In fact, New Asia was founded in Hongkong by scholars fleeing the mainland, taking the transmission of Chinese culture abroad as its purpose. Chung Chi was established by the representatives of a Hongkong Christian congregation in order to spread Chinese language Christian doctrine. And United was itself composed of five academies of higher education.
這當然是片面、籠統的說法，實際的情形是：新亞系由當時大陸流亡至港的知識分子所辦，以在海外傳承中華文化為己任；崇基為香港基督教會代表在香港所設，希望能傳揚中文基督教義；聯合則為五所專上院校集合而成。