Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1995

A Day Well Spent The Round-the-CU-Walkathon On the morning of 26th March, over 3,000 benevolent walkers including alumni, staff and students of the University, their family members and people outside the University, gathered at Lingnan Stadium on the Chung Chi campus. The event was the Round-the-CU- Walkathon. Jointly organized by the University Convocation and the Community Chest of Hong Kong, the walk is the first fund-raising event of its scale since the Convocation's inception in 1993. Its objective was to raise funds for the Children's Cancer Foundation of the Prince of Wales Hospital, the Community Chest of Hong Kong, as well as for auditorium facilities for the University's Music Department. The opening ceremony began at 10 a.m. with welcoming remarks by Prof. Charles Kao, vice- chancellor of the University, and Mr. Lee Kam-chung, chairman of the University Convocation. Other officiating guests at the ribbon-cutting ceremony included Prof. Arthur Li (Dean of Medicine), Dr. Alice Lam (University Treasurer), Mr. Lawrence K.K. Yu (executive committee chairman of the Community Chest of Hong Kong), Mr. Charles Wang (chairman of the Walkathon Organizing Committee), and Mr. Tom Surrency (chairman of the Hong Kong Classic Car Club). The walkers began their scenic journey of 3.5 miles at Lingnan Stadium, from where they took the coastal route along Station Road, Campus Circuit East, Campus Circuit North, and Campus Circuit West to Shaw College before re-assembling at the large carpark near the Benjamin Franklin Centre. There was amid-way stop at Shaw College for the weak, the elderly and the very young. The sights of Tolo Harbour and Pat Sin Range en route were a bonus to the occasion, which fostered amore solid bond between the alumni and their alma mater. The walkers were rewarded at the end of their journey by a classic car show featuring over 30 new and vintage cars organized by the Hong Kong Classic Car Club. The event came to a close at noon. According to figures available in early April, some HK$1,000,000 was raised. A Day Well Spent 13