Bulletin Spring 1989

Professor Yuan Jing-fang of the Central Conservatory of Music spoke on 'Model Analysis in Traditional Music' an d ‘The Study of Buddhist Music in China' respectively on 22nd and 23rd March. * The following scholars visited New Asia College early this year: Ming Yu Visiting Scholars —Professor Me l v in Cohen, professor of biology, Yale University, visited the College from 17th to 24th January and delivered a lecture on 'Changes in Form and Function of Central Nerve Cells after Injury' on 24th January. —Professor Jack Goody, professor emeritus, Department of Anthropology, Cambridge University, visited the College on 15th February and gave a lecture on 'Anthropology, History and the Family'. -Professor Shi Qing-qi, vice-director, Institute of Planned Economy, State Planning Commission, China, visited the College from 28th March to 2nd April. S.Y. Chung Visiting Scholar -Professor Wolfgang Schluchter, professor of sociology, Heidelburg University, West Germany, visited the College from 31st January to 25th February and gave a lecture on 'Confucianism and Capitalism: Max Weber's Study of Imperial China' on 20th February. * The Centre for Contemporary Asian Studies and the Japanese Studies Section jointly organized a lecture on 'Japan's Development and Confucianism' on 18th January. The speaker was Professor Egashira Kazuma of Nihon University, Japan. * The Institute of Chinese Studies organized the following lectures: -Professor Chao Chung-fu, research fellow of the Institute of Modem History, Academia Sinica, Taiwan, spoke on 'The Bearded Bandits of Manchuria' on 18th January, in a lecture jointly organized with the Department of History. —Professor Su Bai, chairman of the Department of Archaeology, Peking University, China, spoke on The Dates of Early Caves at Dunhuang Cave Temple' on 30th January. —Professor He Yaohua, associate director, The Academy of Social Sciences o f Yunnan Province, China, spoke on ‘Folk Cults of Tibetan Tribes i n Southwestern Sichuan' on 8th March, in a lecture jointly organized with the Department of Archaeology. - M r . Liu Xinwu, chief editor of Renmin Wenxue, spoke on The Creative Directions of Contemporary Mainland Chinese Writers ' on 22nd March. * Chung Chi College held its annual Educational Conference 1988-89 on 20th January. Professor Qian Jiaju, well-known economist from China, Dr. Sung Yun Wing, senior lecturer in economics, CUHK, and Mr. Henry Woo, chairman of the Hong Kong Institute of Economic Science were panelists of the conference on the theme 'Man and the Economy', and Dr. Philip Fu, reader in accounting and finance, CUHK, was the moderator of the panel discussions. * The Department of Physics organized a seminar on 23rd January. Professor Yu Lu of the Institute of Theoretical Physics, Beijing, and the International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, spoke on ‘Current Status of the Theory of High T Superconductivity'. * The Department of Paediatrics presented a lecture on 24th January on ‘Children Who Smoke - Actively or Passively'. The speaker was Dr. Judith Mackay, executive director of Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health. * The United College held its annual workshop of 1989 on 10th February. Panel discussion on the theme 'The Hong Kong Mind' was moderated by the college head, Professor C.Y. Lee. The panelists included Professor T.C. Chen, professor of electronics and computer science; Dr. Y.S. Leung, senior lecturer in philosophy and religion, Hong Kong Baptist College; Mr. T.L. Lui, lecturer in sociology; Dr. Byron S.J. Weng, reader in government and public administration; and Mr. Wong Chi Wai, president of 1988 United College Students' Union. * The Department of General Business Management and Personnel Management organized a seminar on 10th March. Professor Thomas G. Gutteridge, dean and professor of management, College of Business and Administration, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, spoke on ‘ AACSB Accreditation Policies and Their Impact on Business Education'. 17