A New Era Begins 1975-78

a necessary resource o f any art museum or department. The A r t Gallery has continued to build its collection, including photos o f private collections in Hong Kong. As these photos are only available in the A r t Gallery o f CUHK, they are o f tremendous interest to scholars o f Chinese art and are used i n exchanges w i th other museums o f the world. The latest holdings o f the archives number 11,000 black and white photographs and 5,800 coloured slides, a 20 per cent increase over last year. This rate o f increase must be maintained for years to come. ( 3) Research Unit on Chinese Medicinal Material: A comp i l a t i on o f ethno-medical information is essential to amajor research project. (See Section V I I ) In 1977-78, the pharmacognostic file has increased to 12,000 entries w i th 3,000 in preparation and another newly donated 2,000. A genus index in Chinese and English has been edited. Exchanges w i th international pharmacognostic i n f orma t i on centres are under way. (4) Instructional Materials Centre ——This young Centre o f the School o f Education has already started a collection of all text books published in Hong Kong. It is now engaged in expanding the collection of text books published in Hong Kong and certain other areas on the following subjects: (1) Chinese, (2) English, (3) Science subjects. Needless to say, all the established research centres in the University are in the process o f collecting Chinese data relevant to their respective areas o f research. I t is expected that the Chinese Data Programme wi ll soon involve all disciplines. Ultimately The Chinese University wi ll have a comprehensive collection o f Chinese data to serve not only its own faculty members but scholars from all parts o f the world. Developments in Social Science Most of the developments in the academic disciplines during the period covered by this Report have been more substantial than specta- cular and more qualitative than quantitative. Psychology became a minor programme in 1973-74 and has been a section in the Board of Studies in Sociology. Some o f the courses it offered were very much in demand. In 1976-77 ， there were a total of 169 minor students while 367 students enrolled in General Psychology, a term course. However, while UPGC expressed support for some further development, it recommended that “major decisions should await the outcome o f further progress in the new Medical School, since this school is bound t o have an interest in the subject." The Psychology section would probably remain a minor programme in the next triennium. Anthropology, again, should be a basic subject i n undergraduate as well as graduate programmes. Courses in Anthropology were offered as early as 1972 but i t only became a minor programme i n 1977-78. Wi th the successful recruitment of qualified staff and the increase i n student 38