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 83

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Note of meeting of the Hong Kong University

Advisory Committee held in the Conference Room,

Colonial Office, Dover House, on Thursday,

14th February, 1946.

PRESENT: R.E. Priestly, Esq., M.C.,

D.Sc.,

(In the Chair)

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Mr. C.W.M. Cox, Esq., C.M.G. Walter Adams, Esq.

E. Burney, Esq., M.C., H..I. Mrs. L. Forster

Professor W.J. Hinton

E.A. Morse, Esq., C.B.E. Sir George Moss, K.B.E. Professor L.M. Penson. D.J. Sloss, Esq., C.B.E. N.L. Smith, Esq., C.M.G.

Dr. W.H. Kauntze, C.M.G., M.B.E. Miss A.. Ruston.

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preseas The Chairman opened the meeting by saying that

Mr..Cox

who was going to the Near East and was

due five to six days ago, had been held up. The

Chairman had seen him during the morning and he might

go off during the afternoon. Mr. Cox had asked him

(Mr. Priestly) to take the chair, and if nobody had

any objection, he proposed to carry on.

The first item of the agenda was the minutes of

the last meeting. The Chairman said it would be

noticed that although it was said there would not be

a full record of the meeting there was one sent round

because it had been possible to prepare it.

Mr. N.L. Smith wished to raise one small point

that on the 3rd page, paragrah 5 Sir Edward Gent

mentioned the committee in 1939 and 1937. In 1939

it was a much more influential and larger committee

than the one in 1937. Mr. N.L. Smith said that the

committee in 1939 under Mr. Sloss took a completely

different point of view

Miss Ruston mentioned one other alteration which

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