Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1996

Sheng Hsuan-huai undertaken by Prof. N.H.Lun Ng; ii. US$8,392.95 as the first instalment of a donation to support a research project on the legitimation of new orders undertaken by Prof. Leung Yuen-sang; e. a further donation of US$13,612.53 to support a research project on traditional musicians in Shanxi undertaken by Prof. Chiao Chien; f. to the Department o f Music a further donation of US$10,809.11 to support a comparative study of Taoist music undertaken by Prof. Tsao Pen-yeh; and g. US$20,749.91 as the first instalment of a donation to support the conference on the application of social sciences and Chinese modernization organized by Prof. Rance Lee to be held in Hong Kong and Taiwan in June 1996. 130. From Action Committee Against Narcotics HK$60,000 to support a research project on drugs abuse undertaken by the Department of Psychiatry. 131. From an anonymous donor HK$5,000 to support an epidemiological study on dementia and depression in the elderly in Hong Kong undertaken by the Department of Psychiatry. 132. From Warner Lambert (HK) Ltd.: a. HK$35,000 to support an epidemiological study on dementia and depression in the elderly in Hong Kong undertaken by the Department of Psychiatry; and b. HK$5,000 to sponsor a staff member of the Department o f Medicine to attend an international symposium on drugs affecting lipid metabolism i n Houston, USA, in November 1995. 133. From Bayer China Co. Ltd.: a. HK$50,000 to support a clinical study on prevention of stent blockage by oral ciprofloxacin undertaken by the Department of Medicine; and b. HK$20,000 to sponsor two staff members of the Department of Clinical Pharmacology to attend the Pacific Rim Hypertension Conference in Tokyo, Japan, in October 1995. 134. From the following donors to support the project on the enhancement of diabetic care in Hong Kong and research on diabetes; a. Miss Chan Mei-hang HK$500; b. Mr. Lam Hing-ming HK$500; c. Miss Lung Yee-ha,Rosa HK$500; d. Mr. Yeung Lee-bun HK$200; and e. Mr. Yim Wah HK$300. 135. From Thomas H.C. Cheung Foundation Ltd. HK$20,000 towards the Convocation Research Programme Fund. 136. From Prof. Sydney S.C. Chung GBP400 to the Department of Surgery for research and teaching purposes. 137. From The Croucher Foundation; a. HK$ 188,000 to support a research project on wavelength-multiplexing using self- injection locked lasers undertaken by Prof. Chester C.T. Shu of the Department of Electronic Engineering; b. HK$237,000 to support a research project on the role of retinoic acid on limb development in transgenic mouse embryos undertaken by Prof. Kenneth K.H. Lee of the Department of Anatomy; and c. HK$300,000 as the first instalment of a donation to support a research project on the interplay of magnetic and superconducting properties of oxide multilayers undertaken by Dr. H.K. Wong of the Department of Physics. 138. From Eisai (HK) Co. Ltd. HK$30,000 to support a methycobal trial undertaken by the Department of Medicine. 139. From Ferring Pharmaceuticals Limited HK$30,000 to support a research project on precocious puberty in Chinese children undertaken by the Department of Paediatrics. 140. From Friends of the Art Museum HK$20,000 to provide a number of grants for postgraduate students of fine arts. 141 . From Glaxo Wellcome Hong Kong Limited: a. to the Department of Surgery HK$30,000 to support the research in neuro-otological surgery; b. to the Department of Medicine i. HK$297,500 to support a clincal trial; ii. HK$ 160,000 to support a clinical trial on therapy for elderly hypertension; iii. HK$20,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend a meeting of neurosonolgy research in Salzburg, Austria, in September 1995; and c. to the Department of Clinical Oncology HK$30,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend the annual meeting of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology in Miami Beach, USA, in October 1995. 142. From Mrs. Kwong Chan Choi-ping HK$20 ， 000 to support a research project conducted by Prof. C.S. Cockram of the Department of Medicine. 143. From Mrs. Nancy Lee HK$800 to support the project on research utilization in education and social sciences undertaken by Prof. C.Y. To. 144. From Mr. Lo Chi-sang HK$1,000 to the Department of Clinical Oncology for research purposes. 55