The first Congregation of the University to confer bachelor's degrees and diplomas on 180 graduands was held in the City Hall in 1964. Since 1976, the Congregations, mostly held for the purpose of conferring undergraduate, postgraduate and honorary degrees, have been held on University campus.

As can be seen from the old photo in this issue's 'Then vs Now', it was an uncanopied ceremony on the University Mall in 1976 and graduands walked up to the platform to receive their degrees. Today, the seating of the graduating class with their families and guests take up the entire length of the 180-metre long University Mall, and the graduands do not walk up individually to receive the degrees. But when the golden marquee is erected over the Mall, we know a new generation of CUHK members is ready to take off and conquer the world.

Some well-wishers give flowers; some teddy bears. Prof. Chow Po-chung writes letters to his departing students, discussing what learning and life mean, and continues his intellectual and sentimental dialogues with them. Some of these missives are collected in his new book which is reviewed herein.

The evolutionary psychologist Steven Pinker has said, 'We enjoy cheesecake not because we evolved a taste for it but because it is a brew of megadoses of agreeable stimuli which we concocted for the express purpose of pressing our pleasure buttons. Pornography is another pleasure technology … the arts are a third.' In 'Mouth-watering Morsels', we give your imagination agreeable stimuli of a spicy nature. Online readers should click ‘like’ if they find it palatable or stomachable at all.