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S. H. Ho College
The S.H. Ho College is one of the new colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong which admitted its first class of students in 2010. It is named after S. H. Ho (Ho Sin Hang), the Hong Kong businessman who founded Hang Seng Bank. In August 2006, Professor Samuel Sun, a professor of biology in CUHK, was appointed Founding Master of S.H. Ho College. Motto The motto of the college is "Culture, Morals, Devotion, Trustworthiness". Site It is located in between the central campus and the existing Chung Chi College, and is next to another new college, Morningside College (Hong Kong), Morningside College. System The S.H. Ho College, along with the Morningside College (Hong Kong), Morningside College and the CW Chu College, are the first colleges in The Chinese University of Hong Kong operating on a fully residential and communal dining basis. All undergraduates belonging to S.H. Ho College are required to take up residency in the hostels of the college, and attend communal dinners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delta in South China. With 7.5 million residents of various nationalities in a territory, Hong Kong is one of the most densely populated places in the world. Hong Kong is also a major global financial centre and one of the most developed cities in the world. Hong Kong was established as a colony of the British Empire after the Qing Empire ceded Hong Kong Island from Xin'an County at the end of the First Opium War in 1841 then again in 1842.. The colony expanded to the Kowloon Peninsula in 1860 after the Second Opium War and was further extended when Britain obtained a 99-year lease of the New Territories in 1898... British Hong Kong was occupied by Imperial Japan from 1941 to 1945 during World War II; British administration resume ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Chinese University Of Hong Kong
The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is a public research university in Ma Liu Shui, Hong Kong, formally established in 1963 by a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. It is the territory's second-oldest university and was founded as a federation of three existing colleges – Chung Chi College, New Asia College and United College – the oldest of which was founded in 1949. CUHK is organized into nine constituent colleges and eight academic faculties, and remains the only collegiate university in the territory. The university operates in both English and Chinese, although classes in most colleges are taught in English. Four Nobel laureates are associated with the university, and it is the only tertiary institution in Hong Kong with recipients of the Nobel Prize, Turing Award, Fields Medal and Veblen Prize sitting as faculty in residence. History Origins The university was formed in 1963 as a federation of three existing colleges. The first of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hang Seng Bank
Hang Seng Bank Limited () is a Hong Kong-based banking and financial services company with headquarters in Central, Hong Kong. It is one of Hong Kong's leading public companies in terms of market capitalisation and is part of the HSBC Group, which holds a majority equity interest in the bank. Hang Seng Bank is a commercial bank whose major business activities include retail banking, wealth management, commercial banking, treasury services, and private banking. Hang Seng Bank operates a network of around 260 service outlets in Hong Kong. It also has a wholly owned subsidiary in mainland China, Hang Seng Bank (China) Limited which has a network of 46 branches and sub branches. It established the Hang Seng Index as a public service in 1969 and this stock market index is now generally known as the primary indicator of the Hong Kong stock market. History In 1933, business partners Lam Bing Yim ( 林炳炎), Ho Sin Hang ( 何善衡), Sheng Tsun Lin ( 盛春霖), and Leung Chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chung Chi College
The Chung Chi College is one of the constituent colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), and one of the three original colleges that joined to form the CUHK in 1963. Founded in 1951 by representatives of Protestant churches in Hong Kong, it was formally incorporated under the Chung Chi College Incorporation Ordinance in 1955. Among the colleges of CUHK, Chung Chi is the only one with a religious background. History Chung Chi College was founded in 1951 by the representatives of Protestant Churches in Hong Kong to meet the need for a local institution of higher learning. The Board of Regents of St. John's University, Shanghai moved to Hong Kong after it was closed by the Communist government and assisted in the founding of Chung Chi College. The college aims to provide further education in accordance with Christian traditions so that its students can develop an appreciation of both Western and Chinese cultures. It was formally incorporated in 1955 under an o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morningside College (Hong Kong)
Morningside College () is one of the nine colleges of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Motto The motto of the College is Scholarship, Virtue, Service. History Morningside College was established in 2006 with generous and imaginative donations from thMorningside Foundationand the Morningside Education Foundation. The Scottish economist and winner of the 1996 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, Professor Sir James Mirrlees, was appointed the founding Master that same year. The fully residential College accommodates 300 students with communal dining three nights per week during term time. The College admitted its first cohort in 2010. Facilities Morningside College consists of two buildings: Maurice R. Greenberg Building and the Tower Block. The building complex is equipped with gyms, laundry rooms, activity rooms and TV rooms. The two buildings are connected by a bridge. The dining hall is located at the basement level of the complex. Campus location Mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CW Chu College
CW may stand for: Science and technology * centiwatt (cW), one hundredth of a watt * Cω, a programming language * CW complex, a type of topological space * Carrier wave, in radio communications * CodeWarrior, an integrated development environment by Metrowerks * Constructed wetland, a man-made wetland to treat wastewater * Continuous wave, a method of radio transmission (telegraphy) and a microwave theory * ClarisWorks, an office suite now known as AppleWorks * Drag coefficient, a measure of air resistance commonly denoted \mathbf c_\mathrm w\, * Contention Window, a network traffic technique * chemical formula of tungsten carbide Arts and media Gaming * ''Castle Wolfenstein'', a 1981 video game * ''Cube World'', a video game Publications * ''Computerworld'', an information technology magazine * ''The Crimson White'', a student-run newspaper of the University of Alabama Other media * The CW, an American television network/programming service **The CW Plus, a national feed of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
