Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1995

• Prof. P.C.Leung of the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology has been made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's NewYear Honours List announced on 31st December 1994. • Dr. K.W. Wei of the Department of Information Engineering was recently elected a Fellow of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering (IEEE) in New York. • Two former chemistry majors of the University recently won prestigious awards in Canada. Dr. John Tse ofthe class of 1975, currently senior research scientist at the National Research Council of Canada, has been selected for the Noranda Award for outstanding contributions to physical chemistry. Recipients of the award are all Canadian scientists under the age of 40. Prof. T.K. Sham of the class of 1971, now professor of chemistry at the University of Western Ontario (UWO), received from the UWO Faculty of Science the Florence Bucke Award in recognition of his outstanding research on solid state and surface chemistry and photoelectron spectroscopy. Prof. Sham was lecturer in the Department of Chemistry of this university from 1985 to 1987. Both Dr. Tse and Prof. Sham graduated with a B.Sc. in chemistry (first-class honours) from CUHK. C U HK Business School Ranks among Asia's Top Five The September 1994 issue of Asia, Inc. carries an article about top-notch MBA programmes offered by institutions of higher learning the world over. It also publishes alist of the top five business schools in Asia. The Chinese University is the only institution in Hong Kong to be listed as one of Asia's top five. The four other institutions offering high quality MBA programmes are found in Japan, Thailand, India, and the Philippines. The University's first graduate programme in business administration was launched in 1966 and is the forerunner of all MBA programmes in Hong Kong. New Dean of Science Dr. Lau Oi Wah, reader in chemistry, was elected dean of science for the period 27th September 1994 to 31st July 1997. Dr. Lau graduated from the University of Hong Kong in 1964 and obtained her Ph.D. degree in 1970. She joined The Chinese University in 1968 as assistant lecturer in chemistry, was promoted to lecturer in 1970, senior lecturer in 1982, and reader in 1993. Professorial Appointments Three new professors were appointed between December 1994 and January 1995: Professor of Chemical Pathology Prof. N.M. Hjelm has been appointed professor of chemical pathology from 5th December 1994. After obtaining alicentiate in medicine from the University of Uppsala in Sweden in 1960, Prof. Hjelm worked for 12 years in the Academic Hospital of Uppsala, during which he was awarded a doctorate in medicine in 1969 by the same university. Prof. Hjelm then began a career of eight years in clinical chemistry, as professor and consultant, at the University of Odense and the Odense Hospital in Denmark. Before joining The Chinese University, Prof. Hjelm was chair and professor of chemical pathology at the Institute of Child Health of the University of London. He became F.R.C.Path. in 1984. Professor of Information Engineering Prof. Peter Yum Tak-shing has been appointed professor of information engineering from 1 st January 1995. After acquiring his B.Sc.(1974), M.Sc.(1975), M.Ph.(1977), and Ph.D.(1978) degrees fromColumbia University in the United States, Prof. Yum joined the technical staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories, USA, and worked there for two years before taking up a teaching post at the Institute of Computer Engineering of the National Chiao-Tung University in Taiwan. In 1986, he became a senior member of the Institute of Electronics and Electrical Engineering. Prof. Yum joined The Chinese University as lecturer in electronics in 1982, subsequently becoming senior lecturer in information engineering in 1988, and reader in 1991. Professor of Computer Science Prof. C.K. Wong has been appointed professor of computer science from 4th January 1995. Prof. Wong graduated from the University of News in Brief 40