Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1979

Addendum ： A Message to the Colleges V Academic Programme Developments VI Professional and Graduate Education: The Faculty of Medicine Addendum : On Medical Education VII Research Institutes and Centres and the University Press VIII The Institute of Chinese Studies IX Public Service: The Chinese University in the Hong Kong Community X The Chinese University and the International Academic World XI The Mountain Is Transformed: The Campus XII Epilogue: A N ew Era Begins Addendum : An Interview with Dr. Choh-Ming Li on the Eve of His Retirement In Section I, Dr. Li reaffirmed the distinctive goals and values which have shaped the University from its earliest years and which give it a special role in higher education. The basic functions of The Chinese University are instruction, research, and public service. The University infuses these functions with a special set of objectives which constitute its distinctive educational mission—the integration of Chinese and Western intellectual and cultural traditions. As for the enduring goals of the University, they include the provision of an 'undergraduate programme balanced between an idea-orientated general education and a discipline- orientated specialized education', and the attainment of an international character. Section II describes the two-phase process by which the deep-seated issues regarding university structure and policy were considered and historic changes proposed. The first phase of such formal consideration was a comprehensive institutional self- study conducted by the Working Party on Educational Policy on University Structure, which was appointed by the Vice-Chancellor. The second phase was a searching inquiry undertaken by the Chancellor- appointed Commission on The Chinese University of Hong Kong, with Lord Fulton of Falmer as Chairman. The Working Party postulated two primary conditions for progress in the future: (1) strengthened academic participation in the government of the University and (2) the integration of departments of study. In considering the problems of the institutional implementation of the two major recommendations of the Working Party, the Fulton Commission reached the conclusion that fundamental statutory changes must be made and new constitutional arrangements devised, in order to enable The Chinese University to continue to develop as a university. Section III presents a digest of the provisions of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Ordinance 1976, adopted 23rd December, 1976, which repeals old statutes, resolves long-standing issues of responsibilit provides for participation by Faculty members in academic policy matters, establishes a new role for the Colleges, and makes important changes in the administrative organization. Section IV describes the new organization of the Colleges, their mode of operation, and their individuali programmes. It is also concerned with students' educational environment outside the formal classroom, that is, the University campus—its structure its activities, its living arrangements, and its health and appointments services. With the consolidation of the separate College departments into University-wide Boards of Studies, responsible, under the Senate, for formal instruction and academic staffs in their respective disciplines, the Colleges ceased to be conventional unitary educational institutions, and began, instead, the challenging task of developing a new role. Some of the generally accepted responsibilities are: (1) to preserve College historical traditions; (2) to contribute to the intellectua and personal development of each student through personalized relationships between students and members of the academic staff, and through the general education programme; (3) to provide responsible personal counselling for their respective student members; (4) to promote a comprehensive programme of student social and atheletic activities, and to encourage student organizations focused upon construct intellectual and cultural interests; (5) to raise funds and to administer scholarships and prizes to students; and (6) to manage student hostels. Section V is concerned with recent developments in the educational programmes and resources 一 the expansion or strengthening of the academic disciplines or professional fields; the addition of new areas of instruction and investigation; the formulation of new courses of study or patterns of specialization. In the academic programme, a new development which deserves special mention is derived from recent emphasis upon the principle that each academic disciplin should include a 'Chinese dimension' to be integrated into the discipline's theory and method.