New Asia College


New Asia College is a constituent college of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a public university in New Territories, Hong Kong. The College was founded in 1949 by a group of scholars who left mainland China at the time of the 1949 Communist Revolution. It was located on Farm Road in Kowloon until 1963, when it joined two other colleges to form the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Campus

The college is located on a mount in the university campus with an excellent view to Tide Cove and Ma On Shan. A circular road New Asia Circle encircles the campus with New Asia Road leading to the central of the university, and United Road to United College, and Cheng Ming Link to student residences.
Facilities include the New Asia College Ch'ien Mu Library, the Pavilion of Harmony; New Asia Clock Tower, Water Tower, and Amphitheater; busts and statues of Ch'ien Mu and Tang Chun-yi.

History

New Asia College was founded in 1949 by mainland Chinese scholars Ch'ien Mu, Tang Junyi, and Zhang Pijie in Hong Kong, then a British dependency, after the Communist victory in mainland China. During its early years, it received substantial support from the American Yale-China Association, and hosted Yale-in-China "Bachelors," recent Yale graduates who taught English and other subjects.
In 1963, the college joined forces with United College and Chung Chi College to form the Chinese University of Hong Kong under a charter granted by the Legislative Council of Hong Kong. The college has since then become a research and educational hub for Confucian philosophy and Chinese studies.

Presidents and Heads

Presidents and heads of New Asia College:

Presidents (1949–1977)

College heads (1977–present)

Notable alumni