OUTWARD TELEGRAM
54147/46
En Clair
TO HONG KONG (Sir M. Young)
FROM S. OF S.. COLONIES,
Sent 9th August, 1946, 15.30 hrs.
No. 657
Your telegram No. 612,
Hong Kong University.
464
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Following from Sless, · Begins.
There is now likely to be a delay of six or eight woeke in the delivery of laboratory equipment, and longer for microscopes, Neither a lecturer in Biology or in Physics has yet been found, No notification or serior posts is thought proper either by myself or by the Advisory Committee until, Univercity's future is defined, Laboratory equipment and junior staff reasonably certain by December, recommend therefore, that re-opening be defcrxed till January
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2. Senate requires quorum of pevec and must include Vice-Chancellor, Director of Education, and Professors and Readers. Only Four Professors Simpson, Robertson, Gordon King and Ride - will be available in October, ond no Readers,
Suggest your proposal to erpoint Simpson an Vice- Changeller impracticable since appointment of Vice-Chancellor liee with Court on nomination or Council, Fren 13 Simpson could be appointed to officiate as Vice Chancellor, and Birch were appointed to officiato as Professor of English, quorum of Senate would still be incompleta, The appointment of Wilkinson and Gray as officiating Professors of Medicine and Surgery would complete quorum, but it would probably commit the University to them as permanent appointments, and I regard
that
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