Bulletin Number Two 1985

Professor Rance Lee Professor Lee has been active in teaching, research and administration since his appointment at this University. He was appointed Deputy Director of the Social Research Centre in 1969 and became its Director in 1973. He was promoted Senior Lecturer in 1975 ， Reader in 80 and Professor in 84. From 1980 to 83 ， Professor Lee was Dean of the Faculty of Social Science, and has also been Director of the Institute of Social Studies since 1982. Professor Lee has a distinguished record of public service in Hong Kong. He was an Unofficial Member of the Shatin District Advisory Board and then the Shatin District Board from 1977 to 82. He is now a member of the Citizens' Advisory Committee on Community Relations of the Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC) and Convener of the same Committee's Community Research Sub-committee, a member of the Kwun Tong Community Health Management Committee of the United Christian Medical Service, as well as a member of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Discharged Prisoners' Aid Society. Professor Lee has published numerous scholarly papers in learned journals of international repute, including International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science ， Asian Survey, Social Science and Medicine, and World Health Forum. He is the author/editor of seven books and sits on the editorial board of several international journals. He has been elected to serve as member as well as Secretary-Treasurer of the Research Committee on Medical Sociology of the International Sociological Association. Social Research Project Programme of Research and Teaching on Chinese Society The programme of Research and Teaching on Chinese Society was launched in 1976 by the Department of Sociology and the former Social Research Centre with financial support from the Trustees of Lingnan University. The Programme's coordinator since 1982 has been Dr. Pedro Ng, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Sociology, and the Programme is now affiliated to the Centre for Contemporary Asian Studies. The main objective of the Programme is to promote the understanding of contemporary Chinese society with the aid of empirical research wherever possible. Such understanding is increasingly important for enriching the teaching programmes of not only Sociology but also various other social science disciplines. One central concern of the Programme is the study of the changing social life and development of rural China. A group of faculty members, largely in Sociology, has studied a few communes in Guangdong Province in some detail, particularly Doushan Commune in Taishan County. Both field data and documentary information were used in the study of such topics as population, education, family life, health care, agricultural technology and commune industries. Findings have been published in academic journals as well as in a book on Doushan Commune published by the Chinese University Press. Urban-rural relations is another important area of study. Included for special examination is the development of small towns, which are playing a significant role in China's current modernization efforts. With the facilitation of the Jiangsu Academy of Social Science, a group of Sociology and Psychology colleagues went on a field trip to various towns in southern Jiangsu Province in the summer of 1984. The Programme has also supported studies of Chinese society initiated by other social science colleagues. For example, some teachers and students of the Anthropology Department conducted a field study, in the summer of 1984 ， of the Yao people, an ethnic minority in Liannan in northern Guangdong. About the same time, colleagues of the Geography Department launched a project on the Special Economic Zones in southern China (e.g., Shenzhen, 14 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS