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HONG KONG ANNUAL REPORT

During the year the University decided to adopt a Report by the specially appointed Salaries and Wages Committee, which established a clear-cut and comprehensive salary struc- ture, including a new approach to the question of outside practice by members of the academic staff. The increase in salaries and allowances is estimated to cost over $1 million per annum, and the Government, after a debate in Legisla- tive Council, agreed to grant a sufficient additional subvention to enable the scheme to be fully implemented.

During the year a University Press has been established to deal with the increasing publication work begun in 1953. The Press has now many books and journals under its imprint, perhaps its largest achievements being in orientalia, in which field the Journal of Oriental Studies is well known. Some of the books are published jointly with the Oxford University Press.

Of the three University residential halls for men, Eliot Hall on the estate has been converted into a students' recreation centre. In its place, University Hall was opened on a property recently acquired by the University.

An interesting development has been the appointment of a Director of Extra-Mural Studies. It is too early as yet to make forecasts of the results of this appointment, but in view of the undoubted local demand for adult education they may be far-reaching.

Scholarships. 18 government scholarships tenable at the University were awarded on the results of the Matriculation Examination. 5 of the holders of these scholarships will study medicine, 8 science, 4 arts and I dentistry.

Under a bursary scheme for prospective secondary-school teachers; suitable students, who might otherwise be unable to afford higher education, are assisted by Government to take an Arts or Science degree, and the University Diploma in Education. This year funds available for new bursaries amounted to about $160,000, and 41 awards were made, 2 to