Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1993

primarily to meet the English language needs of CUHK, the ILC will likely be offering assistance for other language studies in the future. Kwok Sports Building Provides More Squash Courts The Kwok Sports Building was formally opened on 15th November 1993 by Dr. J. S. Lee, Life Member of the University Council, Mr. C. F. Kwok, chairman of Kai Yue Cheong Limited, and Prof. Charles K. Kao, vice-chancellor of the University. Located right next to the University Sports Centre, the new three-storey building houses six squash courts, the Department of Sports Science and Physical Education, sports science research laboratories, and a classroom. The new sports facility has been named the Kwok Sports Building to record the generous donation of the Kwok's family to the University. Conferences and Lectures • The Department of Music organized two lectures: 'The vocal styles of different role types in Cantonese opera' on 8th May, and 'Speech and percussion music in Cantonese opera' on 24th October. • Various research programmes under the aegis of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies organized the following workshop/conferences: - The 'Gender Role Workshop '93' on women and community participation, organized by the Gender Research Programme on 15th May 1993. —A conference on 'China's Regional Economic Development', organized by the China's Reform and Development Research Programme from 18th to 21st May 1993. - A n international conference on managing municipal change, cosponsored by the China's Reform and Development Research Programme, the Academy of Social Sciences of the Guangzhou Municipality, and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs of Indiana University from 8th to 12th June 1993. - A conference on 'Chinese Societies and China Social Stratification Studies', organized on 10th and 11th December 1993 by the University's Social Indicators and Social Development of Hong Kong Research Programme, the Department of Sociology of the University of Hong Kong, the Department of Applied Social Studies of the Hong kong Polytechnic, and the Guangzhou Academy of Social Sciences. • New Asia College organized the following conference/symposium: - T h e 'Conference on Contemporary Chinese Literature: the Mainland, Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao', cosponsored by Lo Fung Learned Society from 27th to 30th May 1993. —A symposium on 'Antenatal Diagnosis of Congenital Abnormalities: Implications for Neonatal Care', organized on 29th and 3Qth May 1993 in association with the Yale-China Association, the Hunan Medical University, the School of Medicine at Yale, and the Medical School of the State University of New York at Buffalo. • The Department of Operations and Systems Management hosted a conference on 'Challenges and Opportunities for Three Chinese Economies in the 1990s, on 19th June 1993. • The Chinese Medicinal Material Research Centre organized a 'Workshop on Computer Databases of Traditional Chinese Medicine Literature' from 13th to 15th September 1993. • The Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology organized a workshop on pelviscopic surgery on 8th and 9th October 1993 in association with the Department of Surgery, the Animal House and the Prince of Wales Hospital. • The Chinese University and Peking University jointly organized the fourth conference on modernization and Chinese culture on 9th October 1993. • The Faculty of Education organized an News in Brief 45