclosure at University Congregation
From the Filon
NOW, HONGKONG Ph D DEGREES 25
Sir Robert Black tells of prime significance
The Governor, Sir Robert Black, today revealed that students can now get local Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degrees at Hongkong University.
Addressing the University Congregation in his capacity as Chancellor in the Loke Yew Hall this morning he said the institution of this degree was a highlight of this year-which I regard as of prime significance at this stage of the University's progress."
now Chinese language
one can lay the burden down."
Dr L. T. Ride. the Vice- Chancellor, in his speech out- Iined the need for expartling the university's number of
will be the speculations about the proximity "Clearly the University
some resting place where confident feel itself
in the principal medium of instruc-of standard of its post-graduate! tion."
In the facilites He said that in no way were tudes und
a threat to Hongkong which it can provide for setting these
doctorale for re- University. up this new
"It is cur hope that the new search students," said Sir Ro-
developments will be comple- bert.
mentary to the tile and activi- ties of Hongkong University and
By 1963, he said, the present the Government; in recognising expansion programme will re- this, has approved plans which suit in an enrolment of ap- call for a capital expenditure of
2,000 proximately approximately $20 million over However, seven years.
Al
lle added that it was instructive feat of a aniver- what sily's standing in sea postion it held in the world of research. Commenting on the changing the universities øver rol of year, Sir Robert rald razorela had now become of the greatest ang ounce. In Hengkong since Just September the University had reported the publication of 25 papers and articles, most all of a research nature and 21 books by members of the staff.
Risen
The number
of
student
wwkitty! fot FOBL raduate
degrees and risen considerably.
Sir
Robert
"This should not be the end of the story, and it would be
Courica.
students. students
additional are all being absorbed Into existing departments so this in- crease is not accompanied
by
wonderfully encouraging for an increase in number and
the University if it were able
to increase is endowments-
recpe of courses offered, he
pointed out.
whether the
not least for research work "We should review this situa-
through the patronage of Hation and consider distinguished sons and daugh fers and the leading citizens of Hongkong."
My hope
Sir
Robert,
to
speaking
early years of our second half- century should not see also the enlargement of the seppe of eur facilities."
He cited
religion, social work and fine arts as fields the university, should panding indo.
The Governor addresses the Congregation (above) and confers a Doctor of Medicine degree on Mr Gerald Choa (below right)--China Mell photos.
Woman breaks down in examination
consider ex-Lee
Cannot ignore
There were 36 candidates car-graduates, added: "I hope that you will regard your rently registered or the Master all of of Arts degree and seven for careers as callings, and not just of remunerative em- Alaer of Selunce.
as forms
and that. In follow- another ployment, sald striking feature of this periuding your vocations, you will be willing to give and d to count has been the use people are
the cost. making of courses in extra-
"The discipline which I hope mural studies. These courses hegan-in-earnest in 1956 and you have acquired, should hop if, in its foundation e now attracted 1.200 students a you to seck for the truth, to-development, it ignores reli-
nothing less. 50 be listed with
and to respect and honour the spit Hunt pad moral values of men.
verr into
evening courass
than inare
in
#
wide
variety of subjects.
Sir Rabert then ommented This fe ahead is to ad- on the plans which Guvernment venture, maybe it is better to has made to assist the pot regard it in that way with spirit recundary colleges "in the hope and hope, than to regard it es with burder. to be borne that, eventually, we shall hve a
university
and self-pity the wailing
i
which in
and
"I Grmly believe that no in- stitution of learning can serve the best and highest interests;" As well as the every day needs its community or its country In its
gion," said Dr Ride.
Christianity is
Bui ane the great religions, Asla has given the world, he said, and Hongkong facilition tu Liudy them all, 26 well branches of philosophy, should be provided,
in
15
He continued: "I do wish that the university will also be able to play its full part in the train- ing of social workers and the development of social services ás envisaged in the recent report of Dr Younghusband,
The solu- tion of our social problems is undoubtedly one of the major needs of Hongkong today.
"Another obvious gap in our training is occasioned by
the absence of any organised in struction in the fine arts.
120
"The very essence of a uni
the versity hould be
un!- versality of its training, but here of We provide
courses instruction in music or art. The heightened interest and the ap- preciation of the diner arts that has
post-war in developed Hongkong, has created a demand which we in the university should be able to nourish and
courage."
