Bulletin Special Supplement Professor Arthur K C Li: A Six-Year Term as Vice-Chancellor of The Chinese University (1996–2002)

李教授又曾擔任基督教聯合醫院管理委 員會主席，任內匡助這所非牟利醫院興 建新翼及重建舊樓，使病床數目由六百 七十五張增加至一千三百張，成為一所 設備優良的地區醫院。 李教授復參與多個龐大的慈善信託基金 的信託管理工作，其中包括何梁何利基 金和邵逸夫慈善基金，協助促進教育發 展，以及資助公益計劃。 此外，李教授曾擔任多項教育界重要公 職，包括大學及理工教育資助委員會委 員、教育統籌委員會委員、科技委員會 委員及該會屬下生物科技小組委員會主 the Structure and Management Committee to reform previous practices. The management initiatives were so successful that the committee evolved to become the Organization Development Committee, of which Prof. Li served as vice-chairman. Continuing in the spirit of public service of his family, Prof. Li took up chairmanship of the Hospital Governing Committee of United Christian Hospital and membership of the Board of United Christian Medical Services. The hospital and its medical services are run under a charitable organization with limited resources. He launched a programme to upgrade its services through the construction of a new extension block and the rebuilding of the old block. The net result was the transformation of a 675-bed hospital into a 1,300-acutebed tertiary referral centre. Prof. Li has also sat on a number of charitable trusts supported by very large endowment funds such as the Ho Leung Ho Lee Foundation and the Sir Run Run Shaw Charitable Trust. These trusts sponsor educational pursuits and support specific projects and training. In the area of education, Prof. Li has served as a member of the then University and Polytechnics Grants Committee (1990-93), the Education Comm i s s i on (1 993) and the H o ng Kong government's Science and Technology Committee, and also as vice-president of the Association of University of Presidents of China (1999-2002). Over the last two decades, Prof. Li has served as a Hong Kong Affairs Adviser to the People's Republic of China, a member of the Consultative Committee for the Basic Law, a member of the Preparatory Committee for the Hong Kong Special Administrative 香港特別行政區行政長官董建華先生（左）頒授金 紫荆星章予李國章校長（二零零零年） Prof. A r t h u r K . C. L i being awarded the G o l d Bauhini a Star by the Chief Executive of the H K S A R (2000) 中文大學校刊• 特刊 Chinese University Bulletin • Special Supplement 8