Bulletin No. 2, 2012

2 Chinese University Bulletin No. 2, 2012 T he year 2013, the Golden Jubilee of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, is awaited by everyone in the University with bated breath. Celebration is very much in the air, and all in the CUHK family, be they teachers, students and alumni, are actively engaged in preparation for the events and activities that are to come. Half a century ago, a range of barren hillocks, by the side of the railway track on which diesel trains ran and along the coast of the Tolo Harbour, was chosen as the seat of an academic institution burdened with an onerous historical and cultural mission. On the 17th day of October, 1963, the Chinese University came into being, building itself upon the practical and modest simplicity that informed the structure and milieu of its three foundation Colleges. And it has been 50 years since. In Jubilation for the Golden Jubilee