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There are three research institutcs
—
the Instituto of
Social Studies and the Humanities, the Institute of Science and
Technology and the Institute of Chinese Studies. Various research contros
now exist within the three Institutes to concentrate on specific
fiolds of studios.
The Vice-Chancellor pointed out to the Duke the various
buildings in the campus, including the H-shaped Science Centre,
completed in 1972 with a donation of about $4 million from the British
Government.
The Hong Kong Government paid the balance of $12.5 million.
Recently, the Institution of Electrical Engineers in London
informed the University's Department of Electronics that the B. Sc.
in Electronics "socisfies the educational requirements of the
Institution in full provided a satisfact.ry report is received each
your from the External Examiner."
A recent edition of the Chinese University Newsletter stated:
"This is the first time that recognition was sought from the Institution
and it is an honour to obtain such a recognition with only the first
batch of graduates in the last academic year."
A holium liquofaction plant and a noutron generator are
among the high quality equipment used for research in the Department of
Physics at the Science Centre.
The Chinese University, 8 a new academic institution, has
sought advisors from England and the United States and has set up staff
and student exchange programmes with a number of American universities
as well as with universitics in Germany, France and Japan.
The academic standards of the Chinese University are
recognised internationally in those exchange programmes.
After giving the Duke of Edinburgh a briefing on the Science
Centre, Dr. Li Choh-ming took him to the Institute of Chinese Studies,
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