Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 2 Jul 1964

M r. W ‘ D. Gregg, Director of Education Department’ visited New Asia College and United College on May 4 May 26 respectively. M r. Gregg toured the College facilities and met with College senior officials. D r. Carsun Chang, a well-known scholar in Chinese political thoughts, gave a series of lectures on Western and Eastern philosophies at New Asia College since November of last year. The lectures, totalled thirteen, received enthusiastic support from the public as well as students and teaching staff. The whole series was completed at the end of May. M r. Issac Mah, Lecturer in the Religious Knowledge and Philosophy Department, Chung Chi College, left on June 20 for Amsterdam, Netherlands, to attend a Church Leaders Conference, June 22- 26. This Conference was called by the Archbishop of York who is the President of the United Bible Societies. The theme of the Conference was ‘The Use and Place of the Bible in the New Age'. M r. Mah returned to Hong Kong on June 28th. Dr. Philip Shen , Lecturer in the Religious Knowledge and Philosophy Department, Chung Chi College, and M r. George Ling, Assistant Dean of Students, New Asia College, attended the 2nd Asian Conference on the ‘Life and Mission of the Church’ under the auspices of the World Student Christian Federation at Tokyo from May 19 to 30. More than 100 people representing fourteen different countries participated in the Conference. Dr. Shen was the Co-Chairman of a discussion group and workshop on ‘The University Man in Search of Theological Understanding'. M r. Kwok Yau Yee, Vice-President of the Students' Union, United College, left Hong Kong on February 22 on a two-month tour of the U.S.A. The tour was designed to allow university student leaders to observe student organisations, meetings and classes ; to visit student newspapers and clubs ; to study the curricula, the whole complex of student advisory services, and recreational activities. M r. Chew Soh-cheng, a economics graduate of New Asia College, was awarded the Yale-in-China Overseas Scholarship to study at Yale University, M r. Chew w ill leave for the U.S.A. in September. The Yale-in-China Overseas Scholarship is given to only one student outside the U.S.A. each year and M r. Chew was the seventh student to win the honour. COLLEGE REPORTS New Asia Student Union The new Student Union of New Asia College was inaugurated on June 1. A ceremony to celebrate the inauguration was held on Saturday, July 11, at the auditorium o f the College. M r. Cheng Hee Chiu, a 3rd-year student in Chemistry, was elected to be the President of the Student Union, and M r. N ip Ka Bik, a 3rd-year student in Philosophy and Sociology, was elected chairman of the Representative Council. The organisational structure of the New Asia Student Union consists of two bodies: the Executive Cabinet and the Representative Council on Legislature. New Name The New Asia College A lum ini Association has officially changed its name to ‘New Asia College Alumni Association of Chinese University of Hong Kong' and application for the alteration has been submitted to the Registrar General. New Asia's new P, E. Director M r. Anthony W. B. Ko has been appointed Director of Physical Education at New Asia College. A Physical Education major graduated from the Normal University of Taiwan,'Mr. Ko was associated w ith Chung Chi College as its Executive Assistant of Physical Education during the year 1958-62. He attended the Springfield College for graduate study in 1962 w ith an Asia Foundation grant and received his M.P.R. in Physical Education this year. M r. Ko is a former winner of Hong Kong School Boys' Badminton Championship, and was also a member of the National Badminton Team of the Republic of China competing in the Asian Games in 1958. New Officers of United College Student Union President: Y. Y. Kwok Vice-President: Chan Wing Hay Hon. Chinese Sec.: Y. K . Yu Hon. EnglishSec,: K . K , Lee Hon. Treasurer: K . K . Man Studies: Miss S. K . Kwok Desmond Y. T . Lee Social Convenors: C. K . Cheng K . S. Ma. Bursars: Miss C. Y. Ip M . S. Chan Intensive English Courses in New Asia New Asia College w ill require all new students of the coming year to attend an intensive course in oral English this summer. The four-week course w ill begin on August 24 and end on September 16. D r. C. T . Yung, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University and President of Chung Chi College, has been re-appointed as External Examiner in Botany by the Nan Yang U n iversity, Singapore, for the year 1964-65. Dr. A. T . Roy, Vice-President for Public Relations, Chung Chi College, received an honorary L L .D . degree from Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., on June 5 , 1964. He returned to Hong Kong on June 27. 9

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