Bulletin Autumn 1988

under the auspices o f the MBA Programmes o f the University's faculty o f business administration, is financed by an endowment fund established in 1981 by the Li & Fung Group in commemoration o f the 75th anniversary o f the company. * The University Health Service organized a seminar on 'Sexually Transmitted Diseases in Hong Kong' on 13th September. The speaker was Dr. Lai Cham-fai, consultant dermatologist, social hygiene service, medical and health department, Hong Kong Government. * New Asia College presented the following lec tures by its visiting scholars: — Professor Chang Hao o f the department o f history, Ohio State University, USA, arrived at the college on 24th September for a two- week visit under the S.Y. Chung Visiting Scholar Programme. He gave a public lecture entitled 'Confucian Thoughts on Practical Statesmanship since Sung-Ming' on 29th September. The lecture was jo in tly organized w ith the department o f philosophy. — Professor Kuo Shiao-chuan, professor o f the Chinese Culture University in Taiwan and a leading Peking Opera artiste, was invited to visit the college from 12th to 14th October as its Ming Yu Visiting Scholar. She gave a lecture on 'The Popularization o f the Peking Opera and Its Modernization' on 14th Octo ber. * The department o f music presented a piano recital performed by Miss Grace Man on 28th Septem ber. * The department o f electronics and Shaw College jo in tly organized a seminar on 'A rtificial Intelligence versus the Human Brain' on 29th September. The speaker was Dr. Chriet Titulaer o f the Chriet Titulaer Productions Inc., the Netherlands. * An exhibition o f ‘Paintings o f the Ming Dynasty from the Palace Museum', jo in tly organized by the A rt Gallery o f the University and the Palace Museum in Beijing, is being mounted at the A rt Gallery (from 21st October to 11th December). The exhibition is held to commemorate the opening o f a new extension o f the gallery as well as to celebrate the 25th anniver sary o f the University. One hundred paintings by fifty masters o f the Ming period are on display. A ll the exhibits, including paintings o f landscapes, figures, birds and flowers ， have been carefully selected from the impressive painting collection o f the Palace Museum in Beijing. A fu lly illustrated catalogue o f some 280 pages has been published. During the exhibition, an international sympo sium on 'Paintings o f the Ming Dynasty' is to be held at the University from 30th November to 2nd December, w ith participants from China, Taiwan, Japan, Australia and the United States. Wang Lu, Landscapes o f Huashan 17