After much effort by the Development & Alumni Office and the Library, the University recently succeeded in soliciting a donation of $3 million from Dr Ko Pui-shuen, Chairman of Kingrich Asia Holdings Limited.  A cheque presentation ceremony was held on 18th December.

The donation is given to the Library to support two projects.  The first is to create a gallery dedicated to exhibitions of the Library’s special collections and University archival materials.  This is the place where the Library will highlight antique maps of China, classical science and technology-related rare books, and university historical documents.

This gallery will also provide reading and research space for students, faculty and researchers.  In most libraries, the special collections room is always locked.  We hope this gallery can bring our students and faculty closer to the special collections and university archives and raise the visibility of these materials.

The second project concerns the digitization of special collections and university archives, which will provide convenient access to these invaluable materials.  In the coming 3 years, most maps and rare books of special collections and selective Chinese thread-bound books and university publications will be scanned in high resolution images.

To honor Dr Ko’s generosity, the Library is naming its Archives and Special Collections Reading Room as the Hong Kong Chiu Chow Chamber of Commerce Ko Pui Shuen Gallery (香港潮州商會高佩璇展閱廳).