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The Board feel that this is a matter of great importance in the interest of research especially in a University such as that designed for Hong Kong which is intended to influence the millions of China, but they are doubtful whether Section 4 (20) of the Ordinance is sufficient for this purpose.
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Section 4 (7) of the Ordinance appears to give the University the power of examining and inspecting schools independently of the Government and the Board of Education venture to suggest that it would perhaps be well to modify this Section with a view to safeguarding the position of the Education Department of the Colony in this respect. Experience seems increasingly to show that Universities cannot afford to offer the salaries necessary for the retention of full-time inspectors and that it is not possible to inspect and examine schools efficiently, unless there is a corps of experienced and trained men who make the inspection of Schools their life work. These considerations point to the function of School-Inspection being undertaken by the State, though there is no reason why the Government should not employ such University Professors and Lecturers as they think desirable for the purpose of inspecting and examining schools. I am to add that the Board would be prepared, if desired, to discuss this matter in greater detail in a further
communication.
7. As regards the Statutes of the University, Statute 8 (4) gives the Council the power to select and
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