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There are three research institutcs

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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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