CO129-594-3 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University. For extracted photographs see CN 3-45- Advisory Committee- minutes of... 18-1-1946 - 9-4-1946 — Page 60

HONG KONG UNIVERSITY ADVISORY COMMITTEE

DRAFT MINUTES of the First Meeting of the Hong Kong University Advisory Committee held

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at 2.30 p.m. on Friday, the 18th of January, 1946, in the Conference Room, Dover House.

Present:

Mr. C. W. M. Cox (in the chair)

Mr. Walter Adams

Dr. H. J. Channon.

Sir Herbert Eason

Mrs. L. Forster

Sir Edward Gent

Mr M. Hegeltine

Professor W. J. Hinton

Sir George Moss

Professor L. M. Penson

Sir Humphrey Prideaux-Brune

Dr. R. E. Priestley

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Mr. D. J.

Sloss

Mr. N. L.

Smith

Dr. J. A.

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Miss A. M. Ruston

(Secretary).

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Mr. E. Burney and Mr. A. A. Morse were unable to be

present.

1. The Chairman in the name of the Secretary of State

ofter explaining the origins of the Commitee, welcomed the members and invited 'Sir Edward Gent to make

background to the ques houp on which a statement on the origine the Committee/wered t

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striesing that he spoke in a paroly personal capacity

2. Sir Edward Gent, speaking for himself, said that the

Committee were asked to make proposals of lasting importance

to the British position in the Far East. He referred to

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papers before the meeting. In view of the political

and economic position of Hong Kong, in his view, it was

important that the University should be developed on the

Referring to the possit to future lines laid down by its founders. Por the political, development of a forest me cconomic wellbeing of Hong Kong in the next

of male government

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twenty to fifty years we should have to rely in large part

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on the "products of Hong Kong University" aud He streesed Ilvent there should be wo lift beliven therm e there colleagent in

again the necessity of maintaining the high aim of its

China. He thought that if the lawers' camo wserve only the

founders.

bands of the Coloye the fuluto of Hong Kong might be

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could

Sloss asked if the Committee was to assume that it

was the policy of the Seeretary of State and of His

Majesty's Government to support the reconstruction and

development of the University having in view not merely

local interests but broader Chinese interests also.

Sir Edward Gent replied that the policy of the

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