Hongkong, Apr. 29, The University of Hongkong is in poor shape financially according to the report issued by the Viee-Chancellor, Mr. W, H, Hornell, The future of the institution does not offer much hope unless its importance as an educational institu tion is realized, Although the Uni: versity opened in October, 1912, this year is the first occasion on which an annual report has been published. Apparently its purpose is to bring home to the public a knowledge of the support necessary to de given for the improvement of this institution, The number of students on the vell on December 81, 1926, was 283, of when 132 were in the Faculty of Engineet "2 in the Faculty Medicine, 49 in the Faculty of
of Arts, The University is educational, and, according to the fures of last your, there were 21 women students, The total income for the year 1926 amounted to $511,256.62. Of this sum, the Hong Kong Government contributed $50,- 000. "Many provinces in China proper sent students to Hongkong, but, on account of the chaotic conditions in those places, they owe the University $115,094.08 for tuition fees, board and lodging.
The University of Hongkong, according to this report, always has. had to live from hand to mouth.
Young Britons now do not, as a rule, want to come to the Far East to work in universities. If a young. man must leave Britain for the Far Enst, he prefers commerce, with its alluring prizes In spite of its handicaps, the University of Hongkong was able to carry on ity work throughout the storms. and. stress of last, year, owing to the fact that it is situated in British territory.
It is noteworthy that, notwithstanding the existence of thin Uni-Yernity, entering for the education of Chinese youths in various parts of China, many Chinese students fare leaving year after year for higher education in Europe and the United States, or even in the so-called universities in Shanghai and Peking. The reason is because the local University is too expensive, the rich students going abroad, and the humble ones leaving for the North,
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