Bulletin Winter 1976

The Chinese University of Hong Kong held its Seventeenth Congregation for the conferment of honorary degrees and other degrees on 21st December, 1976, at which His Excellency Sir Murray MacLehose ， Chancellor of the University, presided. For the first time, the ceremony was held on the University campus. The Degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa was conferred on three eminent persons: The Hon. Ann Tse-kai, Chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and an Unofficial Member of the Executive Council; Professor Li Fang-kuei, a linguist of international repute; and Professor Yang Lien-sheng, Harvard-Yenching Professor of Chinese History at Harvard University. Professor Li Fang-kuei addressed the congregation on behalf of the Honorary Graduates. This year, 796 graduates received their Master's and Bachelor's degrees, including 38 Masters of Philosophy, 24 Masters of Business Administration, 2 Masters of Divinity, 2 Masters of Arts, 2 Masters of Arts (Education), 199 Bachelors of Arts, 111 Bachelors of Business Administration, 184 Bachelors of Science, 234 Bachelors of Social Science. teenth Congregation