Vice-Chancellor's Report 1985-87

Donor(s) Amount (i n HK$ unles s otherwise stated ) Particulars RESEARCH PROJECTS (Cont'd ) Searle Research & Development , Division of G.D. Searle & Co . US$10,800 Donation fo r th e clinica l researc h projec t o n " A Placebo-controlled Stud y t o Asses s the Safet y an d Efficacy o f Misoprosto l 20 0 mc g Give n 6 Hourl y in Preventin g th e Recurrenc e o f Acut e Uppe r Gastrointestinal Bleeding " undertake n b y th e Department o f Medicine . Servier Fa r East Ltd . 50,000 Donation fo r th e researc h projec t o n "Evaluatio n of th e Clinica l Efficac y o f Trimetazidin e i n th e Treatment o f Ischaemic Hear t Disease" undertake n by th e Department o f Medicine . Shell Metal-Tech Co . Ltd . 20,000 Donation fo r th e researc h an d trave l fun d o f th e Department o f Microbiology . Shiu Wing Steel Ltd. 400,000 Donation t o th e Chines e Medicina l Materia l Research Centre. Squibb (Fa r East) Ltd . 15,000 US$2,000 Donation fo r a research projec t o f the Departmen t of Medicin e o n "Th e Us e o f Convertor y Enzym e Inhibitor i n th e Treatmen t o f Hypertensio n i n th e Elderly". (Th e donatio n als o include s Placebo , Captopril an d Dyazide capsules. ) Donation t o enabl e a Senior Lecture r i n Medicin e of Beijin g Medica l Universit y t o conduc t collaborative research in the Department o f Medicine . Swire Loxle y Ltd . 12,000 1,000 Donation fo r th e researc h projec t o n materna l nutrition an d iro n statu s an d th e developmen t o f anaemia jointl y conducte d b y th e Departmen t of Obstetric s an d Gynaecolog y an d th e Department of Chemica l Pathology. Donation fo r a research project o n "Classificatio n of the Infan t Formulae" . Swire Loxle y Ltd . o n behalf o f Smith Kline & Frenc h Laboratorie s 10,000 Donation fo r researc h o r purchas e o f equipmen t in endoscop y an d gastroenterolog y i n th e Department of Medicine . University o f Toront o 27,000 Donation fo r th e joint researc h project o n dextranhemoglobin undertaken b y th e Departmen t o f Physiology. The UNESCO Headquarter s in Paris 17,143 Donation fo r th e projec t o n "Hon g Kon g Mirce n Microbial Biotechnology " an d th e collaborativ e project betwee n Qingdao/Hon g Kong/Maryland , U.S.A. United Boar d for Christia n Higher Educatio n in Asi a 155,060 Donation t o enabl e scholar s fro m th e People' s Republic o f Chin a t o participat e i n th e Chines e English Comparativ e Literatur e an d Languag e Graduate Programme . United Italia n Corp. (HK ) Ltd . 15,000 Donation i n suppor t o f a joint stud y i n the Department of Medicin e o n th e effec t o f "mucolytic " drugs o n th e sputu m diagnosi s o f TB . (Th e donation also includes drugs required fo r th e study. ) Upjohn Company S.A . 4,000 Contribution toward s University' s researc h funds. 207