Annual Report 1993-94

6 三十周年校慶紀念講座 30th Anniversary Lectures 日期 Date 講題 Topic 傑出講卷 Distinguished Speaker 19.1.1993 衰老與癡呆症 Dementia, Aging and Amyloidosis Dr. D. Carleton Gajdusek, Nobel Laureate in Physiology and Medicine 18.2.1993 經濟動態、克林頓政府及美國商業敎育的發展 Recent Economic Developments, the Clinton Administration and Business Education Development in the United States Prof. Lester C. Thurow, Dean of Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology 10.3.1993 書院的黃昏——傳統教授權威的沒落 The Decline of the Donnish Dominion Prof. Albert Halsey, Emeritus Professor of Social and Administrative Studies, University of Oxford 183.1993 中外爲體，中外爲用——中國文化現代化芻議 Chinese and Foreign Learning Both as Substance and as Use — A Proposal for the Modernization of Chinese Culture 周策縱敎授 Prof. Tse-tsung Chow, Professor of Chinese Literature and History, University of Wisconsin 13.5.1993 商學研究中理論與量度的互動關係——廣告、消 費者行為及社會市場學的應用範例 Thoughts and Interplay Between Theory and Method in Business Research with Particular Emphasis on Applications to Advertising, Consumer Behaviour, and Social Marketing Prof. Richard P. Bagozzi, Dwight F. Benton Professor of Marketing and Behavioral Science in Management, University of Michigan 4.10.1993 經濟轉變之規模與速度 Economic Transition: Speed and Scope Prof. Kenneth J. Arrow, Nobel Laureate in Economics 26.10.1993 模糊邏輯與軟電算科學 Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing: Principles, Applications and Perspectives Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh, Professor Emeritus, and Director of the Berkeley Initiative on Soft Computing, University of California at Berkeley 23.11.1993 從天而降的球體 ：碳60 C 60 Buckminsterfullerene, the Celestial Sphere That Fell to Earth Prof. Harold Kroto, Royal Society Research Professor of the School of Chemistry and Molecular Sciences, University of Sussex Sponsorship to the tune of HK$26 million was raised from the community for various programmes and ties w i th alumni and friends of the University were strengthened. As a result of this collective experience, the public became more aware of the University's achievements and its image as an institution devoted to serving the community through quality teaching and research took definite shape. To the planners, organizers, contributors, and participants, the University owes a hearty 'thank you'. I hope more people w i ll now share our vision and be ready to work w i th us to fulfil our mission. The year 1993-94 also saw the University continuing its efforts towards greater decentralization, a process which began in 1991. I explained the background and main features of this process in my 1990-93 report but let me reiterate here why decentralization is important. Over the last 30 years the University has not only increased tremendously in size but also evolved into a highly complex organization w i th multiple roles to perform. Its constituent parts have very different priorities and requirements and are unlikely to