Calendar 2010–11

28 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 S.H. Ho College S.H. Ho College was established in May 2006 with generous donations from the The S.H. Ho Foundation Limited. The College has admitted its first cohort of students in August of 2010 and will accommodate a full-house 600 students on a fully residential and communal dining basis on 2012. The mission of S.H. Ho College is to foster an intimate and collegial community in which students learn, share and grow intellectually. With the motto of ‘Culture, Morals, Devotion and Trustworthiness’, S.H. Ho College aims to help students to develop a profound sense of culture, high moral standards, trustworthiness and a strong sense of personal responsibility. The College campus is located on University Avenue, sits at the heart of CUHK. The two student hostels, namely Ho Tim Hall and Lee Quo Wei Hall, will provide 300 hostel places in each hall. Ho Tim Hall will be finished at the fourth quarter of 2010 and Lee Quo Wei Hall is targeted to be completed by mid of 2011. To equip students with an extensive social network, competent language skills and multi-cultural exposure, S.H. Ho College strives to achieve the goal that 50% of its students have overseas experience. This will be achieved by means of exchange programmes, summer language programmes, summer study abroad programmes, cultural visits, service-learning programmes and internship programmes. Prof. Samuel S.M. Sun, a world authority on plant molecular biology, is currently a research professor of biology at CUHK. He was appointed as College Master of S.H. Ho College in 2009. He is endeavoring to create an inspirational, multi-cultural and interactive ‘HOME’ for its students. ‘My vision for S.H. Ho College is a home offers a diversified environment, which gives students stability, creativity, and freedom in the exchange of knowledge and ideas, so that they may grow in a caring and friendly atmosphere full of hope and a sense of belonging.’