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NOTE II
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We have adopted the recommendation of the Asquith Commission which favours difference of pay for people en- gaged on te like work, some at home and some overseas. It is quite clear that it is impossible for us to follow the scales of pay of Chinese Universities for either Chinese or European members of the staff. The costs of living in Hong Kong are very much higher than any average. of Chinese costs. Further the unavoidable costs for a European, hosing, dietory, education of children and frequently very large commitments for the keeping up of a household in England total a considerably higher sum than normally would be spent on essentials by a Chinese in Hong Kong. The proposal we favour is for a common basic salary for each grade of posts with overseas pay for Europeans in Hong Kong and at a like ration for any Chinese member of the staff who is resident for study or any other approved purpose in the United Kingdom or the Dominions.
Departmental Maintenance Grants ate (based on but not repeating the Irvine Committee's recommendations/
Grants to Departments........
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Scholarships and Maintenance)
Grants of Students from China.... Research Grant (excluding Fisheries,
Research Institutes...
Other charges......
£2500
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£37,500
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If the proposal for endowments of professorships were accepted the normal recurring expenditures might be about £96,300 + £37,500 = £133,800. If none of the basic professorships was endowed, the amount would be increased by £10,500 to a total of £144,100.
The University's present resources go only a little way to meet these recurring costs. Before the war the fee income had risen to about £22,000. The Government of Hong Kong made a grant of H.K. dollars 350,000 to the general fund of the University, maintained a certain number of scholars and paid subsistance allowance and fees for students in training as teachers in its schools.
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