Bulletin Number Two 1985

professional training, the careers of the graduates have not been confined to any particular profession. Over the years, graduates have competed successfully in various career fields. Employment surveys conducted by the Appointments Service for the past three years have shown that as their first career destinations, about fourteen percent were in civil service, forty-four percent in education, sixteen percent in commerce and industry, and fifteen percent in further studies. Future Development With the introduction of the Applied Social Research programme at the undergraduate level and the PhD programme at the graduate level, the Department will be entering a period of consolidation in the coming years. However, areas not yet covered will be explored; these include the areas of criminology, sociology of law, and social demography. Over the past few years, the Department has spent considerable effort in working together with Zhongshan University to re-establish their Sociology Department, particularly in the training of their teaching staff. It is now felt that it is time to explore possible exchange programmes with other institutions or universities, both in China and overseas. Professor Ambrose Yeo-chi King Professor of Sociology Professor Ambrose Yeo-chi King obtained his BA (Law) from the National Taiwan University in 1957 ， MA (Political Sciences) from the National Chengchi University, Taiwan in 1959, and PhD (Public and International Affairs) from the University of Pittsburgh, U.S.A. in 1970. Before coming to Hong Kong, Professor King had worked as Associate Editor of the Taiwan Commercial Press, Ltd. and Editor-in-chief of The Eastern Miscellany (東方雜誌）， taught at the National Chengchi University, and undertaken post-doctoral research at the Centre for International Studies, University of Pittsburgh. Professor King joined The Chinese University in 1970 as Lecturer in Sociology at New Asia College. He was promoted Senior Lecturer in 1974, Reader in 1979 and Professor in 1983. Since 1977 ， he has been Chairman of the Department of Sociology. Besides teaching, he also served concurrently as Director of the Social Research Centre from 1972 to 73. During his sabbatical leave in 1975-76, he went to England on a Leverhulme Fellowship and spent nine months at the University of Cambridge Professor Ambrose Y.C. King as an Associate of Clare Hall, and then to the Masachusetts Institute of Technology as a Visiting Fellow of its Centre for International Studies. He has been appointed Head of New Asia College since 1977. Despite his heavy administrative commitments, Professor King is still actively engaged in teaching and research. His current research interest is in organizational analysis and Chinese socio-cultural development. His publications include (in Chinese) The Historical Development of Chinese Democratic Thought ， From Tradition to Modernity: An Analysis of Chinese Society and Its Change, The Ecology of Public Administration, The Modernization of China and Intellectuals, Some Reflections on Cambridge, The idea of the University, The Predicament and Development of Democracy in China, and (in English) Social Life and Development in Hong Kong (co-edited with Professor Rance P.L. Lee). He has published numerous articles in such international academic journals as The British Journal of Sociology, The Journal of Social and Political Affairs, Asian Survey, Modem Asian Studies and Southeast Asian Journal of Social Sciences. He has also rendered professional services to the international community by serving as an International Consulting Editor of The Journal of Applied Behavioral Science and as a member of the Editoral Board of The China Quarterly. Professor Rance P.L. Lee Professor of Sociology Professor Rance Lee, 41, graduated from The Chinese University with the degree of BSSc in Sociology in 1965. He then took up doctoral studies in Medical Sociology and Methodology at the University of Pittsburgh, USA. On obtaining his PhD in 1968 ， Professor Lee returned to Hong Kong to take up a Lecturership in Sociology at his alma mater. Prior to his return to Hong Kong, he was also on the research staff of Harvard University School of Public Health from 1967 to 68. RECENT DEVELOPMENTS 13