Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1996

Helicobacter pylori have a significantly higher risk of developing this type of cancer. A team led b y Prof. Joseph Sung of the Faculty of Medicine lef t for Yantai in Shandong p r o v i n c e o n 21st A p r i l to paticipate in the study. Yantai is a hig h prevalence area for gastric cancer. Team members from the two universities carried out screening tests by endoscopy, and patients at high ris k were given antibiotic therapy. S umme r S c h o ol f o r Pa t ho l og i s t s f r o m C h i na The University's Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology organized the first summer school for Chinese pathologists from 15th to 29th June. Forty pathologists from leading medical centres in 17 municipalities and cities in China participated i n the p r og r amme sponsored by the Fok Ying Tung Foundation and supported by the Chinese Society of Pathology. The programme aimed at giving intermediate-level pathologist s from China a chance to systematically review thei r k n ow l e d g e and practice o f diagnostic pathology. Lectures and seminars we re also conducted by pathologists at the University in conjunction with other local experts and experts from Canada and China. E x c h a n g e A g r e eme n t w i t h L o n d o n S c h o ol o f Hy g i e n e a n d T r o p i c a l Me d i c i ne The Department of Community and Family Medicine signed an exchange agreement with the London School o f Hygiene and Tropical Medicine , a subsidiary of the University of London, on 10th June. The f i v e - y e a r a g r e eme n t w i l l s t r e n g t h e n collaboration in education, training, and research between the two institutions. The London School of Hygience and Tropical Medicine will work with the Faculty of Medicine o n several major projects, including the organization of a master of public health programme and a summer programme i n epidemiology to train public health experts for the Asia-Pacific region. It will also help develop Hong Kong's first p u b l ic health school , currently be i ng planned by the Faculty of Medicine, into an important public health education and training centre in the Western Pacific region. F o u n d a t i o n f o r Be t t e r V i s i on Es t ab l i s hed The Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences has established a 'Fight for Sight Foundation' at the University to d e v e l op a n d p r o v i de better eyecar e programmes for the community. News in Brief 45