Bulletin Number Four 1983

Community Service The Chinese University has always been committed to community service. It has used its wide-ranging expertise and intellectual resources for the benefit of the community and for the enrichment of Hong Kong's cultural life. It also serves the society through the Department of Extramural Studies (EMSD), which offers a wide range of general and professional courses. The most direct form of community service is through the participation of the University's individual staff members on various governmental, semi-official and private committees and bodies. Among the innumerable organizations to which staff members render their service are the Hong Kong Chamber of Commerce, Hong Kong Examinations Authority, Hong Kong Productivity Centre, Hong Kong Management Association, Committee for Scientific Coordination, and Hong Kong Training Council. In recent years, there have also been cases of staff serving on the Legislative Council and the District Boards. Many public-spirited students have also served on voluntary bodies and organizations outside the University. The University has played an active part in enriching the cultural life of the local community. Art exhibitions mounted by the Art Gallery and the Fine Arts Department, public lectures organized by the various departments and research units, and concerts given by the Music Department have often attracted many interested people. Members of the University have initiated the establishment of the Hong Kong Translation Society and the Hong Kong Comparative Literature Association. Besides, many of the University staff are founding members of the Hong Kong Arts Centre. Since its establishment in 1965, the EMSD has continuously expanded its programmes to meet the increasing needs of the community. The enrolment of the last academic year totalled 34,379. For the convenience of its students, this Department is housed in down-town Kowloon and centres have also been set up in Quarry Bay, Tsuen Wan, Shatin, Kwun Tong and North Kowloon. Courses offered by the EMSD cover Chinese, Philosophy, Psychology, Social Science, Fine Arts, Education, Economics, Accounting, Law, Computer Science, English, History, Geography, Mathematics, Audiovisual Language, Home Care and Craft, Performing Arts, and Mass Communicatio The Department has also expanded into distance education by conducting radio courses, courses by newspaper, correspondence courses and self-learning courses. Television courses were also offered at one time. 67