Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2001

Ground-breaking for Hong Kong's First Teaching Hotel The ground-breaking ceremony of the University's teaching hotel was held on the afternoon of 19th December 2001. The first of its kind in Hong Kong and the region, the hotel will be built on a site adjacent to the University Train Station, over- looking the scenic Tolo Harbour. It will be a 600-room four-star international hotel with 10,000 squaremetres of conference and teaching facilities for use by the University. The teaching hotel will provide the facilities and teaching support and other practicum and development programmes coordinated by the University's School of Hotel and Tourism Mangement. ↑( From left) Prof. Japhet Law, clean of the Facult y of Business Administration, Prof. Liu Pak-wai, pro-vice- chancellor, Dr. Lee Hon-chiu, University Council Chairman, Dr. Alice Lam, chairperson of the University Grants Committee, Dr. Cheng Yu-tung, chairma n of New World Development Co. Ltd., Prof. Arthur K.C . Li, vice-chancellor, and Prof. Lee Kam-hon, director of th e School of Hotel and Tourism Management