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Wednesday, January 9, 1974
WORKING PARTY TO CONSIDER ACCOMMODATION FOR UNIVERSITY STUDENTS
A Working Party has been appointed by the Governor, on the re
commendation of the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee, to consider
whether additional accommodation should be provided from public funds for
students of the two universities.
The Working Party will be chaired by The Hon. Oswald Cheung, a
local member of the UPGC.
The government recently released funds through the UPGC enabling
the Chinese University of Hong Kong to erect Romney huts providing temporary
hostol space for about 400 students.
The Working Party will now examine the further student accommodation
needs, both residential and non-residential, of both the Chinese University
and the University of Hong Kong.
A government spokesman said today that the accommodation prohlon
was causing concern to the government, the university authorities and to
student bodies alike.
"The problem of hostel accommodation is a difficult one for Hong
Kong students, many of whom live in crowded home conditions not conducive
to study," he said.
"Students not accommodated by the universities may have to travel
considerable distances each day.
At the Chinese University, the problem has naturally been aggravated
by the fact that, for the first time since the establishment of the university
10 years ago, the three constituent colleges are all together at Sha Tin."
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