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 98

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The Chairman wondered whether something could be done

on the lines of the estimate for the West Indian University

(£1 millions). He believed they had £100,000 a year.

Mr. Morse thought that double that amount would be required

and, presuming that £100,000 a year contribution was offered,

he still thought that a million dollars would be wanted.

Mr. Cox was of the opinion that it might be possible

to have a contribution from Australia and Canada.

The question was put as to what would be the British

position if there were no Hong Kong University.

It was said that there would be no unilateral weight in

China and if we had one good specialised University that

would hold up the length of British

it seemed it

would be about the cheapest way of doing it.

The Chairman asked if the Committee were generally

agreed that it would be best to devote the next meeting

to trying to work out some idea of the blue print for the

University.

He

Mr. Burney said he was a little concerned as to the

present position. He felt it was proposed to aim at

something comparable with the West Indian University.

said that Hong Kong would provide something entirely

different. It was emphatically desirable at the earliest

possible moment

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University

College for political purposes. It should be planned

on a large scale, and, by opinions put forward, it should

be something that musi compare with the best Chinese

Universities.

The chairman stated that in comparing it with the

West Indian University he had done so as a sort of minimum

to be provided, at leasr, with that amount of money.

Mr. Morse raised a further point. He said that an

enormous

community of British Europeans are