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The university participates in the affairs of regional and international associations of universities, and has from time to time launched co-operative projects with foreign governments and individual institutions. It is a member of the Association of Common- wealth Universities, International Association of Universities, and the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning. The university has also been closely associated with the Committee for International Co-operation in Higher Education in the United Kingdom.
To mark the university's 25th Anniversary in 1988, a series of activities were held throughout the year. Celebration programmes included five Anniversary Lectures and two Tanner Lectures by renowned scholars, an Anniversary Concert, a Silver Jubilee Ball, a Congregation featuring the foundation day ceremony, special exhibitions and a number of international conferences.
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
With the incorporation of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology on April 10, 1988, the Planning Committee appointed in September 1986 to establish a third university in Hong Kong was replaced by the Council of the University with members. appointed by the Governor in his capacity as Chancellor of the University.
The Council of the University, chaired by Sir Sze-yuen Chung, has since appointed Professor Chia-wei Woo as the first Vice-Chancellor of the university. Other senior personnel, including the pro-vice-chancellors and the deans, are being recruited.
The university campus, which is being built as a turnkey building project managed by the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club, will be located on a 60 hectare site at Clear Water Bay, Sai Kung. This project, costing over $2 billion, of which $1.5 billion will come from a Jockey Club donation, will be completed in two phases: Phase I in 1991 and phase II in 1993. When completed, the campus will have a full range of academic and research facilities, and excellent recreational facilities and hostel places for at least 30 per cent of its student population and quarters on campus for at least 50 per cent of its eligible staff.
The university will provide undergraduate and postgraduate courses in its three schools: Science, Engineering, and Business and Management, and a General Education Centre will be established which will, in addition to undertaking a service role, offer postgraduate and research programmes. A modular system is planned for undergraduate courses and this will allow for a large measure of flexibility, enabling academic subjects to be grouped in various combinations. Seven hundred full-time or part-time equivalent students will be admitted in October 1991, increasing to the approved student target of 7 000 places during the 1994-7 triennium and to 10 100 by the end of the century.
The undergraduate courses in the School of Engineering will include Computer Science, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Civil and Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering. Post- graduate programmes will be determined mainly by the needs of the community and also to some extent by the specialities of the academic staff recruited and by the availability of equipment and facilities. In addition to a Research Centre, a Technology Transfer Centre will be established on the university campus.
The undergraduate courses in the School of Science will include Biology, Biochemistry, Mathematics and Physics. Postgraduate programmes will depend again on community needs, the specialities of academic staff recruited and the availability of laboratories.
The School of Business and Management will offer a general business programme for undergraduate students, comprising an integrated package with many required