Bulletin Number Four 1983

From the very inception of the University, a premium has been placed on research, and as early as 1965，institutes and centres were established. Both teachers and students have engaged actively in basic and applied research and dedicated themselves to the advancement of knowledge. The establishment of the Publications Office in 1968 (reorganized as the Chinese University Press in 1977) provided a convenient outlet for its dissemination. Throughout its two decades of development, The Chinese University has received encouragement and generous support from Government, from international institutions and foundations and from public-spirited individuals, without which the University could not have achieved so much in such a short time. 18