ROYAL
VISIT
PRESS RELEASE
Wednesday, April 16, 1975
ROYAL VISITORS WILL SEE BOTH UNIVERSITIES
Itineraries Include Meeting Students
The Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh will spend some time during
their visit in May meeting members of the staff and students at both the
University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
On the morning of May 6, the Duke will be flown by helicopter
from Harcourt Road to the Chinese University where he will land on sports
field of Chung Chi College.
The Duke will then visit the Institute of Chinese Studies, and
walk through the cloisters where some members of the senate and the student
union will have the opportunity of talking to him.
The Queen and the Duke will together visit the University of
Hong Kong on the afternoon of May 6. The Royal couple will tour Loke Yow
Hell, see some exhibits, and then have tea with students on the university
lawn.
Of the two universities, the Queen will be interested to learn
that the Hong Kong University is the older, having been incorporated in
1911 to take over the work of the College of Medicine, established in 1887.
It is a self-governing corporation, based in the Pok Fu Lan area
of the Island. It draws its income from grants made by the Hong Kong
Government, tuition fees, investment income, and donations from founda-
tions and private benefactors.
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