Bulletin Vol. 2 No. 7 Feb 1966

academic year, he taught Chinese h isto ry at the C o llege. H e was in v ite d to attend the 11th ju n io r S in o logues Conference held in Venice in 1958. In 1960, he attended the F irs t In te rn a tio n a l Conference o f H isto rian s o f Asia held in the P hilippines, and was elected governor o f the conference. In 1962, he went to H a rva rd U n iv e rs ity as a v is itin g scholar. H e returned to H o ng K o n g the next year to continue his teaching at N ew Asia, and since th a t year, he has been Head o f the D e pa rtm e n t o f H is to ry o f the College. M r. Sun has w ritte n many histo rica l papers, in c lu d in g ‘‘L ife and T h o u g h t", 1954, Chinese Overseas Press; “ A S trong L ife " , 1955 ， Chinese Overseas Press; " A T en ta tive Revision o f T a b u la tio n o f the P rim e M in is te rs in the N ew H is to ry o f T ang D yn a sty ” , 1956’ The N e w A s ia J o u r n a l V ol. 2 No. 1; "D e v e lo pment o f San-Sheng System o f the T a n g D y n a s ty ", 1957 ， The N ew A s ia J o u r n a l V ol. 3 No. 1 ； “ T h e D ecline o f G rand Fam ilies and Clans d u rin g the Period T ang and Sung D ynasties" ， 1959, The N e w A s ia J o u rn a l V ol. 4 N o. 1 ； " A S tudy o f the Problem s o f Population o f the N o rth e rn Sung D y n a s ty ". T h e Relative Increase in the N um b e r o f Fam ilies and Decrease in the N um b e r o f Persons", 1960, N e w A s ia College Academ ic A n n u a l V ol. 3; " T h e Characteristics and D e velopm ent o f the Shih-Jen Class in C h in a " 1960, P h ilip p in e H is to ric a l Association; “ Chinese General H is to ry " (10 Vols.), 1962-1965, E verybod y's Book Co., L td .; “ A n E xplanation o f the Party R iv a lry in T ang C h en -K uan and Y u n g -H u e i y e a r", 1965, N e w A s ia College Academ ic A n n u a l V ol. 7. D r . T a m Shang W a i, Chung Chi, Chemistry. D r. T a rn was b orn in H o ng K o n g and received his early education at the Diocesan Boys' School. H is performance in the m a tric u la tio n exam ination in 1955 bought h im the award o f the K in g Edw ard V I I S cholarship and the G ove rnm en t Scholarship. He read science at the U n iv e rs ity o f H o ng K o n g where he received his B .S c., and later B.Sc. Special (H onours) in 1958 and 1959. H e was appointed dem onstrator in the D e pa rtm e n t o f C h em istry o f the same U n iv e rs ity , where he carried ou t research on the chem ical constituents o f certain plants indigenous to H o ng K on g . He was awarded the degree o f M . Sc. in 1961. In the same year D r. T a m was awarded a C ommonwealth Scholarship tenable in the U n ite d K in g d om fo r research in organic chem istry w ith Professor A .W . Johnson, F .R .S ., at the U n iv e rs ity o f N o ttin g h am , where he received his doctoral degree in 1964. A fte r his marriage in England, he and his w ife went to Sw itzerland where they stayed fo r one year, d u rin g w h ich D r. T a m was a research associate to Professor C .A . G rob at the In s titu t f ü r O rganische Chem ie der U n iv e rs it ä t Basel. He was elected to the Associateship o f the Royal In s titu te o f C h em istry in 1963. D r. T arn returned to H o ng K o n g w ith his fam ily in June 1965 to take up a lectureship in organic chem istry and con cu rre n tly wardenship o f No. 1 M en's Hostel o f Chung C h i College. H is pu blications in c lu d e : "M a tte n c in in (A New F lavanoid G lycoside) and other C onstituents o f the Ericaceae o f H o ng K o n g " (1960); “ A n E xam ination o f the Rutaceae o f H o n g K on g . Part V I I . T h e Essential O ils ’， (1961); "F la v a n o id and T rite rp e n o id C o n stituents o f the Ericaccae o f H o ng K o n g " (1961); “ P ris timerin. Part I V T o ta l S tru c tu re " (1 9 6 3 ); ， ‘T h e Chemistry o f P ris tim e rin " (1964); "S y n th e tic a l Approaches to the P ris tim c rin C h rom op ho re ’， (1964); ‘‘O xidative P ho todim erisa tion o f Some S im ple P hem ols" (1964); "K o n firg u ra tio n u n d K on ste lla tion von α : — Decalole’’ (1965). OBITUARY D r. Tsao Maak-sang, Senior L e c tu re r in C hem istry, C hung C h i College, died on F e b ruary 8 at the age o f fo rty -e ig h t. D r. Tsao was a native o f Kw a ng tu ng and a devoted C h ristian and teacher. She was a graduate o f L in g n a n U n iv e rs ity and a P h .D . in organic chem istry o f the U n iv e rs ity o f C a lifo rn ia . She had taught at the U n iv e rs ity o f C a lifo rn ia and at P ittsbu rgh. H e r works were published in many noted academic journals. D r. Tsao jo in e d the staff o f C hung C h i College in 1962. She went to the U n ite d States last summ er on a research to u r and returned at the end o f October. She had been ill since. In comm em oration o f D r. Tsao, C hung C h i College has established a " D r . Tsao M aaksang S cho la rship" . C o n trib u tio n s w ill be welcome. COMINGS AND GOINGS △ M r. L i Sheng-wu, Associate Research Fellow o f the Research In s titu te o f N ew Asia College, is now v is itin g Japan. W h ile in Japan he exchanges views on the study o f Chinese w ith noted Japanese scholars and is collecting m aterial fo r his thesis ‘ ‘A S tud y o f I Ching (Book o f Changes)". 7