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The Committee requested that the Secretary should write to the relevant authority acknowledging the usefulness of the lists of laboratory equipment which had been loaned; pointing out the dangers arising from competition among British institutions in the East and institutions in devastated areas in Europe for available stocks and enquiring whether it would be possible for some scheme to be adopted co-ordinating these demands.
The Committee considered a telegram dated 28th January from the Commander-in-Chier, Hong Kong, to fr. Sloss
to dr. loss (HKUAC 17) and decided:
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(b)
(c)
that rehabilitation of buildings night with advantage be taken in hand as early as possible;
that Mr. Blons' prosence in England was desirable until questions of re-staffing and re-equinment had been considered;
that the Registra: Mr. S.V. Boxer should return from Australia in order to re-open the Office of the
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bag and that certain senior members Of including Chinese should retu en
rtake the oreliminary work necessaTV
to Hont Kere le un before the University could be re-oɛened and to maintain contact h students and with Chinese Universities.
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Sir Hunobrgy Prideaux Prune said that the resent
position in regard to ta
tury of Hong Kong was uncertain and he could offer no otajon ee to the attitude of the Foreign Office to the projecz re-cstablishing a University on the broader basis. He was not Bure that it was prudent at this time to suggest spending large suns of. Eritish money towards this end.
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Dr. Joseph Needhan (NHCM 6, and the high status of some of the Chinese Universities said thet to aim at something of, 1ess worth for Hong Tory oven (2 il sera necessary to restrict the field. would he that br g negation of the volier of the Pounder.
Professor kilven and other members of the Committee vere of opinion that 11 money were spent to establish a first-class University and after a relatively short time Rong long were returned to Dyine auch 5. University would be justified as a continuing s
Fafiwace in China.
The Chairman Kela Luzter which had been received from
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