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HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

CONFIDENTIAL

DRAFT MINUTES OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE

COMMITTEE HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM,

COLONIAL OFFICE, DOWNING STREET, ON APRIL 9TH, 1942.

Present:

Mr. C. Cox (in the Chair)

Sir Herbert Eason

Mrs. L. Forster

Professor Hinton

Dr. Kauntze

Sir George Moss

Sir Humphrey Prideaux-Brune

Dr. Priestley

Mr. Sloss

Hr. N.L. Smith

Miss Ruston.

Sir Mark Young, Governor of Hong Kong, was present at the

invitation of the Committee.

Mr. Burney, Dr. Channon, Mr. Morse, Professor Penson and

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Dr. Venn were unable to be present. The minutes of the sixth

meeting held on 2nd April were laid on the table and adopted subject

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writing to any amendments that might be proposed by Members of the Committee

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to the Secretary before the next meeting.

2. The Chairman, after welcoming Sir Mark Young, outlined the trend

of discussions at earlier meetings. He referred to the causes of

partial failure of the University in the past, to the policy that had

been recommended by the Colonial Office and the Foreign Office in

1939, and to the present emphasis in Hong Kong of the need for the

University to be re-established as rapidly as possible. He added that Since 1939 two new considerations affecting policy had arisen

(a) the decision to establish a University in Malaya and

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(b) the material destruction of the present University buildings

in Hong Kong and the considerable deficiencies in regard both

to staff and equipment resulting from the war.

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