Bulletin Vol. 7 No. 1 Sep 1970

• Mr . Ho Kam-fai and Mrs. Eva B. C. L i Ko, Head and Lecturer respectively of the Department of Social Work, United College, attended the 15th International Congress of Schools of Social Work held from 30th August to 2nd September, the International Conference on Social Work Education, Population and Family Planning from 4th to 5th September, and the International Conference on Social Welfare from 6th to 12th September in Manila. • Mr. Harold Ho and Mr. Michael Sugg, Lecturers in Social Work, and Miss Agnes Ng, Field Work Supervisor of Socia l Work of Chung Chi College, attended the 15th International Congress of Schools of Social Work and the International Conference on Social Welfare held from 30th August to 12th September, in Manila. • Dr. Hu Shiu Ying, Senior Lecturer in Biology, Chung Chi College, left for the United States on 30th August, where she will spend one year continuing her research work on Hong Kong flora at Harvard University. • Visitors to United College in August included Dr. Lynne L. Merritt, Jr., Vice-President and Dean of Research and Advance d Studies, Indiana University; and Prof. F. Sondheimer, Royal Society Research Professor in Chemistry , University of London. Co l l ege New s • The Board of Governors of New Asia College has elected two new members to serve on the Board as from the current academic year, namely: Dr. Ho Chung-chung, Principal of Hong Kong True Light Middle School, who has been nominated by the Board of Education, and Prof. F. H. H. King, Director of the Centre of Asian Studies, who ha s been nominated by the University of Hong Kong to succeed Mr. B. Mellor, a former member of the College Board. • On 21st August the Staff Association of New Asia College held a farewell dinner in honour of Dr. Y. T. Shen, out-going President of the College, Mr. Yu Chun-chih, Head of the Fine Arts Department, and Dr. C. T. Chen, Head of the Business Administration Department. Both Mr. Yu and Dr. Chen will retire at the end of September, 1970. A total of seventy staff members attended the party. • Mr. Chang Chien-min, Deputy Head of the Department of Business Administration, United College, conducted a course of two sessions o n “Small Business Personnel Management" on 23rd and 30th July for the Hong Kong Management Association. • New Asia College arranged an orientation programme for first-year students on 1st August. A t the gathering the Dean of Studies, the Comptroller and the Dean of Students gave talks on the functions and activities of the various departments of the College, and the procedures of registration. The students were also shown the College's teaching facilities. • The United College Student Union organized a briefing session on course selection for new students on 13th August. Members of the staff were invited to speak to the students on the academic policy and curriculum structure within the University. • The freshmen of Chung Chi College were given a four-day on-campus orientation which began with an address by President C. T. Yung on 18th August. The students joined various group activities and visited the Faculty Residences. In addition to briefing sessions on student activities, the freshmen were given talks on "University Life an d Counselling" by the Rev. Peter Lee, College Chaplain, and Dr. H. C. Lu, Director of Student Counselling of the College. • Upon recommendation of the Oversea s Student Committee, the Academic Board of Chung Chi College approved the nomination of Miss Nancy L iu Yuk Ling, first-year student in English, as the exchange student for 1970-71 from the College to Redlands University. • The Summer Intensive English Course fo r first-year students, conducted by th e Department of English Language and Literature o f New Asia College, was held from 3rd to 28th August . 53 students enrolled. A four-week Summer Mandarin Course for freshmen, sponsored by the New Asia Yale-in-China Language Center, began on 4th August. One hundred and twenty students registered for the course. 9