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The functions of the Committee were laid down as:-

(a) To advise regarding the nature of the relief

undertaken by the British Embassy for Hong Kong University members;

(b) To make arrangements for the travel of students

to their ultimate destination;

(c) To facilitate their entry into Chinese univer-

sities and to secure equal privileges with other Chinese students.

The first meeting of the Committee was held on 25th June and at a meeting of the Standing Committee on 1st July an estimate of expen- diture was made for the relief of 200 students totalling $440,000. The administration of this expenditure would require the setting up of a small University office, with secretarial assistance, the functions of which would be to keep records relating to all former members of the University and to maintain correspondence with them. There will be a considerable volume of correspondence with Educational bodies in China as well as with bodies such as the General Medical Council in England.♥ Suitable assistance is available in the person of a former tutor of the Arts Faculty of the University, herself an escapee from Hong Kong. The total estimated cost of Hong Kong University Relief Work to June 30th 1943 would therefore be:-

ESTIMATED COST OF H.K.U. RELIEF WORK

April 1942 June 1943

Travelling expenses of 120 students

at $550 per head..

Travelling expenses of 80 students

at $750 per head..

Immediate personal requirements at

$500 per head for 200 students. Winter requirements at $350 per head

for 200 students..

Monthly allowance of $60 per head

for 200 students for 12 months. Salary of secretary at $2,500 per

mensen..

Typewriter..

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office expenses. Contingency Fund.

66,000.00

60,000.00

100,000.00

70,000.00

144,000.00

30,000.00

10,000.00

10,000.00

10.000.00

500.000.00

In conclusion, I should like to acknowledge the whole-hearted assistance which I have received from many quarters whilst engaged on my mission. Sincere thanks are due to the Minister of Education who, both in personal interview and by correspondence, has expressed a warm desire to assist in every possible way the entry of our students into Chinese Educational institutions. Many others have given valued assistance, particularly Mr. Han Lih u of the British Boxer Indemnity Administration who has spent a large amount of time and trouble in negotiating for the entry of our students into Universities in Chungking and the surrounding area. Associated with Mr. Han Lih u are the various members of the Hong Kong University Relief Committee, representing

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