Bulletin Number One 1984

plant at Chai Wan had been chosen to illustrate the modem technology used for treating waste products in a highly industrialized and urbanized society. During their visit, the foreign participants also experi enced some environmental problems confronted by Hong Kong residents, such as housing, transportation. The three-and-a-half-day meeting was only the beginning o f our future cooperation w ith various departments and institutions, local and overseas. How ever, as always at conferences, the fu ll implications o f the research were not fu lly explored, but I hope that the proceedings w ill generate discussion among researches and administrators. To this end, a special issue o f Conservation and Recycling, an international scientific journal published by Pergamon Press w ill be dedicated to this conference. Finally, I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to members o f the Organizing Committee for their valuable assistance and Committee on Science and Technology Develop ment in Developing Countries (COSTED), UNESCO — Man and Biosphere Programme, Asian Network o f Biological Science (ANBS), and the University for their sponsorship. —M.H. W. News in Brief New and Revised Programmes o f Studies The Senate has approved the following new and revised programmes in 1984/85: (1) Introduction o f Internship Programme in Accounting The Programme is optional and any Accounting students planning a career in Accounting may apply for participation in the programme after completing the third year. They w ill receive twelve months o f formal experimental training as interns at Certified Public Accountant firms w ith an assessment at the end o f the period. Afterwards, they w ill return to the University to complete their final year. The course work required under this five-year scheme is identical in all respects w ith that o f the existing four-year scheme. (2) Introduction o f Specialization MBA Programme in Marketing and International Business The curriculum w ill be basically the same as the two-year MBA Programme, except for the requirement o f selecting a total o f six specialized courses, three from the area o f Marketing and three from International Business. (3) Revision o f the Two-YearMBA Programme In the revision, four courses have been re organized, some elective courses have been upgraded to required courses, new selective courses have been introduced, and a number o f course titles have been changed to keep pace w ith recent trends and developments. (4) Part-Time MA(Ed) Programme by Course Work in Guidance and Counselling Extended to Three Years The revised programme w ill require students to take two more counselling courses and submit a position paper, and courses w ill be so arranged that students w ill finish all degree requirements in three or four years. BSc in Computer Science Gains Professional Recog nition The Exemptions Committee o f the British Computer Society, after deliberation on a report submitted by the Visiting Panel, who visited the University last November, has approved the recommendation for exemption from both Parts I and II o f the Society Examination for holders o f the University's BSc honours degree in Computer Science who have successfully completed their final year project w ith Grade C or above. Graduates w ith non-honours degree, however, w ill be given exemption from Part I o f the Examination only. A fu ll review o f the Com puter Science course w ill be conducted in 1987. The accreditation enables eligible graduates who have been exempted from the Society Examination to become Associate Members o f the British Computer Society (AMBCS) after at least one year's practical experience in the application o f computers. The University is the first institution outside the United Kingdom which has ever been so accre dited by the Society. Honours fo r University ’sMembers Three members o f the University were on the 1984 2 NEWS