Bulletin Vol. 7 No. 8 Apr–May 1971

Lady Trench laying the foundation stone of the Staff/Student Amenities Building After th e address , Lad y Trench ; Mr . W.G . vo n Heyden, Germa n Consul-Genera l i n Hon g Kong ; Dr . th e Hon. Sir Kenneth Ping-Fa n Fung, Chairman of the Colleg e Board o f Trustees ; Mr . W u Chung , a prominen t philanthropist; and th e Hon . Wilson T.S . Wang, Vice-Chairma n of th e Colleg e Board , proceede d t o la y th e foundatio n stones o f th e followin g ne w building s respectively : 1) Staff/Studen t Amenitie s Buildin g 2) Ada m Schal l Residenc e 3) Art s an d Administratio n Buildin g 4) Librar y Buildin g 5) Commerc e & Socia l Scienc e Buildin g A reception was then hel d at the Benjami n Frankli n Centre o f th e University . President T.C. Cheng giving the Opening Remarks Generous suppor t an d encouragemen t Speech by Mr. T.C. Cheng For th e pas t fiftee n years, Unite d Colleg e ha s bee n operating i n rente d an d ver y crampe d premises . Thi s ha s of cours e affecte d adversely th e prope r developmen t an d functioning o f th e College . Yo u ca n the n imagin e ho w elated an d excite d w e ar e t o witnes s th e layin g o f th e foundation stone s o f th e majo r building s o f ou r Colleg e to-day. O n behal f o f th e Colleg e I would like , therefore , not onl y t o welcom e yo u t o thi s auspiciou s ceremon y but als o t o than k yo u fo r giving us face in travelling suc h a lon g distanc e t o shar e thi s happ y occasio n wit h us . I wish t o than k i n particular Lad y Trench, Dr. the Honourable Sir Kennet h Fung , th e Honourabl e Wilso n Wang , Mr. von Heyde n an d Mr. Wu Chung wh o hav e s o graciously consented t o la y th e foundatio n stone s fo r us . Mr. W.G. von Heyden laying the foundation stone of the Adam Schall Residence The Hon g Kon g Governmen t ha s bee n ver y generous i n allocatin g fund s fo r th e Capita l Programm e of th e College . Fo r thi s presen t firs t phas e o f th e programme, comprisin g th e five building s the foundatio n stones o f whic h w e ar e layin g to-day , a grant o f ove r 1 0 million dollar s ha s bee n made . I n additio n t o th e Government grant , I am glad t o repor t tha t we hav e bee n able t o enlis t ver y generou s suppor t fro m ou r friends . - 4 -