Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1996

ii. HK$100,000 to support the translation of Systemize Nomenclature of Medicine into Chinese. (207) From the following donors to support the research activities of the Department of Surgery ： a. Ms. Cheng Ya-fang, Betty HK$4,000 ； and b. Ms. Yeung Yuk-chu HK$8,000. (208) From Sanofi Winthrop H.K. Ltd .： a. to the Department of Surgery i. HK$10,000 to support its research activities ； ii. HK$20,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend the British neurosurgery research group meeting in Newcastle, England, in May 1996； iii. HK$ 14,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend a programme on epilepsy in Beijing in April 1996 ； b. to the Department of Medicine HK$25,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend a congress of the American College of Physicians in San Francisco, USA, in April 1996 ； c. to the Department of Clinical Pharmacology HK$16,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend the Asian Pacific Congress on Vascular Disease Prevention in Singapore in March 1996 ； and d. to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology HK$5,993.16 to sponsor a staff member to attend an Asian and Oceanic Congress in Bali, Indonesia, in October 1995. (209) From Children's Orthopaedic Research Foundation HK$200,000 to support the epidemiological study on accident and injury in children in Hong Kong undertaken by the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology. (210) From Ms. Chui Kit-yung and Mr. Leung Ho a further donation of HK$3,000 towards the Leung Yuen Hung Memorial Scholarships Fund, the annual income from which will be used for awarding an assistantship to a student of the Faculty of Education. (211) From the following donors to support the enhancement of diabetic care and research activities i n Hong Kong undertaken by the Department of Medicine ： a. Mr. Chun Yung-tong HK$500; b. Miss Elizabeth W.Y. Lioa HK$ 10,000 ； c. Mr. Sheng Bun HK$l60 ； d. Miss Tang Wai-ching HK$500; and e. Dr. Yao Chung-kit HK$10,000. (212) From Dow Chemical Pacific Limited HK$7,000 to support the summer chemical research programme undertaken by Prof. Chan Kin-shing of the Department of Chemistry. (213) From Eli Lilly Asia, Inc.: a. to the Department of Community and Family Medicine HK$62,400 to support the research project on detection of mental disorders in primary health care in Hong Kong ； b. to the Department of Surgery i. HK$2,500 to s u p p o rt the f u n c t i o n a l e n d o s c o p ic sinus surgery w o r k s h o p organized in June 1996 ； ii. HK$2,500 to support the certificate course on ENT diseases for nurses organized between March and September 1996 ； and c. to the Department of Medicine HK$2,000 to support a diabetes training programme. (214) From Glaxo Wellcome Hong Kong Limited: a. to the Department of Medicine i. HK$490,875 to support a clinical trial； ii. US$1,470 to sponsor three staff members to attend the international conference for infectious diseases in June 1996; iii. HK$5,000 to support the certificate course on asthma management update organized in December 1996; iv. HK$500 to sponsor a staff member to attend the Hong Kong medical forum in July 1996 ； b. to the Department of Surgery i. HK$13,500 to support the f u n c t i o n a l e n d o s c o p i c sinus surgery w o r k s h o p organized in June 1996; ii a sponsorship for a staff member to attend the international AGA/Singapore gastroenterological meeting held in Singapore in September 1995; and c. to the Department of Paediatrics i. HK$15,000 t o sponsor a staff member to attend the meeting of the International Society of Paediatric Oncology hel d in Vienna, Austria, in October 1996 ； ii. a sponsorship for a staff member to attend the international respiratory symposium on challenging asthma held in Edinburgh, Scotland, in June 1996. (215) From Hoechst Marion Roussell China Ltd .； a. to the Department o f Microbiology HK$25,000 to support the research project on in-vitro antimicrobial susceptibilities of penicillin-resistant streptococcus pneumoniae in Hong Kong ； and b. to the Department of Medicin e HK$2,000 to support a diabetes training programme. (216) From Hong Kong Society of Digestive Endoscopy HK$360,000 to support the gastrointestinal endoscopic research undertaken by the Department of Surgery. (217) From Johnson & Johnson (HK) Ltd. HK$35,000 to support the study of fatty acid of breast milk in Chinese undertaken by the Department of Paediatrics. (218) From Dr. K w a n Sin-ming, Simon HK$50,000 to support the research project on the study of antique glass artifacts undertaken by Prof. P.K. Hon of the Department of Chemistry. (219) From Merck Sharp & Dohme (Asia) Limited: a. to the Department of Microbiology i. HK$160,000 to support the research project on patients wit h Acinetobacter Bacteraemia in the Prince of Wales Hospital in 1995-96 ； ii. HK$ 10,000 to support the 1995 Noscomial Prevalence and Resistance Survey Project in the Intensive Care Unit; b. to the Department o f Medicine i. US$30,000 to support the Losartan CHF MRL Study ； ii. HK$30,000 to support the investigative study on cardiovascular effects of simvastatin in Chinese patients with NIDDM ； iii. HK$230,000 to support the stud y on regression of cerebral artery stenosis ； iv. HK$2,000 to support the diabetes training programme； c. to the Department of Opthalmology and Visual Sciences HK$60,000 to support the research project on patients undergoing laser peripheral iridotomy; and d. to the Department of Pharmacy HK$9,000 to support the exhibition on pharmacists and public health organized in August 1996. Gifts and Donations S7