Newsletter No. 46

CUHK Newsletter No.46 September 1993 and in the shaping of a new society: it has helped to create a more equal and meritocratic society, groomed two generations of an indigenous elite, localized social science and high-tech, and contributed to scholarship and to the ideals and practices of academic freedom throughout the Chinese-speaking and English-speaking world. Chapters Institutional Changes by Dr. T. S. Cheung, Department of Sociology Part one of this chapter describes how the University's administrative framework evolves from a federal structure in the formative years to a centralized system in the mid 1970s, and then to a decentralized mode in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Part two explains the major changes related to curriculum structure, focusing on such issues as student admission policies, the evolution of examination systems, and the introduction of the flexible credit unit system. Chapter 4 Chinese Studies and Cultural Integration by Mr. S. K. Lao, Senior College Tutor of Shaw College The opening section deals with the different traditions of the constituent colleges and their attitudes towards relations between Chinese and Western cultures. Other sections examine the efforts made by the University in the promotion of Chinese cultural studies and the integration of Chinese tradition with Western modern learning, and its achievements in these two areas. Chapter 5 Moving with the Times, Integrating the East and the West: CUHK and Hong Kong by Dr. C. C. Lau, Department of Sociology The chapter is about the introduction of new dimensions to the University's programmes of studies and research work in response to social and economic changes in Hong Kong. Chapter 6 Overseas Academic Links and International Education Exchange by Dr. K. Y, Wong, Department of English This chapter puts on record the University's longtime endeavour to establish linkages with overseas universities in different forms of collaboration and exchange: exchange of new knowledge, exchange of scholars, student exchange, and curriculum design for international education. Chapter 7 Students of the University by Dr. S. T. Kwok, Department of History This chapter examines features of the student body and their activities in four different periods -1963 to 1972, 1973 to 1976, 1977 to 1989, and 1989 to present, and explains how student life on campus and student movements have been affected by the social, economic and political changes in Hong Kong. Chapter 8 Service to Society by Dr. H. M. Yip, Department of History The chapter tells how the University's community service in various fields over the last three decades represents Hong Kong's social needs arising from industrial and commercial growth, economic take-off, urbanization, industrialization and modernization, free compulsory education, hi-tech revolution, and the coming of a post-modern world on the one hand and the University's responses on the other. Chapter 9 Friends of the University by Dr. Mayching Kao, Department of Fine Arts, and Mr. C. K. Yeung, Department of Chinese Language and Literature This chapter describes the encouragement and support from international and local communities that the University has enjoyed since its inception, and the significance of such generous support for the growth of the University. Chapter 10 Alumni Profiles Dr. Sonia Ng, CUHK Alumna The chapter surveys the features and characteristics of CUHK graduates, especially in relation to their social background, achievements, social and political awareness, and loyalty to their alma mater. 8