Hong Kong Baptist University Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ==History== The Hong Kong Baptist College was opened on 11 September 1956 on the premises of the [[Pui Ching Middle School (Hong Kong)|Pui Ching Middle School]], a Baptist-affiliated secondary school, with an initial enrolment of 152 students.<ref name="earlyyears">{{cite news | title=HKBC: the early years of a Christian college| work=South China Morning Post| date=2 December 1994}}</ref> In 1957, the government gave the college land on [[Waterloo Road, Hong Kong|Waterloo Road]] to build a permanent campus, which was completed in 1966.<ref name="earlyyears"/> The Hong Kong Baptist College Bill 1983 was passed by the Legislative Council on 10 August 1983.<ref name="billispassed">{{cite news | title=Baptist College Bill is Passed| work=South China Morning Post| date=11 August 1983| page=8}}</ref> The college previously fell under the purview of the Post Secondary Colleges Ordinance and received funding from the Education Department. After this bill became law, the college instead began to receive funding from the [[University Grants Committee (Hong Kong)|University and Polytechnic Grants Committee]].<ref name="almost">{{cite news | title=Baptist College is 'almost there'| work=South China Morning Post| date=1 July 1983| page=14}}</ref> The [[Reading (legislature)|third reading]] of the Hong Kong Baptist College (Amendment) Bill was passed by the [[Legislative Council of Hong Kong|Legislative Council]] on 16 November 1994, transforming the college into the Hong Kong Baptist University.<ref name="newuniversities">{{cite news | title=New universities| work=South China Morning Post| date=17 November 1994| page=6}}</ref><ref name="souvenircovers">{{cite news | last1=Chau| first1=Mimi| title=College to issue souvenir covers| work=South China Morning Post| date=24 November 1994| page=11}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page