XN000022-1975-05-06 — Page 11

- 9-

which was established in 1967. The building was completed in 1970

and fully operational in January 1971.

+

The objectives of the Instituto are as follows:

+

+

To promote scholarship in Chinese Studios in Hong Kong and

overseas by serving as an international centre for

Chinese Studios.

To develop a well-integrated programme of teaching and

research in Chinese Studies viewed within the context of

Asian and world dovolopments.

To provide interested local and visiting academic members

of the University with the necessary facilitics to help thom

strengthen their teaching and rosearch abilities.

To encourage the exchange of knowledge and experience

in Chinese Studies through an effective programme of

publication, academic conferences and research seminars.

The Duke was then conducted into the Art Gallory, founded

in the summer of 1971 to serve both as a teaching museum for the fine

arts programmo and as a centro of research on Chinese art and

archaeology. The gallery is open to the public on all holidays and

weekends.

His Royal Highness showed great interest in a collection of

carved jades and Chinose paintings and calligraphy.

He then left the campus by helicopter for the Kwai Chung

Container Terminal to join the Queen.