13 -
-
181
XXIV. Paragraph 79.
Resolved (nem. con)
(a) that the Court is of opinion that in
normal times the cost of administration
through a full-time Vice-Chancellor and a
Registrar paid on the scale of a professor
is high.
The Court considered the following resolu-
tion of the Council:-
(b) that the present constitution of the
University is cumbrous (Para. 79 of Report)
is a matter of common experience and that
the following modifications of the
constitution of the University would make
for simpler working:
(i) that the present Council of the
University be abolished and that
there be substituted a smaller body,
an Executive Committee of the Court
to consist of not more than 11
members which should have statutory
powers to carry out the functions
at present under the Ordinance
assigned to the Council.
(ii) that the Executive Committee of the
Court consist of 6 members of the
Court who are not full-time officers
of the University but including the
Treasurer who would be a member
ex officio, and at least two of whom
shall be of Chinese race, one to be
selected from the Chinese members of
the Legislative and Executive Councils,