Bulletin Number Two 1985

Highe rDegre eGraduate s Of al l higher degree graduates wh o responded to the Survey, 81 (77.1%) had commenced work, 23 (21.9%) were engaged i n further studies and 1 (1% ) was pregnant an d no t seeking employment a t th e time o f analysis. Roughly 29 % o f th e higher degree graduates (not including MBA graduates) continued with their studies (17% i n 1983). About 83% o f these graduates were i n th e Science disciplines. Most o f those wh o pursued higher studies received financial aids i n th e form o f scholarships o r teaching assistantships. Roughly 64% o f the graduates i n employment were engaged i n teaching a t secondary o r tertiary level. About 11% o f them joined the Civil Service. Most o f th e graduates (87.3%) received a monthly salary above $5,500 and about 32% o f them, who had previous working experience o r who were reinstated i n their original jobs upon completion o f study leave, were earning over $10,000 a month. Most o f th e MB A graduates (96.2%) entered the commercial sector upon graduation. Banking and Finance (27%), Marketing (19.3%), Administration/ Management (11.6%), Computer/Data Processing (11.6%), Market Research (7.7%) and Research (7.7%) were th e fields which attracted most o f th e MB A graduates. A large majority (80.8%) o f th e MB A graduates had a n initial monthly salary i n the range of $5,501 t o $7,000. Th e average monthly salary appreciated by 7% as compared t o last year's figure. On th e average, each MB A graduate had 2. 5 appointment offers an d 11.5% o f them were i n th e second job since graduation a t the time o f analysis. Diplomate s o f theSchoo l o fEducatio n The majority o f the diplomates (94.8%) were employed in the field for which they had been trained. Almost al l o f those wh o took u p teaching positions were serving in Government o r aided schools. The commencing salary fo r about 70% o f the diplomates was i n the range o f $6,001 t o $6,500 per month. Th e average appreciation over last year's figure, b y 4.1% was slight. This may be attributed t o the fact that there was a substantial number o f diplomates this year wh o ha d little pre-qualification teaching experience, and who therefore entered th e teacher's salary scale closer t o the starting point than many o f the diplomates o f 1983, who had relatively more pre-qualification experience and therefore with proportionally higher salary. Recent Publications of the University The following books and journal were published by the Chinese University Press i n the last six months: (Titles i n Chinese) Chen Zuyan: The Chronological Biography of Zhang Yue (vii + 91pp .， paperback) T.I. Jao & H.T. Tseng: Studies on the Inscriptions of the Bells and Chimes from the Tomb of Marquis Yi of the Tseng State at Sui-hsien (vi + 175 pp., hardcover) Poon Ming-sun (comp.): Chinese Classical Fiction: A Bibliography of Articles in Collections (1912-1980) (207 pp., paperback) Y.P. Tse & H.W. Yau: Palaeolithic Sites in China (xxi + 165 pp., plates, hardcover) Byron Weng (ed .)： Essays on the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (320 pp., paperback) Zhu Guangqian: Vico's ScienzaNuova and Its Influence on Chinese and Western Aesthetics (116 pp., paperback) (Titles i nEnglish) T.K. Cheng: Studies in Chinese Ceramics ( x + 316 pp., hardcover) David Flux: Hong Kong Taxation — Law and Practice (1984-85 edition) (xxix + 449 pp., hardcover) Sydney S.K. Fung & Lai Shu-tim (comp .)： 25 Tang Poets — Index to the English Translations (xxviii + 696 pp., hardcover) D.C. Lau (tr .)： Mencius, Vols. 1 & 2 (x1 + 384 pp., hardcover) Stephen C. Soong & John Minford (eds .)： Trees on the Mountain (396 pp., hardcover) Paul Yang, S.J.: Chinese Lexicology and Lexicography: A Selected and Classified Bibliography (x1vi + 361 pp., hardcover) Journal Hong Kong Journal of Business Management, Vol. 2 (98 pp., paperback) 22 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS/ACADEMIC/CULTURAL EVENTS