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HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

CONFIDENTIAL

DRAFT MINUTES OF THE ELEVENTH MEETING OF THE COMMITTEE HELD AT THE COLONIAL OFFICE ON TUESDAY 18TH JUNE, 1946.

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It following should be

Present:-

Mr. C W. Cox (in the Chair) Mr. Adams

Professor Hinton

Sir Humphrey Prideaux-Brune Dr. Priestley,

Dr. Rae (for Dr. Kauntze) Mr. Sloss,

Miss Ruston.

Mr. Burney, Dr. Channon, Sir Herbert Eason, Mrs. Foster, Sir George Moss, Professor Penson, Mr. N. L. Smith and Dr. Venn were unable to be present.

1.

The minutes of the last meeting held on 11th June were approved.

2. It was agreed that the word "memorandum" should be substituted for the words "Section VI" in paragraph 8 of the minutes of the 8th meeting and that for the sentence beginning "The main proposals......"Asubstitute "proposals pu to be forwarded by Professor Hinton in H. K. U.A.C. No. 34 together with the comments by Mrs. Foster in H.K.U.A.C. No. 39 were considered and the following conclusions drawn.

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3. Alternative paragraphs for 6, 7, and 8 of Part II of the draft Report submitted by Professor Hinton were read out by the Chairman and it was agreed that they should be passed to the Drafting Committee and incorporated in the Report.

4.

The rest of the meeting was devoted to a consideration of Parts III, IV and V of the draft Report which had previously been circulated to members. A number of amendments and additions were agreed and noted and it was arranged that they should be incorporated in a revised draft.

5. The arrangements agreed at the 10th meeting was confirmed namely that when the amendments of substance agreed by the Committee as a whole had been incorporated, the Report should be sent to the Drafting Committee who were authorised to make what minor amendments they thought fit.

6. It was agreed that when this revised draft of the Report had emerged from the Drafting Committee, it should be circulated to all members who would thus have the opportunity of sending in in writing any further amendments which they wished to make. It was hoped however that these comments would be restricted as much as possible to enable the Report to be agreed upon and signed at the next meeting, which it was agreed should be held at 2.30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16th in the Colonial Office.