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The V ice-Chancellor gives his firs t press conference. O n the left, M r . M . Stevenson, D e p u ty D irector o f G overnm ent In fo rm atio n Services. N ovem ber 2 , 1963 His Excellency the Governor, Sir Robert Black, announced the appointment of Dr. Choh-Ming Li to be the first Vice-Chancellor of the Chinese University. N ovem ber 7, 1963 Dr. Choh-Ming Li, the Vice-Chancellor, met the local press at the Government Information Services. Dr. Li told the press that the University would serve as one of the effective avenues for exchange between Chinese and Western cultures. 'From the Western standpoint, the University provides an opportunity for Western scholars to come to learn Chinese culture. From the standpoint of the Chinese here, the University is not only an institution that preserves and disseminates Chinese cultural heritage; it also provides the students with necessary facilities to keep abreast of intellectual developments in the West, to learn the Western scientific methodology, and to apply scientific methods to the search for new knowledge,’ said Dr. Li. The Vice-Chancellor also expressed the hope to develop the University into an institution of international signi­ ficance. ‘The Hong Kong Government has given its assurance that the degrees of the Chinese University are to be given full recognition by the Government,' Dr. Li told the press. During the Press Conference, Dr. Li also announced the news that a grant of $1,450,000 had been contributed by the American people to the University through the Church World Services for a student centre. The members of the Provisional Council were: the Hon. C. Y. Kwan (Chairman), the Hon. R. C. Lee (Vice-Chairman), Dr. Ch'ien Mu, Mr. T. C. Cheng, the Hon. P. Donohue, the Hon. Fung Ping-fan, the Hon. S. S. Gordon, Mr. Lee Iu-cheung, Mr. J. S. Lee, Mr. H. T. Liu, Mrs. Ellen Li Shu-pui, the Hon. J. C. McDouall, Dr. S. H. Pang, Sir Lindsay Ride, the Hon. A. M. Rodrigues, Mr. B. P. Schoyer, Mr. Szeto Wai, Prof. Y. C. Wong, Mr. P. C. Woo, and Dr. C. T. Yung. In addition to the Hon. C. Y. Kwan, the Selection Committee comprised: Dr. Ch’ien Mu, Mr. T. C. Cheng, the Hon. P. Donohue, the Hon. R. C. Lee, Mrs. Ellen Li Shu-pui, the Hon. J. C. McDouall, Sir Lindsay Ride and Dr. C. T. Yung. Mr. Wu Hei-tak was appointed Secretary of both the Provisional Council and the Committee. J u ly 2 , 1963 The Acting Chairman of the Provisional Council, the Hon. R. C. Lee, announced that the new University would be named ‘Chinese University of Hong Kong’. A ug u st 9, 1963 The Hong Kong Government announced that about 270 acres of land in the Ma Liu Shui area of the New Territories would be granted for the development of the Chinese University of Hong Kong upon the approval of the University’s master plan for developments. A ug ust 2 1 , 1963 Dr. C. T. Yung was appointed by His Excellency Governor to be the First Pro-Vice-Chancellor of University. the the October 17、1963 The University was inaugurated at the City Hall. During the ceremony, the Chairman of the Provisional Council, the Hon. C. Y. Kwan, presented the official copy of the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ordinance, 1962 to the Chancellor, His Excellency the Governor, Sir Robert Black, to mark the establishment of the new University. Speaking in the capacity of the Chancellor, Sir Robert expressed the hope that the new Chinese University would help to produce young men and women, trained, educated and qualified tomeet the economic and social commitments of society. His Excellency the Governor, Sir Robert Black, also proclaimed that the Chinese University of Hong Kong Ordinance, 1963 should come into operation on thaf day. The formation of the University Council, chaired by the Hon. C. Y. Kwan, was also announced. (See names of Council members in ‘Committees, Boards and Councils’.） Novem ber 7, 1963 Dr. Choh-Ming Li, Vice-Chancellor-designate, arrived in Hong Kong.