Annual Report 2012–13

CUHK 50th Anniversary 13 金禧慶典 1963 年的香港，是人口三百四十多萬的英國 殖民地。那年香港大旱，面臨水荒，政府實 行每四天一次供水四小時。同年 9 月，麗的呼 聲中文電視台開播， 11 月，大嶼山石壁水塘竣 工，伊利沙伯醫院落成啟用。 戰後香港人口激增，中學生人數也因而大 增， 1963 年全港共有逾十六萬名中學生， 而香港大學這所當時唯一的本地大學只有 一千七百多名學生。可見絕大部分中學生 畢業後，沒有機會在本地接受高等教育。 1963 年 2 月，富爾敦（ J. S. Fulton ）領導的委 員會發表報告書，建議香港政府成立新大 學。同年 10 月 17 日，香港中文大學在大會堂 宣告成立。中大成立後，全港大學生人數上 升差不多一倍，至三千三百多人。 1964 年 10 月 16 日，中大舉行首屆畢業禮時，有一百八十人 畢業，當中獲學士學位的有一百三十五人， 其餘獲文憑。到 2012 年，獲學士學位的畢業 生是三千三百一十三人。 五十年倏忽過去， 2013 年是中大創校金禧紀 念，大學於這年 1 月 27 日舉行「中大五十周年 校慶啟動典禮 • 健步行暨嘉年華」，標誌一 連串校慶活動全面展開。 Minor Programmes • Minor Programme in Cultural Management • Minor Programme in Japanese Studies • Minor Programme in Korean • Minor Programme in Urban Studies • Minor Programme in Web and Cloud Computing Golden Jubilee Celebrations In 1963 Hong Kong was a British colony with a population of some 3.4 million. In that year rainfall was exceptionally low. As a result, its residents were restricted to four-hour water supplies every four days. In September of the same year, Rediffusion (Hong Kong) Ltd. broke new ground by introducing a second television network devoted entirely to Chinese entertainment. In November, both the Shek Pik Reservoir on Lantau Island and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital were completed. The sharp increase in the population of Hong Kong after the Second World War resulted in a surge in secondary school student population. In 1963, the secondary school enrolment in Hong Kong was over 160,000, while the only university in the colony—the University of Hong Kong—had some 1,700 undergraduate students in total. That means most of the secondary students were deprived of the opportunities of studying at a local university after graduation. In February 1963 the Fulton Commission headed by John Fulton recommended the establishment of a new university. On 17 October 1963, The Chinese University of Hong Kong was established at an inaugural congregation held at the City Hall. The establishment of CUHK brought the enrolments in universities to some 3,300 in the year 1963–64, nearly doubling that of the previous year. In CUHK’s first graduation ceremony held on 16 October 1964, 135 students were conferred a bachelor’s degree and 45 a diploma, representing the first group of CUHK graduates. Compared to these 180 persons, 3,313 students earned their bachelor’s degrees from the University in 2012.