The scheme of the Hong-kong University, to which we referred
in June last year, is now well on its way towards realisation. The munificence of private donors—Chinese, English, and Parsi—and Chinese officials has secured the establishment of the University on a limited scale, but in order to place it on a thoroughly satis- factory basis another £100,000 is required. In the appeal for further funds issued by Sir Frederick Lugard, the originator of the scheme, its aims are set forth, and the choice of Hong-kong as the site,. and English as the medium of instruction, is effectively ,vindicated. Those aims may be defined as the imparting of Western culture and science without the drawback of denationalisation, the regeneration of. Chinese official life, and the increase of British prestige, influence, and commerce. The Hong-kong University, we may add, does not in any way interfere with Lord William Cecil's project of a Chinese Uni- versity at Hankau, which is primarily designed to create an
educated native ministry and an intellectual Christian laity. Subscriptions to the Hong-kong University Fund can be sent to Messrs. Koch and Co., 3 Whitehall Place, S.W.
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