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ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON EDUCATION IN THE COLONIES
CHINESE STUDIES IN HONG KONG UNIVERSITY 318
At their meeting in February, 1931, the
Advisory Committee, after expressing their approval of proposals made by the Vice-Chancellor for altering the requirements in Chinese for the entrance examination to Hong Kong University, referred to
the desirability of developing the study of Chinese in a manner worthy of the University, but deferred definite recommendations owing to the apparent ab- sence of funds for this purpose. They emphasised
the necessity for reconsidering the whole question of Chinese studies in the light of recent development in the Universities of China, and with a view to the study of relations between modern Western thought and Chinese culture. The papers attached to this
note show the progress that has subsequently been made in the scheme for the development of Chinese
studies in the University.
2.
In the original scheme put before the Senate for the utilisation of the allotment from the Boxer
Indemnity Fund no provision was made for the development of Chinese studies.
In response to
an appeal on their behalf, final consideration of the scheme was deferred pending the report of a
Special
Committee appointed to consider the question of Chinese in the University. The report of this
Committee is among the attached papers.
3.
Special
/Committee in their report drews attention
to the clause in the University Ordinance which states that due provision shall be made for the study of Chinese language and literature in the