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MINUTES of a special meeting of the Council held on Friday, 9th June, 1939, at 5.30 p.m. at Government House.
PRESENT:
H. E. The Chancellor
Hon. Mr. N. L. Smith, C.M.G.
Hon. Mr
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Mr. D. C. Edmondston
Hon. Mr. W. J. Carrie
Zom Mr. A. G. W. Tickle
Hon. Sir Shouson Chow, Kt.,LL.D.
Hon. Mr. T. N. Chau, C.B.E.
Hon. Mr. M. K. Lo
Hon. Mr.
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Hon. Dr. P.S.Selwyn-ClarkemM.C.
Mr. C. G. Sollis
Mr. W. H. Look
Professor L. T. Ride
Professor F. A. Redmond
Professor W. Brown
Professor W Faid
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Professor K. H. Digby,0.B.E.(by request)
Mr. W. B. Finnigan (Registrar)
The minutes of the 5th meeting of the Council held on Friday, 26th May 1939, were confirmed and signed.
Before proceeding with the business for which the meet- ing was called the Chancellor corrected a false impression that was caused by the omission of certain words in a reference made by him in his Congregation address regarding the relative standards of Hong Kong University and other Universities in Britain and
Chine. He indicated that the official record of the speech has already been rectified.
His Excellency then explained that the meeting had been called to enable members of the Council of the University to express and record their views on the various recommendations and suggestions contained in the Report of the Committee appointed by him to report on the development of the University.
It was resolved that copies of the Report of the Committee on the Development of University should be sent to His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies, to the Ministry of Education in China and to the Sino-British Cultural Association, for information.
Chapters I -
III, of the Report elicited no comment.
Charter IV. It was resolved that the recommendations made by the
Committee for co-operation with Chinese Universities should be supported and that the Ministry of Education in China should be asked to take them into consideration. The Council agreed that in practice there might be considerable difficulties in working the proposed system of interchange of teachers. These difficulties had been admitted by the Development Committee who were convinced that interchange must be attempted as one of the major means of establishing cordial relations with Chinese Universities.
Chapter V. Resolved, with reference to the proposal to establish
scholarships to attract students from inland China, that the Chinese Government might be asked to co-operate and also that an appeal be made through the Chancellor to His Majesty's Secretary of State for the Colonies for a capital grant for the purpose of endowing a student- ship or fellowship fund.