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MEMBERS.

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C. W. M. Cox, Esq., C.M.G. (Chairman). Educational Adviser to Secretary of State

for Colonies.

Walter Adams, Esq. Secretary of the Inter-University Council for Higher Education in the Colonies and Secretary-Designate of the Colonial University Grants Advisory Committee.

E. Burney, Esq., M.C., H.M.I. Member of the Advisory Committee on Education in

the Colonies. Visited Hong Kong in 1934 to advise on education.

H. J. Channon, Esq., C.M.G., D.Sc. Member of the McLean Commission on Higher Education in Malaya; of the Elliot Commission on Higher Education in West Africa and of the Asquith Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies. Formerly Professor of Biochemistry, Liverpool University.

Sir Herbert Eason, C.B., C.M.G., M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S. President of the General

Medical Council. Formerly Principal of London University.

Mrs. L. Forster. For many years resident in Hong Kong; wife of the Professor of

Education, Hong Kong University.

Professor W. J. Hinton, LL.D.

Professor of Political Economy Dean, member of

Director of Studies,

Court and Council of Hong Kong University 1913 to 1929. Institute of Bankers since 1929.

Dr. W. H. Kauntze, C.M.G., M.B.E., M.D., F.R.C.P., D.P.M.

the Secretary of State for the Colonies.

Medical Adviser to

A. Morse, Esq., C.B.E. General Manager of Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Cor-

poration, and Treasurer of Hong Kong University.

Sir George Moss, K.B.E. Late Consul-General, Hankow.

Professor L. M. Penson, Ph.D. Chairman of Academic Council and Professor of Modern History, London University. Member of the Asquith Commission; and of the Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies.

Sir Humphrey Prideaux-Brune, K.B.E., C.M.G. Cultural Relations Department of the Foreign Office. Formerly acting Chinese Counsellor and sometime Charge d'Affaires, His Majesty's Embassy, Chungking, also China Relations Officer, New Delhi.

R. E. Priestley, Esq., M.C., D.Sc. Vice-Chancellor, Birmingham University. Member of the Asquith Commission; of the Irvine Committee on Higher Education in the West Indies and of the Advisory Committee on Education in the Colonies.

D. J. Sloss, Esq., C.B.E. Vice-Chancellor, Hong Kong University since 1937. Formerly

Principal of University College, Rangoon.

N. L. Smith, Esq., C.M.G. Formerly Hong Kong Administrative Service (Colonial

Secretary 1936-1941).

J. A. Venn, Esq., Litt.D., F.S.A. President of Queens' College, Cambridge. Member of the Asquith Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies. Visited Hong Kong 1931.

Miss A. M. Ruston (Secretary). Member of the Eastern Department of the Colonial

Office.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PREFACE

PART I. MAIN RECOMMENDATION

PART II. ARGUMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATION PART III. SCOPE OF THE PROPOSED UNIVERSITY

PART IV. FINANCE

PART

V. IMMEDIATE ACTION

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APPENDICES: (A) List of PAPERS CONSIDERED

(B) ORAL EVIDENCE TAKEN

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