Bulletin Number Five 1985

exhibitions, and even quizz games o n a particular theme. Students who have participated in 'Camp America', summer study in Japan and France, and the Commonwealth Youth Exchange Programme also bring home valuable experience to share with fellow students and teachers. Many of the graduates of the BSSc Programme take up careers in Government. In the last four years, three GPA graduates have become Administrativ e Officers. They are no doubt potential leaders of the community. Many have become Executive Officers or Administrative Assistants, joining the ICAC, police force and other departments of the Government. Other graduates have become teachers or have taken up careers in business. A small number go on for further studies. Those who have completed the MPhil Programme have all gone abroad for doctoral studies. In the coming years, the Departmen t is planning to offer an MSSc (PA) Programme to train professional administrators. There will be expansion at the undergraduate level as well. A Mino r Programme in Law is now in the drafting stage. Steadily and surely, the Department of GPA has developed into a wel l respected unit. Over the years, it has received rather favourable appraisals from its external examiners and visiting colleagues. With a reputation of being a closely knit Department with independent-minded and productive staff, it is an exciting place to work and study. Dr. Byron S.J. Weng Reader of Government and Public Administration Dr. Byron S.J. Weng first joined The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1972-74 whil e on leave from the Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.A. As the Administrative Chairman of the Department of Government and Public Administration then, he helped develop the curriculum for the Department. In 1978 ， he returned to The Chinese University as a Senior Lecturer in GPA. He was promoted Reader in 1981. From 1964 to 1978 ， Dr. Weng taught at several universities in the United States working his way from Instructor to full Professor. In those years, h e was an active participant and advisor of the American Friends Service Committee and the Dayton Council on World Affairs, as well as a frequent speaker to academic and civic institutions in the mid-West region. At The Chinese University, during the past seven years, Dr. Weng served as the Director of the International Asian Studies Programme (1980-83) and pioneered a research programme in Chinese law since 1981 ， in addition to his continuing academic leadership in the field of Government and Public Administration. Trained in law at National Taiwan University and in international relations at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dr. Weng is, nonetheless, known more as a specialist on contemporary China, especially on the question of Peking-Taipei relations. In 1967, his article, ‘Communist China's Changing Attitudes towards the United Nations', (InternationalOrganization Autumn, 1966 ， pp. 677-704) was distributed to delegations of UN members at the General Assembly. His first book, Peking's UN Policy: Continuity and Change (Praeger Publishers, 1972) received very favourable reviews. Since then, he has edited two volumes on China's Constitutional Law, published some thirty-four articles and chapters in English or Chinese. A number of these have received wide attention. Fluency in both Chinese (Mandarin, Taiwanese, Cantonese) and English has enabled Dr. Weng to bridge two cultures. He has lived and worked extensively in the East and in the West. Conferences, researches and lectures have taken him to man y parts of the world. He has been an Exchange Professor to Soka University, Tokyo (May — June, 1980), a Visiting Fellow of the Centre of Chinese Studies, Wolfson College/St. Anthony's College, Oxford University (January - July, 1984) and a Visiting Professor to Peking University (May - June, 1985). As he speaks Japanese too, he is also playing a role in cementing academic ties with Japanese institutions of higher learning. Convinced that China needs to develop a healthy and working legal system and that The Chinese University is in a unique position to make a contribution, Dr . Weng turned his research interest towards this area in early 1980s. Since then, he and his colleagues have organized five conferences in connection with the Chinese Law Programme. His next concerns involve an international symposium on Chinese and European Concepts of Law and a project on the Basic Law of the Hong Kong Specia l Administrative Region. This year, Dr. Weng has been invited to present papers to four international conferences. Recently, H.E. the Governor appointed him to the Law Reform Commission of Hong Kong. — Peter N.S. Lee 30 RECENT DEVELOPMENTS