This seminal work by Dr Peter Cunich and Lawrence
M W Chiu commemorates the golden jubilee of HKU
SPACE. It examines up close a not often scrutinised
aspect of continuing education in Hong Kong – its history.
 Specifically, this work by Dr Cunich and Mr Chiu looks at
HKU's efforts to provide adult learning opportunities at
the university level. From the establishment of SPACE's
forerunner, the Department of Extra-Mural Studies in 1956
to the birth of the former in 1992, the book offers a broad
overview of Hong Kong's higher adult education system.
Beginning with the provision of external studies by the
University in 1912, the work traces the establishment
and early years of the fledgling department. Its various
chapters look at the phenomenal growth and activity as
well as its abrupt halt due to various external factors, then
its re-structuring and the birth of the School of Professional
and Continuing Education (SPACE) in 1992. With the new
status of a 'school', SPACE was positioned to proceed
with its academic development, permitting a response "to
the continuing and professional education (CPE) market
in flexible, prompt and pro-active ways" to become the
success it is today.
Dr Peter Lee
Chung-yin |
"Lives of great men all remind us
We can make our lives sublime,
And, departing, leave behind us
Footprints on the sands of time.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882)
"I took the liberty of quoting a stanza from Longfellow's 'A Psalm of Life' to remind fellow alumni
and other readers that it is within the power and capability of each and every individual to make life 'sublime'…"
Dr Peter Lee |
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| A valuable addition to the corpus of work concerning Hong Kong higher education, HKU SPACE and Its Alumni was made possible through the support of Dr Peter Lee 李仲賢 (MBBS 1952; Hon LLD 1977), Honorary President, HKU SPACE ALUMNI, a member of the School's Advisory Board and Chairman of HKU Convocation, 1968–1986, who generously provided a grant for research in 2005/6. Dr Lee has been a supporter of the school since, as a young medical graduate, he enrolled in Department of Extra-Mural Studies courses. |
