Bulletin Number One 1983

Seminars • Concer ts • Exh i b i t i ons * The Department of Government and Public Administration presented a public lecture on "China and International Law" on 2nd November, 1982. The speaker was Professor Wang Tieya of the Department of Law, Beijing University, China . * The Institute of Chinese Studies held a seminar on 4th November, 1982. Professor Huang Dian-cheng, Professor of Chinese, Amoy University, China ， was invited to deliver a lecture “On ‘Chieh Yun' Dictionary". * Mr. Alan Siu, Assistant Lecturer in Economics, gave a lecture entitled "Research and Development and Profitability: A n Exploratory Econometric Study" on 5th November, 1982. The lecture was presented by the Department of Economics. * Mr. Wang Shiqing, a well-known critic on Chinese painting and calligraphy from Beijing, delivered a lecture on “The Four Monk Painters of Early Qing Dynasty" on 11th November, 1982 under the sponsorship of the Institute of Chinese Studies. * The Department of Statistic s sponsored a seminar on 12th November, 1982. Dr. C.K. Kwong, Lecturer in Sociology, was invited to speak on “Application of Life Table”. * The University Health Service presented a seminar on "Common Psychiatric Problems in General Practice" on 16th November, 1982. The speaker was Dr. T.F. Lo, Acting Director of Health Service. * The Department of General Business Management and Personnel Management sponsored a public lecture on 16th November, 1982. Dr. John S. Henley of the Department of Business Studies, the University of Edinburgh, was invited to speak on "Industrial Safety Practice in the United Kingdom — Some Legal Aspects". * Professor Rulan Chao Pian of Harvard University gave a series of music lectures during the period from 17th to 29th November, 1982 at the invitation of the Department of Music. The lectures were entitled "Music in the Chinese Context", "Some Singing Styles in Chinese Music", "The Whirl-about Duet, a Dance Narrative from Northeast China" and “Structural Analysis of Some Traditional Chinese Music". * The Institute of Chinese Studies sponsored a seminar on 25th November, 1982. Sir John Addis, Senior Research Fellow of Wolfson College, Chairman of Great Britain-China Association, and a former British Ambassador to China, was invited to give a report on his participation in the International Conference on Ancient Chinese Pottery and Porcelain held in Shanghai, China. * The Department of Statistics held a seminar on " A Perturbation Method for Sub-optimal Feedback Control of Bilinear Systems" on 4th December, 1982. The speaker was Dr. D.J. Bell of the Department of Mathematics, Institute o f Science and Technology, University of Manchester. * Ms. Lee Hsien Ming, a distinguished pianist, gave a lecture on "Works by Alexander Tcherepnin" on 6th December, 1982 under the sponsorship o f the Department of Music. * Dr. Clark Kerr, a distinguished American educator, President Emeritus of University o f California and an overseas member of the University Council, gave a public lecture entitled "Part-time and Adult Education at the University Level" on 16th December, 1982 at the University. The lecture was jointly sponsored by the Department of Extramural Studies and the Part-time Degree Programmes. * The Institute of Chinese Studies presented a seminar on "Gold and Silver Finds in No r th China: Problems of Origins" on 16th December, 1982. Professor H.Y. Shih, Head of the Department o f Fine Arts, University of Hong Kong, was invited as the speaker. 20 ACADEMIC/CULTURAL EVENTS