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obtains in the Engineering and Arts Faculties has become triennial in the Medical Faculty, presumably
because the General Medical Council sees the same
objections as we do to annual terms. We do not see
why this principle should not be still further extended
in the direction of permanent and non-elective
appointment s.
85.
MISCELLANEOUS.
We have been conscious throughout our enquiry
that the old tradition of China in the matter of the aim
and object of education still to a great extent persists
even in such a modern environment as that of the Hong
Kong University. By this we mean the tradition that
the passing of a difficult examination is the ultimate
goal, and that on the strength of such an achievement
the successful scholar may expect to face the rest of life with the equanimity which an assured position and
a steady income secure. We do not pretend that our
graduates are like those aspirants to office in pre-
Revolutionary China who continued, often until late in
life, to strive for the material rewards of scholarship.
But we are sensible of a feeling that graduation is an
end in itself rather than a mere milestone on the road
of preparation for life.
86.
We are therefore of the opinion that the
"University Employment Committee", which we observe
to exist in the pages of the University Calendar, should
come to life and set itself to devise means by which students might be helped to secure suitable employment after graduation. We think, moreover, that this
Committee might be improved by a wider personnel, such
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