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HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ADVISORY

COMMITTEE

Draft Minutos of the Fifth meeting of the Committee held in the Conference Room at the Colonial Office, Dover House, on March 25th 1946.

PRESENT:

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Mr. C. Cox (In the Chair)

Mr. Adams

Sir Herbert Enson (for the first part of meeting only)

Mrs. Foster

Professor Hinton

Dr. Kountze

Mr. Morso

Sir George Moss

Frofessor Ponson

Sir Humphrey Prideaux Brune

Dr. Friestley

Mr.

Sloss

Kr. N...Smith

Mias Ruston

Apologies for bsence were received from:

Dr. Channon and Dr. Venn, and Mr. Barney.

Mr. C.P.Fitzgerald (Regional Officer for China at the Headquarters of the British Council) and Professor F. Redmond (Hong Kong University) wore present during the earlier part of the mecting,

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The draft minutes of the last moeting were approved.

Mr. Fitzgerald reported on the British Council's plans for China. He said that the main activity in which the Council had engaged so for had been the subsidicing of certain posts and chairs connected with the teaching of English in Chinese Universities. Bocause of the high cost of living in China at present time the salaries paid by the Chinese Universities were insufficient for Europeans and the Council's assistance enabled English men and women to be appointed when it would not otherwise be possible. At the present time thaec ruch posts were filled and there was a considerable field for expansion.

Arother activity of the Council was the provision of books. A library was maintained in the Council's Headquarters at Chunking and it was hoped that more would be established in other places.

The Council also arranged visits to this country. During the current year the visits of fifteen post-graduate studens had been arranged, six visiting Professors and twalove to fifteen distinguished visitors. The number varied according to whether the visitors wore able to pay part of their expenses. Post-graduate students came for two or three yours, visiting Professors normally for one year for refresher courses and study leave, and distinguished visitors, who were not necessarily academic, for varying periods. Mr. Fitzgerald added that the Council endeavoured to maintain an oven balance as between science and the humanitics but that scientists had porhaps predominated.