History 歷史

Chao Kuang Piu College was founded in 2014 with donation from Dra. Susana Chou in recognition of her father, Mr. Chao Kuang Piu.  It is a living and learning community comprised of students, scholars and professionals.  Professor Liu Chuan Sheng, the founding Master of the College from 2014 to 2017, strove to heighten students’ aspirations for high intellectual and professional achievement, and simultaneously champion students to maintain and uphold high ethical and moral standards. These values are exemplified in the first half of the motto of the College, Integrity and Truth.  Dr. Lau Yun Tung, College Master since 2017, inherited the tradition and brought in additional perspectives.  With strong emphasis on personal growth, Dr. Lau encouraged students to be innovative and creative.  He challenged them to realize their ideas through teamwork and entrepreneurship.  In 2017, the first student brand was created with the initiative from a group of coffee-loving students who wished to provide a cozy environment for their peers to relax, study and socialize inside college.  Since then, some other brands were inspired and developed, all with different business features and focus to serve the student community.  Through the process, students learned and grew into responsible and mature young adults who valued life-long learning and committed themselves to serve the community in a larger sense.  These core values are embodied in the second half of the motto, Service and Responsibility. In 2019, Dr. Lau saw the need to strengthen the bondage between students across different years.  A new concept “The Planet Tribes” was experimented and established.  Under the tribal system, students were given maximum opportunities to connect, to learn, and to grow personally and interpersonally with their college members who were of different nationalities, disciplines, ages and backgrounds.

The College admitted its first cohort of students in August 2014.   Since then, the college has accommodated around 500 students each year under a full residential and communal dining arrangement.

曹光彪書院成立於2014年，由曹其真女士以父親的名義捐贈。這是一個結合生活與學習的社群，成員由學生、學者及專業人士組成。2014年至2017年，劉全生教授受邀擔任書院的創院院長。在任期間，劉院長致力提昇學生對學術知識及專業成就的渴望，同時倡導學生保持高尚的道德及行為標準。這些價值觀在書院座右銘的前半部份中充分體現：誠信、求真。2017年起，劉潤東博士出任書院院長，他除了傳承了書院優良的價值觀外，亦添加嶄新觀點。劉院長強調個人成長，鼓勵學生不斷創新，跳出既定的思維模式，並激勵他們通過團隊合作和創業精神實現他們的想法。2017年，書院成立了第一個學生品牌。這個品牌是由幾位熱愛咖啡的學生提出，他們渴望能為院生創造出一個結合休憩、學習以及聯誼的好地方。由這時開始，其他院生也受到激勵，他們發揮創意，建立了各具特色的不同品牌，共同為院生服務而出力。在不斷嘗試摸索的過程中，學生慢慢長成一位成熟負責任的年輕人，重視終生學習並立志服務人群。這些核心價值體現在書院座右銘的後半部分：服務擔當。於2019年，劉院長為了強化書院凝聚力，行星部落概念逐漸成形。在這個計劃下，院生可以認識到不同背景、國籍、年齡及背景的院生，進行深入交流及學習，不但能自我成長，更能提昇人際關係的能力。

書院於2014年8月招收了第一批學生。自那時起，書院每年約有近500名學生以同宿共膳的模式一起生活學習。