Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1981

H.E. the Chancellor cutting the ribbon. Looking on are (from left) Professor G.H. Choa, Sir Run Run Shaw, Dr. Ma Lin, Sir Yuet-keung Kan, Dr. R. C. Lee and Professor B.S. Hsu. The long-awaited multi-purpose auditorium, the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, was officially opened on 7th May, 1981 by His Excellency the Chancellor, Sir Murray MacLehose. The Ceremony was attended by about four hundred guests. Situated on the north side of the University Mall and adjacent to the Lecture Hall Complex, the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall is the first central building designed for performances and the University's large- scale functions. The construction costs of the Hall, amounting to about HK$14 million, have been met by a generous donation from the Shaw Foundation and by grants from the Hong Kong Government. Sir Run Run Shaw, after whom the Hall is named, has a distinguished record of service to the Hong Kong community. As Chairman of both the Hong Kong Arts Festival Society and the Hong Kong Arts Centre, he has shown a lively concern for the cultural activities of the local people. The Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, yet another manifestation of this concern, bears testimony to his goodwill to the University, with which Sir Run Run has a close association: he became a member of the Board of Trustees of United College in 1967; by 1972 he was Vice-Chairman and five years later he was appointed a member of the University Council. Welcoming Address by the Vice-Chancellor Your Excellency, Sir Run Run, Honoured Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this ceremony which marks the opening of the University Auditorium—the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall. The completion of the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall reflects the unceasing support and assistance given by both the community and the Government to this University's development programmes. I am glad that with this new building we can now provide the much- needed facilities for our academic, cultural and re­ creational activities. The opportunities that this will bring to the students will no doubt enrich and add a new dimension to their university experience. I am profoundly grateful to Sir Run Run for his generous donation and contribution towards the 10