Calendar 2002–03

TheConstituentColleges 81 part of student life in the college, are organized by thecollege student union and a host of student clubs and societies. In 2001–2, New Asia College had a student population of 2,337,of whom 1,049 were male and 1,288 were female.Approximately 50 per centof thestudent population received scholarships, bursaries or other forms of financial assistance. United College United College was founded in 1956 with theamalgamation of five post-secondary co lleges: Can ton Over seas Co llege, Kwang Hsia College,Wah Kiu Co llege, Wen Hua Co lleg e, and Pin g Jin g Co lleg e o f Ac co u n tan cy . Th e f i v e colleges decided to pool their reso ur ces to p ro vide better h ig her ed ucatio n fo r lo cal students. The United College o f H o n g K o n g w a s sub sequ en tly incor po rated under an o rdinance of the gov ernment in 1957 with a board of trustees as its governing body. In 1962, the membership of the board of trustees was broadened to include representation from the local community, and Dr. the Hon. Kenneth Ping-fan Fung was elected chairman of the board. In July 1962, the board appointed Mr. T.C.Cheng, then Chief Assistant Secretary for ChineseAffairsin thegovernment, as president of the college. Dr. Cheng assumed office in January 1963. In October 1963, United College becamea constituent college of The Chinese University of HongKong. In March 1971, foundation stones were laid for the five new buildings of thecollege on the University campusin ShaTin.In December,the college moved from Bonham Road on Hong Kong Island to its present site on the University campus. Dr. the Hon. P.C. Woo succeeded Sir Kenneth as the chairman of the college board in May 1972,a position he had to resign from in November 1983 when he was appointed a member of the University Council. He was succeeded by Sir