EDUCATION
128
hit the construction industry during the year, the commissioning of several construction projects has been delayed, such as the Lady Shaw Building, the new Shaw College's initial buildings of two 300-bed hostels and an amenities building complex, an administration and education building and a block of staff quarters. The Leung Kau Kui Building (teaching facilities) at central campus and the extension to the Fong Shu Chuen Chinese Language Centre at Chung Chi campus have commenced with sub-structure work at site whereas others are at tendering stage such as the Phase I redevelopment of the Teaching Buildings Complex of Chung Chi College and the extension to the Elisabeth Luce Moore Library at Chung Chi campus. Other capital projects covering teaching, amenities, sports and domestic facilities at various stages of active planning and design include the Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology, several new academic buildings for engineering studies, archi- tectural studies and other disciplines, an extension to the university main library, further hostels for Chung Chi and Shaw colleges, a new telecommunication system and a variety of engineering services and redevelopment programmes.
The library system consists of the University Library, the Medical Library, and three branch libraries in the colleges. The total collection in 1989 was 1 000 900 volumes.
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 South-east 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.
=
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Following the establishment of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, good progress has been made with site formation for the campus and the recruitment of staff worldwide. The main contract for the academic building was awarded in August for completion in June 1991, in time for the scheduled intake of students in October that year. Of the 38 posts at the head of department and professor levels, 18 have accepted offer of appointment as at September 1989.
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, excellent recreational facilities, 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