Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 1 Jun 1964

The Vice-Chancellor gives his first press conference. On the left, Mr. M. Stevenson, Deputy Director of Government Information Services. October 17, 1963 Th e University was inaugurated at the City Hall. During the ceremony, the Chairman of the Provisional Council, the Hon. C. Y. Kwan, presented the official copy of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ordinance, 1962 to the Chancellor, His Excellency the Governor, Sir Robert Black, to mark the establishment of the new University. Speaking in the capacity of the Chancellor, Sir Robert expressed the hope that the new Chinese University would help to produce young men and women, trained, educated and qualified to meet the economic and social commitments of society. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Robert Black, also proclaimed that the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ordinance, 1963 should come into operation on thaf day. T h e formation of the University Council, chaired by the Hon. C. Y. Kwan, was also announced. (See names of Council members in ' Committees, Boards and Councils'.) November 1, 1963 D r. Choh-M ing Li, Vice-Chancellor-designate, arrived in Hong Kong. November 2’ 1963 His Excellency the Governor, Sir Robert Black, announced the appointment of Dr. Choh-M ing Li to be the first Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University. November 7, 1963 ‘ Dr. Choh-M ing Li, the Vice-Chancellor, met the local press at the Government Information Services. Dr. Li told the press that the University would serve as one of the effective avenues for exchange between Chinese and Western cultures. 'F rom the Western standpoint, the University provides an opportunity for Western scholars to come to learn Chinese culture. From the standpoint of the Chinese here, the University is not only an institution that preserves and disseminates Chinese cultural heritage ； it also provides the students with necessary facilities to keep abreast of intellectual developments in the West, to learn the Western scientific methodology, and to apply scientific methods to the search for new knowledge,' said Dr. Li. T h e Vice-Chancellor also expressed the hope to develop the University into an institution of international signi- ficance. 'T h e Hong Kong Government has given its assurance that the degrees of the Chinese University are to be given full recognition by the Government,' Dr. Li told the press. During the Press Conference, Dr. Li also announced the news that a grant of $1,450,000 had been contributed by the American people to the University through the Church World Services for a student centre. November 9, 1963 T h e Vice-Chancellor left Hong Kong for U.S.A. February 7, 1964 Dr. Choh-M ing Li returned to Hong Kong to assume h is post as Vice-Chancellor via England and Malaysia. February 21, 1964 T h e Vice-Chancellor announced the formation of three Advisory Boards on Academic Matters. 'T h e principal purpose of the Advisory Board is to establish the academic standing of the University on an international level and to bridge the cultural exchange between the East and the West,' the Vice-Chancellor said. March 18, 1964 Dr. Raynard C. Swank, Dean of the School of Librarian- ship, University of California, and Mr. Eugene Wu, Curator of the Hoover Institute, arrived to advise the Vice- Chancellor on the establishment of the University Library. April 1, 1964 His Excellency, Sir Robert Black, the Governor of Hong Kong and the first Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, left Hong Kong with Lady Black on retirement. In a handwritten letter to the Vice-Chancellor prior to his departure, Sir Robert said: ' Later today I leave Hong Kong but before my de parture I must write to send you my best wishes as Vice- Chancellor of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. 'You will be much in my thought in those important months ahead and I am confident you will do a fine job. I was glad to have the chance of seeing the plans and the model which Mr. Szeto Wai has prepared with his associates—very impressive. 'My personal very good wishes to you and to your family and may our new University flourish.’ 11