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Staff members, students and alumni from CityU and its friends and partners converged at the InterContinental Hong Kong on 29 April to bid farewell to Professor H K Chang, the outgoing President.
The Council of City University of Hong Kong has appointed Professor Richard Ho Yan-ki as Acting President of the University with effect from 1 May, 2007.
The CityU Joint Choir, Chinese Orchestra and Philharmonic Orchestra co-organized their first-ever joint performance entitled "Cultural Journey Revisited Joint Concert", sending the audience to an exciting cross-cultural musical journey.
On 19 April, about 300 CityU students, staff and social leaders attended the largest-ever high table dinner organized by the Students' Union to farewell Professor H K Chang.
Professor Cheng Siwei, Vice-Chairman of the National People's Congress Standing Committee, visited CityU on 20 April with a delegation from six mainland universities. The purpose was to establish relationships with CityU.
Professor H K Chang, President of CityU, believes that only by promoting Hong Kong as a regional education hub can Hong Kong sustain its future development in a globalized world.
In an expanded Management Board meeting on 23 September that included heads of academic and administrative departments, the President discussed at length with some 50 senior colleagues the developments and challenges facing City University today and over the next few years.
Last month in this space, the President talked about what he perceived as the four challenges at the start of the new semester (Linkage No. 214), one of which involves the new strategic plan. This month, he makes use of his regular meeting with Linkage to put forward his personal views on where City University should be heading in the greater context of Hong Kong 's future role vis-?-vis China 's rapid development.
The sweltering summer weather is largely gone by the end of August and a new semester beckons as cohorts of freshmen savour their first glimpse of CityU life during the student orientations. In mid-August, Linkage spoke to the President to find out what he thinks are the important issues and challenges facing the University as it rolls into the new academic year.