Annual Report 2017-18

8 Message from the President 校長獻辭 The recipients were: Professor Cheah Kok Wai from the Department of Physics, who received the Dr. Elizabeth K.S. Law Endowed Chair of Advanced Materials ; Professor Bian Zhaoxiang from the School of Chinese Medicine, who received the Tsang Shiu Tim Endowed Chair of Chinese Medicine Clinical Studies ; and Professor John Erni from the Department of Humanities and Creative Writing, who received the Fung Hon Chu Endowed Chair of Humanics . To date, it is gratifying that six Endowed Chairs have been established as part of our efforts to bolster our teaching and research capabilities across a variety of disciplines. As always, our heartfelt thanks go to all benefactors of the Scheme, and we look forward to extending such partnerships with the support of more individuals and organisations. Campus development underpins our strategic plan as we strive to fulfil the goals of delivering the best learning experience for our students and producing world-class research through a student-centric infrastructure and state-of-the-art facilities. As part of the Campus Master Plan, design for the proposed hostel and academic building complex project on Renfrew Road is well underway. The project will double our student hostel capacity in four new hostel towers with 1,700 hostel spaces plus 6,900 square metres of academic space. The project is expected to be completed in the 2023-2024 academic year. In addition, the redevelopment of the Ho Sin Hang Campus will commence in 2024 to meet the growing needs of students and faculty staff for both teaching and research. I am delighted to let you know that we are receiving generous support from the Government and our supporters although we are still quite some way from reaching the funding target. Activities and events throughout the year revealed the great diversity of talent we enjoy at HKBU, both in our students and colleagues as well as alumni and friends. Such talent is more important than ever in this high- tech world as we strive to become the leading research-led liberal arts university in Asia for the world. In 2018, we celebrated a host of anniversaries, with the School of Chinese Medicine, the School of Communication, the Department of Chinese Language, and the Department of History all marking key milestones. Having contributed extensively to the health and well-being of the local, national and global community, the School of Chinese Medicine celebrated 20 fruitful years of excellence in education, research and healthcare. 三位獲頒授冠名講座教授席的分別是獲頒  授「羅嘉穗博士先進材料研究講座教授」榮銜的 物理系謝國偉教授、獲頒授「曾肇添中醫藥臨 床研究講座教授」榮銜的中醫藥學院卞兆祥教 授，以及獲頒授「馮漢柱基金全人教育講座教 授」榮銜的人文及創作系陳錦榮教授。 迄今大學已成立了六個冠名講座教授席，多個學 科的教研實力都得以提升。我們衷心感謝冠名講 座教授席計劃捐款人的鼎力支持，並期待未來能 拓展合作計劃，獲得更多人士及機構支持。 浸大的校園發展項目為策略發展計劃奠下基礎， 透過因應學生需要的基建和嶄新設施，為他們 提供最佳的學習體驗，以及創造世界級的研 究。位於聯福道的新學生宿舍及教學綜合大樓 是「校園總體發展規劃」的一部分，項目包含 四座全新學生宿舍，提供合共 1,700 個學生宿位 及 6,900 平方米的學習空間，年內已展開詳細設 計，預計於 2023 至 2024 學年落成。此外，為配 合師生在教學及研究上日益增加的需要，善衡 校園重建計劃將於 2024 年展開。上述項目部分 已獲得政府資助及各界的慷慨支持，惟我們還 需繼續努力，以達到募捐目標。 年內大學亦舉行了一連串精彩活動及盛事，匯 聚學生、同事、校友及各界友好，彰顯浸大的 多元人才。在講求高科技的世界，浸大要成為 一所領先亞洲、立足世界的研究型博雅大學， 人才的多元化更顯重要。 2018 年，中醫藥學院、傳理學院、中文系及歷 史系均慶祝邁向重要的新里程，舉行了一連串 周年慶典。 中醫藥學院於 2018 年踏入 20 周年，過去 20 年 來，學院在中醫藥教育、研究及疾病預防工作 成就卓越，為本地、國內以至全球人士的身心 健康貢獻良多。