RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1965 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/s752cj653 90 S. HUANG In June 1961 the University Preparatory Committee, chaired by the Hon. C. Y. Kwan, was appointed. Its terms of reference were to advise on a site for the central university buildings and the accommodation required. In due course a site in the upper Shatin Valley, not too far from Chung Chi College, was selected and Government was persuaded to set aside 250 acres there for the new University. Finally, in May 1962, Government, satisfied with the progress made on all fronts, announced the appointment of a commission to make recommendations on the establishment of the University. The Commission was a distinguished group of men, and credit for bringing them together must go to the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas in England, in particular to Sir Charles Morris, Chairman of the Council, and to Sir Christopher Cox. The Commission Chairman was Mr. J. S. Fulton (now Sir J. S. Fulton), who has been mentioned earlier. The other members were Dr. Choh-Ming Li (now first Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University), Professor of Business Administration and Director of the Centre for Chinese Studies at the University of California, Dr. J. V. Loach, Registrar of the University of Leeds, Professor Thong Saw-pak, Professor of Physics at the University of Malaya, and Professor F. C. Young, Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Cambridge. Mr. I. C. M. Maxwell, Secretary of the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas, joined the group as Secretary. The Commission came to Hong Kong that summer and before its departure publicly announced that in their view the three Post-Secondary Grant Colleges were ready for university status. They took it that their job was to make recommendations on the organization and constitution of the University. In April 1963 their eagerly awaited report was published and was received with general enthusiasm. Shortly thereafter, Government announced that it had approved the Commission's recommendations in principle, as had the Colleges. In June the formation of a Provisional Council was announced; and on July 2, 1963 with the completion of necessary preliminary work, which was considerable, the process of preparing the way for the establishment of the University began. ================================================================================ RASHKB Journal 皇家亞洲學會香港分會學刊 | RAS-1970 https://digitalrepository.lib.hku.hk/catalog/ww72j0241 CONTENTS EDITORIAL PRESIDENT'S REPORT FOR 1969 HON. TREASURER'S REPORT FOR 1969 THE LIBRARY 1969-70 ARTICLES CONTRIBUTED : 1 - More on the Yung-Lo Ta-Tien-L. CARRINGTON GOODRICH 11 - Lord Elgin and the Taipings-STEPHEN UHALLEY, Jr. 17 - Hong Kong Cadets, 1862-1941-H. J. LETHBRIDGE 24 - Aspects of Hong Kong Marine Fauna-LAMARR B. TROTT 36 - A Hong Kong Butterfly-COLONEL V. R. BURKHARDT 57 - Chinatown in Hong Kong: The Beginnings of Taipingshan-DAFYDD EMRYS EVANS 63 - Chinese Emigration and the Deck Passenger Trade-A. D. BLUE 69 - Removing Some Barriers to Comprehension: A New Look at Cantonese Expletives-K. M. A. BARNETT 79 - A British Maritime Chart of 1780 Showing Hong Kong—HENRY D. TALBOT 94 - ARTICLE REPRINTED: Hong Kong before the British-S. F. BALFOUR 128 - NOTES AND QUERIES: The J.O.P. Bland Papers-J. L. CRANMER-BYNG 180 - Visit to Old Shau Kei Wan-24th May, 1969-JAMES HAYES 183 - Hemp-JAMES HAYES 188 - Coach Tour of Eastern Hong Kong Island—18th October, 1969-JAMES HAYES 190 - The San On Map of Mgr. Volontieri―JAMES HAYES 193 - A Casualty of the Cultural Revolution-JAMES HAYES 196 - Pile Houses at Tai O, Lantau Island, Hong Kong-10th January, 1937-W. SCHOFIELD 201 - BOOK REVIEWS 216 - LIST OF MEMBERS ================================================================================