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which will raise the number of undergraduates to about 1,800 by 1966. The number of full-time teaching staff, including demonstra- tors and above, is 196. Over seventy of these are the University's own graduates.

The University will celebrate its Golden Jubilee in 1961 with a Domestic Celebration in March for graduates and the local com- munity, and a General Celebration in September to which fellow members of the Association of Universities of the British Com- monwealth and other learned and professional societies and foundations have been invited to send delegates. The General Celebration will include a Jubilee congress holding symposia on muscle-receptors; phytochemistry; the design of high buildings; land use and mineral deposits in south-east Asia; historical, archaeological, and linguistic studies on southern China, south- east Asia, and the Hong Kong region; and economic and social problems of the Far East.

HIGHER EDUCATION OVERSEAS

The British Universities Selection Committee, appointed by His Excellency the Governor, interviews and recommends students who want to further their education in universities or other institu- tions in the United Kingdom. The Students' Branch of the Colonial Office and the Hong Kong Students' Office in London undertake the responsibility of trying to place these students. During the year under review, the title of 'Director' of Hong Kong Students in the United Kingdom was changed to that of 'Adviser', and an additional male Assistant Adviser was appointed. The Adviser and his two Assistants are also responsible for meeting and arranging accommodation of students on arrival, and for helping them with their educational and personal problems during their time in Great Britain.

From 1st October 1959 to 30th September 1960 the Secretary, British Universities Selection Committee, dealt with 325 applica- tions for educational courses and 240 applications for nursing courses in the United Kingdom. During the same period, 326 students are known to have left Hong Kong for further studies in the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic. 1,846 Hong Kong students are known to be studying in the United Kingdom and the