The University of Hong Kong will apply for funding from the Legislative Council for the construction of a new teaching building on a "green belt" adjacent to the School for the Blind in the east of 3 Sassoon Road, Pok Fu Lam.
Chen Yingcheng, director of development and infrastructure at the University of Hong Kong and senior adviser to the dean, said that the new building is expected to cost more than one billion yuan. If funding is successfully obtained, construction can start next year and be completed in 2027-2028.
Liu Zexing, dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said that the number of medical students has nearly tripled to 3,527 in recent years, describing the urgent need to expand the medical school.
The new building will mainly be used by senior medical students, and will also house a number of research laboratories including stem cells.
In order to upgrade and increase medical teaching facilities, the government announced in the 2018-2019 Budget that it would set aside about 300 billion yuan for reserve, of which 20 billion yuan was allocated to the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for various projects. A short-, medium-, and long-term engineering project to upgrade and increase the medical teaching facilities of 2 universities.
The University of Hong Kong announced its mid-to-long-term plan earlier. It plans to build a new teaching building on a "green belt" adjacent to the Xinguang School for the Blind in the east of No. 3 Sassoon Road in Pok Fu Lam.
Liu Zexing, dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong, said that the number of medical students has nearly tripled to 3,527 in recent years, describing the urgent need to expand the medical school.
The new building will mainly be used by senior medical students, and will also house a number of research laboratories including stem cells.
In addition, according to the documents submitted by the University of Hong Kong to the Town Planning Commission earlier, the proposed development of the project includes classrooms, research laboratories (including molecular imaging, stem cell and animal research facilities), teaching laboratories, offices and storage space, etc. Convert the existing ramp location into a multi-level community space for public use.
The relevant plan has been approved by the Legislative Council for preliminary research. Chen Yingcheng said that the current research team is already working hard. The Hong Kong School of Chinese Medicine has met with the team almost every week. It is expected to apply for funding from the Legislative Council by the end of 2023. If the funding is successfully obtained Construction can start next year and it will be completed in 2027-2028.
As for the cost of the new building, Chen Yingcheng said that there is no definite price yet, but it is expected to cost more than one billion.
He also mentioned that the new building will have a sitting area and elevators open to the public to facilitate the commuting between Pok Fu Lam Road and Victoria Road.
When asked why the completion of the project was delayed, Chen Yingcheng explained that it is normal for general projects to be delayed for half a year to nine months, because it has to match the session of the Legislative Council.
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