Bulletin Summer 1976

Pi-ch'iu Building under Construction With the ardent support of the Government and the public, The Chinese Universit y has been able to realize its academic and construction plans in the first thirteen years of its history. The Ho Tim Charitable Foundation has recently donated HK$2,300,000 to this University to meet the entire construction cost of a central activities building. This 4-storey building, to be named Pi-ch'iu Building, has a floor area of 20,000 square feet. The construction work is under way and is due to be completed by the end of 1976. The Pi-ch'iu Building will accommodate the Centre for Communication Studies, the Institute of Social Studies and the Humanities , the offices of the Dean of Arts and Dean of Social Science, as well as the office of the International Asian Studies Programme. It is hoped that a broadcast studio of professional standard will be set up on the ground and first floors. The studio is to be developed b y stages, initially to serve the Department of Extramural Studies (Instructional TV production unit), the Centre for Communicatio n Studies and the pre-medical programme of the new Medical School, and eventually all departments of the University to supplement classroom teaching. In this way the new building serves not only the units it accommodates, but the entire University in a far-reaching way. The Chinese University is most grateful to the Ho Tim Charitable Foundation for it s generosity which will not only benefit the students but the society at large.