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Obligations of Hong ng Government to University
4. A particular reason why the Hong Kong Government should be urged to give generous support to the University lies in the policy (set out in Colonial White Paper No. 197 of 1946: "Organization of the Colonial Service") of filling an increased number of Government posts from the
field of local candidates. The local University provides opportunities of further education for a much greater number of students than can hope to be accepted under the two £1,000,000 Colonial Welfare and Development Scholarship Schemes established for the purpose and which
cover all Colonies. The Vice-Chancellor has estimated
that of the 650 students to be anticipated in 1948, 450 will have had the greater part of their school education
in Hong Kong and 350 will be able to establish domicile in the Colony. It is also fair to say that, apart from the actual number of Hong Kong students, the services
given by the University are to the benefit of the
population of Hong Kong.
The University adds indirectly
to the general wealth of the Colony and is of real, though
not perhaps easily assessible value to the Colonial
Government. (For example the Government benefits by the
availability of a body of specialists. The use made
by the Government of the University's medical staff and of such scientists as Dr. Herklots are cases in point).
General
Recommendation
as to the
sources from
5.
It is suggested, therefore, that in broad terms half the expenditure envisaged in the Committee's recommendations
which expenditure as necessary in the next ten years should be sought from might be met.
funds within the Secretary of State for the Colonies'
sphere (whether Hong Kong Government revenue or monies
available under the Colonial Development and Welfare Act) and half from Imperial sources (whether a Treasury grant or a contribution from the Dominions).
Eliminating the
/endowment