Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1993

CITATIONS M r . Thomas H . C. Cheung, National Honour (Sri Lanka), Hono r a ry Consul (Sri Lanka) ' T i c k ,t o c k ,goes the c l o c k ' This year the University celebrates its thirtieth anniversary. Over the years, some 30,000 students have passed through our gates. The bronze sculpture outside the University Library by Ju Mi n g is sometimes referred to as the Gate of Wisdom. We wou ld all like to believe that a un i ve r s i t y educa t i on makes a difference to a person's outlook, his sense of values, the breadth of his vision and the depth o f his knowledge. Some of us also harbour the hope that the Chinese University experience is like Hemingway's description of Paris, that it might be 'a moveable feast' which our students w i l l carry with them wherever they go after graduation . There is of course a limit to the amount that can be leamt in four years. What is obvious is that less w i l l accrue in three. For those of us who believe in giving value and assuring quality in education, therefore, the future which is unfolding is f u l l of foreboding. Thi s is the time when we as a university need help most i f we are to ensure a good education for our students. Older parents say that it is virtually impossible to predict which of your sons and daughters w i l l be the most filia l when they grow up. Experienced teachers say it is simply not possible to tell which of your students w i l l be the most supportive of the school after they graduate. So it is with universities. But in the case of Thomas H.C. Cheung, we have found an exception to the rule. Even when he was a student at United College in the late 1950s, his enthusiasm and support for the college he was attending had been apparent and they have continued to this day. On this auspicious occasion, we would like to acknowledge Mr. Cheung's support over the years ； he is a graduate who has always had the interest of the University at heart. Mr. Cheung was bom in Hon g Kong in 1929, the son of a merchant family who 46th Congregation 24