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Completion of Hall VII (Madam Chan Lam Moon Chun Hall) which will provide residential accommodation
for over 350 students. This privately-funded project is well advanced and will be completed in mid-2009.
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To meet growing demand, two further halls to take 700 students are now in the design phase and
scheduled for completion in 2012, ahead of a one-third increase in student numbers when undergraduate
degrees are extended to four years.
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A proposal to provide a 10,000 sq.m. extension to the existing academic building to increase teaching and
research laboratory accommodation has been supported by the UGC.
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With Government support, the University has proposed the construction of off-campus student
accommodation to be shared with other universities and capable of accommodating over 2,300 students
in total on sites in Ma On Shan and Tseung Kwan O.
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The make-over of the language center to enhance facilities for self-access learning, through a $6 million
UGC grant. Work was completed in August 2007.
Our Green Campus
For our new buildings, a holistic view of sustainability and green building features form an integral part of
the design brief. Green campus initiatives are in fact not new to HKUST — since its inception, the University
has adopted policies conducive to environmental protection, including initiatives in energy conservation,
indoor air quality (IAQ), waste management, recycling, and enhancing the natural beauty of the campus.
Two campus buildings are among only 28 in Hong Kong awarded an “excellent” rating under the
Government’s IAQ certification scheme.
The University has on-going efforts in promoting sustainability. An assessment exercise on the University’s
carbon footprints has been conducted. Experts from overseas universities with successful green campus
campaigns such as Harvard were invited to share their experience with staff and students during the
Environmental Week 2008. There has been extensive discussion at the university level on providing more
learning opportunities to students in sustainability.
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