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S.H. Ho College
善衡書院
Motto文行忠信
Motto in English
Culture, Morals, Devotion, Trustworthiness
Established2006
MasterSamuel Sun Sai-ming
Location
AffiliationsThe Chinese University of Hong Kong
Websitewww.shho.cuhk.edu.hk
S.H. Ho College
Traditional Chinese善衡書院
Transcriptions
Yue: Cantonese
Yale RomanizationSihn hàhng syū yuhn
JyutpingSin6 hang4 syu1 jyun6
S.H. Ho College
The College Dining Hall

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.[1] It is named after S. H. Ho (Ho Sin Hang), the Hong Kong businessman who founded Hang Seng Bank.[2]

In August 2006, Professor Samuel Sun, a professor of biology in CUHK, was appointed Founding Master of S.H. Ho College.[3]

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.

System

The S.H. Ho College, along with the 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 three times a week.

With a resident population of 600 students, S.H. Ho College is the largest of the three colleges adopting this system.

References

  1. ^ http://www5.cuhk.edu.hk/shho/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4&Itemid=14&lang=enm[permanent dead link]
  2. ^ "The HOLEUNG HO LEE Foundation".
  3. ^ "Nobel Laureate and World Authority on Plant Molecular Biology appointed Founding Masters of CUHK new colleges".