Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1998

TheMong Man Wai Building, duefor completion this autumn, usesglass walls on its top two floors to allow in more natural light. Removablewindows are usedfor the third and fourth floors to allow easierentranceof bulky laboratory equipment. Mong Man Wai Building The University's Science Centre was completed in 1972 and has been used to house mainly departments w i t h in the Faculty of Science and their laboratories. Rapid developments at the University over the last decade have led to the creation of hew departments and academic programmes in both science and engineering. As a result the Science Centre was becoming progressively inadequate i n terms of space and facilities. The completion of the Ho-Sin-Hang Engineerin g Building in 1994 gave only temporary relief, and the need for a ne w science building wa s urgently felt. The new science building occupies a site next to the Charles Kuen Ka o Building of the old Science Centre. It w i l l be connected w i t h New Asia College by a wa l kwa y on its eighth floor, which means that commuters can simply take-the lif t to that floor and wa l k across. Designed by Simon Kw an and Associates, the eight-store y building is expected to be completed b y September 1998. Under its roof w i ll be classrooms, lecture halls, offices for the Departments of Biochemistry and Mechanical and Automation Engineering, as well as laboratories for those and related departments. The buildin g is named after Dr. Mo ng Ma n Wai as a gesture of thank s to the years of unstinting support he has given to the University via the Shun H i ng Education and Charity Fund Ltd. Dr. Mo n g has not only donated many scholarships to CUH K students through the years, he has also contributed a generous HK$18 million to endow the Shun H i n g Research and Development Fund to support research activities and to improve teaching facilities a t the University. Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 1998 18