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EDUCATION

Studies, may lead to the formation of a full professional faculty if it proves successful.

The total number of full-time teaching posts (including demon- stratorships and tutorships) during the year 1964-5 was 258. In addition, the Language School of the Institute of Oriental Studies had 19 full-time instructors.

All the University's degrees in professional subjects (medicine, architecture, and civil, electrical and mechanical engineering) are on the same professional footing as those of universities in Britain.

In November Sir Lindsay Ride, CBE, ED, LLD, who had been Vice-Chancellor since 1949, retired. Mr W. C. G. Knowles, formerly Treasurer of the University, was appointed as Sir Lindsay's tem- porary successor pending a permanent appointment.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong was inaugurated in 1963 as a federal university in which the principal language of instruction is Chinese. It has its origin in three colleges, New Asia, Chung Chi, and United College, which in 1957 formed a joint council with the object of securing government recognition. In 1959 Government agreed to provide financial support to the three colleges and sought the advice of Mr J. S. Fulton (now Sir John), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Sussex, on their development. In 1962, a com- mission was formed, under his chairmanship, to consider and determine whether and how a new Chinese university should be created. In February 1963 the Fulton Commission recommended the establishment of a new university and the award of degrees on examinations to be held in the summer of 1964. Events thereafter moved swiftly. A provisional council was first set up and in October 1963 Dr C. T. Yung, President of Chung Chi College, was appointed the first Pro-Vice-Chancellor. In February 1964 Dr Li Choh-ming, Professor of Business Administration at the University of California at Berkeley and a member of the Fulton Commission, assumed duty as Vice-Chancellor.

Physical planning of the new university began as soon as Govern- ment accepted the Fulton Commission's recommendations. An extensive site has been reserved at Ma Liu Shui in the New Terri- tories adjoining the present site of Chung Chi College. In due course the administration of the university, now accommodated in a city office, and the other two colleges will move out to this site.

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