Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2004

New Buildings New Facilities Experimental Station Opens T he Physical Geography Experimental Station of the Department of Geography and Resource Management was officially opened on 8th November 2003. The station, set up in the southeastern corner of the campus, is the first integrated geographical and environmental experimental station in Hong Kong. It is a multi-function and multi-purpose facility equipped with state-of-the-art instruments for data collection and experimental work. Its four major components are: a greenhouse, a rainfall and soil erosion simulation system, an air quality monitoring station, and an automatic weather station. The facility is expected to contribute significantly to teaching, research, data sharing, and science education. (From left) Prof. Leung Yee, dean of social science, Prof. Lu Dadao, president of Geographical Society of China, Prof. Bao Jigang, president of Guangdong Geographical Society, and Prof. K.C. Lam, chairman of the Department of Geography and Resource Management New Marine Science Laboratory Formally Named after Dr. Simon F.S. Li T he naming ceremony of the Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory and Simon F.S. Li Building took place on 21st November 2003, with Dr. Simon F.S. Li and Mrs. Lilian Li, Dr. Edgar W.K. Cheng, chairman of the University Council, and Prof. Ambrose King, vice-chancellor of the University, officiating at the function. Located on eastern campus, the marine science laboratory first began operations in 1971. In 2001, the research facilities were reprovisioned at a new site in a three- storey building next to the Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology Ltd. The new facility is equipped with research and teaching laboratories, an air-conditioned aquarium, equipment and instrument rooms, and a seminar room. It also has a recirculatory sea water system, more than 30 indoor and outdoor culture tanks, and a speed boat. As a token of gratitude to the generous support rendered by Dr. and Mrs. Simon Li and their family over the years for the University's development, the new research facilities were respectively named the Simon F.S. Li Marine Science Laboratory and the Simon F.S. Li Building. (From left) Dr. Edgar Cheng, Dr. and Mrs. Simon F.S. Li, and Prof. Ambrose King 5 0 Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 2004