Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2002

Dr. Choh-Ming Li The First Six Years: 1963-1969 Never before have the diverse streams of Chinese education — the national universities with their Confucian background, the Christian universities with their Western outlook, and the locally- oriented colleges with their deep interest in community problems — been brought together in a single institution. The result is a strong, rich and challenging educational environment. Prof. Ma Lin 'Birth of a New College', speech at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Shaw College on 12th January 1987 ‘ It all started ... on another fine sunny day in early June 1985 wh en Sir Run Run Shaw came and visited the University as a member of our Council and as my own guest. I had arranged for him a tour of the University and decided that I should accompany him. We stopped at a vantage point overlooking where we are sitting today — quite by accident, ... Sir Run Run saw these two platforms and asked me what they were intended for. I said they wo u ld be used for a fourth college wh en we had the resources to start one. ... A few days later and completely out of the blue, Sir Run Run called and said he would like to endow the University with a new college and asked if $100 million would suffice. ... ’ Shaw College was built on a levelled hillside at the northwest tip of the University campus (1986) His Excellency the Acting Governor and Chancellor of the University Sir David Akers-Jones Speech at the foundation stone laying ceremony of Shaw College on 12th January 1987 ... The establishment of this new college is not only symbolic of the expansion and growth of this university; it is also a tangible demonstration of the rapid pace of development of higher education in Hong Kong. ... ‘ Within a relatively short period of 24 years, The Chinese University has been able to build up for itself an international reputation. Each of the three constituent colleges has contributed its share to the University's rapid success, ... The University's reputation will be enhanced by the addition of this fourth member ... .’ Foundation stone laying ceremony of the campus of Shaw College by Sir David Akers-Jones (left), and Sir Run Run Shaw (right 2). 6 Chinese University Bulletin Autumn • Winter 2002