Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1978

on Campus of hostels have recently been completed: Madam S. H. Ho Hall at Chung Chi College, Xu é si Hall at New Asia College, and Bethlehem Hall at United College. Each of these hostels is a six-storey structure com prising 110 double rooms and providing residential accommodation for 220 male and female students and will be ready for occupancy for 1978-79. The fourth one will house another 116 students. Spectator Stand and Tennis Courts Additional sports facilities have helped to boost the University's physical education programme and cater more for the recreational needs of University members. Construction of a covered spectator stand with a capacity of 1,800 at the University Sports Field was completed in 1977. The total construction cost of HK$1.5 million was defrayed by The Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club (Charities) Ltd. Of the eight new tennis courts completed this year, five were built with government funds and the other three with donations from The Shell Company of Hong Kong. Lion Pavilion The lion Pavilion, a Chinese style circular pavilion, will be built on the islet in the Lily Pond at Chung Chi College to enhance the beauty of the cam pus and provide yet another venue for University members to spend their leisure time. The foundation stone of the Pavilion was laid in June 1978 and con struction is expected to be completed by the end of the year. All these construction projects were made pos sible by outside donations, which have contributed greatly to the formation of The Chinese University campus, as H. E. the Chancellor, Sir Murray Mac Lehose, summed up in his address at the opening ceremony of the Sui-Loong Pao Building: “ The capital cost amounts to about $240 million. Government funds account fo r about $205 million o f this and private funds about $34.5 million— a very large sum o f money to have been raised from private sources. The Government, the community at large, and this University are greatly in their debt fo r so public spirited a response to the needs o f higher education in Hong Kong. ” 11