Bulletin Number Five 1983

Gifts and Donations As a manifestation o f their confidence in this Univer­ sity's development, local and overseas individuals and foundations have donated generously to support the University's physical development programme, research projects, publication projects, fellowship and scholarship schemes, and have presented the Uni­ versity with equipment and antiques. The University received the following gifts and donations in the second half of 1983. Physical Development Programme (1) From the Swire Group a donation of HK$ 1,000,000 towards the construction cost of an academic building for the non-science- based Faculties. Equipment (2) From the IBM World Trade Corporation athree- year rent-free donation of an IBM computer system ， including a 3031 mainframe. (3) From the Kong King Trading Co. Ltd. a per­ sonal computer, the Osborne, at a list price of HK$ 12,000, and a comprehensive software package to the Department of Electronics. ResearchProjects (4) From Mabuchi Industry Co. Ltd., H.K. a donation o f HK$ 1,340,000 over five years for a research project on occupational health to be conducted by Professor S.P.B. Donnan of the Department of Community Medicine. (5) From the Hang Seng Bank lim ited a donation of HK$ 1,000,000 for the establishment of the 'Hang Seng Bank Golden Jubilee Education Fund for Research'. (6) From The Croucher Foundation an annual grant of HK$180,000 for three years beginning from 1983/84 in support of Phase II of the Cooperative Research on Physical Activities, Quality of Life and Health in Densely Populated Urban Areas. (7) From the Industry Department a revised grant o f HK$ 1,033,540, instead of the original grant of HK$750,000, in 1982-86 to the Department of Electronics for the project 'Additional Equipment and Manpower for the Development and Research of Integrated Circuit Technology and Semi-Conductor Devices'. (8) From International Development Research Centre, Canada, the following donations to the Department o f Community Medicine: (a) US$29,277 over PA years for the project on Health and Safety in Small-scale Industries in Hong Kong to be conducted by Professor S.P.B. Donnan and Dr. T.C. Tan. (b) Can$26,580 for a project on the health and maternity experience of working mothers and their babies in Shatin to be conducted by Dr. T.C. Tan. (9) From the following foundations donations in support of the Programme on Law and State Building in China for three years: (a) The Wideland Foundation Ltd. a donation o fHK$108,000. (b) The Lee Hysan Foundation Ltd. adonation o fHK $108,000. (10) From the World Health Organization a grant of US$22,377 for the project entitled ‘A Multi centre Collaborative Approach for the Isolation of Fertility-regulating Agents from Plants'. (11) From the Hong Kong Tourist Association a grant of HK$ 150 ， 000 in support of the research project on ‘Economic Value of Tourism in Hong Kong' to be conducted by the Centre for Hong Kong Studies. (12) From the Lee Foundation, Singapore a grant of HK$133,200, being the first-year donation towards the Research Project on the Clinical Studies of the Endorphines. (13) From the Bei Shan Tang Foundation the following donations: (a) HK$96,500 to cover the salary for a Research Associate of the Institute of Chinese Studies for the Chinese Palaeo graphy project conducted by Professor Jao Tsung-i. (b) HK$30,000 in support of a Part-time Research Assistant in the Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art in 1983/84. 38 GIFTS AND DONATIONS