Bulletin Number Three

Cultural Events * The Department of Physiology organized an international symposium on 'Transduction and Cellular Mechanisms in Sensory Receptors' from 30th April to 2nd May. Sponsored by the Croucher Foundation and the Wellcome Trust, the three-day symposium was attended by over fifty participants from Asia, America and Europe. Forty-one plenary lectures and papers were presented. * The Department of Psychiatry organized a lecture on 'Schizophrenia is a Myth with Genetic Component' conducted by Dr. Robin M. Murray, Dean of Institute of Psychiatry and Physician to the Bethlem Royal Hospital and the Maudsley Hospital, London, on 4th May. * The Institute of Chinese Studies organized the following seminars and lecture: —‘Chinese Calligraphy and Seal Carving', conducted by Professor Jao Tsung-i, Honorary Professor of Fine Arts, on 5th May. Among the participants were Mr. Aoyama Sanu of the Japan Art Academy and Mr. Kobayashi Toan of the Japan Seal Carving Artists Association. —'Contradictions and Change in the Policy over Ideology in the Taiping Tianguo' , conducted by Mr. Wang Qingcheng, Deputy Director, Institute of Modern History, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, on 14th May. — ' A Study of the Practice of Attributing to the Classics Citations which are in Fact from Commentaries to the Classics: the Influence of the Shui-hu-zhuan' , conducted by Professor Wang L i q i, Editor of the People's literature Publishing House, China, on 18th May. —‘The Influence of Geographical Environment on Ancient Chinese Culture' by Professor Ning Ke, Professor of History at Beijing Normal University and Secretary of China Dunhuang Turfan Research Society, on 1st July (jointly organized with the Department of History). -'Tai Ji Quan, by Mr. Wang Zhuanghong, Editor of Shanghai Publishers of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, on 14th July. * Four Ming Yu Visiting Scholars visited New Asia College from April to July: —Professor Gu Yu Dong of Shanghai Medical College visited the College from 28th April to 7th May and presented a lecture on 'Resurfacing Forearm Defects' on 6th May. The lecture was jointly organized with the Department of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery. —Mr. Lu Shiqing, Associated Professor, Chinese Department of Fudan University, visited the College from 29th May to 12th June and presented a lecture on 'Studies on Taiwan literature in the Mainland' on 2nd June. The lecture was jointly organized with the Department of Chinese Language and Literature. —Professor William Nienhauser of the Department of East Asian Languages and Literature, University of Wisconsin - Madison, visited the College from 6th to 11th June and presented a lecture on 'Western Studies on China in the 1980s: A Critical Survey'. —Professor Chen S. Tsai, Professor of Electrical Engineering, University of California, Irvine, visited the College from 12th to 16th July and presented a lecture on 'Integrated Acousto-optic Device Modules for Communications Signal Processing, and Computing' on 15th July. The lecture was jointly organized with the Departments of Electronics and Physics. * The Department of Chemistry organized the following seminars: —‘New Chemistry from Cubane', conducted by Professor Philip E. Eaton, University of Chicago, USA, on 8th May. —‘Food Additives', conducted by Dr. H.C.H. Ku, Honorary Research Fellow, Hong Kong Baptist College, on 5th June. —'Heterocyclic Ketene Aminal — Synthesis, Nucleophilic Reactions and Structure', conducted by Professor Huang Zhitang, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica ， Beijing, China, on 13th July. * The Departments of Sociology and Statistics jointly organized a seminar on ‘Advances in Quantitative Methods in Qualitative Analysis' conducted by Professor Peter M. Bentler, Department of Psychology, 23