Bulletin Winter 1999

Chancellor. Currently some 200 child cancer patients are being looked after by the Prince of Wales Hospital and the fund is appealing to the general public for greater financial support. Successful Implantation of Bone-Conductor Hearing Aids The Department of Surgery recently announced the successful use of an implantable bone-conductor hearing aid in patients whose deafness is caused by diseases of the middle or external ear. Dr. A. Van Hasselt started the experiment in May 1989. He first implanted a finger-tip size device made of titanium alloy to the skull of the patient just behind his ear. After the wound had been healed, an external device comprising a microphone, an amplifier and a transmitter made of rare earth magnet was subsequently fitted. When sound is amplified and transmitted through the external device, the whole skull bone w i ll receive the vibration which in turn stimulates the inner ear, thus enabling the patient to hear again. Four patients who took part in the experiment at the Prince of Wales Hospital have regained their hearing ability. The Department of Surgery called a press conference on 2nd November, 1989 to announce this surgical success, which is the first of its kind in southeast Asia. Chinese University Press and Renditions Won Awards Three publications of The Chinese University Press have won honours in this year's Hong Kong Print Awards. They include two merit awards in the category of cover design for the books China: Modernization in the 1980s and Papers in Chinese Linguistics and Epigraphy , and the prestigious Grand Prize for the book Dai Wangshu: The Life and Poetry of a Chinese Modernist. In addition to these prizes, the series of nine volumes 〈近代名人手札眞蹟〉 published by The Chinese University Press for the Institute of Chinese Studies also won one of The Best Produced Books Awards from the Urban Council. This is the first time the Press has won four major awards in the same year and reflects the significant improvement it has made in the production and design quality of its publications. Another University publication, Vignettes from the Chinese , published by the Research Centre for Translation as a Renditions Paperback , has also won a merit award in the category of book printing in the Hong Kong Print Awards. This is a beautiful volume on which the editorial staff of Renditions and the production staff of The Chinese University Press have devoted much of their efforts. 11