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(c) that post-graduate training in Orthopaedic Surgery should be provided.
17. Dr. Kauntze urged that while the study of tropical diseases inust form a large part of studies in systematic medicine there was need of the development of post-graduate teaching in Tropicel Diseases.
D. Faculty of Engineering.
18. The Chairm n expresseù grave doubts of the value of isolated small schools engineering. His experience led him to the conclusion that more effective training would be achieved by the provision of post-graduate study of engineering in the West after a good scientific training in Hong Kong. Mr. N. L. Smith referred to the unwillingness of Chinese to work in factories and workshops as apprentices ride by side with Chinese of lower social standing, but the absenc. of any such hesitation among them when apprentissa in England, Mr. Sloss suggested that the ship building industry supplied facilities for training in mechanical engineering of notable value. The Chairman maintained the view that small enginsuring menoolu were inordia bely costly nu under present conditions impossible ads quately to staff. Mr. Morse referred to
< previous attempt in Hong Kong to limit teaching to courses in civil engineering, but Mr. Sloss pointed out that little sc nemy was cchieved because i boratories and staff for the teaching of the elements of muchomoal and slectrical engineering still were necessary, Dir George Moss said that a revived University of Hong Kong was not being established to provide for all of China's Juucational needs and that the Committee should keep its attention ructed to what might be regarded as essentially British cultural intereste. It was agreed that further consideration of the suspencion of engineering teaching in Hong Kong should be defer d until an opportunity had been given to Professor Redmond to stabs a case for its retention.
Training of Touchers.
19. It was stated to the Education Department in the Colony proviusas two year course for matriculents wh, procceded to a Governmen' curtificie that the University recently had initiated courses for Diplom. in Teaching after one year's post-graduate tudy, tlt suple faciliules for practice in tunching we re given in school, near the University.
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(a) 12. loss begested that the Diploma course should extend to two years becaur of the need to train all students in the technique of Inglin to ching as well as in the subjects of their choice. This was put forward as a personal view, not as the considered opinion of his colleagues in the Deprtment of Educin
(5) Professor Pinsey feared that such an extension might for economie reasons, discourage students from advanced studies in their own subject.
2. The de Irability of the appointment of an expert peychologist for work in schrole and in the training of teachers was sugeste
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22. The Committee Aiscussed the difficulty adequately of staffing the University of Hong Kong and other Colonial universities. The Chairman hope that an arrangement for the secondment of lecturers from British universities might give rtf native hAlp
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