Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2004

• Synchronizing Campus Development with Teaching and Research Needs Synchronizing Campus Development with Teaching and Research Needs Campus development is never independent of academic and research requirements. How can such needs be accommodated in the overall campus development? More Space Needed According to the University Registrar Prof. Richard M.W. Ho, the implementation of a four-year undergraduate curriculum in 2010 will increase the student population by a third. Staff numbers will also rise and so will demand for space. With this in mind, the University began exploring areas suitable for redevelopment two years ago. Buildings flanking the University Mall (1978) Focus of Redevelopment The University first considered concentrating all teaching activities on the main campus where facilities have the highest usage, so that students' travel time between classes can be shortened. However the buildings lining the University Mall are all ‘veterans' which have witnessed the University's growth since its earliest days. To preserve this feature of the neighbourhood, it is highly unlikely that these historical gems will be demolished or replaced. The University then directed its attention to Western campus — the area around the Li Dak Sum Building, the Fung King Hey Building and the K.K. Leung Building. These buildings have fallen behind 1 2 Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 2004