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Enclosure No.3

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report to the Court at a meeting to be held early in the academic year commencing in September next. A copy of

its report will be sent to you as soon as circumstance

allows.

8.

Resolution X approves the proposal for the

time being to eliminate specialized training in mechanical

and electrical engineering. These subjects will still

continue to be taught to the necessary standard in the course for the degree of B.Sc. in engineering (civil).

The summary statement of the progress of teaching in the

three branches of engineering since the institution of the

University given as enclosure No.3 of this despatch shows

the major reason for this change. A subsidiary reason is

that it has been found impossible to organize adequate

apprenticeship in industrial engineering in Hong Kong,

so that, after graduation, the best men have had to be

assisted to apprenticeships, chiefly in Great Britain.

The Council and the Court accepted the view that an

adequate supply of industrial engineers could be

maintained if the University of Hong Kong were able to

give scholarships to assist students who had shown

definite merit in the intermediate examination in

engineering, to be held hereafter in Hong Kong by the

University of London. The purpose of such scholarships

would be to enable the holders to complete their

education in industrial engineering in England where

facilities for adequate apprentice-training are ample.

9.

Resolution XIX, dealing with paragraph 63

of the report, gives the Court's approval of the

Council's resolution that the Professorships of Chemistry,

Physics and Mathematics should be reduced to lectureships or readerships unless the financial condition of the

Lover.