undertaken by the University as was essential for the needs of Hong Kong, whatever the decision arrived at as to the University's future. Discussion and examination of the Committee's report which was submitted in July, 1946, continued throughout the year of 1947, particularly in regard to the financial aspects of the proposals, and it was not until early in 1948 that a decision was finally reached that the University should continue to function as a University. The Court, Council, Senate and Boards of Faculties were then reconstituted, and in February and March of 1948 the first postwar meetings of these bodies were held.
those
Classes begun in 1946 and increased in 1947, were in the autumn of 1948 augmented by the resumption of third year classes. In a Matriculation Examination held in June, 181 candidates out of 289 were successful. Entrance to the Univer- sity is not restricted to those who pass the University Matriculation Examination, and a large proportion of who were admitted entered on other qualifications, many coming from Malaya. Eligible applications for entry into the Faculty of Medicine far exceeded the number of vacancies, and it was necessary to restrict entry. In accordance with the recommenda- tions of the Cohen Report on Medical Education, entrants into the Medical Faculty were chosen from amongst those eligible by a Selection Committee, which interviewed applicants in Hong Kong, Singapore, Penang and Kuala Lumpur. At the end of 1948 the following was the total enrolment:
Com-
Medicine Engineering
Arts
Science
Totals
|bined
Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women Men Women
1st year.
82
16
41
1
2nd year.
57 13
16
3rd yea
5th year.
6 h year.
59
11
9
222 223
1
17
3
1
2 33
22 50
23
9
168 76 244
13
16
3
5
89
34
123
00
13
4
80
26
108
I
1
1
253
22
1
23
17
Co
3
20
Totals 237 44
66
1
43 79 30 16 376 140 516
The re-establishment of the University, its grounds, build- ings, equipment, and recruiting of staff, continued throughout
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