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Class 1. The Chancellor, the Vice-Chancellor, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor, the Treasurer, the Director of Public Works, the Registrar General, the Principal Civil Medical Officer and the Director of Education, Class 2. Two British Members and three Chinese Members of the Court to be elected by the Court.
Class 3. Four Members of the Senate elected by
the Senate, of whom two shall be Professors
or Lecturers whose services are exclusively at the disposal of the University and two shall be other Lecturers.
2. The members in Class 2 shall, subject as herein-. after mentioned, hold office for three years. At the first yearly meeting of the Court and at every subsequent yearly meeting of the Court two of the members of this Cluss shall retire, those longest in office retiring on each occasion. The Council shall determine by hallot the order in which the first mem- hers of this Class shall retire. Any members retiring may be re-elected,
3. The members in Class 2 shall, subject as here- inafter mentioned, hall office for two years. At the first yearly meeting of the Senate, and at every subsequent yearly meeting of the Senate, one-half of the members of this class shall retire, those longest in office retiring on euch occasion, The Senate shall determine the order in which the first members of this class shall retire. Any members retiring may be re-elected.
4. All vacancies in Class 2 may be filled up tem- porarily by the Conneil pending the next Assembly of The Court.
5. Any member of the Council may resign by writing
addressed to the Registene of the University.
6. The above provisions so far as applicable shall apply to the first members of the Council.
7. The appointment of each member of the Conmeil shall be notified in the Gazette.
8. Seven
quorum.
Members of the Council shall form a
Statute 8.
POWERS OF THE COUNCIL.
Subject to the provisions of the Ordinance the Council shall in addition to all other powers vested in them have the following powers:--
1. To nominate the first Vice-Chancellor and also after consultation with the Senate the successors to the first Vice-Chancellor for appointment by the Court.
2. To appoint the Pro-Vice-Chancellor from the members of the Senate after consultation with the Senate.
3. Subject to the provisions of Part II of the First Schedule to elect its own Chairman and Vice-Chairman and to prescribe their periods of office. Provided that the Vice-Chancellor shall be Vice-Chairman unless elected to be Chairman.
4. To select and appoint Professors, Lecturers and other Academic Officers of the Univer- sity and after report from the Senate to appoint external examiners, provided that when the Senate is constituted no appoint- ment shall be made without consulting it.
5. To appoint a Registrar and other officers of
the University.
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6. With the concurrence of the Senate, to rec- ommend to the Court names for Honorary Degrees.
7. To institute Professorships, Readerships, Lectureships or other teaching offices after report from the Senate subject to the approval of the Court.
8. To abolish or hold in abeyance after re- port from the Senate any Professorship, Lectureship, Readership or other academic office in the University subject to the approval of the Court.
3. To draft Statutes as and when it sees fit and submit the same to the Court for considera- tion and enactment.
10. To make Regulations subject to the veto of of the tourt, in regard to any matters in respect of which Regulations are unthorised to be made, except that in matters referring to Courses of Study, Degrees or Diplomas and Affiliation of Colleges or Recognition of Teachers, Regulations shall be submitted by the Senate to the Conneil which shall forward them to the Court for confirmation with such amendments as they may suggest.
All Regulations made under this sub- section shall be operative from the date on which they are made pending the necessary confirmation by the Court.
11. To exercise all onch powers as are conferred on the Council by the Ordinance and Statutes and to carry the Ordinance, Statutes and Regulations into effect.
12. To govern manage and regulate the finances, accounts, investments, property, business and all affairs whatsoever of the University and for that purpose to appoint Bankers, Counsel, Solicitors and any other officers or agents whom it may seem expedient to appoint.
13. To invest any nuneys belonging to the University, including any applied in- come, in such stocks, funds, fully paid -lures or securities, mortgages, debentures or debenture stock as the Council shall From time to time rhink fit, whether authorised by the general law for the investment of trust moneys or not, and whether within the Colony of Hongkong or not, or in the purchase of leasehold property in the Colony, with the like power of varying such investments from time to time by sale and re-investment or otherwise. 14. To purchase, grant, sell, convey, assign, surrender and yield up, exchange, partition, mortgage, demise, reassign. Transfer and accept louses of real and personal property on behalf of the University.
15. To provide the buildings, premises, furniture and apparatus and other means needed For carrying on the work of the University, and to allocato such buildings, premises, furniture, apparatus and means to the different faculties with power to alter such allocation at any time.
16. To borrow money on behalf of the University and for the purpose (if the Court and Council think fit) to mortgage all or any part of the property of the University whether real or
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