Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1995

The 48th Congregation for the Conferment of Honorary, Higher and First Degrees The 48th congregation for the conferment of degrees was held on 1st December 1994 at the University Mall. For the first time in the decade, the University combined the congregation for the conferment of honorary and higher degrees with that for the conferment of first degrees. HE the Governor and Chancellor of the University, the Rt. Hon. Christopher Patten, conferred a total of 2,807 degrees in the course of the morning, which saw marshalled the longest procession in 31 years, consisting of 143 faculty and staff. After the chancellor had declared the congregation open, the vice-chancellor, Prof. Charles K. Kao, presented to him candidates for the conferment of honorary degrees — four in all this year. The degree of Doctor of Science, h o n o r i s causa, was conferred on Sir Eric Albert Ash and Prof. Tang Auchin (in absentia), and the degree of Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa, on Mr. David Sin Wai Kin and Dr. Peter Kwong-Ching Woo. Their citations were written and delivered by Mr. T. L. Tsim, the Public Orator. Dr. Eric A. Ash addressed the audience on behalf of the honorary graduates, his educationally pertinent topic being The uses of Educational Technology in the University'. A total of 364 graduates received higher degrees and for the first time the University conferred a Doctor of Science degree, the recipient being Prof. P.C.Leung of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. The first degree graduates, 2,439 in all, received their degrees en bloc, by degree, from the chancellor under the stage. The afternoon saw the four constituent colleges and the Part-time Degree Programmes organizing graduation ceremonies and tea receptions for their respective graduates. Number of Higher Degree Graduates i n 1994 Doctor of Science Doctor of Medicine Doctor of Philosophy Master of Philosophy Master of Arts Master of Music Master of Business Administration Master of Arts (Education) Master of Education Master of Science Master of Social Work Total 1 1 21 181 29 1 97 2 15 11 5 364 Number of First Degree Graduates i n 1994 Bachelor of Arts Bachelor of Business Administration Bachelor of Education Bachelor of Engineering Bachelor of Medical Sciences Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery Bachelor of Nursing Bachelor of Science Bachelor of Social Science Total 405 521 80 235 5 100 72 452 569 2,439 48th Congregation 1