Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2004

I MMORTAL I Z I NG THE SP I R IT OF THE TRA I LBLAZER Statue of Founding Vice-Chancellor Dr. Choh-Ming Li F o r mer d i r e c t or of the I n s t i t u te of Ch i nese Studies, D r . F o n g - c h i ng Chen, donated a statue of Dr. Choh -M i ng L i to the Chinese U n i v e r s i ty to commemorate the Found i ng Vice-Chancellor a nd h is r ema r k a b le c o n t r i b u t i o ns to h i g h er e d u c a t i on a nd to C U H K . The statue, created b y famous sculptor Prof. W u We i s h a n, is n o w s i t u a t ed i n the c o u r t y a rd of the I n s t i t u te of Ch i nese Studies. I n a t t endance at the r i b b o n- cutting ceremony for the statue, he ld on 2 8 t h N o v e m b e r, w e r e f o r m e r v i c e- c h a n c e l l o rs of t he U n i v e r s i t y. P r o f. L a w r e n c e J. L a u , t he s e r v i n g v i c e- chancellor, Prof. A r t h ur K.C. Li, Secretary of Educa t i on and Ma n p owe r, Dr. Fong- c h i n g C h e n , a n d D r . Jean Ro g e r s, daughter of Dr. Choh -M i ng Li, also made speeches on the occasion. Cutting the ribbon (from left: Ms. Lina Yan, chairman of the CUHK Convocation, Prof. Ambrose King, Prof. Ma Lin, Dr. Edgar Cheng, chairman of the University Council, Prof. Arthur K.C. Li, Dr. Alice Lam, chairman of the UGC, Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, Prof. Charles K. Kao, Dr. J.S. Lee and Mr. Chien Li, respectively member and chairman of the Advisory Board of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Prof. Jenny So, director of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Dr. Fong-ching Chen, and Prof. Wu Weishan) Immortalizing the Spirit of the Trailblazer 41