Bulletin Special Supplement Nov 1973

Ten years ago Government, in its wisdom ， established The Chinese University o f Hong Kong alongside your older sister foundation, the University o f Hong Kong, to develop and expand the facilities available for Higher Tertiary Education. The pattern has now been completed w ith the establishment o f the Polytechnic o f Hong Kong in 1972. I f they are to meet the needs o f the community to the fu ll in the next decade all three institutions have a formidable task to perform. Only by working as closely together as possible and sharing this task w ill they achieve the most efficient utilisation o f the lim ited resources available, and thereby enrich the standards o f learning and ， as a result, the well being o f our citizens so that Hong Kong becomes a better place for all o f us to live in. This great combined effort w ill require the fullest cooperation by all. With regard to the Institutions themselves it w ill need close cooperation between this University and your sister foundation across the harbour and cooperation w ith the newly formed Polytechnic which w ill need all the help you both can give in its early years. Here in The Chinese University — a Federal University by definition —cooperation w ill continue to be vital between the three colleges to ensure that, whilst in the appropriate spheres maintaining their own individuality and traditions, each contributes whole-heartedly to the growth and well-being o f the University itself. Cooperation between administrations and aca demics, between graduates and undergraduates must exist and develop so that, in the words o f Lord Fulton, “ The magnitude o f the challenge to all those in the new University, w ill forge through the resources o f Chinese scholarship to educate the gifted youth o f Hong Kong for the service o f their generation, and enduring unity out o f the diversity o f the past, and w ill be matched by the uninterrupted progress o f the University as ahome o f learning respected in East and West alike.". A ll o f us here in this hall are aware o f what has been achieved in the past decade. The next ten years may well be more d ifficu lt, and may require fresh outlooks and approaches to meet the problems which w ill inevitably arise. F lexibility w ill certainly be necessary i f the fu ll needs o f the community in the higher tertiary field o f education are to be properly satisfied. Given a true spirit o f responsible cooperation and a firm resolve by all those con cerned to maximise the use o f the resources available be they men, materials or money, I am confident that this great University w ill go from strength to strength in the years ahead in its task o f serving the people o f Hong Kong. I wish you all success in this great venture. Thank you for listening to me today. - 8 -