Bulletin Number One 1987

Founda t i on Stone L a y i n g Ceremony o f Shaw Col lege The foundation stone o f the fourth college o f the University, Shaw College, was laid on 12th January by the Acting Governor and Chancellor o f the Univer sity, Sir David Akers-Jones, and the Patron o f the College, Sir Run Run Shaw. The ceremony marked a new milestone in the University's development and was attended by some 500 guests. Shaw College has been named after its bene factor, Sir Run Run Shaw, who has made a donation o f HK$100 m illion to the University for the establish ment o f the College. The generous donation represents the largest single sum ever received by the University at any one time. In making his address, Sir David remarked that donations from members o f the community to improve Hong Kong's educational services not only represented a commendable civic-mindedness on the part o f those who were contributing to the well-being o f Hong Kong, but they also showed that the sense o f importance which the Government attached to education was shared by the local community. 'Sir Run Run's very generous donations to charity in general, and to education projects in particular, set an example which I hope many others w ill emulate.' said Sir David. Welcoming Address by Dr. Ma Lin Your Excellency, Sir Run Run ， ladies and gentlemen ， I'd like to welcome you all to Shaw College, The Chinese University o f Hong Kong. Within eighteen months and all being well, you w ill see erected on this site the ta ll buildings o f the new College o f the University — one which has been endowed by Sir Run Run Shaw and one which is named after him. Among the many duties o f the Vice-Chancellor, one o f the more pleasant is to welcome distinguished visitors to the University on important occasions. I speak w ith some knowledge on the subject because through the years I have had the privilege o f hosting such gatherings more times than I can remember. Some occasions do stand out in the memory, however. May be it was a particularly balmy day, or a very distinguished group o f men, or a very special event — the kind which marks a watershed in the University's development. I have to say that rarely would I find all three ingredients at one and the same function. But such good fortune is ours today as we gather for the foundation stone laying ceremony o f Shaw College. This is tru ly an auspicious beginning. On such a glorious day as this, I simply have to recount the chance conversation I had w ith Sir Run Run which led to the generous endowment, the largest in the University's history and the largest in the history o f Hong Kong. It all started eighteen months ago, on another fine sunny day in early June 1985 when Sir Run Run Shaw came and visited the University as a member o f our Council and as my own guest. I had arranged for him a tour o f the University and decided that I should accompany him. We stopped at a vantage point over­ looking where we are sitting today —quite by accident, NEWS 1