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UNIVERSITY RESEARCH

During the year, a wide range of research programmes was con- ducted by both universities. The following serve to illustrate some of the research completed or in progress during 1969 which has particular relevance to the Hong Kong community.

In the University of Hong Kong, the Centre of Asian Studies sponsored a number of projects including studies of urban squatters in Hong Kong, trade unions, the development of exchange banking in the Far East and the writing of a concise Cantonese-English dictionary. Conferences were organised on the development of Japanese studies, and on urbanisation in Asia. In arts and social sciences, research continued on economic developments in China and Hong Kong, on comparative linguistics and phonetics and on the Hong Kong educational system. A survey of housing conditions in Hong Kong was undertaken, and work was also done on traffic accidents, industrial planning, urbanisation and the geomorphology of the Hong Kong coast. In the medical faculty work on child development continued, while other projects included studies of the biochemistry of drug addiction and of the treatment of spinal tuberculosis. In science, engineering and architecture, high buildings research continued, while other projects included studies of the productivity of various soils, of building costs, of the biology of Plover Cove reservoir and of the development of a modern mathe- matics curriculum for Hong Kong schools. A number of research projects on hydraulics were undertaken, connected with major waterworks developments.

In The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Research Centres have been set up under the university's three Research Institutes (the Institute of Social Studies and the Humanities, the Institute of Science and Technology, and the Institute of Chinese Studies). These provide a wide range of research and training opportunities for staff and students of the university.

Among the very many projects in the social studies and humanities field, there were studies on the impact of industrialisation of the living standard; the impact of urbanisation upon the lives of rural villagers; the urban family; the removal of Plover Cove villagers to

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