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STATUTE XXȚĮ,

Powders of the Senate.

Ι, Subject to the provision of the Ordinanes and the statutes, and to the availability of the funds provided by the Council, the Senate ́shall have power-

(a) in consultation with the Boards of Faculties to provide courses of study for the degrees, diplomas, certificates, and other awards by the University and such other courses of study as may be thought desirable, to direct and regulate the instruction and education in the University, to stimulate the advancement of knowl- edge by research and publications, and to direct the manner in which examinations shall be conducted;

(6) to determine what examinations and courses of study in other Universities or places of learning shall be deemed equivalent to examinatione and courses of study in the University;

(c) to advise the Council on the provision of facilities for educational

and other academic matters:

(d) to decide in accordance with the statutes and regulations what persons have qualified for the conferment of degreas (other than Honorary Degrees), and the award of diplomas, certificates, and other marks of distinction:

(e) to organize the Faculties and to review, refer back, control, amend or disallow any act of the Board of any Faculty, and to give directions to the Boards of the Faculties;

[ to fix the time, mode, and conditions of competition for, and to award fellowships, scholarships, and other educational endowments and prizes in accordance with the terms thereof;

(8) to recommend any person for appointment to the post of teacher; (A) to manage the libraries, laboratories, museums, and art galleries

of the University:

(1) to provide for the welfare and discipline of undergraduates and

students;

(1) to require any undergraduate or student on academic grounds to

terminate his studies at the University;

(k) to suspend or expel any undergraduate or student:

Provided that the Vice-Chancellor may, if he thinks it necessary, in any case peremptorily exercise a like power of suspen- sion, pending the decision of the Senate in that cas0;

() to determine the policy to be followed by the Halls of Residence maintained by the University; and to approve Halls and other accommodation for the residence of students not maintained by the University and to prescribe the conditions under which students may be permitted to reside therein;

(m) to provide lectures and courses of study for persons who are not

members of the University;

(*) to advise the Council on any matter which may be referred to

the Senate by the Council;

(e) to delegate any of its powers to any member of the Senate or any Committee thereof or the Board of any Faculty or to any officer or teacher; and

(p) to do all such other acts and things as may be requisite to give effect to the powers conferred on the Senate by the Ordinance or the statutes.

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(1) The Senate may from time to time make regulations with respect to any of the following matters or far any of the following

purpose-

(a) the admission, registration, residence, welfare, and discipline of

students;

(b) the conditions for the award of degrees, diplomas, certificates, and

other marka of distinction;

(c) courses of study and examinations; (d) academic dress;

(e) the award of scholarships and other educational endowments and

prizes;

(/) the use of the University libraries, laboratories, workshops, and

other institutiona:

(p) prescribing anything which is by the Ordinance or the statutes

ta be prescribed by regulations made by the Senate:

(A) prescribing condļtions under which persons may be exempted from

the provisions of any regulation made by the Senate; and

(#) generally, all matters which by the Ordinance or the statutes it

is empowered to regulate.

(2) All such regulations shall be reported to the Council and shall come into operation not earlier than two terma after the day on which they are made, unless otherwise provided by the Council

STATUTE XX111.

The Teaching Departments.

1. The Senate shall organize the teachers into Teaching Departments.

2.

The list of Teaching Departments and their allocation to Faculties

shall be prescribed by regulations made by the Senate.

3. The Head of a Teaching Department shall be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor in consultation with the Dean of the Faculty to which the Department is allocated, and he shall be responsible to the Faculty for the organization of teaching in the Department.

4.

Nothing in this statute shall prevent the allocation of a Teaching Department to two or more Faculties.

STATUTE XXIV.

The Institute of Oriental Studies.

1. The purpose of the Institute shall be to provide facilities for research in Chinese and Oriental Studies for Eastern and Western scholars: to promote interest in Oriental Studies generally both within and without the University; to arrange for extramural instruction in Oriental languages and literature; to provide a focus and meeting-place for students of all countries in the field of Oriental Studies; to promote good fellowship among Boch students; and to increase understanding and goodwill between the peoples of East and West.

2. The name of the Institute shall be: "The Institute of Oriental Studies of the University of Hong Kong' (##XBETLLAER).

1. There shall be a Director of the Institute who shall be appointed by the Council and shall be responsible to the Senate for the organisation and work of the Institute.