A New Era Begins 1975-78

disciplinary laboratories (M.D.L.) and ancillary facilities. The aim of the multi-disciplinary laboratories is to accommodate the students so that they can attend classes and conduct practical works at a central site where teaching staff from other disciplines will also visit and teach. The Departments of Physiology, Pharmacology and Biochemistry will be located on the third floor. Half of the fourth floor will be offices reserved for temporary use by members of clinical departments who will be participating in the basic medical instruction or others who may need laboratory space for basic research. The other half will include laboratories for animal experimentation, additional research laboratories, operating theatres, and X-ray room. The Animal House will be located on the top floors. Construction work is expected to begin in 1979. The Choh-Ming Li Building (or the Basic Medical Sciences Building) reflects a wholly new development in professional education in The Chinese University, and constitutes the first facility in a future series of buildings, which will include a teaching hospital, to be constructed in October 1978. The laying of the foundation stone took place on 7th July, 1978, and was officiated by Sir Yuet-keung Kan, the Chairman of the Council. The building is named after the University's first Vice-Chancellor in honour of his great effort to include medical education in the University. The Mali The Mall, it is to be noted, now becomes the hub of the University. The University Library which supplies all storaged knowledge to the University is at the west end of the Mall while the Choh-Ming L i Building and the Science Centre are at the east end, forming two impressive terminuses. Along the Mall, at one side are the Institute of Chinese Studies and the Ar t Gallery Annex. At the opposite side are the Central Activities Complex——the first and second phases of the Pi-Ch'iu Building, Sui-Loong Pao Building and the Lecture Hall Complex——and the University Auditorium. A ll the four Research Institutes with their Research Centres are housed in the various buildings. The multi- disciplinary laboratories at the Choh-Ming Li Building and the laboratories at the Science Centre, the TV-Broadcasting Studio at Pi-Ch'iu Building Phase I and the computing centre at Pi-Ch'iu Building Phase I I provide the students opportunities to do practical work and receive professional training. Lectures and seminars are held at various sites near to the relevant units so that student and staff relationship can be further cemented. Most important o f all, the instruction and research programmes of most, i f not all, of the disciplines of the University are gathered in this centre. Functioning, on the organic principle they stimulate, complement, and enrich one another. Post Graduate Hail Complex The Post Graduate Hall Complex was formally opened on 16th March, 1976 by His Excellency the Chancellor of the University. The Complex comprises Sir Cho-Yiu Hall, Lady Ho Tung Hall and the Post- 90