Calendar 2015–16

24 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 New Asia College NewAsia College was founded in 1949 byMr. 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 Sha Tin. 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, Yu Ying-shih Lecture in History, New Asia Lectures on Contemporary China, New Asia Lectures on Confucianism, New Asia Cultural Talks, Yen Kuo-yung Lecture in Life Science, United Asia Finance Visiting Scholars Programme, Seminar on Chinese Moral Education, and Seminar on Traditional Chinese Culture. Renowned scholars are invited to deliver academic and cultural talks.