Bulletin Winter 1978

This University has received in 1978 various generous donations from local and overseas individuals/founda- tions, to sponsor its physical development programmes, research projects, scholarship schemes, etc. Other gifts to the University include books and records. Physical Development /Equipment (1) From Lions Club of Kowloon Central a Chinese Pavilion to be constructed beside the lily pond at Chung Chi College (2) From Professor and Mrs. Cheng Te-K'un HK$70,000 for a University Crest to be placed on the wall of the Science Centre Lecture Block facing the Mall (3) From the Hung On-to Memorial Fund HK$500,000 in support of the University's Machine (Computer) Translation ResearchProject.$400,000 of the sum will b the purchase and installation of a mini-computer system. The remaining $100,000 will be used for research activities (4) From Dah Chong Hong Ltd. a Honda Civic engine for the Department of Electronics Research Projects (5) From Dr. C. Y. Chen and his friends HK$2,000,000 to establish the “Dr. C. Y. Chen's Research Fund for Chinese Medicines", in support of scientific research on Chinese medicines (6) From the Population Council US$17,200 in support of studies on the isolation of the abortifacient protein from Trichosanthes kirilowii (7) From the Nam Hoi Traders Association HK$30,000 and the Chinese MedicineMerchants Unit on Chinese Medicinal Material (8) From Mr. Kong Wing On, J.P., of On Hong Ning Drug Company HK$400,000 for the establishment of “The Chinese University of Hong Kong Medical Research Fund" (9) From the late Mr. Ko Fook Son HK$200,000 for the sole purpose of promoting biochemical research (10) From the Asia Foundation a second-year grant of HK$22,800 in support of the strawmu on Food Protein Production from Wastes (11) From The Asia Foundation a grant of HK$46,500 in support of the Comparative Literature and Translation Centre's project to prepare a Chinese-English Dictionary of Chinese Idioms and Cliches, and another grant of HK$22,519 for certain projects of theCo (12) From the Harvard-Yenching Institute US$ 16,450 in support of research projects and to meet other needs (13) From Mr. Henry H. Hsu HK$2 ,000 for research purposes (14) From the Council for Asian Manpower Studies of the Philippines US$4,200 for a study on "Dependent Development and the Reproduction of Inequality: Young Female Workers (Age 15-19) in Hong Kong ” Scholarships (15) From The Cheng Foundation an annual donation of HK$50,000 scholarships and bursaries (16) From the Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery an annual donation of HK$6,000 from 1978-79 for the establishment of the "Miu Fat Buddhist Monastery Scholarship" (17) From the John Swire & Sons (Hong Kong) Limited a further donation to increase the amount of the 6 Swire Scholarships from HK$5,000 to HK$6,000 each with effect from 1978/79 (18) From Squibb (Far East) Limited HK$5,000 as the Squibb (Far East) Prize in Pharmacology to be awarded to the student attaining the best results in Pharmacology in the third year of the medical curriculum 28