Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1981

Dr. Poon Wai-keung Dr. Ying-wah Ng Dr. Nae-wing Yu pharmacodynamics of drugs and other xenobiotics and the pharmacokinetic aspects (absorption, distribution, metabolism and excretion) of these substances in both human and animal subjects. He also initiates and develops sensitive, selective analytical assay- methods for the determination of drugs and their metabolites in blood, plasma and other biological samples, and studies the mechanisms involved in interactions of drugs. Dr. Chan has also been serving as a contributing editor of the international journal, Methods & Findings in Experimental & Clinical Pharmacology since 1979, and has been referee of scientific publications for several journals. Dr. Chan is a member of the following learne d societies: the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (M.P.S.), the Institute of Pharmacy Management (M.I.Pharm.M.), the Society for Drug Research, the British Pharmacological Society (Clinical Pharmacology section), the United Kingdom Clinical Pharmacy Association, the Fédération Internationale Pharmaceutique and the International Association of Forensic Toxicologists. Dr. Poon Wai-keung Lecturer ， Department of General Business Management and Personnel Management Dr. Poon Wai-keung received his tertiary education in Canada, where he obtained the degrees of B.A., M.Ed. and Ph.D. from the University of Toronto, and also underwent training in the Unite d Kingdom. He joined the University in 1981 as Lecturer in the Department of General Business Management and Personnel Management. Dr. Poon is amember of the British Institute of Management (MBIM), the Institute of Training and Development (MITD) and the Hong Kong Institute of Personnel Management (AMIPM(HK)). His majo r academic interests lie i n training, development and bargaining and negotiation. Dr. Ying-wah Ng Lecturer ， Department of Computer Science Dr. Ying-wah Ng studied Computer Science in the United States, and received his M.S . and Ph.D. degrees from the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1973 and 1976 respectively. Before he joined the University in 1981 as Lecturer in Computer Science, he had since 1976 worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories (U.S.A.), in the design and development of computer systems fo r telecommunication. Dr. Ng's academic interests are i n the areas of fault tolerant computing, computer architecture and design automation. Dr. Nae-wing Yu Lecturer, School of Education Dr. Nae-wing Yu graduated from Taiwan National Normal University with the degree of B.A. in 1971. He later studied Chinese Language and Literature at The Chinese University of Hong Kong and obtained his M.Phil. degree in 1975. He pursued further studies in 1978 in Linguistics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and was subsequently awarded the doctoral degree by Taiwan National Normal University in 1981. Dr. Yu is rich in teaching experience. He has been teacher at Lutheran Middle School, Kowloon (1971—72 )， Principal of Hong Kong Buddhist Secondary School, Tsuen Wan (1973—74 )， Lecturer in Chinese at Shue Yan College (1975-76), Lecturer in Chinese at Hong Kong Baptist College (1978—80) and Research Fellow at the Institute of Chinese Studies of the University (1980). He joined the School of Education as Lecturer in August 1981. Dr. Yu has published a number of books and papers on Chinese phonetics. 25