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Vice Premier Mr Li Keqiang,
Minister of Education Mr Yuan Guiren,
Mr Chancellor,
Distinguished Guests,
Members of the HKU Family,
Ladies and Gentlemen:
尊敬的李克強副總理，
袁貴仁部長，
校監先生，
各位來賓，
各位香港大學大家庭的成員：
Good morning!
早安！
And, on behalf of The University of Hong Kong, I would like to welcome you to the University this morning and, at the same time,thank you for coming to celebrate with us the University’s Centenary.
我謹代表香港大學歡迎各位蒞臨本校，并多謝大家出席今天的百周年校慶典禮。
The last century has witnessed tremendous changes in Hong Kong,China and around the world, be it technological,economical,social or political.
回顧過去一個世紀，香港大學見證了香港、中國、以至全球，在科技、經濟、社會和政治方面翻天覆地的轉變。
The University has also moved with the times over the past 100 years and evolved from an institute with only three areas of studies to a comprehensive university of many disciplines. As members of the international academe, we share the global challenges at the forefront of higher education developments.
在過去這一百年，香港大學與時并進，由一所只有三個學院的教育機構，發展成為今日設有多元學科的綜合型大學。港大作為國際學術界一員，與同儕共同面對全球高等教育發展的種種挑戰。
Indeed,the birth of this first and foremost University was an important part of the history of Hong Kong and China.It was the result of the combined efforts of the two governments,in Hong Kong and in Canton (now Guangdong),despite the rather delicate Sino-British relations in the last years of the Qing Dynasty.It could have been an impossible dream, had it not been for those who believed in the need for a university in Hong Kong and the generosity of those who wished to see one built for China and the world.
作為香港的第一所大學，香港大學的誕生絕對是香港和中國歷史的重要一部份。雖然當時正值英國與晚清關系微妙時期，但在香港與廣東政府共同努力下，港大結果順利成立。當然，這個夢想最終能夠如愿以償，全賴一群深信香港需要建立一所大學的有識之士，以及一眾希望能夠為中國及世界建立一所優質大學的熱心人士的慷慨捐助。
The University of Hong Kong was formally established in 1911;however,it has been a constant debate among our alumni and the community at large as to whether the University should be dated back to 1887,the year when the College of Medicine for Chinese was established in Hong Kong.Adding to this debate was the famous quote from Dr Sun Yat-sen,one of the first graduates of the College:He said,"I feel as though I have returned home because Hong Kong and the University of Hong Kong are the birthplace of my knowledge."That was what Dr Sun told the students in this great hall,back in 1923.
香港大學于1911年正式成立，然而，我們的舊生與社會大眾經常討論應否追溯至1887年，以港大前身-香港西醫書院成立之時為始；尤其是該書院首屆畢業生孫中山先生，在1923年，就在這個大禮堂內，與學生所說的一番話，他說：“我有如游子歸家，因為香港與香港大學是我知識的誕生地”。
Despite these academic arguments,generations of scholars,students and alumni have so shaped HKU that it has gained a momentum of its own,transcending time and changes,as a university should.The enlightenment of teaching and learning at the University is now further enriched by the wealth of groundbreaking research.Our graduates have moved beyond careers in the civil service,to all sectors of society,and they have moved beyond Hong Kong.
儘管經常有這種學術爭論，但在歷代的學者、學生及校友的共同努力下，港大跨越了時間與轉變的考驗，成為一所充滿動力的學府。港大除了提供活潑的教學與學習環境外，亦已成為許多突破性研究的發展基地。我們的畢業生除加入政府服務或投身香港不同機構，在各個領域發揮所長外，還在海外開創事業，作出貢獻。
