Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1996

Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni Fund. 187. From various donors HK$148,410 to support the Burns Charity Event undertaken by the Department of Surgery. 188. From various donors gifts and donations totalling HK$804,500 to the United College from July 1994 to June 1995. 189. FromWellink Ltd. to the Department of Surgery: a. HK$16,500 to sponsor a staff member to attend a diagnostic and interventional radiology workshop in Singapore in October 1995;and b. HK$850 to support the certificate course on ENT diseases for nurses held from September to December 1995. 190. From K.C. Wong Education Foundation: a. HK$35,000 to support scholars from China to participate in an international symposium on functional analysis and related topics organized by the Department of Mathematics in December 1995; b. HK$15,000 to sponsor Prof. Zhang Zhi-fen of Peking University to visit the Department of Mathematics in October-November 1995; and c. HK$ 15,000 to sponsor Prof. Hua Min of Fudan University to visit the Department of Economics in October 1995. 191. From Armedic Far East Limited a donation covering air-ticket, registration fees and accommodation of a staff member of the Department of Medicine attending the Asian- Pacific Congress of Cardiology in Bali, Indonesia, in September 1995. 192. From Novo Nordisk A/S a donation covering air- ticket and accommodation of a staff member of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology attending the Asian and Oceanic Congress of Obstetrics and Gynaecology in Bali, Indonesia, in October 1995. 193. From Sun Microsystems of California Ltd. a donation of three SPARC-station 5 to the Department of Compute r Science and Engineering. 194. From Providence Foundation Limited: a. for postgraduate students of clinical psychology i. HK$260,000 to provide fou r scholarships of $30,000 each in 1995- 96 and four of $35,000 each in 1996- 97; ii. HK$40,000 to provide four research grants of $5,000 each for 1995-96 and 1996-97; b. for full-time undergraduate students in 1995- 96 i. HK$70,000 to provide a number of bursaries; and ii. HKS80,000 to provide 10 scholarships of $8,000 each. 195. From Sik Sik Yuen HK$75,000 annually to provide three scholarships of $25,000 each for outstanding students of the Faculty of Education. 196. From Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore ITL 16,800,000 to provide 12 awards of I TL 1,400,000 each for students who are studying Italian to attend an international workshop at the Universita in the summer of 1996. 197. From University Lodge of Hong Kong No.3666, E.G., HK$7,000 to provide a golden jubilee bursary for a needy student in 1995-96. 198. From Chiang Ching Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange: a. a further donation ofUS$5,545.61 to support the publication of Modern Times of the Research Centre for Translation; b. a further donation of US$10,439.34 to support a research project on food culture in Taiwan undertaken by Prof. David Wu of the Department of Anthropology; c. a further donation of US$7,631.15 to support a research project on the oral architectural history of China undertaken by Prof. Tunney Lee of the Department of Architecture; and d. a further donation of US$8,243.57 to support a comparative study of Chinese and world history undertaken by Prof. Leung Yuen-sang of the Department of History. 199. From Janssen Pharmaceutica: a. HK$50,000 to sponsor the editorial expenses of the Textbook of Clinical Medicine for South East Asia published by the Department of Medicine; and b. HK$30,000 to sponsor a visiting professor to attend the clinical pharmacy programme undertaken by the Department of Pharmacy in December 1995-January 1996. 200. From Mr. Preston Lai and Miss Chan Ngar-ping, Amy HK$35,000 to support the publication of the Cantonese Opera Research Programme undertaken by Prof. Chan Sau-yan of the Department of Music. 201. From Armedic Far East Limited: a. HK$ 100,000 to support a clinical study on the impact of anti-hypertensive therapy undertaken by the Department of Medicine; and b. a donation (covering the air-ticket, registration fee and accommodation) for a staff member of the Department of Psychiatry to attend the European College of Neuropsycho-pharmacology Congress in Venice, Italy, in September-October 1995. 202. From Bei Shan Tang Foundation Limited HK$443,200 to support the archaeological 58