A Message from the Director of Admissions and Financial Aid

We were most delighted to know that you are interested in The Chinese University of Hong Kong, and that many of you and your parents also visited our campus on our Orientation Day for Undergraduate Admissions held on 10 October 2009.

To keep you abreast with the latest developments of the University and to share with you all the exciting happenings on campus, my Office is issuing an abridged version of CUHK E-News for prospective applicants.

CUHK is unique in that it is the only university in Hong Kong that has a college system, where its 10,000 undergraduates learn not only through a comprehensive academic curriculum but also by participating in a wide range of extracurricular activities.

For some of these activities, participation is not restricted to CU members only. You are most welcome to attend a series of public lectures, including those by renowned scholars and prominent leaders from around the world. The University Art Museum is also open to the public, and you may wish to come on a weekend to view its exhibits. A variety of arts and cultural programmes are also being presented on a regular basis at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall.

Information on the various activities and events will be listed in each issue. We understand that you are studying on the mainland at the moment and are unable to attend these events. However, the information provided would give you some ideas of the range of activities that are available on campus. You are most welcome to take part in any of the listed activities that is of interest to you.

In the meantime, please do not hesitate to contact us should you need any information or assistance or you may visit our admissions website at www.cuhk.edu.hk/adm from time to time for the latest news.

Grace Chow BSSC, MA, DIPPSYCH, LLB, PCLL, LLM, BARRISTER

香港中文大学（中大）宣布邀得国际经济学权威、一九九九年诺贝尔经济学奖得主、「欧罗之父」蒙代尔教授（Professor Robert A. Mundell）于本年九月一日出任博文讲座教授。目前，中大有五位蜚声国际的大师出任博文讲座教授，其中三位为诺贝尔奖得主，为全港唯一一所拥有诺贝尔奖得主任教的大学。蒙代尔教授出任中大博文讲座教授后，每年将会居留中大两个月讲学，以促进学术发展。

适逢金融海啸一周年，蒙代尔教授于中大校园开讲，分析「金融危机及其对国际货币体系前途的影响」。讲座吸引了六百名中大师生、政商界、学界人士及公众出席，反应热烈。

Professor Robert A. Mundell, world-renowned economist and Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 1999, joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) as Distinguished Professor-at-Large on 1 September 2009. Currently, five world-class masters are serving as Distinguished Professor-at-Large at CUHK, three of them Nobel Laureates. CUHK is also the only university in Hong Kong with Nobel Laureates among its faculty members. As Distinguished Professor-at-Large, Professor Mundell will stay at the Chinese University for two months each year to do teaching and provide leadership for the cause of general academic advancement.

To mark the first anniversary of the financial tsunami, Professor Mundell gave a lecture titled ‘Financial Crisis and Its Implications for the Future of the International Monetary System’ on CUHK campus. The lecture was warmly received by six hundred CUHK staff and students, members of the political, business, and academic sectors, and the public.

香港中文大学专业会计学的毕业生，于二零零九年六月香港会计师公会举办的会计师专业资格课程期终考试中囊括各主要奖项，是历年来首次由同一所大学的毕业生同时夺得金、银、铜奖及ICAEW/Simon Morris Mermorial Prize。二零零八及零九年共有九名中大毕业生于香港不同的考试单元获得十三项殊荣。

Graduates from the BBA in Professional Accountancy Programme (PAC) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) won all the top awards in the latest Hong Kong Institute of Certified Public Accountants (HKICPA) Qualification Programme (QP) Examination held in June 2009. It is the first time ever in the history of the QP that the Gold, Silver, bronze and the ICAEW/Simon Morris Memorial Prize have all been awarded to graduates from the same university. In total, nine CUHK graduates seized 13 top prizes in the QP module examinations held in 2008 and 2009.