Bulletin Vol. 6 No. 7 Jul–Aug 1970

School of Education Results The 1969-70 class (Full-time) and 1968-70 class (Part-time) of post-graduate students of the School of Education had completed their "one-year" and “two-year" courses respectively, and the following students have passed the requisite examinations. Subject to the approval of the Senate, they will be awarded the Diploma in Education: 1969-70 (Full-time Course) Chao Sin Shum (Chinese Literature) Fung Wing Hing (Chinese Literature) Kwan Mai Fai (History) Lau Sut Chuen (Chinese Literature) Leung Pui Yuk (Geography) Lo Yiu Man (Chinese Literature) Luk Dick Ling (History) Ma Wai Che (Chinese Literature) 1968-70 (Part-time Course) Chen Swee Chong (Chinese Literature) Chu Wai Ling (Geography) Fung Shau Bok (Chinese Literature) Ho Ting Chun (English) Lee Hoi Fat (Chinese Literature) Lee Ming Kwang (History) Lui Sau Fat (English) Mok Wai Kit (Physics) Ng Sau Man (Geography) Poon Pak Wing (Chinese Literature) Tam Chung Sau (English) Tang Kai Keong (Chinese Literature) Wong Yung Ting (Chinese Literature) Yee Chee Cheong, A. (English) Yeung Chi Kwan (Chinese Literature) Yip Wai Yan (English) Degree Examination Results Subject to the approval of the Senate, 396 students of the University will be awarded Bachelor's degrees as follows: 111 Bachelors of Arts, 108 Bachelors of Science, 60 Bachelors of Commerce, and 117 Bachelors of Social Science. Matriculation Results Of the 5,118 candidates who sat for this year's Matriculation Examination, 1,768 passed, representing 34.54% of the total. Interviews for admission to the Foundation Colleges were conducted from 21st to 22nd July. A s i a n - U . S. Ed u c a t o r s' Co n f e r e n ce The Asian-U.S. Educators' Conference, under the sponsorship of the Institute of International Education, was held in Hong Kong from 21st to 26th June at the Peninsula Hotel. Over 20 leading American and Asian educators, Dr. Choh-Ming Li , Vice-Chancellor of the University among them, assembled to look into the practicability and advisability of keeping regular contact between Asian and American university heads. Dr. James M. Hester, President of New York University, was the Chairman of the conference. Topics discussed during the conference included the problems of university governance, student unrest, the importance of primary and secondary education in the development of international understanding, the usefulness of language and area study programmes, and the importance of educational exchange of both students and faculty members. Asian universities represented at the conference were: Ateneo de Manila University, the University of Malaya, the Nanyang University of Singapore, the Ewha Women's University of South Korea, the University of the Philippines, the University of Hue of South Vietnam, the University of Tokyo, the Satya Watjana University of Indonesia, the Tunghai University of Taiwan, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and the University of Hong Kong. The American universities taking part were: the University of California, Berkeley; Princeton University; New York University and Harvard University. The group of educators visited the University and were given a conducted tour on 23rd June 1970. Se c o nd Ma t h ema t i c s S y mp o s i um The second Mathematics Symposium organised jointly by the University of Hong Kong and this University was held from 6th to 9th July, 1970. The purpose of the Symposium was to promote interest in mathematical research and to provide an — 9 —

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