Bulletin Spring 1977

hostels, students will have more time for personal contacts and informal sessions with teachers after lessons. When dialogue between teachers and students is recognized as an integral part of university life, in formal, off-classroom teaching will assume its proper role as an indispensable part of university education. This is the line the University will take and this is also the aspiration of staff and students. Nevertheless, we must be aware of the limited budget Government has for higher education and the priority in the allocation of grants. It is very unlikely that the Government, which has pledged to establish at the Chinese University a newMedical School, would contemplate providing us with more student hostels for the time being. Even with the completion of these four new hostels, the provision of hostel accommo dation for the whole student body will still be lagging far behind our target. It is hoped that friends of the University will Come forth with donations for the con struction of more hostels.