Bulletin Number One 1983

R E A L I Z A T I ON OF A L ONG CHER I SHED D R E AM -Kwong Chung-Ping Mr. Kwong Chung-Ping ， the first Ph.D. of the University, is a local youth who has never attended any matriculation courses ， not to say undergraduate courses. Dr. Kwong, after graduating from a local Chinese middle school (Pui Kui Middle School) in 1970 ， attended the Hong Kong Technical College (which has now become the Hong Kong Polytechnic), taking the one-year mechanic course in radio, and the Mormon Hill Technical Institute, taking a two- year technician course. He then worked in a computer firm as atechnician .But being an enterprising young man with a definite aim in life, which is to devote himself to scholarship, he planned carefully for his future, wasting no time to realize his aim. While working he studied for the CEI (Council of Engineering Institutions) Examination on his own, and obtained a qualification equivalent to a Bachelor's degree. He then went to study for his Master's degree in the United Kingdom in 1975. Coming first in his class, Dr. Kwong, who has always been a brilliant student ， was awarded a studentship to pursue his doctoral studies. However, as he was not too interested in the research specified ， he soon gave up the studentship ， and returned to Hong Kong in 1978. He then became a demonstrator of the Electronics Department of this University, When the University launched its first Ph.D. Programme in Electronics in 1980 ， he resigned to take up full-time studies. He completed his thesis in two years' time under the supervision of Professor Chen Chih-Fan. For the diligent Mr. Kwong, becoming a Ph.D. is but a matter of time. He set his mind on dedicating himself to research at an early age and never loses sight of his objective. He is now a Lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic. He has written for the Bulletin the following article ， which gives us an idea of how he worked his way up through unremitting efforts and constancy of purpose. From the autumn of 1974 to the summer of 1975, on Sundays and public holidays I used to catch the early train to the University campus in Shatin with a pile of books. I was preparing for the Council of Engineering Institutions (CEI) Examination then. The serene environment of the University was conducive to my studies, and I did not leave till dark. From the joyful looks of The Chinese University students whom I met, it was not difficult for me, an outsider then, to see that they were enjoying their study and life here. In the reading rooms, they could spend a whole day reading; when tired, they could go out and stretch their legs on the lawns, rest their eyes on the picturesque sceneries of Tolo Harbour, or have a cup of coffee in the canteen while chatting with fellow-students on almost anything. How I envied them! I could hardly conceive then that I could become one of them - these blessed people - five years later. In the autumn of 1975, I went to England to further my studies after passing the CEI Examination. I obtained my Master's Degree at the Loughborough University after two years. As the best student in the class, I was awarded a studentship to pursue a Ph.D. programme. I could have graduated in two years. But in less than a year's time, I found that I was not really interested in the research topic for which the studentship was awarded. So after careful deliberation, I decided to give up what I was not really interested in and go back home. That gave me another opportunity to get acquainted with The Chinese University. In fact, my decision to take up research as NEWS 9