Bulletin Special Supplement Summer 2015

如何看校園發展？ 二零零九年敲定的校園發展計劃除了為 二零一二年回復四年制做好準備，其實 更是為其時至二零二一年以至更長遠的 校園發展訂立指引，由規劃、招標到實 施都非常公開。校園應該是永續的，我 們不能單為眼前規劃，而應遠瞻十年、 二十年後的境況。我認為中大不應該再 擴張了，學生人數也不需要再增加，長 遠應該加強書院的發展。還有，應該充 分利用土地資源，為老師多建宿舍。很 多六十歲退休的學者，到七八十歲仍是 耳聰目明，思維清晰，他們是大學的瑰 寶。我們應鼓勵退休老師住在校園附近， 甚至可以給他們一個辦公的地方，歡迎 他們隨時回到校園坐坐，和研究生本科 生聊天，豐富校園的學術氛圍。 中大建築當中，哪座是你最喜歡的？ 校園建造最大的限制是費用，而且不可 超越政府的規格。我覺得較有特色的是 二零零六年落成的科學實驗室專門大樓 （現稱逸夫科學大樓），色彩繽紛的。 新建築中，和聲書院俯瞰山谷景色，一 片翠綠，非常吸引。康本國際學術園也 不錯，與建築學院大樓形成了校園一個 新的聚合點。最好的角落還是天人合一， 地方很小，但觀感寬廣開朗，絲毫不覺 狹窄，令人舒坦。最難得的是建築師陳 惠基教授是一位不懂中文的華人，卻把 東方哲韻表達得淋漓盡致。 What’s your opinion on campus development? The Campus Master Plan adopted in 2009 was meant to prepare for the new academic structure in 2012. It also gives clear guidelines for campus development for the years leading up to 2021 and beyond. The procedures from planning, calling for tenders, to implementation were all formulated in a transparent manner. To build a sustainable campus, we need to look beyond one or even two decades. I think CUHK does not need more physical expansion, nor increase in student numbers. In the long run we should shift the focus to college development. We can make better use of the land to build residential housing for our faculty. Many scholars retire in their 60s, but they are still in good health and intellectually active. They are valuable assets and a free resource of the University. We should encourage them to live near the campus, or even furnish them with office space so they can come back to chat with students if they wish. It will surely help foster an intellectual milieu at the University. Which building(s) on campus do you like most? Cost is the biggest constraint to campus construction, and it has to meet the specifications laid down by the Government. I like the distinctive and colourful Centralized Science Laboratories Building (now Run Run Shaw Science Building) that opened in 2006. Among the new ones, Lee Woo Sing College commands a breathtaking view of a verdant valley. Yasumoto International Academic Park is good too, for it has become a new hub jointly with the adjacent AITB of the School of Architecture. My favourite corner on campus is the Pavilion of Harmony. A small place as it is, it is visually wide and open. It calms the mind. Most remarkably, it is designed by Prof. Freeman Chan, a Canadian- born Chinese who speaks no Chinese, but manages to express the essence of Asian aesthetics. 35 別來無恙–劉遵義教授專訪 All is Well—An Interview with Prof. Lawrence Lau