Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1994

Letters A s a former member of the staff of The Chinese University (i.e. lecturer in German at United College for a period of four years), I am very glad to receive regularly the Bulletin of my former university, to which I feel attached still nowadays. Via the Bulletin and its news I feel that I have still a contact with Hong Kong and its people, a place that I found and still find fascinating. I often speak with my Italian friends about Hong Kong, and I think that in this way the expenditure that the CUHK has with the spedition of its Bulletin overseas is, at least as I am concerned, well worthwhile. I wish to underline that especially the Summer • Autumn (1993) issue about the 30th anniversary of the University was, to my mind, very well done. Thank you, and with my best wishes for your work. Uve Fischer Professor for German Literature University of Bologna/Italy I am an avid reader of the Bulletin, and have been enjoying every bit of it. You and your staff have been able to make a plain informational booklet into a readable publication by the judicious use of interrelated photographs, art work and copy design. Keep up the good work. There is one little suggestion I would like to make with regard to your editorial practice. In your mention of students, alumni, or staff who are graduates of the University, I hope you could also indicate their college affiliation, since this is a unique feature of the University among other tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. ' CUHK' may be enough to the outside world, but within the University circle, i.e. among staff, students, alumni and friends, a little more detail is desirable. It strengthens the identity of a graduate with the University, at a time when it is getting bigger. Mentioning the college name is only natural when the University is getting big, old, and famous. This phenomenon is best demonstrated in the Oxbridge situation when a student is always from Baliol, King's, St. Hilda's, or wherever. Lyon Y. Lee, S.B.St.J. (Chung Chi ' 57)