Bulletin Number Three 1985

1st January, 1985 to 30th June, 1987. * Professor Howell Tong, Professor of Statistics, as a member of the Council of th e City Polytechnic for a term of three years from 1st January, 1985 to 31st December, 1987. * Dr. Poon Wai-keung, Lecturer in General Business Management & Personnel Management, as a member of the Committee on Management and Supervisory Training for two years with effect from 1st April, 1985. Professorial Inaugural Lectures * Professor Ambrose Y.C. King, Professor of Sociology, delivered his inaugural lecture on 'Paradigms and the Development of Sociology' on 26th April. * Professor W.M.C. Martin, Professor of Clinical Oncology, delivered his inaugural lecture on 'Photons, Potions and People' on 7th June. University Courses Gain Further BCS Exemption Computer Science courses of the University have gained further recognition from the British Computer Society (BCS). Graduates minoring in Computer Science who have taken and passed in a number of selected Computer Science courses, and have successfully completed at least fifty hours of relevant programming projects will be given exemption from Part I of the Society's Examination. University Delegation Visited Beijing At the invitation of several institutions in Beijing, an official delegation of the University, headed by the Vice-Chancellor, visited Peking University, Tsing- hua University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences from 9th to 16th May. Members of the delegation are: Dr. Ma Lin, Vice-Chancellor; Professor D.C. Lau, Professor of Chinese; Professor S.T. Chang, Professor of Biology and Head of the Department; Professor K.C. Mun, Professor of Marketing and International Business and Head of the Department; Professor Ambrose Y.C. King, Head of New Asia College, Professor of Sociology and Head of the Department; Dr. F.C. Chen, University Secretary; and Dr. P.W. L i u , University Registrar Associate Dean of Medicine Re-appointed Professor J.Vallance-Owen, Professor of Medicine, has been re-appointed Associate Dean of the Faculty of Medicine for a further term of two years with effect from 1st July, 1985. IASP Office Renamed Office of International Studies Programmes (OISP) The International Asian Studies Programme (IASP) office has been renamed Office of International Studies Programmes (OISP). The renaming is intended to better reflect the work of the office. The OISP will continue to serve as an executive arm of the Senate Committee on International Programmes responsible for the management and coordination of international exchange programmes as well as the implementation of policies set forth by the Senate Committee. Dr. Thomas H.C. Lee, Director of IASP, will serve as Director of OISP, and the International Asian Studies Programme will become an integral part of OISP. New Master's Programme The Senate has approved the establishment of an M.Phil. Programme in Psychology from the academic year 1986/87. Mi Yu Visiting Scholars Professor Yue Daiyun, Head of the Department of Chinese, Shenzhen University and Professor of Chinese and Deputy Director of the Centre for Comparative literature, Beijing University, arrived on 10th April for a ten-day visit under the New Asia Ming Yu Visiting Scholar Programme. Her husband, Professor Tang Yijie, Director of the Chinese Research Centre of Shenzhen University, came here a few days later, also as a Ming Yu Visiting Scholar. Gift to the Department of Medicine A Toy librar y for occupational therapy was formally opened at the University's teaching hospital, the Prince of Wales Hospital, on 11th May. Equipped with therapeutical, educational and stimulating toys, the new library is used to strengthen treatment programmes carried out by occupational therapists for children with physical handicap or delayed development. The establishment of the Toy Library has been made possible through a generous donation from the lions Club of West Kowloon to the Department of Medicine of the University. Professor G.H. Choa, the Dean of Medicine, and Mr. Henry Siu, the President of the Lions Club of West Kowloon, officiated at the ceremony. 4 NEWS