Calendar 2007–08

22 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 Summer Research Grant Scheme to pursue learning opportunities in summer. NewAsia alumni remain an important part of the College. The Mentorship Programme is enriched by many alumni who have committed themselves to sharing their valuable experiences with current students. Since 2003, the College has organized reunion activities for alumni who have graduated for 30 years with a view to further strengthening ties with them. The four hostels of New Asia College have a total capacity of 1,165 and almost half of the students are provided with hostel accommodation. Since 2002, the College has been implementing the Guaranteed One-year Residence Scheme to ensure every student gets to experience hostel life. In 2006–07, New Asia had a student population of 2,689, of whom 1,227 were male and 1,462 female. United College The mission of the College is to realize its motto ‘Make One’s Virtues Shine and Renew the People’, and to serve the people of Hong Kong and of the world through integrative education, pastoral care, and moral and spiritual enhancement of the young. United College was founded in 1956 with the amalgamation of five post- secondary colleges: Canton Overseas College, Kwang Hsia College, Wah Kiu College, Wen Hua College, and Ping Jing College of Accountancy. The five colleges decided to pool their resources to provide quality tertiary education for local students. The United College of Hong Kong was incorporated under an ordinance of the government in 1957 with a board of trustees as its governing body. In 1962, membership of the board of trustees was broadened to include representatives from the local community, and Dr. the Hon. Kenneth Ping-fan Fung, who later became Sir 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 ChineseAffairs in the government, as president of the College. Dr. Cheng assumed office in January 1963. In October 1963, United College became one of the founding Colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong. In March 1971, foundation stones were laid for the five new buildings of the College on the University campus in 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 chairman of the College board in May 1972, and resigned in November 1983 when he was appointed a