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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH

A variety of research programmes were conducted by the Univer- sity of Hong Kong during the year and brief descriptions follow of those that have special relevance to the Colony.

In the Faculty of Arts, the Department of Chinese and the Institute of Oriental Studies published research works including Volume V of the Journal of Oriental Studies (a double number for 1959-60), Historical Sources for the Study of the Hakkas, and works on Chinese classics and philosophers. In the Department of Economics and Political Science, research on Hong Kong's agriculture and housing situation was carried out in addition to projects undertaken about the China mainland covering national income, linear programming, education, youth, and politics.

Through the Hong Kong Council for Educational Research, the Department of Education published the results of projects on educational developments and research having special reference to Hong Kong, the attainment and ability of Hong Kong primary IV pupils in selected schools, and the education of handicapped children. Other work included studies on failure in school, guidance and selection for university education, teaching of English as a foreign language, teaching of Chinese, and examining methods.

The Department of Geography and Geology continued projects on the structural fracturing and faulting revealed in the tunnel system of the Plover Cove Integrated Water Scheme in the New Territories, and the igneous rocks in Hong Kong, with special reference to felspar overgrowth in the granites and syenites. Other work included research on Tibet; a comparative study of a unique Chinese map drawn in the Ming dynasty and the lost first edition of Ricci's World Map; changing trends of the economic geography of China; recent industrial land use in Hong Kong; population changes and fluctuations in the New Territories; weathering profiles and rates of erosion; and major water projects in the New Territories with special reference to catchment areas and irrigation.

Research projects in the Department of History included those in the fields of Chinese, Japanese, and South-East Asian history, the main subjects being Chinese relations with Yunnan during the T'ang period; the State of Nanchao; British policy towards China between 1894 and 1902; Anglo-Japanese relations in the early