At the congregation 242 Bachelor's degrees were given out, 13 Master's degrees and one Doctorate of Medicine to Mr Gerald Choa Wing Ip.
Kit Mei, 18, married woman witness in the trial of Wong Tin-cheung and Kwok Kam-hol on charges, of conspiracy to forge US$100 banknotes, broke down under cross-examina- tion by Mr Charles Ching, counsel for the defence, this morning, at the Victoria District Court.
The woman said she occupied considered it was his and also fourth four fat at Alhambra-because-he-had-a-new-lcek-pu?-
en it in addition to the existing Buildings, Nathan-road, Kow- loon, and let out two rooms. lock. One was let to a Mr Ko and the other to the first defendant, Wong Tin-cheung.
the
Wong had Brst taken room on August 27, having paid a deposit of $50 and later $90 for rent.
Lot of children
He said he had a lot of children who were noisy and he wanted to rent her room so that he could "draw pictures there. She said she had often seen a man, the second defendant Kwok Kam-hol visiting the first came almost defendant; he daily, She had seen both men carrying parcels in and out.
She identified a large glassed had been frame as one which delivered to her flat for Wong quite openly, but could not say
sune whether I was in the condition as it was when it was first delivered,
Lee said that Wong usually arrived at his room la fer at at Din the morning and went off at noon for lunch, returning in the afternoon and sometimes in the evening.
After che let the room to him she had never been in it, ea she
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Ehr had no servent and al- ways had to admit visitors, so
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37
refugees held for
questioning
by Police
27
men,
six
"I always let him in every Police have detained 37 illegal immigrants, com- day," she said.
Mr Ching: "You said before
prising every day that it was almost
women, two boys and now you say that he called;
two girls, a Government every day.
spokesman sold this morning.
"I think it was Witness: almost every day."
Mr Ching: When did the Those people, arrested In
second defendant first come to The flat to see Wong?"
Do not know
Witness: "I think it was about the same time as Wong came, August 27.
"You previously add that I was on September
1.
Mr Ching:
Witness, "I do not know." She then broke down and wept.
The casc continues balore Judge K. R, Machee, Mr W. S W. Davidson, Crown Counsel, proseculing.
Carlsberg
YOU'VE GOT.
POINT
at
Taipo yesterday, are part of a group of 50 who left China on Sunday and landed
Tung
Kai Trong Island off Taipo at 11 pm on Monday. The police are inquiring
into the matter. According to one of them,
thoy
and aro formarm fishermen of Wel Yang, Province. 'Kwangtung They planned the trip several days before. Thera were 120 people in two boats,
7 pm
They started the flight at on Sunday and rowed their way out of Chinese waters
Mire Bay under rifle fire. Ar-5 pm on Monday, when they reached the sea off Tap Mun' at the entrance to Tolo Harbour, the bigger boat was carried away by waves and dis- appeared while the smal- for boat was taking In water.
A Hongkong motorisod Junk happened to pass by, took the people aboard, and brought them to a fishing village on an Island.
Tenancy plan
A plan to build a nine-storey tenement. block costing $1,000,μ· 000 on the site of 2 to 20, Pak Tal-street, Tokwawas, was brought before the Tenancy
Tribunat this morning.
years AGO
November 1935
Robert Fan, Chincos de-
Mogale to the International
Building Construction con- ferenco held at
London in
to.
July this year, returned Shanghai last week on board iЯ the Conte Rosso, Mr Fan well-known in Chinese archi itectural circles.
TONGKONG
H
Won
the
Interport cricket match against Shanghai yesterday afternoon when G. B. Elliott was caught by A. R. Minu at silly mid off, the Colony scoring a victory by 81 runs in a game in which the for- tunes fluctuated first to one side and then to the other.
Hongkong at the end of the second day's play had for 84 Jost eight wickets runs but so vigorously did the tail wag that the inninga did not close until 146 runs had been reached, an addi- tion of 61 of which G. R. M. Ricketts made 42.
In Shanghai's second wic- kets Minu was again pro- minent taking five four 74 while Ricketts took four for 44 and the team was dis-. missed for 147, Stokes top- scoring with 27 runs.
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