Bulletin Number Five 1984

27th Congregation Yang's versatility and learning who can bridge the gulf separating the East from the West. Originally from Zhongshan County o f Guang dong Province, Mr. Yang grew up in a Westernized family in Shanghai. Having studied law in Suzhou University, Hong Kong University and also Univer sity College, London, he earned his Bachelor o f Law from London University, and was called to the Bar at Gray's Inn in 1953. Returning to Hong Kong in 1956 ， he joined the Judiciary and made steady progress in a distinguished legal career in which his talents have been well recognized: having served as Magistrate, Senior Magistrate and then District Court Judge, he was made a high Court Judge in 1975 and then a Justice o f Appeal in 1980, when he barely turned fifty , that is, at the age when one begins to realize one's own destiny. Apart from work on the bench, Mr. Yang has chaired a number o f commissions o f public inquiry, investigating highly publicized and controversial cases like the 1972 rainstorm disasters, the 1976 Leung Wing Sang case and the 1980 MacLennan case, admirably acquitting himself in these tasks w ith coolness and aplomb, despite the heat and heavy pressure which must have come to bear on him. Out side o f the forbidding judicial chamber, Mr. Yang is a concerned community leader and has devoted con siderable effort to various community work such as assistance to discharged prisoners, the prevention o f child abuse, and the Rotary and Boy Scouts move ments, etc. But his major service to the community has undoubtedly been made in the area o f education. He has been active in the governing bodies o f institutions o f higher learning ever since 1970 ， having served on the Board o f Governors o f Baptist College, on the Board o f Trustees o f Chung Chi College o f this University, first as a member and then as Vice- Chairman, and on the Council o f this University. He has also served on the Court o f Hong Kong University since 1979. In view o f this experience and o f the high esteem in which he is being held, he was invited by Government to serve on the University and Poly technic Grants Committee, first as a member in 1978 and then as its Chairman in 1981. The past several years have seen many changes for higher education in Hong Kong: it has undergone two comprehensive reviews and then entered a period o f rapid expansion, as evident from the establishment o f the City Poly­ technic o f Hong Kong, the institution o f degree courses at Hong Kong Polytechnic, the change in status o f Baptist College into a subvented organiz ation, the establishment o f the Dental School at Hong Kong University and o f the Medical Faculty as well as the Part-time Undergraduate Degree Programmes at this University, and also the hard-won recognition of the importance o f academic research, for which the support level is being increased. It would be hard to imagine all these developments without seeing the moving spirit o f Mr. Yang in them, and he surely should be remembered when present efforts to expand, diversify and modernize higher education o f Hong Kong finally come to fruition some time in future. In recognition o f his distinguished service to the community, especially to higher education, Mr. Chancellor, may I request Your Excellency to confer upon Mr. T.L. Yang the Degree o f Doctor o f Laws, honoris causa. Mr. L i Dak-sum, JP As an essentially agricultural country, China has not always been able to recognize the important and beneficial role o f trade and commerce. However, judging from the examples o f legendary tycoons like Zi-Gong or Tao-Zhu, it certainly does not appear that China was lacking in entrepreneurial talents who could starting from scratch amass fabulous fortunes. Following sages' teachings and out o f love for one's native land, the wealthy man usually turned to philanthropy, sponsoring schools, water works, almshouses and other worthy community projects, much in the same spirit as the present day Community Chest, that is, to return what is taken from society to where it comes from. And that is precisely the spirit which moves Mr. Li Dak-sum. Bom in Ningbo o f Zhejiang ， the cradle o f Chinese business magnates, Mr. L i came to Hong Kong shortly after he graduated in accountancy from NEWS 7