Bulletin Vol. 1 No. 9 Mar 1965

NEW UNIVERSITY STAFF M r . T .C . L a i, D e p u ty D ire ctor, E x t r a - M u r a l Studies M r. L a i was educated at the G ove rnm en t Vernacular M id d le School (now renamed C lem en ti M id d le School), K in g 's College, L a Salle College and the U n iv e rs ity o f H o ng K on g . U p o n graduation, he w ent to C h un gkin g and afterwards to L o n d o n u n til the end o f 1949. R e tu rn ing to H o ng K on g , M r . L a i was in im p o rt and export business fo r some tim e b u t soon tu rne d to education, teaching E ng lish and translation at Queen's College and St. Paul's Co-educational College, mean w h ile stud ying under P rof. E dm u nd B lunden o f U n i versity o f H o n g K o n g . H e was appointed to the Depa rtm ent o f E ng lish o f the U n iv e rs ity o f H o ng K o n g in 1956 and the D epa rtm ent o f E x tra -M u ra l Studies in 1958. H e spent a year in England d u rin g 1960-61 stud ying A d u lt Education. M r . L a i had pa rticipated in a num be r o f inte rna tiona l conferences in c lu d in g the In te rn a tio n a l W heat C on­ ference (L o n d o n ), In te rn a tio n a l Conference on the Safety o f Live s at Sea (Lo nd on ), U N E S C O Conference on Teach ing A b o u t the U n ite d Na tion s (A rm id a le , A ustra lia ) and the Conference on Radio and T .V . Education (T o kyo ). A Rotarian and a Jaycee, M r. L a i is active in com m u n ity service. H is hobbies are w ritin g and m usic- record collecting. H is published works in clude Selected Chinese Sayings, Essays f o r You (E d ito r), C reative Conversation (w ith B eryl W rig h t and H . Rofe) and con trib u tio n s to tw o Bantam Classics en title d The W o rld 's Love P o e try and The Language o f Love. M r. L a i is m arried and has tw o children. SENIOR LECTURERS (B y A v a ila b ilit y o f Biographies) D r . Chen Chao Shung, N e w A s ia College, Chinese L ite ra tu re D r. Chen Chao Shung was bo rn in 1908 in K iangsi, and graduated in 1931 from the Sun Yat-sen U n iv e rs ity . H a ving obtained his doctoral degree from the U n i versity o f Paris in 1937, he returned to China and founded tw o newspapers as w e ll as the H sin Chiang A g ric u ltu ra l School and College. F rom 1950 to 1951, he taught at N ew Asia College. L a te r on, he was in v ite d to teach as a v is itin g professor at several universities in T aiw an , In 1960, he returned to N ew Asia College. H is pu blications in clu d e : Lectures on Confucian An a le cts; A Commentary on Chinese L ite ra tu r e ; L ec tures on Chinese Prose; A S tu d y o f Chinese P o e try . (Photo o f D r. Chen in Chinese version) M r . P a n Chung K w e i, N e w A s ia College, Chinese L ite ra tu re M r . Pan C hung K w e i was born in W u -Y u a n , A n hw ei in 1908 and received his B .A . from N a tion a l C entral U n iv e rs ity , N a n kin g in 1931. M r, Pan's professional experience has been as fo llo w s : Teacher o f Chinese L ite ra tu re , the H u pe h P rovincia l Senior M id d le School (1931-33); T u to r o f Chinese L ite ra tu re , N a tion a l C entral U n iv e rs ity (1934-38); L e ctu re r, the Chang T a i-Y e n Sem inar o f Chinese Studies (1930-38); Professor o f Chinese L ite ra tu re , N a tion a l Northeast U n iv e rs ity (1939-41); Professor and Head o f the D e pa rtm ent o f Chinese L ite ra tu re , N a tio n a l Szechwan U n iv e rs ity (1942-45); Professor o f Chinese L ite ra tu re , N a tion a l C h i-nan U n iv e rs ity (1946); Professor and Head o f the D e pa rtm ent o f Chinese L ite ra tu re , N a tion a l A n hw e i U n iv e rs ity (1947 -49) ； Professor o f Chinese L ite ra tu re , W en H u a College, H o ng K o n g (1949); Professor, Head o f the D epa rtm ent o f Chinese L ite ra tu re , and D ire c to r o f the In s titu te o f Chinese Studies, T a iw an P ro vin cia l N o rm a l U n iv e r sity (1950-56); Professor o f Chinese L ite ra tu re , N a n - yang U n iv e rs ity (1956-59); Senior Le ctu re r, N ew Asia College (1960). M r . Pan was appointed member o f the Academ ic E xam ina tion & E valuation C omm ittee by T h e Chinese M in is try o f Education (1954-56) and later honorary member in 1957. H is pu blications in clu d e : A n E xam in a tio n o f The O ld Commentaries o f ''S h a n g H s u ” ; A n E xam in a tio n o f the A u th o r Who W rote the Commentary f o r the K ung Yang Chuen; Essays on Ph ilo lo g y Vol, I ; A n Investiga tion o f K u T in g -lin 's P o e try ; A n E xp la n a tio n o f the Essential Yueh F u Verses; N e w L ig h t on the “ H u n g L o u M e n g .” (Photo o f M r. Pan in Chinese version) 4