Calendar 2005–06

86 Part 2 • General Information opportunities in the pursuit of a balanced education. Awide array of scholarships, financial aid schemes and awards are available to encourage students to excel in their academic pursuits as well as to participate in college educational activities. In 2004–05 Chung Chi College had a student population of 2,557, of whom 1,075 were male and 1,482 female. While most of the students were born in Hong Kong, a few were overseas Chinese. About one-third of the students were Christians. New Asia College New Asia College was founded in 1949 by its former president, the late Dr. Ch’ien Mu, and a small group of scholars from mainland China. Their aim was to preserve traditional Chinese culture and to balance it with Western learning so that students might understand their cultural heritage and at the same time be capable of coping with the challenges of the modern world. The college had a humble beginning but soon attracted support both locally and from overseas. Since 1954, it has had the cooperation and support of the Yale–China Association which has been active in educational development in China for many years. It has also received support from other educational institutions and foundations, notably the Harvard–Yenching Institute, the Asia Foundation, the Rockefeller Foundation, the British Council, the Mencius Foundation, the Ford Foundation, and the Ming Yu Cultural Foundation. As a grant college from 1959 to 1963, and a constituent college of the University thereafter, it has received generous financial support from the government. Scholarly visits and other cultural activities are arranged throughout the year under different programmes such as the Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture Programme, the New Asia Ming Yu Foundation Visiting Scholars Programme, the New Asia S.Y. Chung Visiting Fellows Programme, the New Asia David Lam Economist Exchange Programme, and the Y.S. Hui Exchange Programme in Fine Arts. Extracurricular activities, which form an important part