Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2002

encouraged the w i d e application of IT on campus, stepped u p the University's internationalization efforts, and u p g r a d ed the quality of teaching, research and management t h r o u gh rigorous internal audits, thereby enhancing the University's local and international reputation, w i n n i n g for it substantial g o v e r nme nt f u n d i ng a nd private sponsorship. I n 2000, Prof. L i was awa r d ed the Go ld Bauhinia Star by the HKSAR government i n recognition of his outstanding contribution to higher education and medicine. A Valedictory Address by Prof. Ambrose Y.C. King at the Fourth Council Meeting He ld on 5th July 2002 (a translation) Today our Vice-Chancellor Prof. Arthur Li attends the meeting of the University Council for the last time. From 1st August he will officially assume office as Secretary for Education and Manpower of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. When we first heard about Prof. Li's new appointment, our feelings were mixed. On the one hand, we were glad that the SAR government was shrewd enough to appoint someone as competent, as experienced in education administration, and as outstanding a leader as Prof. Li to this position. On the other hand, we were reluctant to bid farewell to someone who had been through thick and thin with us, and who had led the University to success after success. On behalf of all members of the University Council, let me express our heart-felt thanks to Prof. Li for his immense contributions to The Chinese University over the course of 20 years. Prof. Li joined the University in 1982 as the founding chair professor of surgery in the Faculty of Medicine, serving first as department chairman, then as faculty dean, and, in the last six years, as Vice-Chancellor of the University. Under his capable leadership, The Chinese University of Hong Kong has become an excellent institution of tertiary education and a major seat of learning. Over the last six years, he has devoted himself wholeheartedly to guiding the University to build on its solid foundation and develop in all 27