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Civil Engineering, 74 Architecture, 62 Science, and 13 are training in Chinese languages in the Language School of the British Institute of Far Eastern Studies. The students of the University are of 19 different nationalities originating from 28 different countries.

During the year Lady Ho Tung Hall, for which Sir Robert Ho Tung had generously donated $1,000,000 and which is a residential hall accommodating over 80 women students, was opened by Lady Grantham. A new Lodge for the Vice-Chancellor was completed and the foundations laid for a new block of eight flats.

On 1st September a new Faculty of Architecture was inaugurated, and the Court of the University approved the institution of the degrees of D.Sc., M.Sc., B. Arch., M. Arch., B.A. (Hons.), B.Sc. (Hons.), and of a Diploma and a Certificate in Social Study. Plans have been made for the raising of entrance qualifications in 1954.

Schools and Colleges

The Colony's education is under the general control of the Director of Education, but much of the work of education is in the hands of private individuals, missionary and philanthropic bodies.

By the Education Ordinance, 1913, amended in 1947 and 1948, all schools unless specifically exempted are required to register with the Director of Education, to be open to his inspection, and to comply with regu- lations concerning staff, buildings, number of pupils, syllabuses, text books and health.

Since 1920 a Board of Education has advised the Director on the development and improvement of education in the Colony. At the beginning of the year the Board was reconstituted so that, with the exception of the Director of Education who is chairman, it is composed entirely of unofficial members representing the various groups in the Colony interested in education. When desired, education officers attend meetings of the Board in an advisory capacity.

For administrative purposes, schools in the Colony may be classified as follows:-

(1) Government schools, which are staffed and maintained by the Education Department; in this category may be placed the two teachers' training colleges and the Technical College;

(2) Grant schools, which are run mainly by missionary bodies with the assistance of a grant from Government under the provisions of the Grant Code;

(3) Subsidized schools, which are those schools in receipt of a subsidy from Government under the Subsidy Code;

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