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a fuller account of the impact of
the new nationalism on the University.
Lin Slogo added that in recent years the Chinese
official attitude to the University had been friendly.
Sir George Moss thought that caution was necessary.
Before embarking on a policy of expansion, diplomatic
approaches should be made to discover what measure of
support outside of China Hong Kong an extended.
University might expect.
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Dr. Channon believed that Malayan Chinese entered
upon medical courses in Hong Kong because of (a) limits
imposed on the numbers admitted to the Medical College, Singapore (b) the cheapness of Hong Kong compared with
Singapore and (c) the grant of a University degree in
Hong Kong and of a diploma only at Singapore. He
thought that it was of "profound importance that there
should be a University of Malaya within the shortest
possible time."
Dr. Venn asked if applicants for admission to Hong Kong
were not in prewar years greater than the number of vacant
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places. Mr. Sloss replied that this was particularly
the case in medicine.
8$. Dr. Priestley suggested that the Committee should
proceed in three stages (1) a general discussion of
long-term policy, (2) consideration of urgent matters of
immediate reconstruction (3) finally a decision of
outuring long-term policy. He stressed the importance of seeing
that the University was founded on broad based faculties
of Arts and Science.
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After general discussion it was agreed that to make
immediate inquiries in Hong Kong about the numbers
qualified to enter on University courses might not only
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lead to optimistic estimates but give rise to expectations
of an earlier revival of University teaching than would,
in fact, be practicable.
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