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This is the first residence for students from all the University

where graduates and undergraduates irrespective of their college of faculty

affiliations may mix together freely. This marks a new era in the history

of the University, and is a natural development from the coming together of

all three Foundation Colleges on one campus. Together with the College

hostels, it will play an important role in the development of corporate and

intellectual life among students and serve as a communications centre

between local and visiting scholars.

I feel sure this new concept accords with both the needs of the

University and the intentions of the benefactors. And I would like to add

my thanks to those of the Vice-Chancellor to those who have contributed to

this building. The Ho Tung family which has done so much for Hong Kong,

and those who subscribed to commemorate Sir Cho-yu Kwan, who played such a

decisive part in the formation and direction of this University during its

first 8 years, and who died as he had lived in the service of Hong Kong.

A good university is not just a knowledge machine but a grouping of

people. And the right atmosphere in which teachers and students can both give

of their best can only be achieved if all feel they belong to a community

in which they take pride, a community of scholars dedicated to learning.

This sense of community can best be created through common purpose and common

corporate life. And this in turn presupposes an organization in which

teaching and learning and living and working and playing together are

facilitated through the proper full and complementary functioning of all

its many parts.

It has not been easy for this University to achieve this corporate

sense because its history is relatively short and because of its tripartite

origins. But it has achieved it, and this says much for the enthusiasm and

vision of all concerned.

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