OLD boys of the Hong Kong Baptist College have been asked to recommend a new name for the tertiary college following news that it will be upgraded to university status next year.
Brain-storming is in progress with one popular and obvious suggestion being ''Hong Kong Baptist University''.
The college will decide on the new name by this month and submit it to the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee (UPGC) for approval.
The college, and Hong Kong's two polytechnics, which offer almost all degree programmes, have long striven for university status.
Last year, the Government introduced university pay scales to degree-level teaching staff at the three institutions. Self-accreditation status was awarded last July.
Now the UPGC believes the three are ready to be upgraded and will submit their recommendation to the Executive Council.
To prepare for the change, the Baptist College set up a working party comprising representatives from the school council, student union and alumni association, as well as heads of faculties and teaching staff.