Bulletin Special Supplement on Prof. Charles K. Kao, Former Vice-Chancellor and Nobel Laureate The Love and Labour of a Laureate

Contents 2 Foreword 9 A Campus in Jubilation 18 The Nobel Lecture Sand from Centuries Past; Send Future Voices Fast 29 A Short Biography 32 Homecoming CHINESE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Special Supplement • February 2010 © The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2010 Published by the Information Services Office, CUHK Address all correspondence to Information Services Office, CUHK, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, The People’s Republic of China E-mail iso@cuhk.edu.hk Website www.cuhk.edu.hk/iso/bulletin Advisory Committee on Chinese University Bulletin Prof. Laurence K.P. Wong Prof. Chan Hung-kan Prof. Joseph Man Chan Prof. David Parker Mr. Eric S.P. Ng Mr. Jacob S.K. Leung Ms. Amy Y.M. Tsui Mr. Tommy W.K. Cho Ms. Antonia Y.H. Yeung Cover Photo: China Foto Press Photos marked with ✶ : from ‘ 潮平岸闊—高錕自述 ’, an autobiography by Charles K. Kao