PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR 1970
I have very much pleasure in presenting to you the first Annual Presidential Report of the second decade of the resuscitated Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. In so doing I have no hesitation in acknowledging that the flourishing state of our Society is in a large measure due to the fact that we still have in reserve much of the momentum that our first President and his supporting committees stored up during the fruitful years of their decade of office.
It is fitting, therefore, that I should begin this Report by singling out one of our meetings during the past year as the highlight of our activities for the year, and I am sure I do so with the full and willing approval of you all. It was the meeting of the Society held on the 30th November 1970, which was originally intended to celebrate the first ten years of the rejuvenated Society; but when Dr Jones announced his intention of retiring from the Presidency, your Committee unanimously decided that the meeting should take the form of a dinner held in his honour, and his long and successful Presidency. The dinner was held in the Hong Kong Club and was attended by over one hundred members of the Society, and after the dinner a desk set in red leather was presented to Dr Jones, to the blotter of which was attached a silver plaque with the following inscription engraved upon it:
Presented to
J. R. Jones, Esq., CBE, MC, MA, LLD, JP (President of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from December 1959 to May 1970) at a dinner held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his achievement in reviving this branch of the Society which had been in abeyance since 1859.
30th November 1970.
The Society is fortunate in being able to retain the services and help of its Past-President, who remains with us as an active and valuable member of our Committee.
Lecture and Seminar Programme. During the calendar year under review, the Society has maintained a full and comprehensive programme.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR 1970
I have very much pleasure in presenting to you the first Annual Presidential Report of the second decade of the resucit- ated Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society. In so doing I have no hesitation in acknowledging that the flourishing state of our Society is in a large measure due to the fact that we still have in reserve much of the momentum that our first Presid- ent and his supporting committees stored up during the fruitful years of their decade of office.
It is fitting, therefore, that I should begin this Report by singling out one of our meetings during the past year as the highlight of our activities for the year, and I am sure I do so with the full and willing approval of you all. It was the meeting of the Society held on the 30th November 1970, which was originally intended to celebrate the first ten years of the rejuve- nated Society; but when Dr Jones announced his intention of retiring from the Presidency, your Committee unanimously dec- ided that the meeting should take the form of a dinner held in his honour, and his long and successful Presidency. The dinner was held in the Hong Kong Club and was attended by over one hundred members of the Society, and after the dinner a desk set in red leather was presented to Dr Jones, to the blotter of which was attached a silver plaque with the following inscription en- graved upon it:
Presented to
J. R. Jones, Esq., CBE, MC, MA, LLD, JP (President of the Hong Kong Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society from December 1959 to May 1970) at a dinner held to celebrate the 10th anniversary of his achievement in reviving this branch of the Society which had been in abeyance since 1859.
30th November 1970.
The Society is fortunate in being able to retain the services and help of its Past-President, who remains with us as an active and valuable member of our Committee.
Lecture and Seminar Programme. During the calendar year under review, the Society has maintained a full and comprehensive pro-
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