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No University hostel at present exists for women students- whose right to admission to the University was first recognised in 1921 but some arrangements for the accommodation of a few women students in a rented building have been made by the authorities of St. Stephen's Girls' College, a Church of England girls' school which is near the University. The nuns of a neigh- bouring Italian convent are also prepared to house a few women students.
The tuition fee is $300-the hostel fee which includes board and lodging is $300. A student who is allowed to live in a hostel during a vacation-some have to because of their work, e.g. medical students, and others because their homes are too far away-pay at the rate of $8 a week. When a student joins he is required to de- posit caution money to the extent of $25. and to pay a registration fee of $5. The annual subscription to the University Union is $15 and this covers the annual subscription to practically all the athletic clubs. The graduation fee is $25. Probably about $1,200 repre- sents the minimum amount which at present prices would cover a student's annual expenses including vacations. It would cost a Chinese student who goes abroad $2,500 a year at the very least, and this would not cover travelling expenses.
Numerous scholarships are available, including the King Edward VII Scholarships founded by His Majesty's Government. There are also scholarships provided by the Government of Hong Kong, of the Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States, of Kedah and Siam.
The Union is the centre of the social life of the students. It is at once a Club and a centre of athletics. The Union Committee contains certain members of the University teaching staff, but its President and Secretary are undergraduates elected by the under- graduates. The undergraduate members of the Committee are also elected by their fellow students. There is a Union magazine with English and Chinese sections. The editors are students, a member of the teaching staff acting as assistant editor. There are some twenty women students; these women students are all members of the Union.
The students of the University come from Kwangtung, Chilhi, Hankow, Hupeh, Yunnan, Hunan, Shanghai, Pekin, Fukien, Singa- pore, Penang, Kuala Lumpur, Kedah, Jahore, Java, Manila, Burma, Siam, Japan, India and Macao. The present enrolment is 300 of whom about 250 are Chinese and 50 non-Chinese. Of the Chinese students some 134 come from Kwangtung and Hong Kong, 50 from the Federated Malay States and 18 from Java. Students from other places outside China number about ten.
The behaviour of the students of the University throughout the troubles connected with the strike and boycott was admirable. It is true that when the strike and boycott began in June, the University was in vacation; but at the time there were more than one hundred students in residence. The University re-opened on its normal date in September. Nearly all the students came back, some at consider- able personal risk, and throughout the term which then opened their whole attitude was one of quiet loyalty to the University.
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PUBLIC WORKS.
BUILDINGS.
During the year progress as stated was made on the following works:
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Hong Kong.-The New Fire Brigade Station proceeded satisfac- torily and was nearing completion by the end of the year. The following works were completed, Senior Officers Quarters, Gough Hill, New Architectural Office and Entrance to New Queen's Pier, the New Sisters Quarters to the Government Civil Hospital were nearly completed and good progress was made on the New King's College and alterations to the Victoria Hospital. New Queen's College site approached completion. Open markets at Whitfield and Quarry Bay were finished.
Kowloon. The New Hospital was practically finished and partly occupied by the end of the year and married quarters for Police were erected at Mong Kok and Tsim Sha Tsui Police Stations.
New Territories.--The work of piling for the foundations of the new Gaol was completed and married quarters for Police were erected at a number of the police stations. Kowloon City and Shamshuipo Police Stations were finished.
COMMUNICATIONS.
Hong Kong.-Road contouring Wongneichung and Tai Hang Valley, and access road from Stubbs Road to War Memorial Hospital site, made good progress. Main road from Causeway Bay to Quarry Bay made fair progress in places. Road connecting Robinson Road with Conduit Road was begun and good progress made. Improvements were continued on Kennedy, Conduit, Victoria and Shaukiwan Roads.
Kowloon. Work on the removal of the hill obstruction at the junction of Nathan and Coronation Roads made good progress. Waterloo Road Extension North and East, Tokawan Road and Chatham Road Extension, Mongkok-Kowloon City Road made good progress. Several streets in Yaumati were raised to new levels.
New Territories.-Widening of Fan Ling-Au Ha Gap Road to 20 ft. and extension to Shataukok made good progress. Widening of bridges on Castle Peak-Fan Ling Road to 20 ft. put in hand. Improvements to the Coastal Road and the metalling and tar painting of New Territories roads were continued, and several bridges were widened.
DRAINAGE.
Hong Kong. A 7'6 concrete culvert from Leighton Hill Road to Praya was finished.
Kowloon. The Extension of the Mongkoktsui mullahı to the Old Kowloon Boundary was completed. Ma Tau Chung nullah made slow progress.
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