Hong Kong University of Science and Technology History

History

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology ─ ─ landmark located in the center of the square sundial
Hong Kong University of Science and Technology since the 1980s, economic structural change in the sky. As the economy has entered a transitional period of Hong Kong, Hong Kong government is expected to Hong Kong’s economy will be transformed into high-tech and business -oriented, and business demands more college students with, so when the Hong Kong government decided to build the third university to meet this need. [7] In 1984 , Sino-British Joint Declaration was signed, to confirm the UK will be in 1997 will be Hong Kong’s handover to the People’s Republic , and then the British would withdraw in batches, some barracks and therefore vacant.

In 1988 , when the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology is still under construction, Chia-Wei Woo was appointed as first president. Since the construction period, the Hong Kong inflation is a serious, so serious under budget compared to cost overruns, has attracted wide criticism.

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology in the first two phases, respectively, 1992 and January 1994 completed. Subsequently, the Hong Kong Jockey Club and the Hong Kong government funding has not been able to complete the third phase, so continue to raise funds to build the rest of Ng uncompleted portion. Since 1991, when the first school to start in October is not fully completed, the first batch of students are required to Kowloon, Tsim Sha Tsui, the temporary campus.