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Fifthly, as a university of British inspiratiorrit must be open to all-regardless of race or religion, and in particular its staff appointments should be open equally by merit to British and Chinese. It is assumed that the medium of instruction will continue to be English, and that every effort will be made to secure British (including Dominion) staff, but it would not be in the best interests of the University to confine particular posts to British or to Chinese, or even to attempt a quota or fixed proportion system in staffing.
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Lastly, the system of scholarships and aided maintenance within Hong Kong which it will be necessary to establish for students from China should be as flexible as possible. It should inelade; both undergraduate.\
For and postgraduate students. While it is hoped that many of such scholars will return to China to become teachers of English in/schools, colleges and universities, the scholarships should not be restricted to that vocational purpose. The scheme should be adaptable enough to cover short-term and "refresher" courses.
24. The Committee realized that there were many practical difficultic.. such as the present acute shortage of university teachers, which would delay the completion of a university in the form envisaged. The essential need, however, if the University is continued, is that it should have a clear understanding of its purpose and ultimate scope and that it should be assured of a firm financial basis; granted that, it can develop to its full stature as conditions, such as recruiting, allow. The Committee did not think it desirable or possible to suggest an optimum figure for its size since that depended on factors on which reliable information could not now be obtained. The Committee can merely emphasize that the University should never make size the test of its success, but should deliberately, restrict the scope of its studies and the number-
lents, and concentrate on doing a quantit tively small task supremely well. In the new era of political and social reconstruction, industrialization of cultural advance which she faces, China will need more trained leaders than her own resources can produce, no matter how quickly her own universities are rehabilitated, and she will need to draw on the friendship and experience of other peoples, especially Russia, America and the British Commonwealth. The British have a unique opportunity, by offering an instrument of mutual aid and understanding such as a reconstituted University in Hong Kong could provide, of powerfully influencing the New China. The College of Medicine numbers Dr. Sun Yat-sen among its first students; the University was founded in the year of the fall of the Manchu dynasty; with China it endured to the full the hardships of the attack by the common Japanese enemy. In the new period of reconstruct- ion in the Far East it has greater opportunities of common service and understanding, rooted in past friendship and fructifying in the sharing of ideals. It can seize those opportunities only if it worthily represents British standards; we cannot now afford the cheap
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