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by the Ministry with a proposal to establish more than 100 Chinese Government scholarships per annum, to send good Chinese graduates to Britain by way of supplementing the scholarships given by the British Council for that purpose. I am writing to the British
Universities on this subject but I am well aware that owing to their heavy commitments to British students and to the congestion cf many of their most important departments it will be quite impossible for them to accommodate more than a small fraction of the total number of desirable Chinese applicants. It has been the declared intention of Hong Kong University in the past to provide on the threshold of China itself a good University education of British type and under British auspices, but in fact the high cost of that education and the restricted number of scholarships have hitherto mainly confined it to a relatively small number of rich Chinese, especially from the affluent Chinese communities from, Malaya and the South Seas. I feel strongly, therefore, that in the future Hong Kong University should be in a position to provide high-grade British University training both for graduates and undergraduates with meagre financial resources and that for this purpose, there should be a much larger number of bursarships and postgraduate re search scholarships together with an extension of hostel facilities.
The Development of Humanistic Studies
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In their discussion of the specific academic activities of the Universoy in the future Dr. J. Needham and Dr. G.King naturally and rig.itly stress the importance of scientific and medical education, but I wish to supplement their recommendations by an earnest plea for a parallel and equal development of humankotic studies. This is partly on the ground that every university worthy of the name is truely catholic and comprehensive in the range of its intellectual activities and that the "Humanities" can never be subordinated without grave peril to the work and value of the university as a whole.
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But I am also thinking of the situation that
is likely to develop in China. Nothing, I think, is more certain than that the ambitious programme of industrialisation which is now
lanned for this country will involve acute economic and social problems and that on their study and solution will largely depend the extent to which industrialisation will be blessing or a curse to China, There is immense scope for well equipped and active university departments of economies, social science and political science, both for teaching and research. In some of the best Chinese Universities there are some promising departments of this character but it would be the special province of such departments in Hong Kong University to make available to Chinese students and research workers the best experience and thought of Great Britain in these fields. Under Professor Hinton the Economics department of Hong Kong acquired a well earned reputation and I hope that its activities will be revived and extended and that there will be parallel developments of departments of Social Science and Political Sciencs. Hong Kong would also be an excellent centre for the establishment of a Chair and research department of International Affairs including trade and banking) wit the Far East as its special field.
The need for such a coatre in the Far East has often been felt by Chatham House (R. I. 1. A.) and the British groups participating in the I. P. R. Confereces.
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The reputation of Hong Kong graduates for a high standard of spoken and written English should be maintained at all costs and the Education Department, also well-known, can play an extremely important role in training Middle School teachers for China. an increased staff and equipment it could serve some of the unctions of the London Institute of Education by giving postgraduate
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