Annual Report 2001–02

李國章校長（右）與懷卡托大學校長 Prof. Bryan Gould (左）代表兩校 簽訂學術合作協議，由新西蘭教育部長 Trevor Mallard (中）見證。 Prof. Arthur K.C. Li (right), vice- chancellor of the University, and Prof. Bryan Gould (left), vice-chancellor of the University of Waikato, signing an academic agreement for their two universities, with the Hon. Trevor Mallard (middle), Minister of Education of New Zealand, as witness 李國章校長主持第一屆「員工 優異服務獎」頒獎典禮 The Vice-Chancellor presiding at the Presentation Ceremony of the Exemplary Service Award 2001 副學士學位課程 源自策略性規劃工作坊的另一項重要發展，就是校 方決定於二零零二至二零零三年度起，開辦副學士 學位課程。特區政府的敎育政策之一，是為六成的 適齡人口提供接受專上敎育的機會，並全面推動終 身敎育，以提升香港的競爭力。中大積極響應政府 的呼顧，透過校外進修學院開辦副學士學位課程。 截至本年底，校外進修學院已完成兩項副學士學位 課程的籌備工作，課程將於二零零二至二零零三年 度推出。該院又與東華三院簽署諒解備忘錄，合作 建立社區學院，提供副學位課程；另與新西蘭懷卡 托大學達成協議，讓合資格的副學士到該校深造學 士學位課程。這類副學位課程是中大為香港社會提 供的嶄新敎育服務，而我們的校外進修學院將會與 更多海外院校磋商銜接安排，以擴闊此等課程的畢 in a two-day Strategic Planning Workshop held in March 2002, it was decided that concrete measures be adopted to encourage the increased use of English as a medium of instruction on the campus. New courses to promote cross- cultural learning will also be introduced and the recruitment of a larger number of non-local students is being explored, pending green light from the government to relax the annual quota on such students. This drive to internationalize has been given new impetus with the government pledging additional resources in the coming three years to support student exchange programmes. The University is actively developing new exchange agreements and consolidating existing ones, and is fully prepared for the arrival of more exchange students from overseas, whose presence on the Chinese University campus will certainly enhance our international flavour and be conducive to intercultural understanding. The University will also work hard to solicit more donations in support of short-term overseas studies by CUHK students, which will significantly enrich their educational experience and broaden their horizons. Sub-Degree Programmes Another important development resulting from the Strategic Planning Workshop was the University's resolution to engage in the provision of sub-degree programmes from 2002-3. It is a new policy objective of the HKSAR government to increase and diversify opportunities of higher education for some 60 per cent of the relevant age group, and to promote continuing education as a means to sustain the competitiveness of Hong Kong as a whole. The University has responded positively to the government's call by introducing sub-degree programmes through its School of Continuing Studies. Before the end of the 2001-2 academic year, the School finalized two associate degree programmes for official launch in 2002-3, signed a memorandum of understanding with The Tung Wah Group of Hospitals to jointly establish a community college that offers associate degree programmes, and reached an agreement with Waikato University in New Zealand to enable eligible graduates of the associate degree programmes to pursue undergraduate studies at Waikato. These sub-degree programmes will constitute a completely new feature in the educational services rendered by the University, and the School of Continuing Studies will explore articulation 校長報告 VICE-CHANCELLOR'S REVIEW 6