Bulletin Vol. 3 No. 8 Mar 1967

THE COMPUTER CENTRE The University has established a computer centr e in On Lee Building, Nathan Road, Kowloon. Mr. Patrick S.K. Fang, Vice-President of United College, has been appointed Director of the Centre,who reports to the Vice-Chancellor on policy questions. A Faculty Advisory Committee has also been appointed by the Vice-Chancellor to advise the Director on matters relating to the operation and development of the Centre. Members of the Committee are:— Dr. Robert Mitchell (Chairman) Prof. S.C. Joseph Fu Prof. Hsu Bay-sung Prof. Maurice Moonitz Prof. Anthony M. Tang In connection with the development of the Computer Centre, Dr. C.M. Li, the Vice-Chancellor, recently signed a contract with I BM for a computer system to be installed in the Centre later this year. The computer system, the I BM 1130, is one of the most modern machines available for handling scientific and technical work. The advanced technology of the I B M 1130 is called So l id L o g ic T e c h n o l o gy ( S L T ) . Co n f i g u r a t i o ns o f this system vary in cost b e t we en a quarter and a half million Hong Kong dollars, and over 4,000 of these systems have been ordered around the world. In the Centre, faculty members and postgraduates will use the computer in their research work in various disciplines ranging from physical to social science. Undergraduates will be taught the computer in addition to their primary studies. This will enable them to have first-hand experience of the value of computers when they leave the University to enter business and industry. In the meantime the Centre has entered into an “Annual Minimum Customer Usage Agreement” with the I BM Service Bureau to enable research projects in the physical and social sciences to be computed by facilities available at the Service Bureau. A four-day concentrated course on programming (FORTRAN IV language) was conducted at the Centre for intending users of the I BM Service Bureau during March 8-11, 1967. Twenty-six members of the University staff representing six academic disciplines participated. ADMISSIONS TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL The Graduate School of the University, which was set up last autumn, announced on February 28 that it is ready to accept applications for admission this year. The School is offering two-year postgraduate-level instruction leading to a Master's degree in the following Divisions:— Chinese History Chinese Language & Literature Geography Business Administration Chemistry The School's Division of Philosophy will admit no student in the next academic year. Different courses are offered in the two Departments of the Division of Chinese Language and Literature, namely, the Department of Linguistics and the Department of Literature. Candidates for admission into any one of the five Divisions must possess a Bachelor's degree. Undergraduates who expect to receive their degrees this summer may also apply for admission. In addition, the candidates must pass an entrance examination, which will test their knowledge of English and such subjects as may be required by the Divisions. However, a student resident outside Hong Kong may be given exemption if he is so recommended by a professor of international standing and produces a thesis of a standard satisfactory to the University Graduate Council. Moreover, graduates magna cum laude of this University may also be given exemption from the entrance examination. Unless a special arrangement is made, all students in the Graduate School are required to study at least two years in the School. At the end of their studies, students must pass the Degree Examination and submit theses, approved by a Thesis Committee, to obtain their Master's degrees. A small number of auditing students may be admitted. In the year 1966-67’ limited funds are available in the School's budget for bursaries or fellowships to the amount of HK$5,000, $2,500 or $800 per annum. It is hoped that similar sums will be available in the year 1967-68. Application forms are obtainable from the College Registrars or the Graduate School Office at On Lee Building, 545, Nathan Road, Kowloon. The completed forms should be submitted before May 31, 1967. FURTHER DONATION OF BOOKS FROM THE JAPANESE GOVERNMENT On March 9, a presentation ceremony took place at the Japanese Consulate-General, where 378 volumes of books were donated to this University by the Japanese Government. During the ceremony, Mr. Matao Endo, the Consul- General of Japan, presented the list of books to Vice- Chancellor L i in the presence of Dr. C.T. Yung, President of Chung Chi College, Professor N. Matsumoto, Mr. H. Kani and Mrs. M. Nakahara, who are now teaching in the University under a programme of Japanology. This is the third time the Japanese Government has donated books to the University. 2