Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1993

CITATIONS Go l d and Silver Exchange Society and the vice-president o f the Deposit-Taking Companies Advisory Committee. He was also amember of the Basic Law Consultative Committee. His friends say he has an eye for beautiful things, be it jewellery — Chow Tai Fook bears testimony to that 一 or properties 一 one only has to look at the interior of the Grand Hyatt Hotel 一 or people — I suppose that means Asia Television . He is also a very generous man. He has supported the Community Chest over the years and is a vice-patron o f that organization. He has also made numerous donations to the Cheng Scholars Programme at the University of California , San Francisco. Every year, thanks to Cheng Y u Tung's generosity, some 10 or so o f the best doctors in the People's Republic of Chin a have the opportunity of receiving specialized training at a teaching hospital in California. Thus far , some 70 doctors have benefitted f r om such attachments. Dr. Cheng has also donated $9.5 million to endow an ophthalmological centre at the Zhongshan Medica l Sciences University , in addition to supporting the building o f schools, roads and old people's homes in his native Shunde. He is one of the founders o f the Three-Year M B A Programme a t the University and is today the chairman of its advisory board. Last year, together with Dr . Lee Shau Kee, he has pledged a donation of US$6 million to Yale University and this university to support research on South China.Acknowledging the importance of this contribution, our vice- chancellor Prof. Charles Ka o said on that occasion, 'As The Chinese University of Hong Kong steers through epoch-making changes i n Hong Kong , we are determined to l i nk our academic programmes w i th major centres of excellence worldwide. Such linkages w i l l allow staff and students of this university to creat e and participate in global academic research programmes. We w i l l have an international reference for measuring our attainments, and our staff and students w i l l have a global access.' Mr . Chancellor, Cheng Yu Tung's many contributions in diverse fields have been acknowledged by the University of Toronto which conferred o n h im the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa in 1987. He has also been honoured by the Sultan of Selangor who conferred on h i m the DPMS i n 1989. It is now the turn of this university to do h i m the honour. Mr . Chancellor, for his outstanding entrepreneurship, fo r his long list of charity work, fo r his support o f institutions of learning in general and this university in particular, I present Cheng Y u Tung for the award of Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa. 46th Congregation 20