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EDUCATION

There were 795 students who graduated during the year from the Chinese Univer- sity of Hong Kong---37 Masters of Philosophy, 24 Masters of Business Administration, two Masters of Divinity, two Masters of Arts, two Masters of Arts (Education), 199 Bachelors of Arts, 184 Bachelors of Science, 111 Bachelors of Business Administra- tion, and 234 Bachelors of Social Science.

The department of extra-mural studies offers more than 500 general courses in a wide range of subjects, some of which can be taken by correspondence. The depart- ment also offers a number of intensive courses leading to the award of certificates. The majority of the courses are conducted in Cantonese or Mandarin. Recently the department started running television and radio courses in collaboration with Com- merical Television and Radio Television Hong Kong.

The university library contains some 185,750 books and journals specialising in resources for advanced studies and research. In addition, the three college libraries have more than 338,800 volumes of books and journals for undergraduate studies and general reading.

During 1976 the Chinese University of Hong Kong began to make preparations for the medical school which is to be established at the university in 1981. A Medical Academic Advisory Committee was appointed to plan the development and curricula of the new school, and Dr G. H. Choa-the government's Director of Medical and Health Services up to the end of 1976-was appointed the first Dean. The medical school will eventually produce 100 doctors a year in addition to the 150 a year produced by the medical school at the University of Hong Kong.

The Governor, in his capacity of Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, announced the appointment of an external commission in November 1975 to review the constitutional arrangements governing the university and its constituent colleges. The chairman of this commission was Lord Fulton of Falmer, formerly Vice-chancellor of the University of Sussex. The commission heard evidence from people associated closely with the university and the colleges, and an open invitation was issued to submit memoranda for the commission's consideration. The com- mission's report was submitted to the Chancellor on March 19, 1976 and published on May 28. A Bill to give effect to the recommendations in the Fulton Report was enacted on December 22.

Research

The Chinese University of Hong Kong is directly responsible for providing faculty members with research facilities so as to enable them to keep up with the latest developments in their own fields and to contribute to them. For this purpose there are three institutes: the Institute of Chinese Studies, the Institute of Science and Technology, and the Institute of Social Studies and the Humanities.

The Institute of Chinese Studies is carrying out research on the basis of a broad but unified concept of Chinese Studies, which includes what is traditionally identified as Sinology. The institute has its own Journal, of which seven volumes have been published. As a result of research sponsored by the institute, six books have been