Bulletin Special Supplement Ever in My Heart: Professor Ambrose King and The Chinese University

惜別晚宴 Farewell Dinner 39 今 夕大家為我惜別，我非常感 激，我更應該感謝大家給我 一個機會向各位告別，對各位說「再 見」。在我三十四年的中大生涯走完 最後一程時，我充滿感激之情，揮手 告別中大，揮手告別在中大路上一直 支持我，一直與我並肩努力的同事、 同學、校友與朋友！ 當一個人退休的時候，總不免會回想 一下他一生的工作。我很清楚我自 T hank you for your very kind send-off this evening. I especially value the occasion because it allows me to bid you farewell and to say ‘good-bye’. As I reach the end of my 34-year journey with The Chinese University, my heart is brimming with gratitude. Farewell, The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Farewell, my beloved colleagues, students, alumni, and friends who have worked shoulder- to-shoulder with me and supported me along the way. Retirement inevitably causes one to reflect on one’s career. I know myself pretty well: I like to read, I like to write, I also believe everyone needs to work. That is why I decided veryearlyon tomakeuniversity teaching my career. Having said that, chance did have its part to play in my coming to The Chinese University from the United States in 1970. Had it not been for the invitation from the eminent sociologist Prof. Ching-kun Yang, had it not been for the persuasive rhetoric of our founding Vice- Chancellor Dr. Choh-Ming Li on his visit to Pittsburgh, the last 34 years would have 惜別晚宴講辭 Speech by Prof. Ambrose King 金耀基教授與夫人陶元禎女士 Prof. and Mrs. Ambrose King