Bulletin Number Four 1983

Dr. Ma L i n, CBE(Hon.), JP Present Vice-Chancellor from October 1978 to date Dr. Ma Lin assumed the Vice-Chancellorship on 1st October, 1978 upon Dr. Choh-Ming Li's retirement, but his association with The Chinese University dates back to 1965，when he joined the faculty as Senior Lecturer and was instrumental in establishing the Biochemistry Programme. He was promoted Reader in 1972 and Professor the following year. Even before his appointment as Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Ma played a leadership role in university administration. He was Dean of the Faculty of Science and a member of a number of Senate Committees, including the Senate Com- mittee on Staff-Student Relations, of which he was Chairman. Dr. Ma comes from a family of distinguished scholars. After receiving his secondary education at King's College, Hong Kong, he furthered his studies at the West China Union University, majoring in Chemistry, and graduated with a BSc degree in 1947. He then pursued postgraduate studies at the University of Leeds and was awarded the PhD degree in Protein Chemistry in 1955. Upon graduation, he spent a year as Post-Doctoral Fellow at University College Hospital (London) and St. James's Hospital (Leeds). Returning to Hong Kong in 1957, he taught at the University of Hong Hong before joining this University. Dr. Ma has numerous publications to his credit. The results of his scholarly research on clinical biochemistry and hydatidiform mole have appeared in many international academic journals. During his sabbatical year in 1969，he worked as Visiting Biochemist at the Hormone Research Laboratory of the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Ma's contribution to the local community and the academic world is well-known, being a Council Member of the University of Hong Kong, an Honorary Adviser of the University of East Asia, a Member of the Administrative Board of the Association of Southeast Asian Institutions of Higher Learning, and a Member of the Board of Directors of Ming-Yu Cultural Foundation, Hong Kong. He was made an Unofficial Justice of the Peace in 1978 and awarded a CBE (Honorary) this year. As Vice-Chancellor of a newly reorganized University, Dr. Ma is faced with many challenging tasks — the consolidation of the University with its new structure, the expansion of professional education in such fields as medicine and business administration, and the shaping of a new mode of education through 'subject-orientated' and ‘student-orientated' teaching. 15