Bulletin Number One 1983

News i n Br i ef Reorganization of Research Institutes/Centres The Senate, at its meeting on 22nd September, 1982, approved the reorganization of research institutes and centres to facilitate inter-disciplinary collaborations and to pool the research and teaching resources. The institutes and centres have been reorganizedas follows: Institute of Chinese Studies Honorary Director: Professor Cheng Te-k'un Art Gallery Acting Curator: Dr. Mayching Kao Assistant Curators: Mr. Peter Lam Mr. Philip Mak Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art Honorary Director: Professor Cheng Te-k'un Comparative Literature and Translation Centre Director: Mr. Stephen Soong The Ng Tor-Tai Chinese Language Research Centre Director: Professor D.C. Lau Deputy Director: Mr. C H Sheung Institute of Science and Technology Director: Dr. H.M. Chang Chinese Medicinal Material Research Centre Director: Dr. H.M. Chang The Research Centre for Food Protein Production and Hung On-to Research Centre for Machine Translation, formerly under the Institute, were renamed Research Laboratory for Food Protein Production and Hung On-to Research Laboratory, and placed under the Biology and the Computer Science Departments, respectively. Institute of Social Studies Director: Dr. Rance Lee The six former research centres under the Institute, which was originally called Institute of Social Studies and the Humanities, have been reorganized into: Centre for Contemporary Asian Studies Director:.Dr. H.C. Kuan Associate Director: Mr. Leonard Chu Centre for Hong Kong Studies Director: Dr. T.B. Lin Associate Director: Dr. S.K. Lau B.Sc in Electronics Wins IEE Recognition The Accreditation Committee of the Institute of Electrical Engineers (IEE), after deliberation on a report submitted by the Visiting Panel, who visited the Electronics Department last March, decided to accredit the University's B.Sc. (Electronics) degree, Second Class Honours or above, initially for a period of five years, starting 1982/83. A review of the Electronics course will be conducted at the end of the five-year period. The accreditation enables the holder of B.Sc. in Electronics to join IEE as an Associate Member without further examinations, and after having practised as an electrical engineer for five years, the Associate Member will be invited to join as a Full Member (MIEE). An MIEE possesses, by statutory rights, the title of Chartered Electrical Engineer, and because of the formal recognition by the Council of Engineering Institutions (CEI), an MIEE is entitled to use the designation of Chartered Engineer (C.Eng.). Research Laboratory on Food Protein Production Gets International Affiliation The Research Laboratory on Food Protein Production (RLPP) of the University has joined the UNESCO Bangkok Microbiological Resources Centre (MIRCEN). The Bangkok MIRCEN is one of the nine MIRCENs in the world, interacting with the Regional Network of Microbiology in Southeast Asia. It presently operates in cooperation with its three affiliated laboratories, which are respectively associated with the Universities of the Philippines, Indonesia and Singapore. Its major programmes include: a. culture collection for biotechnology, education and applied research; b. organization of regional training courses; and c. promotion of research on micro-organisms through the provision of research grants and information dissemination. Affiliation with the Bangkok MIRCEN will not only enable the RLPP to benefit from the former's activities but also to establish closer links with other member laboratories, thereby strengthening its own research. Honours for University Officers Sir Edward Youde, the Chancellor, and Dr. Ma Lin, the Vice-Chancellor, were in the 1983 list of the Queen's New Year Honours. Sir Edward Youde was made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George 14 NEWS