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report to the Court at a meeting to be held early in the academic year commencing in September next. A copy of
its report will be sent to you as soon as circumstance
allows.
8.
Resolution X approves the proposal for the
time being to eliminate specialized training in mechanical
and electrical engineering. These subjects will still
continue to be taught to the necessary standard in the course for the degree of B.Sc. in engineering (civil).
The summary statement of the progress of teaching in the
three branches of engineering since the institution of the
University given as enclosure No.3 of this despatch shows
the major reason for this change. A subsidiary reason is
that it has been found impossible to organize adequate
apprenticeship in industrial engineering in Hong Kong,
so that, after graduation, the best men have had to be
assisted to apprenticeships, chiefly in Great Britain.
The Council and the Court accepted the view that an
adequate supply of industrial engineers could be
maintained if the University of Hong Kong were able to
give scholarships to assist students who had shown
definite merit in the intermediate examination in
engineering, to be held hereafter in Hong Kong by the
University of London. The purpose of such scholarships
would be to enable the holders to complete their
education in industrial engineering in England where
facilities for adequate apprentice-training are ample.
9.
Resolution XIX, dealing with paragraph 63
of the report, gives the Court's approval of the
Council's resolution that the Professorships of Chemistry,
Physics and Mathematics should be reduced to lectureships or readerships unless the financial condition of the
Lover.