CO129-625-3 Hong Kong University- rehabilitation (1950) 1-1-1950 - 31-1-1951 — Page 109

NOTES OF THE MEETING WITH THE GOVERNOR

OF HONG KONG HELD AT 11. 30 a.m.

ON 20TH JUNE. 1950.

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PRESENT:

Sir Alexander Grantham (Governor of Hong Kong)

Mr. Paskin

Sir C. Cox

Mr. Sidebotham

Mr. Adams (University Council)

Mr. E.R.Edmonds

Mr. Hall

Mr. Robison

Miss Gwilliam

Mr. Fairclough

Mr. Sidebotham explained that the Colonial University Grants Advisory Committee had recommended that £250,000 from the C. D. & W. Higher Education allocation should be made available to the University of Hong Kong; he also referred to the recommendations by the Inter-University Council visitors that the £250,000 promised by the Treasury in the 1948 Financial

Sottlement should be made available immediately and that the Treasury should be approached in the hope that they would contribute up to £250,000 towards the establishment of an endowment fund.

Mr. Adams said that most Universities and University Colleges in the Colonies had been made administering authorities for C.D. & W. grants as this was much more convenient than having these grants administered by local governments. He added that good use could be made of the facilities which could be created at the University by the expenditure of the two sums of £250,000 which had been recommended for capital works

even if a sufficiently large endowment fund were not available to increase tho recurrent expenditure as much as was thought desirable; for optimum use of the services however increased recurrent expenditure would be necessary.