Bulletin Winter 1988

diseases prevalent in Hong Kong, have been success fu lly researched into by doctors in the unit. For example, recurrent pyogenic cholangitis caused by stones in the bile ducts can now be removed by a new endoscopic technique w ithout resorting to open surgery. Another technique they pioneered is the injection o f haemostatic agents to stop bleeding from peptic ulcers, a very common disease in Hong Kong. International Colloquium on Chinese Music The Chinese Music Archive o f the Department o f Music co-organized an International Colloquium on Chinese Music w ith the Society o f Ethnomusicological Research in Hong Kong, to celebrate the 25th anni versary of The Chinese University o f Hong Kong and to promote the study o f Chinese music and ethno musicology. The colloquium lasted three days from 28th December, 1988. Scholars from Mainland China, Taiwan and the United States, together w ith four faculty members from the Chinese Music Archive, presented a total o f about th irty papers and exchanged ideas on their latest research findings. Participants o f the colloquium included some o f the most active scholars in Chinese music, such as Rulan Chao Pian o f Harvard University, David Liang o f the University o f Maryland at Baltimore County, Bell Yung o f the University o f Pittsburgh, Hsu Tsang-Houei o f National Taiwan Normal University and Xia Ye o f Shanghai Conservatory o f Music. The colloquium was conducted in five sessions w ith various themes. Papers presented are listed as follows: Chinese Music in Its Performance Context: ‘Stylistic Characteristics o f Cantonese Opera in Its Performance Context' by Sau Y. Chan, 'Cultural Background and the Evolution o f Musical Function: Research on a Tune Family' by Yuan Jingfang, 'The Life and Music o f Yao Bingyan: A Preliminary Re port' by Bell Yung, 'Non-performing Context and Performance Practice: Amateur Sizhu Clubs in Shanghai' by John L. Witzleben, and ‘A Discussion o f Issues in Performance Practice Based on Huaer Singing' by Rulan Chao Han. Chinese Music and Analysis: 'China's M ulti part Folk Songs and Ensemble Singing' by Chen Liang, ‘“ Horizontal" Development o f Traditional Music: A Preliminary Study o f Writing Music for Ancient Text' by Liang Bo, ‘Melodic Types in Chinese Traditional Music' by Luo Chuankai, 'Research on Ritual Funeral Songs o f Quyuan Village' by He Changlin, and 'F ix ity and Variability in the Music o f Quanzhen Taoist Rituals' by Tsao Pen-yeh. A n c ie n t Chinese Music. ‘A Score o f Twelve State Sacrificial Songs from the Southern Song Dynasty' by Joseph S.C. Lam, 'Musical Perception in Ancient China' by Li Yedao, ‘A Late Imperial Court Song and Dance Ensemble — Ga E r Ba' by Mao Jizeng, ‘Some Questions on Text-Music Relationships in the Dunhuang Notation' by Chen Yingshi, and ‘A Basic Explanation o f Ba Yin Music' by Xia Ye. Music o f the Chinese M inoritie s: 'An Overview o f the Dongjing Music o f Yunnan' by Wu Xueyuan, 'Musical Instruments o f the Minorities' by Yuan Bingchang, ‘Folk Songs o f the Bulong People o f Taiwan: An Ethnomusicological Investigation' by Xu Changhui, 'Attitudes and Behavioural Patterns in Relation to Music and Their Cultural Connotations for the Jinuo People' by Shen Qia, and ‘Preservation and Development o f the Music o f Xinjiang's Various People' by Zhou Ji. Fundamental Issues in Chinese Music. ‘Chinese Musical Aesthetics as Viewed from the Perspective o f Performance Context and Performance Practice' by An Luxing, 'Development o f Cantonese Musical Aesthetics' by Huang Jinpei, ‘A Discussion o f Qupai' by Qiao Jianzhong, ‘Notational Formats and Per formance Practice' by Lin Youren, ‘On the Essence o f Traditional Chinese Music: Music o f the "In tro spective Culture'" by Fei Shixun, and 'Socio-political Environment as a Musical Stylistic Determinant in Contemporary China: Crisis in Traditionality and Modernization' by Liang Mingyue. The Fourth Scientific Meeting of the Pacific Rim College of Psychiatrists The Pacific Rim College o f Psychiatrists held its fourth Scientific Meeting, which was organized by the University's Department o f Psychiatry, from 5th to 8th December, 1988 at the Sheraton Hotel. Nearly 300, and many o f them senior academic psychiatrists participated in this meeting. Professor Charles K. Kao ， Vice-Chancellor o f the University, officiated at the opening ceremony and addressed the gathering o f fellows and members o f the Pacific Rim College o f Psychiatrists. Also attending the ceremony were local mental health professionals as well as academic psychiatrists from the United States, Canada, Japan, Korea, China, 16