Scaling New Heights

8Feature 󰩙󱕚Baptist Convention of Hong Kongfounds Baptist College with borrowedfacilities at Pui Ching Middle School 󰠰󰲥󰤍󰚦󰸶󱑌󰸶󰯴󱍬󰂘󰠰󰲥󰤍󰸶󰣣󰧫󰂙󰁤󰔨󰠾󰍜󰩃󰍍󰊕󱊪󰣧󰑧󰉪󱈙Ho Sin Hang Campuscompleted 󱁊󰍂󰏼󰼸󰴛󱍅󰣧󰷤󰙙󰍑󰉮󰣧󰙸󰻝󰏓Government approves change ofChinese name from Hok Yuen”󱐏󰝁󰖴󱂩󰌙󰁤󰩚󰂘󰣣󰧫󰂙󰒷󰎤󰞉󰂘󱊪󰧫󰂙19561966Scaling New Heights after 50 Years of Success󰕙󰵳󰏓󰰱󰊞󰉤󰼱󱘱󰖻󰶚󰔸󰯴󰧷󰢤Fifty years of dynamic development have seen HKBU advance from modest beginnings toits present position as a renowned centre of educational excellence.HKBU became a fullyfunded public tertiary institution in 1983 and secured university status in 1994.󰺾󱋝󰊞󰉤󰼱󰙙󰊔󱓙󱓒󰢝󰁤󰤍󰉽󰊊󰩽󰉓󰗔󰓷󰍭󱊪󰧫󰁤󱚔󰊺󰞉󰉛󰗔󰊮󱂩󰙙󱎴󰓸󰪺󰞼󱊪󰧫󰁦󰤍󰉽󰗵󰉓󰉘󰉞󰉧󰏋󱐏󰩻󰝁󰖴󰎌󰠦󰼟󰐿󰁤󰐇󰉓󰉘󰉘󰌬󰏋󰍍󰎤󰞉󰠰󰲥󰤍󰸶󰉽󱊪󰁦Pathways to CreativityHKBU has consistently incubatednew ideas to cater for the needs ofsociety. We have been pioneers in awide range of disciplines, includingcommunication studies, thehumanities, China studies, Chinesemedicine and the visual arts. HKBU's dedication to inspiringcreativity was again demonstratedPathways to creativity: launching HongKong's first Academy of Visual Arts and theJockey Club Creative Arts Centre project󱉚󰸈󰳯󰢝󰯴󰸈󱖵󰮔󰁪󰯴󱍬󰠰󰲥󰠯󰡈󰵖󱙂󱖵󰮔󰧫󰁤󰋸󰊿󰶚󰢝󰂘󱒄󰧵󰸶󰯴󰸈󱖵󰮔󰊕󰋐󰂙󰠇󰾌with the recent opening of theAcademy of Visual Arts, fosteringtalent for the region's burgeoningcreative industries. As an additional service tocreativity, HKBU joined with theHong Kong Arts DevelopmentCouncil, the Hong Kong Arts Centreand with funding from the HongKong Jockey Club Charities Trust toconvert a factory building in ShekKip Mei into a vibrant hub of artsand culture: the Jockey ClubCreative Arts Centre. 1972Feature 󰩙󱕚9First batch of degree programmestudents graduated󰠯󰒭󱊪󰉻󱊪󰍛󰬭󰸸Officially renamed Hong Kong BaptistUniversity on 25 November. 