Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1994

Ho Sin-hang Engineering Building Formally Opened The Faculty of Engineering While the University has been offering programmes in electronics since 1970, in computer science since 1973, and in information engineering since 1988, the Faculty of Engineering was not established until 1991. It now comprises four departments, namel y computer engineering, electronic engineering, informatio n engineering, and systems engineering and engineering management. A fifth Department of Mechanical Engineering w i ll come into being in 1994-95. There are some 1,200 undergraduates an d over 180 research students in the Faculty of Engineering. Mos t of its 72 faculty members are Ph.D. degree holders w i th extensive teaching experience and good track records in research. The Ho Sin-hang Engineering Building was formally opened by Mr. Christopher Patten, Governor of Hong Kong and Chancellor of the University, on 12th January. Other guests officiating at the ceremony included Mr. David Ho Tzu-cho, chairman of the S. H. Ho Foundation, Sir Yuet-keung Kan, pro- chancellor of the University, and Dr. Alice Kiu-yue Lam, University treasurer. To mark the event, the University also presented to Mr. Patten the first homegrown semiconductor laser produced by the Department of Electronic Engineering. Designed by famous local architect Dr. Tao Ho, the 10-storey building is located on the central campus at the junction of University and Chung Chi Roads. Besides offices and lecture theatres for the Faculty of Engineering and its four departments, it houses some of Southeast Asia's most advanced laboratories in telecommunications, electronics and computer science. The engineering block has been named after Dr. Ho Sin-hang, an eminent local banker and philanthropist, in appreciation of the staunch support he has given to the University. Last year alone he donated HK$40 million through the S. H. Ho Foundation to establish the Ho Sin-hang Education Endowment Fund in the University. Interest income of the fund will be used to sponsor visiting professorships, medical education, research, and other academic developments. In his welcoming address, the vice-chancellor Prof. Charles K. Kao reiterated the University's determination to promote technological advancement in the territory, and to convert new technologies into real boons for Hong Kong people. To show their latest research achievements, the four engineering departments held exhibitions and organized tours of laboratories for guests attending the opening ceremony. Ho Sin-hang Engineering Building Formally Opened 2