Bulletin Spring‧Summer Autumn‧Winter 1999

University, USA and obtained his AB, MA and Ph.D. degrees in 1965, 1969 and 1971 respectively. Prof. Bachman served as assistant professor o f the departments o f English and English as a Second Language at the University of Hawaii in 1970. The f o l l ow i ng year he joined the Ford Foundation as project specialist and was assigned as adviser in psycholinguistics and evaluation to the Central Institute of English Language, Bangkok, Thailand. He returned to the United States in 1976 to take up the post of assistant professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He was promoted to associate professor and professor in 1983 and 1989 respectively. Before joining The Chinese University, Prof. Bachman was professor of the Department of TESL and Applied Linguistics at the University of California at Los Angeles. Prof. Bachman is a member of the American Association for Applied Linguistics, the American Educational Research Association, and the International Language Test Association. Prof. Bachman is married, with two daughters. Professor of Social Work Prof. Kenneth K.L. Chau has been appointed professor of social work from 20th August 1994. Prof. Chau took his master o f social work degree from McGill University in 1969 and his Ph.D. degree f r om the University o f Southern California in 1979. Bom in Hong Kong, Prof. Chau started his career in social work in 1958 and had worked for both the Boys' and Girls' Clubs Association and the Hong Kong Council o f Social Service. He joined the University of Hong Kong as lecturer in social work in 1972, and was promoted to senior lecturer in 1980. He moved to the United States in 1984 and has since taught social work courses at California State University at Long Beach. Prof. Chau is a member of the editorial board of The Journal of Multicultural Social Work, and The Hong Kong Journal of Social Work. Prof. Chau is married, with two children. Professor of Accountancy Prof. Koon-hung Chan has been appointed professor o f accountancy f r om 14th September 1994. Prof. Chan graduated from The Chinese University with a Bachelor of Commerce degree in 1968, obtained his master's degree in accounting science from the University of Illinois in 1970, and his Ph.D. degree in business administration from Pennsylvania State University in 1974. Prof. Chan then taught accounting courses in universities in Canada and the USA, and before returning to Hong Kong in 1992, he was professor of accounting at the University of California at Riverside, California. Between 1992 and 1994, he served as Hang Seng Professor at the Hong Kong Polytechnic and was head of its Department of Accountancy. Prof. Chan qualified as a Certified Management Accountant (USA) in 1978 and Certified Public Accountant (USA) in 1982. He is also a fellow of the Hong Kong Society of Accountants. Prof. Chan is married, and has two daughters. Professor of Anthropology Dr. Chien Chiao has been appointed professor o f anthropology from 1st October 1994. Prof. Chiao read anthropology at National Taiwan University and obtained his BA and MA degrees in 1958 and 1961 respectively. He then furthered his studies at Cornell University and was awarded a Ph.D. degree in 1969. Prof. Chiao taught anthropology at Indiana University for seven years from 1966 andjoined The Chinese University in 1973. He helped found the anthropology section within the Department of Sociology, wh i ch later developed into the Department of Anthropology. He was promoted to senior lecturer rank in 1977 and reader in 1988. Prof. Chiao is a f e l l ow of the American Anthropological Association and honorary adviser of the Hong Kong Museum of History. Prof. Chiao is married, and has a son. News in Brief 29