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of the issue ruised by Mr. Sloss until he was available for

discussion.

4.

On the Dist December, 1945, the Secretary of State

for the Colonies appointed a strong Committec, which

included Mr. Slogs as well as representatives of the

universities in this country and a representative of the

Foreign Office, to advise him on whether the University

should serve the local needs of Hong Kong only or the needs

of students from China and other neighbouring territories.

11. The Committee's recommendation.

5.

The Committee, whose Report dated July, 1946, forms

Appendix 2 to this memorandum, had the following terms of

reference:-

6.

"(a) whether or not the University of Hong Kong, as such, should continue to exist and if so the policy which should govern its resuscitation and

"(b) the steps necessary to restart such of the work hitherto undertaken by the University as is essential for the needs of Hong Kɔng, whatever the decision arrived at on the broader issue,"

Briefly the conclusion of the Committee was that

the needs of Hong Kong alone do not justify the maintenance

of a university but that a first class university would be

of very great value in the maintenence of good relations

with China and other Far Eastern territories; they there-

fore considered that it "should be re-established as soon

as possible on a firm financial basis with staff and

facilities adequate to make it fully capable of reaching

British academic standards and becoming an effective centre

for Sino-British contact in the sphere of learning".

Committee added that they believed "that the restoration or

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