Bulletin Vol. 10 No. 3 Nov 1973

Chin-shan yeh hua (San Francisco nights) and th e forthcoming Me i - y ü hsin ch'uan (Notes on American English). He is at present Visiting Senior Fellow at the Translation Centre o f this University. Miss Diana Yu, Assistant Editor Miss Diana Y u was b om in China and raised in Hong Kong. After receiving her B.A. in English literature from the University of Hong Kong in 1967 ， she worked as an English language teacher, a translation teacher, a translator in Chinese and English, and an editor of a student publication. Her translation works include a number of essays in the field of the humanities, published in various journals, and a book of essays and a book of poetry. She is now an Assistant Fellow at the Translation Centre of the University. (pictures in Chinese section) ABOL I T I ON OF I NTERMED I ATE E X AM I NA T I ON The Senate has resolved that the Intermediate Examination be abolished in 1974 and thereafter and be replaced by continuous assessment of students' course work , and that promotion to the third year be subject to satisfactory progress in course work and passes in course examinations. STUDENT ENROLMENT The total student enrolment of the University as at 30th September, 1973 is 3,159. A. Undergraduates 2,790 (Male 1,856’ Female 934) Breakdown by Faculty Arts 784 Commerce & Social Science 1,205 Science 801 Breakdown by College Chung Ch i 948 New Asia 908 United 934 B. Graduate Students 369 Graduate School 177 School of Education 187 Full-time 57 Part-time 130 Systems Analysis Course 5 I n addition, the University has 3 auditing students at the Graduate School and 62 associate students, of whom 27 are exchange students and 23 are trainees at the New Asia Institute of Advanced Chinese Studies and Research. GIFTS TO THE UN I VERS I TY The University has received the following gifts and donations: 1. From the sons of the late Mr. Yee Sui Cheong HK$ 200,000 to set up a Yee Sui Cheong Memorial Scholarship Fund; 2. From I BM World Trade Corporation US$ 50,000 for a visiting professorship in managerial control systems and data processing for a period of three years, beginning in September 1974 ， at the Lingnan Institute of Business Administration; 3. From Mr. William M.W. Mong, Managing Director o f the Shun Hing Electronic Trading Company, Ltd. , HK$ 100,000 to establish a "Mong Man Wai Scholarship Fund" at the Lingnan Institute of Business Administration. PERSONAL IA Appointment Mrs. Shelley Wong, Tutor in Sociology ， United College Promotion Dr. Tschang Hsi Lin, Senior Lecturer in Geography, Chung Chi College LECTURES • Mr. Chang Teh-chang, Senior Lecturer in History, Chung Chi College, gave a talk on “ The Situation and Direction of the Development of China's Economy” on 6th October at a seminar sponsored by the Ad Hoc Committee on Chinese Cultural Studies of the Student Union of New Asia College. • Dr. P A . Rinfret ， a leading U.S. economist, investment counsellor, and key adviser to President Nixon, gave a lecture on "Wo r ld Trade and Monetary Problems" on 16th October at the invitation of the Lingnan Institute of Business Administration. • The first Tenth Anniversary Lecture, which was on Natural Science ， was held on 17th October. Prof. Chia-chiao Lin , Institute Professor and Professor of Applied Mathematics, Massachusetts Institute of — 4 —