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MEMBERS.
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.
President of the General
Sir Herbert Eason, C.B., C.M.G., M.D., M.S., F.R.C.S.
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
Court and Council of Hong Kong University 1913 to 1929. Director of Studies, 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.
THE SECRETARY OF STATE
FOR THE COLONIES.
Sir,
COLONIAL OFFICE,
DOWNING STREET,
S.W.I.
July, 1946.
In response to your invitation to us of the 31st December, 1945, to advise you on the questions of
(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 Kong, whatever the decision arrived at on the broader issue,
we have the honour to present our unanimous report.
Chairman. C. W. M. Cox.
Members. Walter Adams.
Herbert Eason.
G. H. Forster.
W. J. Hinton.
W. H. Kauntze.
*A. Morse.
G. S. Moss.
Lillian M. Penson.
H. Prideaux-Brune.
Raymond Priestley. D. J. Sloss, J. A. Venn,
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Secretary. A. M. Ruston.
PREFACE
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PART I. MAIN RECOMMENDATION
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PART II. ARGUMENT IN SUPPORT OF THE RECOMMENDATION PART III. SCOPE OF THE PROPOSED UNIVERSITY
* Authorized by cable.
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PART IV.
FINANCE
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Note: Mr. E. Burney and Dr. H. J. Channon were prevented by the pressure of other duties from continuing their membership of the Committee.
PART V. IMMEDIATE ACTION
APPENDICES: (A) LIST OF PAPERS CONSIDERED
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