Annual Report 1997-98

曾於文物館展出之文物： (上左）仿藍晶料刻龍紋壺； (上中）銅胎畫琺瑯六合同春壺， 「乾隆年製」款； (上右) 玉琮； (下左) 茄子水注； (下右) 玉龜。 Exhibits tha t hav e bee n displayed a t th e Ar t Museum : (upper left ) Glas s bottle, imitating aquamarine , w i th dragon s i n lo w relief ; (upper middle ) Snuf f bottl e w i t h enameled desig n o f crane s an d deer o n copper , Qianlon g period ; (upper right ) Jad e cong, neolithic period ; (lower left ) Eggplan t wate r dropper ; (lower right ) Jad e tortoise . 文物館復得本地各界人士的熱心捐贈和贊助，舉辦專題展覽，例如 「御賞壺珍——誦先芬室藏清代宮廷鼻煙壺」展覽獲誦先芬室主人惠 借藏品，而「三不亦堂藏丁衍庸書畫」展覽則獲三不亦堂主人慷 慨捐贈一百七十幅丁氏作品。該館全年共吸引三萬多名市民參觀。 中文大學出版社則出版多種學術著作和普及讀物，以傳揚知識，推廣 學術硏究；過去一年該社共出版學術書籍十六種，學術期刊兩種， 普及書籍十九種、影音材料兩種，另重印書籍六種。 Promotion of Art and Culture The Universit y an d it s constituen t college s ru n a variet y o f distinguished professorship/fellowshi p s c heme s wh i c h brin g outstanding scholar s th e worl d ove r t o th e c amp u s eac h year. Thei r publi c lecture s an d seminar s invigorat e t h e intellectual c ommu n i t y o f Hon g Kon g an d generat e beneficial academi c exchanges . Prominen t speaker s durin g the yea r include d Nobe l laureat e i n physic s Prof . Steve n Chu, globall y f amo u s AID S researche r Dr . Davi d Da- I Ho , public healt h exper t Prof . Harve y V Fineber g o f Harvar d University, worl d leadin g authorit y o n Englis h fo r a c adem i c purposes Prof . Joh n M . Swales , specialis t i n th e e c o n om i c s of educatio n an d h uma n resource s Prof . Henr y M . Levin , neurobiologist Prof . Th oma s Curran , environmenta l microbiologist Prof . Ronal d M . Altas , marketin g exper t Prof . Paul Green , a s wel l a s Dr . Alber t Y.C. Yu , senio r vice - president o f Inte l Corporation . The Ar t Mu s e u m o f Th e Chines e Universit y contribute s t o t he cultura l lif e o f Hon g Kon g b y promotin g th e appreciatio n of Chines e ar t t h r oug h it s exhibitions , publications , an d seminars. Thi s yea r t h e Ar t Mu s e u m organize d t w o exhibitions in collaboratio n wit h mu s e um s i n mainlan d China . T h emes an d Variations : Th e Zish a Potter y o f Che n Mingyuan' wa s Jointl y organize d wit h th e Shangha i Museum . With exhibit s d r aw n f r o m t h e collection s o f bot h museums , the exhibitio n subsequentl y we n t o n tou r t o th e Zhejian g Provincial Mu s e u m i n Hangzho u an d th e Shangha i Mu s e u m in Shanghai . Th e othe r exhibition , 'Th e Daw n o f Chines e The Chinese University of Hong Kong Annual Report Service to Hong Kong and the World 53