A New Era Begins 1975-78

V Academic Programme Developments The purpose of this Section is to review recent developments in the educational programmes and resources—the expansion or strengthening of the academic disciplines or professional fields; the addition o f new areas o f instruction and investigation; the formulation o f new courses of study or patterns of specialization; and the current efforts to provide resources related to "the Chinese dimension" in all academic disciplines. As the result of the Re-organization, the primary responsibility for all of these activities is carried out by the University Boards of Studies, which intergrated the separate College Departments, thus making possible University-wide policies and procedures for academic staff and programme development. In addition to these matters, some brief discussion of a recently published "Green Paper" related to higher education is included. Chinese Data Programme A new development in the academic programme derives from recent emphasis upon the principle that each academic discipline should include a "Chinese dimension" to be integrated into the discipline's theory and method. (See Section I) To do this, a concerted effort must be made to collect relevant Chinese data for use by faculty members in their instruction and research. Accordingly, the University has established to date four special units for the storage of such primary research materials, as follows: (1) Chinese Music Archives: A division o f the Music Board of Studies, which has begun to collect and systematically organize a great variety of significant materials for the study of Chinese music. These include printed materials, discs, tapes and cassettes, microfilms, photographs, audiotapes ， films and music instruments. The Archives now possess a total of 184 instruments, 30 reels o f microfilm, over 1,300 volumes of printed materials, 6,000 records (a huge gift from Rediffusion Ltd.) and over 2,000 tapes. Recordings are being made in Buddhist and Taoist temples in New Territories. Chinese operas and puppet shows are being filmed. The immediate concern now is to publish an up-to-date, catalogue so that experts and interested parties can be consulted about the collection and its needed directions o f growth. (2) The Photographic Archives of the Art Gallery : A continuously expanding collection of photographs and colour slides is, o f course, 37