Bulletin Winter 1975

Vice-Chancellor presiding at the ceremony The University held its Sixteenth Congregation for the Conferment of Honorary Degrees and other Degrees at the City Hall on 22nd October, 1975. Dr. Choh-Ming Li, Vice-Chancellor, presided at the ceremony. The University conferred the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, on three eminent persons: Miss Aw Sian, Chairman of the Sing Tao Newspapers Limited; Prof. Ping-ti Ho, James Westfall Thompson Professor of History at the University of Chicago; and Prof. D.C. Lau, Professor of Chinese at the University of London. Prof. Ping-ti Ho addressed the Congregation after the conferment of all degrees. This year, 83 Master's degrees and 593 Bachelor's degrees were conferred on graduates of the University: 46 Masters of Philosophy, 24 Masters of Business Administration, 4 Masters of Divinity, 4 Masters of Arts, 5 Masters of Arts (Education), 159 Bachelors of Arts, 159 Bachelors of Science, 84 Bachelors of Business Administration and 191 Bachelors of Social Science. The Public Orator was Prof. Ma Lin. 2