Bulletin Winter 1975

New Fulton Commission The Chancellor of the University, Sir Murray MacLehose, has appointed a commission to advise on whether any changes should be made to the Constitution of the University and its Constituent Colleges, subsequent to the submission of the Final Report of the Working Party on Educational Policy and University Structure in July 1975. The Chairman of the Commission is Lord Fulton of Falmer, who in 1962-63 chaired the Commission whose Report led to the University's inauguration. Other members include Sir Michael Hemes, Chairman of the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee from 1965 to 1973; and Prof. C.K. Yang of the University of Pittsburgh. Mr. I.C.M. Maxwell of the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas, Secretary to the first Fulton Commission, serves as Secretary to this new Commission. The terms of reference of the Fulton Commission are: "Bearing in mind experience gained in the first decade of The Chinese University of Hong Kong's development and the Final Report of the Working Party on Educational Policy and University Structure, to advise on whether any changes are necessary in the governance, financial and administrative machinery, ordinances and statutes of the University and its Constituent Colleges." The new Fulton Commission came to Hong Kong on 5th December and spent a week on formal hearings. Officers and faculty of the University and the Constituent Colleges were invited to give their views at the hearings. The Commission will assemble in Britain to prepare a Report, to be submitted to the Chancellor in late February 1976. (From left to right) Mr. I.C.M. Maxwell, Sir Michael Hemes, Lord Fulton of Falmer, and Prof. C.K. Tang 1