Bulletin Vol. 3 No. 3 Oct 1966

pursuit of happiness, and the hope tha t ma n has a b r i g ht f u t u r e or any f u t u re w i ll become d i m, indeed. T h e class is n ow ended. Y o ur h omewo rk is assigned. T h e examinatio n w i l l come in, let us say, 25 years. Y o u r conscience w i l l give it to you. Y o u w i ll be y o ur o wn examiner . I wish y ou luck, the more so because my life and that of m y children are involved as we ll as yours. T h a n k you . UNIVERSI TY SUPERANNUATION FUNDS T h e Superannuatio n Scheme for the Un i v e r s i ty staff was approved by the Un i v e r s i ty Co u n c il on October 1, 1966, w i t h retrospective effect to October 17 ， 1963. Every Un i v e r s i ty and College employee entitled to participate in the Scheme contributes five per cent of his mo n t hy salary, and the Un i v e r s i ty a s um equivalent to twelve and one half per cent of his salary, to the Scheme. A t the t e r m i n a t i on of his service w i t h the Un i v e r s i t y, a participant of the Scheme is entitled to receive a sum of mo n ey f r om the Un i v e r s i ty representing his own c o n t r i b u t i o n. Wh e t h e r, and, if so, h ow mu ch of the Un i v e r s i ty c o n t r i b u t i on he is entitled to receive would depend on his age and the n umb er of the years o f his service. SOCIAL SURVEY RESEARCH CENTRE OFFERS SERVICE TO UNIVERSITY'S FACULTY T h e Social Survey Research Centre of the Un i v e r s i ty recently announced that an orientation to the use of computers i n social science research w o u ld he given to faculty and students of the Un i v e r s i ty early next year. I t w o u ld also provide i n t r o d u c t o ry courses in the use of its e q u i pme n t. F u r t h er t r a i n i ng o p p o r t u n i t i es w o u l d be p r o v i d ed to students by means of occasional p a r t - t i me emp l o yme nt in the Centre. T h e Centre's excellent l i b r a ry of I B M cards prepared for social science studies done elsewhere in Asia, together w i t h codebooks for them, w o u ld be made available to students and faculty for purposes of t r a i n i ng and secondary analysis, announced the Centre's D i r e c t or D r . Rober t E. M i t c h e l l. T o p i cs for w h i ch these cards and codebooks are available include " U n i v e r s i ty Students in I n d o n e s i a " ,“ I n d i an T r a de U n i o n Leadership", “ Ca r e er L i n e s and F am i ly Backgrounds of 19th Ce n t u ry Chines e Bureaucrats ”， "Japanese Na t i o na Ch a r a c t e r ", " Po l i t i c al Awareness in L a o s ", and ma ny others. As its staff is fast developing research experiences, the Centre is n ow in a position to provide assistance oil all phases of the research process, f r om the i n i t i al preparation of a research proposal to the final analysis and r e p o r t - w r i t i n g. T h e Centre has a plan to sponsor a series of i n f o r mal faculty seminars. A t present, it is prepared to offer seminars o n such kinds of topics as “Basic Principles u n d e r l y i ng Survey Research", ‘‘Recent Developments i n Advance d Research T e c h n i q u e s ”, " P r o b l ems of I n t e r v i ew i ng i n H o n g K o n g " , etc. Suggestions as to wh at additional things the Centre m i g ht do and what other topics should be i n c l u d ed in the seminar series are welcome . T h e Centre hopes that the Un i v e r s i t y 's faculty member s w o u ld t h i nk about some research projects wh i c h can be related to the services that the Centre can p r o v i de to the Un i v e r s i t y. NEW PROFESSOR OF CHEMISTRY AND OTHER APPOINTMENTS T h e Un i v e r s i ty appointed D r . S.C. Joseph F u to be Professor o f Ch em i s t ry on October 3’ 1966. Mr.Paul P. D u t e il was appointed V i s i t i ng L e c t u r er o f F r e n c h under a special grant f r om the F r e n ch Go v e r nme n t. Me a nwh i l e , D r . W i l l i am A . Sullivan was appointed V i s i t i ng L e c t u r er of Ame r i c an H i s t o r y. T h e School of Education has a new L e c t u r e r, D r . George See-Chue n Cheong, b e g i n n i ng f r om September 27, 1966. College appointments this m o n t h include that of M r s . L i l y P.C. Ch a ng as Assistant L e c t u r er of English Language and L i t e r a t u re by U n i t e d, that of M r . Peter K . H . Lee as Pa r t - t i me L e c t u r er of Religious K n ow l e d ge & Philosophy by C h u ng C hi and that of M r . T s ow A n C h u ng as Pa r t - t i me L e c t u r er of Economics by N e w Asia. GOVERNMENT RECOGNI T ION OF UNIVERSI TY HONOURS DEGREES T h e H o n g K o n g Go v e r nme nt recently decided to equate, for the purpose of emp l o yme nt in Pu b l ic Service, the degrees conferred by this Un i v e r s i ty cum. laude and magna cum laude w i t h second and first class honours degrees conferred by other C ommo n w e a l th luniversities. 5