Bulletin Vol. 8 No. 3 Oct 1971

Before he joined LIBA last year, Mr. Wong taught in several day and evening secondary schools and was also a part-time translator/editor in the Public Relations Department of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce. (pictures in Chinese section) Comings and Goings • Mr. Lee Tien-ming, Tutor in Philosophy at New Asia College, left for the United States on 6th September to pursue advanced studies at Chicago University. He is one of the recipients of the Yale-in-China Scholarships for the current academic year. • Mr. Edmund H . Worthy, Jr., newly-appointed Representative of the Yale-in-China Association a t New Asia College, arrived in Hong Kong and assumed duty on 8th September. Mr. Worthy was first at the College as a Yale Bachelor i n the Department of English Language and Literature in 1963. • Dr. R.A. Holden, President of the Yale-in-China Association, Prof. H.R. Rudin, Vice-President, and Dr. I.V. Hiscock, Chairman of the Health Committe e of the Association, visited New Asia College on 27th September. They conferred with the heads of the administrative/ teaching departments as well as student representatives. • Mr. Chuan Han-sheng, Senior Lecturer in History at New Asia College, returned to Hong Kong in September from his six-month long leave. Under a Harvard-Yenching Grant, Mr. Chuan visited the Library of Congress , Washington D.C., the British Museum and the Library of London University, where he collected a series of data for his research project on "China's Trade with Spanish America during the Ming-Ch'ing Period". He also attended the annual meeting of the Society for Asian Studies, held in Washington early this year. Upon his return he assumed duties as Dean of the Institute of Advanced Chinese Studies and Research of the College. • Mr. Chung Yu-to, Lecturer in the Departmen t of Business Administration, United College, left for the United States to undertake a Ph.D. programme at the Graduate School of Business, Indiana University. • Dr. Fung Yun-tong, Lecturer in Physics, United College, went on long leave from September and wil l be doing research work at Yale University. • Mr. Tse Lan On, Lecture r in Mathematics, Chung Chi College, has been granted one year's leave to pursue advanced studies in the University of Oregon. • Dr. Wong Tak-chiu, Lecturer in Physics at New Asia College ， has been granted long leave from October, 1971 to August, 1972 to do post-doctorate studies at the University of Western Ontario under the Staff Development Programme of the University. Before he went to Canada he left for Italy last month to attend seminar courses held at the International Cente r for Theoretical Physics. • Other visitors to the University include: Dr. John A. Brownell, Deputy Chancellor of the East-West Center, Honolulu, and Dr. Verner C. Bickley, Director of the Center's Culture Learning Institute; Dr. David Pfanner, Deputy Representative, The Ford Foundation, Thailand, and Dr. Hans Blaise, Adviser in Development Administration of the Foundation; and Dr. Michael Obsenberg, Associate Professor of the Department of Government, Columbia University. College News • New Asia College celebrated its 22nd Anniversary on 28th September. Dr. Y.P. Mei, College President, presided over the ceremony. Other speakers included - 1 4 -