CO129-594-1 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45- Advisory Committee report 29-3-1946 - 3-7-1946 — Page 118

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The second watter touches the teaching in the Hospitals, In a small place like Hong Kong the range of specialists in branches of medicine and surgery must be narrow, but it is necessary for the health of the University that special ability, when it occurs, must be used. But specialist teachers must have beds matexbxduex qpudouKTIX®ÜXXXPziak in the teaching hospital. A beginning has already been made by the appointment of a special lecturer in paediatrics, a graduate/ with sound post-graduate training and experience in Great Britain to whom beds wore assigned. This precedent should be followed. For the selectiong of suitable men the University would have to make proper arrange ents to cooperate with the Medical Department whose res onsibility the llospital is.

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The Committee is of opinion that as soon as possible the University should consider the possibility of offering to Chinese practitioners a course for a Diploma in Tropical Medicine and Health. It would perhaps be well, however, that this matter should lie in abeyance until the revised regula- tions for such a course in England have been issued by the General Medical Council.

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In Engineering the Committee believes that the University would gain by concentrating on good training courses for civil engineers instead, as in the past, of spreading its effort to train mechanical and electrical enginers as well. There has been little demand for these and the facilities far adequate practical training are insufficient, whereas civil

engineering work of high quality, in buildings, roads, harbour works, water supply goes on at a great rate. For mechanical and electrical engineers the Jomittee favours a training in science, in engincering drawing, and in the elementary principles of engineering to be followed by work for an honours degr. e in Great Britain. The provision of the necessary scholarships and subsidies would cost materially less than the maintenance of staff and equipment in these Departments.

The Comittee was impressed by evidence of the need of trained architects in Hong Kong and China. fittle provision in this fiell so far as been made by Chinese Universities. It recommends that a molest beginning should be made and that a Department of Architecture shouli be established and that courses should be drawn up for a ierce in this subject which would gain recognition bythe professional authorities in Great Britain.

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