Calendar 2008–2009

26 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 Wu Yee Sun College The College was established in 2007 with very generous support of Wu Yee Sun Charitable Foundation Ltd. It can accommodate 600 residential students and in addition up to another 600 non-residential students. Lee Woo Sing College The College was established in 2007 with very generous support of an anonymous donor. It can accommodate 600 residential students and in addition up to 600 non-residential students. The five new Colleges share the University’s educational ideals. They have a common mission to foster an intimate and collegial community where students learn, share and grow together intellectually; to maintain a congenial environment for students to enjoy their college life; to provide pastoral care and whole-person education, including general education; and to broaden and internationalize students’ perspectives through formal and informal education programmes. Morningside College has a special vision to cultivate among its students a commitment to serve the community of Hong Kong, China and the world. The S.H. Ho College seeks to nurture a commitment to personal responsibility and integrity, enabling its students to make useful contributions to society after graduation and to lead productive lives. C.W. Chu College will endeavour to cultivate among students a commitment to personal responsibility and integrity, as well as the spirit of self-help and helping others, advocated and personally practised by the late Dr. C.W. Chu, which will lay the foundation for making contributions to society, nurturing of talents for the nation and enriching students’ lives. Wu Yee Sun College wishes to cultivate among students a commitment to personal and social responsibility as well as integrity which will lay the foundation for making contributions to society and an enriching life in the future. LeeWoo Sing College wishes to help to broaden the students’understanding of and liaison with Hong Kong, the mainland, and the world so as to enable them to build up a successful career in future, and to encourage them to contribute to their alma mater and the society. Two scholars of international renown—Nobel Laureate in economic sciences, Prof. Sir James Mirrlees, and world authority on plant molecular biology and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Prof. Samuel Sun Sai-ming, were appointed Masters-Designate of Morningside College and S.H. Ho College respectively in August 2006. A world-renowned expert on hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery and Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Prof. Joseph Lau Wan-yee was appointed as Master-Designate of Lee Woo Sing College in June 2008. A Planning Committee for each College has been appointed and planning work has already begun. It is anticipated that all new Colleges will be in full operation before 2012. n n