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The Constituent Colleges 21 Part 1 Academic and cultural activities are regularly organized for both staff and students of the College. They include seminars, college life luncheon talks, education conferences, the Siu Lien Ling Wong Visiting Fellows Programme, Hop Wai Art and Cultural Programme, and various exchange and visitor programmes. Students are also encouraged to take part in extracurricular activities organized by the college students union, departmental societies, class societies, various interest groups, the non-residential hall student society, and student hostel associations. Various student development programmes, such as student visitor programme, language enhancement programme, learning arts programme, Quality Activity Award Scheme, outward bound training programme, mentor programme, service learning programme, Overseas e-Mentoring Programme, Sung Sheung Hong Creativity Award, and ‘Dreaming Through Chung Chi’ programme, exploration trips to France/Germany, summer overseas internship programme and summer study abroad programme, are designed to provide students with more learning opportunities in the pursuit of a balanced education. A wide array of scholarships, financial aid schemes and awards are offered to encourage students to excel in their academic pursuits as well as to participate in college educational activities. In 2009–10 Chung Chi College had a student population of 2,931, of whom 1,341 were male and 1,590 female. About one-third of the students were Christians. New Asia College NewAsia College was founded in 1949 by Dr. Ch’ienMu and a group of scholars frommainland China. The College aims to preserve traditional Chinese culture and to balance it with theWestern learning so that students may understand their cultural heritage and at the same time be capable of coping with the challenges of the modern world. 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. In August 1973, New Asia College moved to the campus in Shatin. To enrich the cultural and academic life on campus, New Asia College organizes scholarly visits and various cultural activities throughout the year under different programmes such as Ch’ien Mu Lecture in History and Culture,