# Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
# COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL.
The University is composed of three Faculties: 1.-Medical, which offers ample facilities for the practice of medicine. The medical laboratories were the gifts of various Hongkong Chinese residents. There is a large staff of instructors in medicine and all the principal medical practitioners in Hongkong give lectures at the University. Clinical work is carried on at the Government Civil and Tung Wah Hospitals. The degrees are recognised for registration in Great Britain by the General Medical Council. 2.-Arts. The establishment of this Faculty was largely due to the munificence of a Chinese gentleman in the Straits Settlements (Mr. Cheung Pat-sze.) Its special object is to provide training suitable to those who desire to enter the public service or the higher branches of mercantile life. The course of instruction comprises English and Chinese literature, political and constitutional history, political economy, jurisprudence, international and commercial law, psychology, the school practice of education and history of educational theories. 3.-Engineering. This Faculty is divided into three branches-Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical. The University has an exceptionally large equipment of machinery and apparatus, and has a number of laboratories and workshops. There is practically no place in China where students have such an opportunity of seeing all kinds of machinery in actual working and of learning their practical management. Several graduates have obtained an Honour's Degree awarded by the Examiners of the London University.
The University insists upon all students having a proper knowledge of their own language although instruction at the University is carried out in English. Students are required to pass an examination in written Chinese before entering, and two Chinese Professors, both Hanlin graduates, give lectures on the classics and history of China.
# V.-PUBLIC WORKS.
The Central Police Station and the Harbour Office extensions were completed, and a commencement was made with the erection of two large blocks of Quarters for Scavenging Coolies, one block being situated in Belcher's Street and the other in Taipingshan.
Good progress was made with two blocks of Quarters for Government Servants at Happy Valley each containing six houses. A block of flats in Caine Road for married Police Officers, and three houses at the Peak designed for Quarters for Senior Officers were all well in hand at the close of the year.
A start was also made with the erection of two other houses at the Peak for the Puisne Judge and Mr. John Duncan respectively. The former is being built under arrangement with Messrs. Denison, Ram & Gibbs, the latter being designed and constructed by Mr. Duncan personally.
In addition to these, two blocks of four houses each were under construction at Leighton Hill, and a scheme was approved for the erection of five detached, and one block of semi-detached houses, and a block containing six flats on the area known as the "Homestead Site," at the Peak; both of these works were placed in the hands of local...
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Hong Kong Annual Administration Reports, 1841-1941
COLONIAL REPORTS—ANNUAL.
The University is composed of three Faculties: 1.-Medical, which offers ample facilities for the practice of medicine. The medical laboratories were the gifts of various Hongkong Chinese residents. There is a large staff of instructors in medicine and all the principal medical practitioners in Hongkong give lectures at the University. Clinical work is carried on at the Government Civil and Tung Wah Hospitals. The degrees are recognised for registration in Great Britain by the General Medical Council. 2.-Arts. The establishment of this Faculty was largely due to the munificence of a Chinese gentleman in the Straits Settlements (Mr. Cheung Pat-sze.) Its special object is to provide training suitable to those who desire to enter the public service or the higher branches of mercantile life, The course of instruction comprises English and Chinese literature. political and constitutional history, political economy, jurisprudence. international and commercial law, psychology, the school practice of education and history of educational theories.. 3.-Engineering. This Faculty is divided into three branches-Civil, Electrical, and Mechanical. The University has an exceptionally large equipment of machinery and apparatus, and has a number of laboratories and workshops. There is practically no place in China where students have such an opportunity of seeing all kinds of machinery in actual working and of learning their practical management. Several graduates have obtained an Honour's Degree awarded by the Examiners of the London University.
The University insists upon all students having a proper know- ledge of their own language although instruction at the University is carried out in English. Students are required to pass an examina- tion in written Chinese before entering, and two Chinese Professors, both Hanlin graduates, give lectures on the classics and history of China.
V.-PUBLIC WORKS.
The Central Police Station and the Harbour Office extensions were completed, and a commencement was made with the erection of two large blocks of Quarters for Scavenging Coolies, one block being situated in Belcher's Street and the other in Taipingshan.
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Good progress was made with two blocks of Quarters for Govern-- ment Servants at Happy Valley each containing six houses. A block of flats in Caine Road for married Police Officers, and three houses at the Peak designed for Quarters for Senior Officers were all well in hand at the close of the year.
A start was also made with the erection of two other houses at the Peak for the Puisne Judge and Mr. John Duncan respectively. The former is being built under arrangement with Messrs. Denison, Ram & Gibbs, the latter being designed and constructed by Mr. Duncan. personally.
In addition to these, two blocks of four houses each were under construction at Leighton Hill, and a scheme was approved for the erection of five detached, and one block of semi-detached houses, and a block containing six flats on the area known as the "Homestead Site," at the Peak; both of these works were placed in the hands of local
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