Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1978

It has often been heard said that the University, as an educational organization charged with the noble task of disseminating high-level knowledge in a rapidly progressing world, must maintain a degree of academic autonomy and intellectual freedom. I cannot agree more with this line of reasoning and am gratified to see that the Chinese University epitomizes this con­ cept. Throughout the years, it has made good and effective efforts to free itself from all external in­ fluences in fulfilling its role as a major and worthy seat of higher learning in Hong Kong. As long-standing residents of Hong Kong, it is both a pleasure and a privilege for me and my family to be able to make contributions towards a number of worthy causes particularly in education and the arts. It is most gratifying to see needed projects come to fruition through the assistance we could provide and to know that their use over the next decades will allow the young people of Hong Kong to improve themselves. Plans for the construction by the Chinese University of a building devoted to providing better facilities for the advancement of business education was a long time in the embryonic stage. As a business­ man myself, needless to say, I always consider business studies as an important aspect of university education, especially in Hong Kong where the well-being of the whole community is to a large degree dependent upon the success of its trading and economy. It is a happy day then, and a day of special meaning indeed for me and my father to see the Sui-Loong Pao Building completed and officially opened for usage. We all realize that education is an important motivating factor of the world's progress. Education for the younger generation is a phase of the social work that has always commanded the foremost attention of the governments of all countries. In Hong Kong, because of its high concentration of population and shortage of Land area, education of the young has presented problems which are peculiar and unique for the region. The Government has done its best over the years to implement a long-range and all-encompassing educational programme but it is inevitable that difficulties of one kind or another are encountered and that it should fall upon the private sector to come forward with whatever resources and other means within its capability to help supplement the Government's effort in consummating this vital programme for the good of Hong Kong. Before closing, I wish also to thank all the prominent guests who have spared their time to join us on this happy occasion. And last but not least, I would like to express my gratitude to the many dedi­ cated people, architects, designers and workers alike, whose tireless efforts have made the completion of this fine building possible. At a brief ceremony held on 14th April, 1978 ， Dr. Choh-Ming Li , Vice-Chancellor and Director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, opened the Conser vation Annex of the Art Gallery of the Institute. Construction of the Annex has been necessitated by the rapid expansion of the Art Gallery, which has been functioning as an active gallery in recent years, mounting special exhibitions of Chinese art at regular intervals, and serving as a teaching and research unit of the University, so that the space allocated to the Gallery has become inadequate to cope with its heavy and increasing workload. The Lee Hysan Foundation, which donated the construction costs of the Institute of Chinese Studies in 1970 ， came forward again with a donation of HK$523,000 for the building of this Annex to house the technical section of the Gallery. The Art Gallery held an exhibition of "Dona tions to the Art Gallery" to mark the Opening of the Annex. Summary of Speech by Dr. Choh-Ming Li The Art Gallery, since its inception in 1971, has 14