Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2004

Chinese heritage. Th r ough the Institute, therefore, the U n i v e r s i ty assumes its i n s t i t u t i o n al responsibility of preserving and enriching the Chinese culture as we ll as promoting it, not only among Chinese societies, but also in the Western world. Today, as we talk about internationalization, about cross-cultural exchanges, we shall call to m i n d the v i s i on of our Found i ng Vice-Chancellor. Today, as we formulate plans to promulgate Chinese c u l t u r e, we s h a l l c a ll to m i n d t he con t r i bu t i on of the Institute of Chinese Studies and the g r ound w o r k laid by its f ound i ng director. Where else w i l l be more appropriate than the Institute of Chinese Studies to house Dr. Li's statue? Ladies and gentlemen, on behalf of the Chinese University, let me thank you once again f or c om i ng here to w i t ness the presentation of this exquisite statue, and sharing w i t h us our fond memories of our Fo u n d i ng Vice-Chancellor. Let me also express our p r o f o u nd g r a t i t ude to Dr. Fong-ching Chen for his most special gift. Henceforth our Founding Vice-Chancellor w i l l be sitting comfortably i n this cosy corner of the courtyard, watching the gold fish t r oop i ng by, greeting every visitor w i t h h is w i n n i n g sm i l e, a nd m i l d l y r emi nd i ng them that they are at the very heart of The Chinese University of Ho ng Kong. Thank you. Dr. Fong-ching Chen (left) and Dr. Edgar Cheng (right) Wu Weishan the Sculptor Born in 1962 at Dongtai, Jiangsu Province, Wu Weishan graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing Normal University He subsequently worked at Peking University, the European Ceramics Centre, and the Department of Sculpture of Washington University in the US. A sculptor of the human form, Wu has held exhibitions in the Netherlands, the US, South Korea, Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan. He was awarded the prestigious Pangolin Prize by the Royal Academy ofSculptor of the UK, which also elected him as a Fellow (FRBS). Wu is now a professor at Nanjing University and head of the Institute of Fine Arts and the Institute of Sculpture Art at the same university His work is on permanent exhibition at public locations throughout China and among the collections of major museums the world over. Immortalizing the Spirit of the Trailblazer 45