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vices ， conveniences and amenities to its members but even more importantly w ill afford them opportunities to get to know and understand one another better. As a programme, it serves as a laboratory o f citizenship where students w ill receive tra in ing in social responsibility and assume leadership in the community. Centre activities w ill give maximum opportunity for self-realization and growth in group effectiveness. I t w ill serve as a unifying force in the life o f the University by cultivating in the students an iden tity w ith and enduring regard for the University. A Manager o f Benjamin Franklin Centre Activities was ap pointed in March 1969 to look after the activities o f the Centre. His first task, however, was to get acquainted w ith the students and to cooperate w ith the existing College student welfare personnel. By the autumn o f 1972, when New Asia College is scheduled to move to the new site ， the final geographical gap that now separates the Foundation Colleges w ill have been bridged. Meanwhile ， the for mation o f a University Student Union has been considered and a constitution for such a Union has been drafted. This constitution is expected to take effect before the end o f 1970. The students generate many publications on their own in itiative. The various student bodies at the three Colleges produce a variety o f publications, some on departmental basis. Each College, o f course ， has its own official organ o f the Student Union. On October 3, 1969 ， the staff o f the three College Student Union pub lications—Chung Chi's The Student Bi-weekly, New Asia's New Asia Student and United College's United Student—joined together to publish the first issue o f the Chinese University Student. The signi ficance o f this jo in t publication w ill increase considerably w ith the formation o f the University Student Union. The Colleges have always encouraged their students to manage their own affairs and to keep channels o f communication w ith the College administration open. U n til recently ， Hong Kong students seldom became involved in matters beyond their own im mediate family and personal interests. In the past few years ， how ever, a growing number o f students have exhibited a keen interest in group identification and open discussion o f issues. This is per haps the result o f the University's emphasis on small group teaching and informal seminar discussions in lieu o f lectures to enhance the students' ab ility to see issues and express themselves rationally. Student representatives serve on various committees at all three Colleges as well as the Appointments Board and Student Welfare Committee o f the University. The summary o f practices recently set forth by New Asia College is a good reflection o f what has been going on in the other 72