Bulletin Number Five 1983

China specializing in economic research and planning. He currently serves as Convener o f the Economic Research Centre and is an official o f the Technical Economic Study Centre o f the State Council, and an adviser to the State Commission for Restructuring Economic System in the Chinese Government. The fourth Lecture, the last in the Series, was delivered on 19th October by Dr. Choh-Ming l i on 'Business Administration and University Education'. Dr. Li is the Founding Vice-Chancellor o f the Univer sity and Emeritus Professor o f Business Administration at the University o f California in Berkeley. Professorial Inaugural Lectures Inaugural lectures have been delivered by the following professors: Professor K.C. Mun, Professor o f Marketing: 'China's Socialist Market and the Planning M ix' (28th October) Professor Howell Tong, Professor o f Statistics: 'T im e ， Uncertainty and Statistics' (11th November) Professor Joseph C.K. Lee, Professor o f Morbid Anatomy: ‘As is Our Pathology, So Is Our Medicine' (25th November) Professor J.A. Thornton, Professor o f Anaes­ thesia: 'Whither Anaesthesia in Hong Kong?' (9th December) Professor Y.T. Chung, Professor o f Accounting: ‘Inflation Accounting' (16th December) University's Comments on ‘A Perspective on Educa tion in Hong Kong, The University has conveyed its comments on the Report ‘A Perspective on Education in Hong Kong' o f the International Panel o f Visitors, to the Secretary for Education and Manpower in response to the open invitation from the Government. The comments are summarized as follows: 'The Report has made useful suggestions which could form the basis for formulating policies for the improvement o f our education system. As outside observers o f the system ， the visitors have the benefit o f being disinterested. On the other hand, the fact that they studied our system at a distance and had only transient contact w ith our community prevents them from developing an understanding and apprecia­ tion o f our culture and values. This lim itation has an apparent effect on their perspective. The bilingual education which provides a balanced understanding o f the cultures o f the East and West advocated by the University is rooted in the very nature o f our community. Diversity in our education system is inherent to Hong Kong and valuable to its long-term cultural, social and economic development. On the other hand, it has led to problems in the interface between secondary and tertiary education, but these are technical problems which can be solved by coordinated admissions systems. Educators should be guided by a long- term view o f its value and not be blinkered by the short-term administrative convenience o f uniform ity. The use o f English as teaching medium in school remains the most intractable problem in our education system. A t risk is the proper education o f our youngsters and the cultural vita lity and progress o f our society. Strong initiatives promoting bilingualism in secondary schools must be adopted.' University Officer Honoured * Sir Yuet-keung Kan, Pro-Chancellor o f the University, was awarded the Knight Grand Cross o f the Royal Order o f the Northern Pole Star by the Swedish Government on 4th November in recognition o f his achievements in strengthening the ties between the peoples o f Sweden and Hong Kong. * Miss Lydia Dunn, Treasurer o f the University, was on the Queen's Birthday Honour Lis t. Miss Dunn was appointed Commander o f the Order o f the British Empire (CBE). Mr. Richard Luce Visited the University Mr. Richard Luce, British Minister o f State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, MP, visited the University on 27th September, accompanied by Mr. Hayden Warren-Gash, his private Secretary, and Mr. Ivor Robins, Deputy Head o f the News Department o f the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Mr. Luce made a brief statement during his visit, ‘I am most impressed by the rate at which the University has expanded, the range o f facilities that are provided here, and the plans for the further expansion o f the University, which clearly contributes to the life o f Hong Kong.' Civil Service Careers Exhibition 1983 The Civil Service Careers Exhibition 1983 ， jo in tly organized by the Civil Service Branch o f the Govern­ ment Secretariat and the Appointments Service o f the University, was held on 3rd and 4th November. The Exhibition was opened by the Hon. Mr. Justice NEWS 19