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12 Part 1 • General Information Part 1 600 students. At C.W. Chu College, hostel buildings provide 300 hostel spaces. The postgraduate halls and international houses provide about 1,900 places for postgraduate and exchange students. With the exception of the postgraduate halls which have hundreds of single rooms, most student hostels provide shared accommodation in the form of twin-bed rooms. There are also a small number of special rooms for married students without children. The Faculty of Medicine operates the Madam S.H. Ho Hostel for medical students at the Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin, the teaching hospital of the Faculty, providing accommodation for 248 senior clinical students. Social Responsibility and Sustainable Development CUHK is a socially responsible university that upholds the principle of sustainable development and seeks to tackle global social and sustainability challenges through teaching, research and engagement. We have set several university social responsibility goals, ranging from health to education, from inclusion to partnerships, and from climate action to responsible processes. We are committed to pursuing and achieving our university social responsibility goals which also actively respond to the Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the United Nations. As a leader in sustainability, CUHK houses the Jockey Club Museum of Climate Change, the world’s first museum of its kind, and co-hosts the Hong Kong Chapter of the Sustainable Development Solutions Network, a United Nations initiative to mobilize knowledge institutions to promote practical problem-solving for sustainable development. We communicate our goals clearly with the university community and engage faculty members, students and staff to discharge our social responsibilities to foster a sustainable society. Diversity and Inclusion Embracing diversity and cultivating inclusiveness are the invaluable elements of realizing students’ and staff’s full potential and consummating everyone’s achievements in the University. In 2020, the University has adopted a proactive and comprehensive approach in integrating all existing mechanisms and practices to address inclusion and equal opportunities issues and established the Diversity and Inclusion Steering Committee (DISC), which aims to steer and review the Diversity and Inclusion Policy, develop strategies to promote the Principles of Communities by means of educational and training development programmes, publicity campaigns and communication with stakeholders, and to ensure any action plans derived are effectively implemented. The Diversity and Inclusion Office (DIO) was also set up to serve as DISC’s executive arm, aiming to foster and sustain a vibrant, open and truly inclusive environment.