05 Jun 2007,
Issue 11
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| Those were the Days at Pi Ch'iu Building | |
| Remember the time when you rushed for classes at Pi Ch'iu Building, the dreary wait for the use of a computer, and the fight over the urge to doze off over last-minute cramming on assignments due the next day? You might have spent many precious moments in Pi Ch'iu Building in your University life, but how well do you know about this building? | |
Now the home base of the University's Information Technology Services Centre (ITSC), Pi Ch'iu Building was formally opened on 4 April, 1969. Occupying a total area of 20,000 square feet, it was built then as a central activities building accommodating the Chinese University Press, the Centre for Communication Studies, the Institute of Social Studies and the Humanities, the Computer Science Department, the offices of the Faculties of Arts and of Social Science, as well as the office of the International Asian Studies Programme. Senior alumni might recall that there was once a broadcast studio of professional standard on the ground and first floors in this 4-storey building. The studio was originally built for producing teaching materials for the then Department of Extramural Studies, the Centre for Communication Studies and the Medical Faculty. The HK$2.3 million construction fee of the Pi Ch'iu Building was financed by the donation from the Ho Tim Charitable Foundation. The building came to be called as it is due to Dr Ho Tim's and his brother Mr Ho Yin's significant contribution to the University's development. Back in 1975, Hong Kong was affected by the worldwide recession. Soliciting financial support for the construction of the building was no easy task. With the generosity of the Ho Tim Charitable Foundation in underwriting the entire construction cost, the building was named after Dr Ho Tim's and Mr Ho Yin's mothers, Madam Teng Pi-chou and Madam Liang Ch'iu-shian in recognition of the donation, making it the first campus building named after 2 persons at the same time. The inscription laid inside the building, which was composed by Sir Q. W. Lee, then treasurer of the University, recorded the origin of the name of Pi Ch'iu Building. Alumni who are interested in knowing more about the details can check out the inscription on your next visit back to campus; perhaps to reminisce on the forgotten days at Pi Ch'iu Building as a student? Reference: Chinese University Bulletin, Summer, 1977 |
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