The First Six Years 1963-69

projects ， is being carried out w ith the financial support o f the Rockefeller Foundation. The Centre has a small reference lib ra ry which consists o f about 22,000 books and periodicals pertaining to geography ， in cluding several complete sets o f leading geographical journals in languages other than Chinese and English. The Chinese Lingui st i cs Research Centre Since its establishment in the autumn o f 1966 ， the Chinese Linguistics Research Centre has focused its research effort on the following areas: (1) The study o f phonetics in Ancient and Archaic Chinese. One tabulated chart ， three articles and a Chinese translation o f Bernhard Karlgren's Compendium o f Phonetics in Ancient and Archaic Chinese have been published to date. (2) The study o f Chinese Grammar. Grammatical studies on oracle bone inscriptions o f the Y in period and bronze inscriptions o f the Chou period are being conducted. (3) The study o f Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong. Most in habitants in Hong Kong speak Cantonese ， bu t so far as phonology, grammar and vocabulary are concerned, Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong differs from that spoken in Canton. For example, borrowings from English are increasing in Hong Kong ， while in Canton, the opposite is true. Findings from this study indicate a need for a comprehensive Cantonese grammar based on structural linguistics and an up-to-date Cantonese dictionary based on everyday speech. In the academic year 1969/70 ， studies w ill be concentrated on Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong. Materials w ill be collected from everyday speech. Broadcasts in colloquial style w ill be re corded. I t is hoped that a grammar and a lexicon w ill be compiled w ith in two years. (4) The Study o f Ancient Chinese Bronze Inscriptions. The Centre is engaged in the compilation o f a D ictionary o f Chinese Bronze Inscriptions o f the pre-Ch 'in period. This w ill be a com prehensive and “ summing-up” work, incorporating all available materials. Over one hundred books and articles w ill be condensed into the proposed work ， w ith additional examples and annotations to the existing collections and catalogues. When completed ， the manuscript w ill be approximately 10,000 pages. Comput i ng Centre The Computing Centre was established in February 1967. Its facilities now include an IB M 1130 Computing System and a set o f 47