Bulletin Vol. 10 No. 4 Dec 1973

and parcel of the success in running a university needs no emphasis. This is particularly true of the situation in our society to-day where universities are assuming a role of increasing importance in the context of social progress and change. In order to provide an effective administrative machinery, the Conference has called for the training of more high-calibre administrative staff in the universities and has taken active steps in launching training schemes. I am delighted to learn that already two workshops on staff training have been held and another one will be organized here in Hong Kong in 1974. We are anxious to contribute to this important programme and are honoured by the opportunity to play an active part next year. During the last ten years or so, higher education in Southeast Asia and the South Pacific area has taken a sharp turn towards vigorous development. It may be said that al l the countries concerned have been trying very hard to develop patterns of higher education to meet their national needs. The university organizational structure used to be not much more than a transplanting from the metropolitan countries of the West; indeed, in many cases it still is. But great effor t has been made in several countries to introduce and develop national content of the education given in the university, however organized. This calls for tremendous innovation, especially if we are to maintain a standard comparable to any found in other parts of the world. To a conference of university registrars, what is of particular interest would be the different ways of handling various administrative problems under diverse national settings. To be sure, the problems may well be the same in terms of classificational labels, which are very well illustrated by the various topics this Conference has taken up during the week. But the solutions to them are most likely quite different because of particular national conditions. It is precisely an exchange of experiences in these different national solutions of common problems that has made this regional conference especially meaningful and useful. 1 wish to offer my congratulations to the delegates on their success at this Conference and my heartfelt thanks to the representatives of universities outside our area for their useful addresses and papers presented at the Conference. As Vice-Chancellor of one of the two host universities, 1 must also mention the Conference's indebtedness to a number of organizations for their support, particularly the Inter-University Council for Higher Education Overseas, through whose good offices partial financial assistance for the delegates' travel costs was provided by the Trust for the Development of Higher Education Overseas. Finally, 1 wish the Conference continued success, and its delegates and observers from overseas, " bon voyage". It is now my privilege to declare the Conference closed. (Picture in Chinese Section) NEW UNIVERSITY DEANS OF FACULTIES The following staff were elected as Faculty Deans of the University for a term of two years ending 31st October, 1975: Mr. Lee Yim, Dean of Faculty of Arts Prof. Hsing Mo-huan ， Dean of Faculty of Commerce & Social Science Prof. Ma Lin, Dean of Faculty of Science MEMBERS OF BOARDS OF STUDIES 1973 - 1974 The membership of the Boards of Studies for the current academic year has been approved by the Senate. The Vice-Chancellor and the President of each of the three Colleges are members of all Boards ex-officio ； the others are: Faculty of Arts CHINESE L ANGUAGE & LITERATURE Chairman : Prof. Chou Fa-kao Members : Dr. Lin-sen Lam Chow Mr. Shu-leung Dang Mr. Pung Ho Mr. Pok Hung Mr. Tsung-I Jao Prof. Takashi Kotono Dr. Kin-hung Kwong Mr. Tat-leung Lee Mr. Y im Lee Dr. Yun-kuang Lee Mr. Hui-ying Li Mr. Ying-yun Mei Mr. Chuan-ming Meng Mr. Chung-ho Sheung Mr. Man-jock So Dr. Phillip S.Y. Sun Mr. Teh-chao Wang — 2 —