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In 1963, Robert E. Silver and the late Barbara Epstein started the New York Review of Books. Five decades later, this magazine has become one of the most influential and revered of its kind among intellectuals in the English-speaking world. Also in 1963, BBC started the extremely popular sci-fi TV programme Doctor Who. In the same year, our homegrown comics Old Master Q debuted. Other debutants included, of course, the Chinese University.

The best record at this year’s Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon is men’s 2 hr 14 min 18 sec. How many marathons, and its sub-genres of half-marathons and 10 km challenges, can be run in 50 years? Amidst its Golden Jubilee festivities, CUHK accrued some mileage by rallying its staff, students and alumni for a full-scale participation. More than 1,800 of our numbers appeared in the early morning of 24 February and put on their shorts and sneakers, mostly to run but some to cheer. It is fitting that the women’s half-marathon was won by an alumna Ms. Yiu Kit-ching, and the men’s 10 km challenge (master 1) by Mr. Lee Chi-wo Daniel, an alumnus and staff.

In this issue, we also take a long-distance view of our beloved campus at two different points in time. From the edge of the garden of the Vice-Chancellor’s Lodge, the founding Vice-Chancellor Dr. Choh-ming Li presents us with a panoramic view of the mountains and early buildings in 1978. Recently, the present Vice-Chancellor of the University, Professor Joseph Sung, posed for ‘Then vs Now’ at the same spot. Time flies.