Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1981

Cultural Events Buddhist Teaching Materials Development Project Launched The University has recently launche d a Buddhist teaching materials development project in view of the shortage of textbooks for courses in Buddhism offered by secondary schools i n Hong Kong. Carried out under the auspices of the Chinese Teaching Materials Development Committee by faculty members of the Philosophy Department, the Project is financed by the Miu Fat Monastery Ltd. with a donation of HK$40,000. It is expected to pro duce within ten months a set o f teaching materials in Buddhism for use by students who are preparing themselves for the Certificate of Education Examination. Nobel Laureate Lectures at the University Dr. Francis Crick, F.R.S. and Nobel Laureate, delivered a lecture on "The biological revolution: its meaning for medicine" at the University on 3rd November, 1981. The lecture was jointly sponsored by the Medical Faculties of the University of Hong Kong and this University. Dr. Crick is one of the principal founder s of the science of molecular biology. He received the Nobel Prize for Medicine in 1962 together with Dr. J.D. Watson for their discovery of the structure of molecules which provide the hereditar y information within a cell. Their theory of the "double helix" in the 1950's contributed much to the development of modem biology. Seminar on Hong Kong's Education A Seminar on Hong Kong's Education, organized by the School of Education o f the University, was held on 29th August, 1981. It was opened by the Vice-Chancellor and attended by about eighty veterans in educational circles. The fifteen papers presented on the occasion ， together with the views of the participants, have been compiled and sent to the Government Secretariat, which has invited an independent Panel of Educationists to conduct an overall review of the Hong Kong education system. Third Annual Conference of the Hong Kong Society of Neuroscience The Third Annual Conference of the Hon g Kong Society of Neuroscience, co-sponsored by the Department of Anatomy of the University , was held on 2nd and 3rd September, 1981 at the University. About sixty participants, including ten distinguished scientists from overseas as well as staff from the two local universities, attended the Conference. University 's Public-Speaking Society Organizes Debates The newly-established Public-Speaking Society of the University organized two debates to mark its inauguration. In the first Inter-Collegiate Debating Contest, the first prize went to the United College Team which, in the final round held on 4th December, 1981, argued against the motion that "The Liberation of Women from the Kitchen is a Grievous Mistake of Modern Civilization". A Staff-Student Debate was held the same evening, with Mr. Andrew Wong, Dr. Tso Wung-wai, Miss Sonia Ng and Dr. Wong Yue-chim on on e side and a group of student challengers on the othe r over the motion that "Universities should not Require Students to Attend Lectures". The audience eventually decided by a vote that the trophy should go to the Staff Team. 31