Providing non-formal education is a primary function of a college. Engaging in a broad variety of activities including hostel life, teachers and students can get close and interact with one another. What’s more, students across a broad array of disciplines can live and learn together, and exchange ideas about the nation, academia, personal interests, or society through frequent discussions in a hassle-free environment. Such communal communications subtly cultivate a unique living culture within the college. Coupled with diverse events organised ongoingly by the college’s groups, non-formal education not only fosters academic development but also plays a proactive role in shaping university students’ character, encouraging peer learning through fostering positive thinking, consensus, and values. College life has a more or less impact on the ideals that university students pursue, their vision for society, and their views on the meaning of life.

Professor Tam Sheung Wai,‘Chung Chi College’s 37th Anniversary Thanksgiving Service and Head’s Inaugural Address’, Chung Chi Bulletin , Vol. 68 (1988/89)