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tive Councils, together with 5 full-time officers of the University including the Vice-Chancellor and the Deans of Facul- ties who would be members of the Execu- tive Committee ex officio: the Executive Committee to be appointed, as to mem- bers other than members ex officio, by the Chancellor,

(iii) that if the above changes are made, the powers of control of the Senate be limited to purely academic matters and that paragraph 8 of Statute 10 be amended to read "to make representations to the Court through the Executive Committee on any matter relating to the University." (c)—(i) that there be a Standing Committee of the Senate which shall consist of the Vice- Chancellor, the Dean of each Faculty and one other member from each Faculty to be elected for one year by the Senate:

(ii) that the Standing Committee be the executive of the Senate and meet at least once a month during term time---

(a) to consider all business to be placed before the Senate and to make recom- mendations thereon;

(b) to take such action in accordance with the Regulations as may be necessary to carry out the general instructions of the Senate ;

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80. According to section 8 (1) of the Ordin- ance the Vice-Chancellor :-

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shall be the chief administrative officer of the University, and shall have such powers and duties as the Council shall assign to him ".

We would suggest that he should be given definite authority to give orders to his staff and such statutory powers as would ensure, without further ado, that those orders are obeyed.

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Resolved that the Senate desires to place record its understanding that the position of a Vice-Chancellor is recognised in British academic circles to carry with it certain powers and certain duties, and that in the University of Hong Kong the dignity and authority of that position have been and will continue to be understood and respected; that in view of the fact that definition may narrow the scope of the posi- tion, the Senate is not in favour of defining the Vice-Chancellor's powers and would point out

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(c) to receive reports and decisions of the

Matriculation Board and to act on them;

(d) to conduct all routine business of the

Senate.

(iii) that the meetings of the Senate be held twice a year in October and in March and at such other time as may be found necessary.

(d)-(i) that the present Faculty of Arts be divided the present Departments of English, Chinese, Economics and Political Science, Mathe- matics, Education and History to constitute the Faculty of Arts, and the Departments of Chemis- try, Physics, Biology, Mathematics and Civil Engineering to constitute the Faculty of Engineer- ing and Science.

(ii) that the separate Faculty of Engineering cease to exist and provision be made for a degree of B.Sc. in addition to the present B.Sc. in Engineering.

Resolved that the Council is of opinion that it is unnecessary to attempt a definition of the powers of the Vice-Chancellor.

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