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 246

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FAILURE IN

WIDER AIMS.

The slow progress of the University, except

in a measure, in Medicine, was disappointing

to its founders and disheartening to its staff. It did meet

the demanda, slight as they were from official scurces, of the

Colony, and facilities were made available for higher education

of Chinese from Malaya, the Dutch East Indies and of Overseas

Chinese generally, But in only a trifling degree did the

University succoed in becoming what Lord Lugard had hoped, c

centre for a University education of British inspiration for

students from China. Co-operation with Chinese Universities

was not achieved until it was almost imposed by the Sino-Papan

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'Incident', The causes of failure defined by the 193

Advisory Committee on Hong Kong University etc (H.K. W. A.C.

Paper. 2.) are accepted by this Committee. They wore

(a) the growth of national sentiment and political self-

consciousness in Ching since the Revolution (b) the difference

and of spoken language (c) the high cost of maintaining students

at Hong Kong University, compared with the cost of Universities

in China.

The early nationalistic antagonism against Great Britian had to

a great measure died down before the Sino-Jap "Incident" occurred.

The language reform movement in China had achieved measurable

success in its aim of establishing a common spoken language.

The PRICING OF

The disparity of costs remained. But to

these causes of failure should be added

the financial weakness of the University.

TRADEQUATE MEANS.8 [Behind the story of ratkor uncertain advance

there is the almost unbroken undertone of

poverty. The University was started with hopelessly inadequate

finances; Government help, except in the provision of a site,

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