The First Six Years 1963-69

Hong Kong was assisting the post-secondary colleges that later became the Foundation Colleges o f The Chinese University. Advice was freely given at several levels by both the administrative and teaching staff. Since 1964, each Vice-Chancellor has served on the Council o f the other University and they have jo in tly held in formal discussions at regular intervals. The two Universities have formally established a Jo in t Salaries Committee ， a Jo in t Un iver sities Committee on Student Finance, and a Jo in t Computer Committee w ith a view toward establishing a Jo in t Computer Centre in 1971. The University is also a member o f the Association o f South east Asian Institutions o f H igher Learning (ASA IHL ) and actively participates in its administrative planning and academic confer ences. The Vice-Chancellor was elected President o f this Association in 1968 and continues to hold this office. The University hosted the A S A IH L seminar: “ Recent Trends in University Adm inistration” which was held on the new University campus in December 1969. In November 1968， a Planning Committee was convened in Hong Kong, under the auspices o f the Council o f Protestant Colleges and Universities o f the U.S.A. to discuss the idea o f a workshop on liberal arts education for Asian institutions o f higher learning. The Asian Workshop on Higher Education resulted from this planning session and was held from August 18 to 3 0，1969 at The Chinese University. The Vice-Chancellor was elected Director o f the Workshop which was entitled: “ A New Man for A New Society in Asia: Universities and Colleges as Agents o f Change” . Altogether, 20 universities and colleges from India, Indonesia ， Japan, Korea ， Malaysia ， Philippines, Ryu-Kyu Islands, Singapore ， Taiwan, Thailand ， Vietnam and Hong Kong participated in the Workshop. This assembly marked the beginning o f a new era in higher education in this region, in the sense that those attending became keenly aware o f the important role that Asian universities and colleges must play as agents o f change. The Proceedings o f the Workshop were recorded and published in December 1969. From the foregoing ， it can readily be seen that while The Chinese University o f Hong Kong basically serves the Hong Kong community, its scope extends considerably beyond that o f a purely local institution. For Asia, The Chinese University is a significant new institution o f higher learning, which works closely w ith un i versities in the West and in other parts o f the world to bring the most modern concepts and methods o f teaching ， research ， academic organization and facilities into its academic programmes. I t aims at becoming a world centre for Chinese and East Asian studies. The time has come when Asians need to adopt a regional rather than a national perspective. The Chinese University may well serve 64