Bulletin Summer‧Autumn 1992

C elebration B anquet Tenth A nniversary Exhibition postgraduate studies leading to the degrees of M.PhiL, M.Sc., and Ph.D. in basic, pathological and clinical sciences, and the MD degree. As for international collaboration and exchanges, our academic staff frequently present papers in major international biomedical meetings. We are well represented in international professional and educational organizations and have been hosting international conferences in Hong Kong. The number ofjo in t research projects with Asian, North American, Australian, European universities is progressively on the increase. Tenth Anniversary Celebrations To mark its tenth anniversary in 1991-92, the Faculty o f Medicine organized a series of celebration activities, which began with a symposium on 'Cancer Today' on 25th A p ril at the lecture theatre o f Shaw College. Eminent local and overseas medical experts were invited to present papers on a wide range of topics related to cancer, and Prof. Sir Anthony Epstein of the Department o f Clinical Medicine, University o f Oxford, delivered a keynote lecture on 'Current Trials of an Epstein-Barr Virus Vaccine'. On the same day, the faculty held a joyous celebration banquet at the Hong Kong H ilton Hotel, which was attended by local dignitaries as well as graduates, students and teachers of the faculty. To introduce to the public the history, development and research activities o f the medical faculty, a Tenth Anniversary Exhibition' was also staged, first at the exhibition hall of the City Hall from 27th to 30th April, and then at the exhibition gallery of Shatin Town Hall from 1st to 3rd May. There were 21 exhibition booths giving information on the faculty's various teaching departments, its student association -- the Medical Society - and its medical library. To Predict the Future Looking forward, what are the prospects and possibilities for the next 10 years? In this rapidly changing world, it is hard to predict what w ill happen in a year, let alone 10. Some people have suggested that the best way to predict the future is to invent it. This may be so in certain fields o f endeavour. But in medicine there are time-honoured tradi tions, such as those built on the Hippocratic ethics o f caring for the sick and infirm . These w ill always be the guiding principles behind the teaching activities in our medical school. The stringent requirements o f a good teacher o f medicine —sufficient basic skills and knowledge, correct values and attitudes - w ill not change. Nevertheless, the fate o f our medical school is inexplicably -5