󰠰󰲥󰤍󰸶󱊪󰧫󰎯󳕡󳕡󰋜󳕢󳕥󰋚󰍍󰎤󰞉󰠰󰲥󰤍󰸶󰉽󱊪Student Residence Halls open,strengthening whole-personeducation ethos󱊪󰍛󰩖󰙸󰻝󰏓󰁤󰶆󰉓󰓉󰾼󱈵󰎌󰉛󰪺󰔃19891994Bridgehead to theMainland2005 saw a further bold leapfor HKBU with the opening, inpartnership with Beijing NormalUniversity, of the UnitedInternational College (UIC) inZhuhai, extending the reach ofHKBU's innovative programmes tothe Mainland.first in Hong Kong to be run by auniversity. On the same campus inSha Tin, the College of InternationalEducation is nearing completion, anultra-modern facility for 3,000 full-time students.HKBU is also preparing for thenew four-year degree structure, areform championed by us as partof our treasured mission to deliverquality whole person education. 󰂾2002󰍂󰶚󰯴󰸈󰊘󰼸󰤍󰉽󱉚󰸈󰳯󰪢󰿃󰸭󰸈󰗂󰁤󰋸󰊲󰎥󰙟󰸶󰙙󰊔󰎝󱃪󰠅󰁦󰊞󰉤󰏋󰔸󰁤󰬟󰎋󰯴󱍬󰎢󰏌󰎢󱅵󱗳󰛨󰙙󰩙󰸸󱈙󰳻󰁤󰌍󰜼󰷂󰬣󰁥󰉛󰋖󱊪󰁥󰊕󰨷󰞼󰓺󰁥󰊕󱔼󱖹󰕱󰵖󱙂󱖵󰮔󰴃󰁦󰍉󰏋󰚋󰶚󰿇󰙙󰵖󱙂󱖵󰮔󰧫󰁤󰒻󰝊󰩃Professor Kwok Siu-tong, UIC Executive Vice-President, and his first batch of students 󱑌󰎥󰨷󱃧󱊪󰧫󰩬󰨕󰨓󰣧󰚗󰯆󰋇󰲆󰪺󰪬󱁾󰠯󰖣󱊪󰍛The new Shek Mun Campus in Sha Tinwill house the College of InternationalEducation and the affiliated Secondaryand Primary School󰓍󰍞󰍩󰚘󰣧󰷤󰩚󰮣󰨷󱃧󱊪󰧫󰊿󰚝󱙮󰊕󰊃󱊪󰔯󰢪󱇍󰉽󱊪󰃑󰠰󰲥󰤍󰸶󰉽󱊪󱑌󰎥󰨷󱃧󱊪󰧫󰂙󰁤󱅺󱂦󰴹󰤍󰉽󰙙󰳯󰢝󰎣󰛃󰼨󰌈󰉓󰉽󰓉󰁤󰩚󱋹󰤤󰋲󰕈󰯴󰸈󰙙󱈙󰳻󰩭󰶆󰊫󰎮󰁦󰜔󰮣󰒻󰎈󱈾󰙙󰍊󰔸󰤍󰉽󰙟󰻊󰎯󱅅󰥛󰊞󰉤󰕴󰏋󰣧󱅅󰙙󰎝󰣛󰁤󱘱󱚃󰑀󰉢󰊔󱊶󰁤󰪪󰢝󰎢󰶰󰠇󰾌󰁤󰩭󰨗󰉽󱊪󰙙󰍊󰔸󰳯󰢝󰁦󰐗󰗵󰓍󰍞󰍩󰚘󰙙󰂘󰠰󰲥󰤍󰸶󰉽󱊪󰚝󱙮󱊪󰣧󰋮󱎀󱈾󰊕󰊃󱊪󰂙󰝊󰎌󰲥󰭋󰉓󰗔󰍟󰉽󱊪󱐄󱍬󰙙󰊕󰊃󱊪󰁤󰩚󰗵󰊦󰏋󰶚󱈙󰁦󰝮󱉌󰚝󱙮󱊪󰣧󰙙󰜵󱚃󰪺󰔃󱊪󰧫󰨷󱃧󱊪󰧫󰍵󰑃󰩚󰻝󰏓󰪼󰍜󰁤󰬤󰋾󰊷󰙙󰣧󰙸󰮣󰝄󱄁󰯪󰁤󰌙󰢙󰥶󰉧󰉷󰎤󰎌󰋚󰕓󱊪󰍛󰁦󰤍󰉽󰍵󰍍󰑀󰉢󰊔󱊶󰎮󰊈󰐪󰁤󰞉󰚎󰪟󰉽󱊪󰌬󰏋󰕓󰐪󰎻󰹟󰯪󰁦󰸭󱊪󰕓󱁾󰉽󱊪󰉓󰎣󰨺󰏂󰙙󰩃󰔃󰎌󰉛󰬣󰗂󰊔󱍑󰏾󰎥󰁤󱁋󰉢󰞉󰭸󰭸󱊪󰉿󰱤󰔶󱎴󱈯󰙙󰧷󰴃󰪺󰔃󰁦󰂾󰔃󰍉󰎮󰯴󰸈󱖵󰮔󰩙󰊑󰙙󰸨󱘫󰁤󰎯󰎯󰢝󰍪󰤍󰉽󰣛󰕍󰯴󰸭󰓋󰶆󰙙󱁚󰥚󰁦󰞉󰉙󰶆󰉓󰓉󰪪󱄿󰯴󰸈󱖵󰮔󰁤󰤍󰉽󰩻Building for the futureWhile the HKBU communitycelebrates this 50th Anniversary year,work goes ahead on initiatives tosustain the University's futuredevelopment. The HKBU Affiliated School WongKam Fai Secondary and PrimarySchool will soon open its doors, the󰕑󰠰󰲥󱒄󰧵󰸶󰸉󰴛󰚦󰧄󰨿󰚖󰣏󰲛󰁤󱁾󰠰󰲥󱖵󰮔󰳯󰢝󰒅󰊿󰠰󰲥󱖵󰮔󰊕󰋐󱙳󰋓󰎥󰐪󰁤󰒪󰙤󰻄󰙙󰍩󲈻󰒈󰊈󱅀󰉽󰸂󱔕󰸭󰏓󰞉󰷒󱁳󰍉󰎮󰋖󰊷󱖵󰮔󰙙󰂘󱒄󰧵󰸶󰯴󰸈󱖵󰮔󰊕󰋐󰂙󰁦󰮷󰖻󰊫󰎮󰙙󱋗󱎘󰰝󰤍󰉽󰎯󰉚󰽧󰽧󰊞󰏋󰶚󰯴󰌤󰉓󰎋󰘦󰁤󰗵󰤮󰤎󰶚󰗟󰂘󰪺󰔃󰤤󰨜󰂙󰁤󰯴󰮣󰎌󰨷󰠯󰢕󰍟󰊫󰎮󱁾󰠰󰲥󰧷󰴃󰪺󰔃󰞢󰎥󱍬󰙙󰂘󰌏