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his residence training in internal medicine. In 1986 ， Dr. Sung obtained his membership of the Royal College of Physicians (MRCP) and started his in- training in gastroenterology and gastrointestinal endoscopy under the supervision of Dr. Joseph W. C. Leung. One of his major research interests is the development of biliary tract infection, and he obtained the Croucher Foundation Fellowship (1989—1990) and the Izzak Walton Killam Memorial Fellowship (1990—1991) for pursuing postgraduate studies in the subject. He spent three years in Calgary in Canada, where he conducted experiments in biofilm microbiology under the supervision of Prof. J. W. Costerton. He finished his studies and obtained his Ph.D. in 1991. His thesis focussed on biofilm infection in the hepatobiliary system. In 1992, Dr. Sung was appointed as lecturer in the Department of Medicine at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1993, the Hong Kong College of Physicians selected him as the AJS MacFadzean Lecturer, an honour for a young investigator with original work in clinical and laboratory medicine. In 1994, he was promoted to senior lecturer and chief of gastroenterology at the Department of Medicine. Dr. Sung is also a council member of the Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy, Fellow of the Hong Kong Academy of Medicine and the Hong Kong College of Physicians. Dr. A. E. Mackenzie Senior Lecturer in Nursing Dr. Mackenzie moved from the practice of community nursing to nurse education in 1978. She obtained her MA in Education at London University in 1984 and her doctorate at Surrey University in 1990. Dr. Mackenzie has had extensive experience in teaching nursing, coordinating courses, developing curriculum and engaging in research activities at the polytechnic and university level. In the UK she acted as an external examiner for a number of university and polytechnic nursing courses and as adviser on validating committees for nursing degrees. At The Chinese University of Hong Kong, she is involved in nursing research and teaching, developing curriculum for the postgraduate and undergraduate nursing courses and coordinating the M.Phil. programme. Dr. Mackenzie's special area of clinical interest is nursing in community and primary health care. Her current research focusses on family caring for dependent members in Chinese families in Hong Kong and Beijing, the rehabilitative aspects of stroke patients, and the contribution ofnursing interventions in the psychosocial domains of recovery. Outside the workplace, Dr. Mackenzie was chairman of the District Nursing Association UK, from 1982 to 1993, when she was involved at a national level in developing nursing as a profession and in formulating policy. Since she came to this university, Dr. Mackenzie has continued her commitment to the development of nursing through involvement with local senior nurse managers, through consultancy work with research interest groups at the Prince of Wales hospital, and through her contacts and joint research projects with local community nursing services. Dr. Mackenzie is also working closely with the University's Department of Community and Family Medicine on a joint research to study new roles in nursing. In their leisure time, Dr. Mackenzie and her husband share a range of interests, including orchestral music, opera, theatre, swimming, walking and bird watching. They have two married children —a son in New Zealand and a daughter in England. Dr. Samuel Shui-liang Tung Senior Lecturer, School of Accountancy Dr. Tung got his B.Com. and M.Com. degrees from the National Chengchi University in Taiwan. He holds a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Hawaii. He joined The Chinese University in August 1994. Prior to this, he had been chair professor at the University of Otago in New Zealand, visiting professor at National Taiwan University, and Profiles 36