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EDUCATION

dependent upon successful results in this examination. In May 2,664 candidates entered for the examination, of whom 1,270 fulfilled minimum requirements for entry.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong was inaugurated in October 1963 as a federal university in which the principal language of instruction is Chinese. It comprises Chung Chi College, New Asia College and United College. At present the university has no cen- tralized campus: the three colleges are situated in three different parts of the Colony, while the central administrative and academic units are located in four separate buildings in downtown Kowloon. However, a campus site covering 273 acres in Sha Tin, New Territories, adjoining the present Chung Chi campus, has been allocated to the university by the Government. The Ground-Breaking Ceremony to mark the beginning of the capital programme in the new campus site was held in December 1967. The construction of the first university building, the Benjamin Franklin Centre, was started in the same month. It is expected that by 1970, the construc- tion of several buildings will have been completed.

The university has few endowments or funds of its own but receives contribution of funds from outside sources to establish scholarships and bursaries, as well as financial support given by international establishments for research. The colleges are also in receipt of certain other small endowments and grants from outside sources but government grants provide the main sources of income.

The Chinese University has at present three faculties and the total undergraduate enrolment in June 1968 is 1,961. The enrol- ment in each faculty is: arts 605; science 575; commerce and social science 781.

This year, a total number of 481 graduates of the university will receive Bachelor's degrees, including 15 with the distinction ‘magna cum laude', and 68 with 'cum laude'.

The matriculation examination of The Chinese University of Hong Kong is designed to select candidates of approved standard for admission to first-year courses in any of the constituent colleges. Candidates are limited to those who have completed six years of secondary school education in an approved secondary school and have passed a qualifying examination such as the English or Chinese