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Hong Kong Shue Yan University , founded in 1971 as Hong Kong Shue Yan College, is an educational institute that refers to itself as the "first private liberal arts university" in Hong Kong.The university offers 4-year degree programmes in Hong Kong. SYU was unilaterally recognized as the first and only private university in Hong Kong by the order of the Chief Executive on 19 December 2006, bypassing consultation with the Legislative Council.HistoryHong Kong Shue Yan College was founded on 20 September 1971 by Dr Henry H.L. Hu, then Legislative Councillor, and Dr Chung Chi-Yung, a prominent educationist.In 1971, Dr Chung resigned from her post as faculty head of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences of the then Hong Kong Baptist College and planned to establish a kindergarten. However, her husband, Dr Hu, suggested founding a university instead and invested his savings from his work as a barrister in it, purchasing a three-story house at Sing Woo Road, Happy Valley as campus. They were concerned that provision for tertiary education in Hong Kong was made for less than 2% of the relevant age group and also that the Cultural Revolution in mainland China would undermine traditional Chinese values.The government of Hong Kong at the time was interested in the prospects of an independent, private liberal arts school, and granted a piece of land at Braemar Hill to construct a permanent campus in 1978. The construction was completed in September 1985, and various additions to the campus were constructed after that time.