Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1996

• The Political Development of Hong Kong Research Programme of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies organize d a conference o n the 1995 Legislative Council elections on 17th and 18th May. • The Gender Research Programme of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies and the Department of Journalism and Commun i ca t i on jointly organized the Gender Role Workshop o n 18th May. • T he D e p a r t m e n t o f E d u c a t i o n a l Psychology organized a n international conference on 'Advances in Assessment of Student Learning' on 25th and 26th May. The conference was sponsored by the Curriculum Development Institute of the Ed u c a t i on De p a r t me n t, H o n g K o n g Government. • The Department o f Anthropology and the Fairbank Center o f Harvard University j o i n t ly o r gan i z ed 'The I n t e r n a t i o n al Co n f e r e n c e o f C h a n g i n g D i et a n d Foodways in Chinese Culture' on 13th and 14th June. • T he Un i v e r s i t y 's D e p a r t m e n t of Educational Administration and Policy and the Hong Kon g Institute fo r Educational Research, the Vocational Training Council, and the Education Department of Ho ng Kong jointly organized a conference on 'Vocational and Technical Education for 2000' on 15th June. • The Department of Computer Science and Engineering hosted the seventh meetin g of the Ideographic Rapporteur Group of the International Standard Organization i n association w i t h the H o n g K o n g Technology Federation from 24th to 28th June. • The Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economic s and the Lo Fung Learned Society jointly organized the Pacific Rim Economics Conference o n Trade and Development on 25th and 26th July. The conference was held under the auspices of the International Economics and Finance Society. • T h e Ce n t r e f o r I n t e r n et E x c h a n g e Te c h n o l o g i e s of the De p a r t me nt o f Information Engineering held a forum on ' ATM T e c h n o l o g i e s and Mu l t i me d ia Applications on the Internet’ on 29th August. New Academic Programmes The University Senate has approved the i n t r o d u c t i o n o f t he f o l l o w i n g n ew programmes in the 1996-97 and 1997-98 academic years ： 1996-97 - P o s t g r a d u a t e d i p l oma p r og r amme i n nursing — organized by the Department of Nursing. - D i p l o ma course in China marketing — j o i n t ly o r g a n i z e d b y the Faculty of Business Administration, the CUHK Asia - Pacific Institute of Business, and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council. -Certificate programmes (Elementary and Advanced) i n training of Cantonese opera News in Brief 43