Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 8 Feb 1965

REGISTRAR ON TOUR M r. H .T . W u , Registrar o f the U n iv e rs ity , has been in v ite d by the U .S . D e pa rtm e n t o f State to v is it the U n ite d States fo r 30 days. He leaves fo r San Francisco on M a rc h 19. D u rin g his v is it M r . W u w ill meet leaders o f Am erican h igh er education and stud y un iv e rs ity adm in istra tion at such educational in s titu tio n s as H arvard, Yale, Colum bia, Co rne ll, P rinceton and the U n iv e rs ity o f C a liforn ia . In ad d ition M r . W u w ill consult w ith officers o f the Am erican C o un cil on Education and the Association o f Am erican Colleges. M r. W u 's trip is intended to fa cilita te closer liaison between the Chinese U n iv e rs ity and the Am erican academic com m u n ity . On the conclusion o f his stay in Am erica, M r. W u w ill then proceed to E ngland to fu lfil a programme w h ic h is being arranged fo r h im by the B ritis h C ouncil. T h is programm e w ill in clud e discussions on un iv e rs ity a dm in istra tion w ith the Registrars o f a num ber o f B ritis h universities ； a v is it to the offices o f the U n i versity G rants C omm ittee, the Association o f C om m onwealth U n iversities and the In te r-U n iv e rs ity C oun cil on H ig h e r Education Overseas. M r. W u w ill spend appro xim ately one m on th in B rita in before re tu rn in g to H o n g Kong. M rs . E the l Fed], D e p u ty Registrar, w ill be A c tin g Registrar d u rin g M r. W u 's absence. INFORMAL EXCHANGE OF IDEAS On January 21, M r. T .C . Cheng, President o f U n ite d College, m et w ith representatives o f local secondary schools at U n ite d College to exchange ideas and discuss m u tua l problems. T h is is the firs t o f a series o f regular in fo rm a l meetings between senior staff o f the U n iv e rs ity and representa tives o f local catholic schools, C h ristian m id d le schools, G ra n t schools, G ove rnm en t schools and private schools. T h e arrangement, resulted from a meeting o f the V ice -C hance llo r w ith ten school p rincipals on Sep tem ber 24, 1964, w ill take place once every tw o months w ith the Presidents o f the three F ounda tion Colleges ta kin g tu rn s as hosts at th e ir respective colleges. Those present at the firs t meeting w e re : M r . C .Y . Cheng, P rin cipa l o f T a k M in g M id d le School M iss B .M . K o tew a ll, P rin cip a l o f St. Paul's Co-ed School D r. L am C h i-fu n g , P rin cipa l o f P ui C h ing M id d le School M o th e r V irg in ia (accompanied by M o th e r Ip ), St. M a ry 's Canossian College M r . W ong S h iu -m in g , P rin cip a l o f C lem enti M id d le School M r . T .C . Cheng, President o f U n ite d College M r . H .T . W u, U n iv e rs ity Registrar M r . S .L . W ang, E xam ination Secretary D u rin g the m eeting the fo llow in g subjects were discussed :- 1. Im p ro v em e n t o f E nglish standard in Chinese m id d le schools ； 2. T h e M a tric u la tio n Syllabuses o f the U n iv e rs ity ; 3. La ck o f good te xt books in Chinese in certain subjects; 4. Suggestions fo r E x tra -m u ra l Studies Courses ； and 5. T h e need fo r coo rdination among the various lo cally conducted exam inations. T h e second meeting o f the in fo rm a l group is expected to be held in A p ril. CHANGES IN FEES STRUCTURE Since its inaugura tion in O ctober 1963, the Chinese U n iv e rs ity o f H o n g K o n g has fo rm u la ted plans fo r the expansion and im p rovem ent o f its facilities, in c lu d in g in s tru c tio n , research, service to the local comm u n ity and in te r-u n iv e rs ity relations and co-operation. T he U n iv e rs ity , on F ebruary 26, announced th a t the H ong K o n g G ove rnm en t has, fo r purposes o f subvention, approved in p rin c ip le the fo llow in g projects: 1. T h e creation o f a U n iv e rs ity L ib ra ry in w h ich specialized collections w ill be kept, in addition to the existing college lib ra rie s ; such L ib ra ry to be used m a in ly fo r graduate and facu lty research and fo r in d iv id u a l advanced study by senior students o f the U n iv e rs ity . 2. T h e opening o f a School o f Education to p ro ­ duce much-needed graduate teachers, especially fo r the Chinese m id d le schools in H o ng K on g . 3. T h e setting up o f tw o research institutes, viz., the In s titu te o f Social Studies and Hum an ities w h ic h envisages the inclusion o f u n its in such areas as business and p u b lic adm in istra tion , econom ics, geography, mass comm unication, m odern and contem porary Chinese social studies, social survey, sociology, social welfare, w o rld histo ry, and modern languages ； and the In s titu te o f Science and Technology w h ic h w ill engage in bo th basic and applied research in such areas as biology, chem istry, physics, mathematics and statistics. 3