Bulletin Number Four 1986

— 'Researches on chemical modelling of nitro gen fixation' by Professor K.R. Tsai of Xiamen University, on 31st October. * United College organized: — A series of three lectures on ‘Rise of Chinese civilization as political process' by the College、 1986-87 Distinguished Visiting Scholar, Professor Kwang-Chih Chang, John E. Hudson Professor of Archaeology, Harvard University: (1) 'Art of the Chinese Bronze Age ， (17th September); (2) 'Shamanism and politics in ancient China' (22nd September); and (3) 'A new paradigm for the rise of civili zations' (24th September). — A panel discussion on 'Origin of the South Chinese tradition' on 26th September. Speakers included Professor Kwang-Chih Chang, Dr. Chiao Chien, Chairman o f the Department of Anthropology, and Dr. David W. Faure, Lecturer in History. Professor Tien-chi Chen, Professor of Computer Science and Electronics and Head of the College, was the moderator. * The Department of Psychiatry organized the following lectures: — ‘The sick child's predicament' by Professor David C. Taylor, Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, University of Manchester, U.K., on 17th September; — 'Psychiatric consultation in a university teaching hospital' by Professor Woo Tai Hwang, Professor and Head of the Depart ment of Psychological Medicine, University of Malaya, Malaysia, on 6th October; — 'Monoamines, monoamine oxidases and mental illness' by Professor Merton Sandler, Department of Chemical Pathology, Queen Charlotte's Hospital, U.K., on 24th October. The lecture was jointly organized with the Department of Chemical Pathology. * The Institute of Chinese Studies organized the following activities: — A seminar on ‘New directions of Chinese linguistics' conducted by Professor Ting Pang Hsin, Director of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, on 25th September. — A seminar on 'Major archaeological dis coveries in Yunnan during the past thirty years' conducted by Professor Wang Ningsheng, Associate Professor, Yunnan Nationalities Research Institute, Yunnan College of Nationalities, on 29th September. — ' A weiqi tournament' jointly organized with the Hong Kong Go Association and Hong Kong Go Club, and sponsored by Ming Po Daily News Ltd., was held on 31st October and 1st November at New World Hotel. Players from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan and Hong Kong participated in friendly matches with Dr. Wu Qingyuan as the com­ mentator. * The Department of Electronics presented a seminar on ‘Low energy boron ion implantation and rapid thermal annealing', which was conducted by Professor W.K. Chu, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of North Carolina, USA, on 6th October. * The China's SEZs Data and Research Unit of the Centre for Contemporary Asian Studies presented a lecture on 'The SEZs as I see them ， by Mr. Kwan Nok, Editor-in-chief of the Yearbook o f China's SEZs, on 7th October. * The Department of Biochemistry presented a seminar on 'Mechanisms of gene activation in early animal development' on 23rd October. The seminar was conducted by Professor John Bertrand Gurdon, Professor of Zoology at Churchill College, Cambridge University. * The Centre for Contemporary Asian Studies and the Department of Economics jointly presented a public lecture on 28th October on 'Reforms of the Chinese economic system: problems and prospects' by Professor Ma Bin, Mr. Li Zhongfan, and Mr. Zo Mu, from the State Council of the PRC. * The Department of Music organized: - A lecture, 'About the right use of the editions 一 chance and dilemma in the Urtexf, by Professor Klaus Boerner, Johannes Gutenberg University, Germany, on 8th October. — A student trombone recital by Mr. Lee Kwok Ki on 15th October. — A demonstration-lecture entitled 'From computer music to originality' by Professor Lin Erh on 27th October. Professor Lin , a professor in computer science, is the first Chinese composer to compose on a syn thesizer. ACADEMIC/CULTURAL EVENTS 23