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institutional goals of The Chinese University, having been established in 1966. New Division I n The Emerging University, 1970-1974, f ou r t een divisions o f the Graduate School were listed. Eleven may be described as specialization in basic fields of knowledges, and the remaining three represents professional education. In the period covered by this Report, a growing number of candidates are pursuing the two-year M.Phil. programme of four newly created divisions: Economics, Communication, Social Work and English, and a 3-year part-time M.B.A. course for Business Administration. Expansion Policy Expansion of the enrollment of the graduate programme has been carefully controlled in accordance wi th long-range policy. The new two- year Diploma course in Education has been operated solely by the existing staff. The new three-year part-time MBA programme was made possible through a generous outside grant. It is to be noted that the Graduate School has maintained a close working relationship with various research institutes and centres whose research activities complement and enrich the graduate programme. Postgraduate Hall Complex On 16th March, 1976, the Postgraduate Hall Complex of the University was formally opened. The Complex comprises three units: Sir Cho- Yiu Hall, partially donated by the friends of the late Sir Cho-Yiu Kwan, Lady Ho Tung Hall, partially donated by Mr. Ho Shai-Lai, and the ten- storey Postgraduate Hall, subvened by the Government. The Complex represents an important landmark in the development of the Graduate School programme. To quote the words of the Chancellor, Sir Murray MacLehose, when he spoke at the opening ceremony of the Complex. “ A good university is not just a knowledge machine but a grouping of people." For the first time, the graduate students have their own dormitories in which they live wi th senior undergraduate students, foreign students and visiting scholars. They now become a part of the University community by sharing a common purpose; they have easy access to their faculty advisers and other specialists in their fields; they can make effective use of library facilities. Thus the new residences will assist materially in raising the quality of graduate study. Looking Ahead As the University continues to attract more and more distinguished scholars, especially those interested in the Chinese dimension in their respective disciplines, new graduate programmes will obviously be established. In the offing, for example, arrangements are well advanced for a doctorate in Chinese studies. 47