Bulletin Vol. 5 No. 5 Jan–Feb 1969

( 2 ) The Test shall take plac e at the end of the Second Yea r of study. However, students recommended by the Chinese or English Language Departments in the Colleges may be permitted to take the respective language paper at the end of the First Year of study. ( 3 ) Failure in one of the Language papers before the Third Year of study shall not prevent a student from being promoted, but passing in both languages shall be required before admission to the Fourth Year. ( 4) A student who fails in one or both language papers in the first attempt shall be allowed a maximum of two more successive annual attempts . ( 5) The minimum standard of the Language Test within the University shall be determined by the Board of Studies for the Language concerned. II. Subject Test (A) Revised regulations ( 1 ) The Elective Paper in the Intermediate Examination shall be eliminated. ( 2) The university-wide Intermediate Examination shall consist of one paper in the major subject and one paper in the minor subject, held at the end of Second Year of study. ( 3 ) Students belonging to any one of the Foundation Colleges will be allowed to enter for this Examination only on the recommendation of the President of that College. ( 4 ) The Intermediate Examination shall be administered by each Board of Faculty. ( 5 ) Subject to the general regulations laid down by the Senate, each Board of Faculty shall be free to formulate for approval of the Senate detailed rules of this Examination for subjects within the purview of that Board of Faculty. ( 6) Every rule of the Examination formulated by a Board of Faculty shall be the same for all subjects within its purview unless that Board of Faculty unanimously recommends otherwise. The rules of the Examination recommended by each Board of Faculty may include:— (a) the standard for passing which must however be expressed in a uniform mark fo r all faculties, ( b) the number of attempts which a candidate may make, (c) whether a supplementary examination is given and, if so, under what conditions, and (d) whether a candidate who fails will be required to repeat the Second Year in the same subject or to transfer to another subject within the same Faculty or to transfer to another Faculty. (B) Further clarifications of the existing regulations ( 1 ) The purpose of the Intermediate Examination shall be specifically "to assess on the basis of university-wide standard the ability of a student, after two years of study in the University, for continuing studies leading to a degree in his/her chosen major and minor subjects" . Passing of this Examination shall be one of the requirements for the award of a degree. ( 2 ) To achieve the specific purpose of this Examination, the papers shall be designed to cover such a content and to reach such a standard that are expected of a reputable university at the end of the Second Year of study. ( 3 ) Only those students who have obtained a Pass in this Examination and who have subsequently pursued an approved course of study for at least one year wil l be permitted to sit for the Part I Degree Examination, subject to 4 below. — 6 —