CO129-610-1 Rehabilitation of Hong Kong University 3-1-1947 - 29-12-1947 — Page 184

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Secretary of State.

For Sir Thomas Lloyd's signature

SIR EDWARD BRIDGES, G.C.B., M.C.,

TREASURY.

Dear Bürges,

April, 1947.

FURTHER ACTION.

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ka hi orma

Sanquet

May I trouble you to look at the

enclosed documents relating to the re-establish- ment of the Hong Kong University? They consist of a copy of the report of the Committee, which was set up at the end of 1945 to advise on

whether or not the University as such should

continue to exist and if so the policy which

tinue

should govern its resuscitation, and a copy

of a memorandum which was subsequently prepared

in this Department on the subject and ich Agen agreed to by the Foreign Office.

You will see that the memorandum

summarises the results of the consideration

which was given to the future of the Hong Kong

University in 1939, prior to the outbreak of the War, and then proceeds to discuss the main recommendation of the Committee, namely, that the University 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.

The

memorandum