Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 3 Oct 1971

, 生 先 熙 文 衞 表 代 院 書 亞 新 駐 會 協 禮 雅 ： 右 至 左自 授 敎 鼎 盧 及 士 博 國 仕 許, 士 博 頓 爾 何 ， 長 校 敏 卓李 From left to right: Representative of Yale-in-China Association at New Asia College, Mr. Edmund H. Worthy, Jr., Vice-Chancellor Choh-Ming Li, Dr. R.A. Holden, Dr. Ira Hiscock and Prof. H.R. Rudin The Ceremony opened wit h the Vice-Chancellor of the University, Dr. Choh-Ming Li, welcoming the guests. Dr. Ira Hiscock then unveiled the plaque and briefly addressed the assembly. This was followed by an address by Dr. the Hon. G.H. Choa, Director of Medical & Health Services, Hong Kong. Dr. Choa, apart from extolling the generosity o f the Yale-in-China Association and the Josiah Macy Jr. Foundation, praised the efforts of the University itself and elaborated on the importance of student health services. Mr. Law Cheung Kwok, President of the University Student Union, gave a vote of thanks on behalf of the students. Guests were then invited to tour the Health Centre and to a reception. The University Health Centre is a gift of the Yale- in-China Association, which donate d the whole of the construction costs totalling US$200,000 , as tangible evidence of its interest in the development of the University. The Yale-in-China Association has manifested great friendliness and good will toward the Chinese people for the past seventy years. This new building will serve as the centre for the University Health Service Programme. The Josiah Mac y Jr. Foundation has made a generous contribution t o the University for the inauguration of this Programme with the special purpose of appointing the Directo r in time to do the preparatory work. This programme is designed to furnish medical and dental care for all members of the staff and student body. 幕揭心中療醫健保學大爲士博國仕許 Dr. Ira Hiscock unveiling the plaque of the University Health Centre Conveniently located on the east sid e of the University campus at Shatin, the Health Centre is a two- storey building providing approximately 12,000 square feet of floor space with facilities to carry out preventive care, health education and personal medical services. The building layout includes the Director's Office, General Office, Consultation an d Treatment Rooms, Laboratories and Dispensary on the ground floor and a Dental Surgery, Specialist Rooms, a Library-Conference Room and an infirmary with 11 beds on the first floor. Dr. Choh-Ming Li 's Speech This is a happy occasion for The Chinese University of Hong Kong, for one of our aspirations entertained at the very beginning of the University has now become a reality. The welfare of the students and staff has always been an intimate concern of the University; it cannot be any less important than such basic functions of a university as teaching and research. Way back in November 1966 when Mr. Reuben Holden and Mr. William Lydgate, both of the Yale-in- China Association, came to visit us, they shared our urgent concern with the matter of student and staff welfare and were responsible fo r persuading their Board of - 5 -