Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2004

shall s i mp ly be ma k i ng greater strides at a faster pace. We s h a l l s t r i v e t o c r ea te a t r u l y i n t e r n a t i o n al c a m p u s w i t h a multilingual a n d m u l t i - c u l t u r al m i l i e u f or t h o s e w h o c ome h e r e i n p u r s u i t of a c a d e m i c e x c e l l e n ce a n d p e r s o n a l g r o w t h . We do t h is b y i n c r e a s i ng o u r r e c r u i t m e n t o f n o n - l o c a l undergraduates f r o m t h e m a i n l a n d a n d o v e r s e a s , b y i n t r o d u c i n g s p e c i a l p o s t g r a d u a te p r o g r ammes t hat attract t a l e nt f r o m across t he g l o b e, a n d b y e x p a n d i ng o u r e x c h a n ge n e t w o r k to a c c ommoda te mo re s t udent exchanges, b o t h o u t b o u nd and i n b o u n d, and f r om a broader m i x of countries and regions. We s h a l l m a k e i t p o s s i b le f o r a g r e a t er n umb er of o ur students to go abroad as e x c hange s t u d e n ts f or at least a t e r m. T h i s we do b y f o r g i n g n ew e x c hange agreements w i t h ma i n l a nd and overseas u n i v e r s i t i e s , a n d s e c u r i n g m o r e s c h o l a r s h i p s u p p o r t f o r o u t b o u n d s t u d e n t s . We s h a l l c r e a te as m a n y o p p o r t u n i t i es as possible f or all those w h o w i s h t o b e n e f i t f r o m s u c h a n e x p e r i e n c e. We emb r a ce t h i s international d i m e n s i on of o u r a c a d em ic p r og r amme s. I n f u l f i l l i ng another m i s s i on of ours, t h a t is t o c r e a t e n e w k n o w l e d g e t h r o u g h research, a h i g h er degree of i n t e r n a t i o n a l i z a t i on is l i k e w i s e b e n e f i c i a l. The Chinese Un i v e r s i ty has an i n t e r n a t i o n a l r e s e a r ch r e p u t a t i on a n d a s t r o ng research culture. Whereas o u r r e s e a r c h e r s w i l l c o n t i n ue to en s u re l o c al relevance i n their w o r k so t hat t he ir f i n d i n gs can be t r a n s l a t ed i n t o t a n g i b le b e n e f i ts f or H o n g K o n g , w e s h a l l r e d o u b l e o u r e f f o r t s t o f o r g e n e w l i n k s a n d e n g a g e i n c o l l a b o r a t i v e r e s e a r ch w i t h academic centres of e x c e l l e n c e w o r l d w i d e . We s h a l l e s t a b l i sh j o i n t l a b o r a t o r i es w i t h nonlocal partners to p o o l resources, achieve c r i t i c al mass, a nd c u l t i v a te o u r special strengths. We shall participate i n mu l t i- c e n t re r e s e a r ch o n t o p i c s of g l o b a l s i g n i f i c a n ce a n d c o n t r i b u t e t o t h e ad v an c ement of h u m a n k n ow l e d g e. We shall also e x p a nd o p p o r t u n i t i es f or our research students to be v i s i t i ng scholars at research i n s t i t u t i o ns abroad. By t a k i ng p a rt i n national, regional, and global collaboration, our researchers and research students w i l l be inspired b y the cross-fertilization of ideas a nd stay …To thrive in its f i f t h decade and to respond effectively to the demands of the times requires a strategy of heightenedi n t e r n a t i o n a l i z a t i o n .... We shall strive to create a truly international campus with a multilingual and multi-cultural milieu for those who come here in pursuit of academic excellence and personal growth— We shall make it possible for a greater number of our students to go abroad as exchange students for at least a term.…We shall create as many opportunities as possible for all those who wish to benefit from such an experience. We embrace this international dimension of our academic programmes. The 61st Congregation 19