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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 disenses must form a large part of studies in systematic medicine there was need of the development of post-graduate teaching in Tropical Disenges.
D. Faculty of Engineering.
18. The Chairmen expresseù grave doubts of the value of isolated small schools of 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 side by side with Chinese of lower social standing, but the absence of any suck hesitation among them when apprenticca 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 engineering schools were inordin.cly costly n under present conditions impossible adequately to staff, Mr. Morse referred to a previous attempt in Hong Kong to limit teaching to courses in civil engineering, but Mr. Sloss pointed out that little scan was
chieved because l 'boratories and staff for the teaching of the elements of mechanical and electrical engineering still we re necessary. Sir George Moss said that a revived University of Hong Kong was not being established to provide for all of Ching's educational nesus and that the Committee should keep its utention directed to what might be regarded as essentially British cultural interests. It was agreed that further consideration of the suspension of Engineering teaching in Hong Kong should be deferrod until an opportunity had been given to Profes..r Redmony to state a case for ita retention.
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19. It us stated that the Education Department in the Colony proviutů a two year course for matriculants who procceded to a Government surtuilentc, that the University recently had initinbul courses ier a Tiplum in Teaching after one year's post-gradute study, that duplo fcilities for practice in teaching were givul in schools near the University.
20. (a) Mr. loss Luggested that the Diploma course shull extend to two years because of the need to train all students in the technique of English tepching as well as in the subjects of their chloc. This was put forward ne a personal view, not as the considered Minim of his colleagues in the Department of lucian
(b) Professor Finson feared that such an extension might for economic reasons, discourage students from advanced studies in incizn own subjcctu.
21. The de robility of the appointment of an expert psychologist for work in schools and in the training of tenchers was suk, ES
20. The Committre discussed the difficulty adequately of staffing the University of Hong Kong and other Colonial universities. The Chairmar hoped that an arrangement for the secondment of lecturers from British universities might give eff otive halp
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