Calendar 2008–2009

The Constituent Colleges 21 Part 1 The College has a humble beginning but soon gained public and private support both locally and overseas. Set up in 1959 as a grant college, New Asia College became one of the three constituent Colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1963. InAugust 1973, NewAsia College moved to the existing campus in Shatin. To enrich the cultural and academic life on campus, NewAsia College has organized scholarly visits and various cultural activities throughout the year under different programmes such as Ch’ienMu Lecture in History and Culture, YuYing- shih Lecture in History, UnitedAsia Finance Visiting Scholars Programme, S.Y. Chung Visiting Fellows Programme, andY.S. Hui Exchange Programme in Fine Arts. Renowned scholars are invited to deliver academic and cultural talks. In enhancing intercultural exchanges and fostering global understanding, NewAsia College has established various exchange programmes with overseas institutions. Since 1993, the College has organized New Asia College–Yale University Student Exchange Programme to enhance students’ understanding of the social, cultural and scientific issues in the two regions. NewAsia students may also enrich their international exposure by taking part in the College one- year/one-semester exchange programmes to the United States (The International Student Exchange Programme), Japan (Asia University, Soka University and Kyoto Sangyo University) and Korea (Ewha Womans University). To further improve students’ proficiency in both Chinese and English, the College launches the language enhancement programmes which include Social Putonghua Workshops, Social English Workshops, Putonghua Tables, Summer Putonghua Speaking Camp, English Summer Camp and intensive summer language courses held in mainland China and England.