Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1996

(220) From New Estate Company, Limited HK$200,000 for research and promotion of science education by the Faculty of Science. (221) F r om Nobel Biocare Asia Ltd. HK$41,397.20 to support the otorhinolaryngologic research undertaken by the ENT Unit of the Department of Surgery. (222) From Oriental Press Charitable Fund Association ： a. to the Department of Medicine HK$1,400 to support the Hong Kong lupus nephritis study ； and b. to the Department of Surgery i. HK$29,499 for the Bums Foundation ； ii. HK$4,434 to support the Skin Bank ； iii. H K $ l 68 to support the purchase of a microscope for the ENT Unit. (223) From Providence Foundation Limited HK$480,000 to support the research w o rk in liver cancer undertaken by the Department of Clinical Oncology. (224) From Sandoz Pharmaceuticals Limited ： a. to the Department of Clinical Pharmacology HK60,000 to support the research project on resistant hypercholesterolaemia ； b. to the Department of Surgery HK$38,100 to sponsor a staff member to attend the American Digestive Disease Week in San Francisco, USA, in May 1996 ； c. to the Department of Community and Family Medicine HK$6,000 to support the honorary lecturers meeting organized in June 1996 ； d. to the Department of Paediatrics HK$10,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend the symposium on bone marrow transplantation in Thalassemia, Italy, in September 1996 ； and e. to the Department of Medicine HK$6,000 to support the cardiac seminar activities. (225) From Sanofi Recherche US$10,000 to support the stroke research of the Department of Medicine. (226) From Schering-Plough: a. to the Department of Clinical O n c o l o gy HK$ 100,830 to support a clinical trial on the treatment of patients w i t h advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma ； and b. to the Department of Surgery HK$20,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend the international skull base congress and the annual meeting of the North American Skull Base Society in San Diego, USA, in June-July 1996. (227) From SmithKline Beecham Limited ： a. to the Department of Community and Family Medicine i. HK$90,000 to support the research project on hepatitis A and B in adolescents ； ii. HK$10,000 to support the research project on perceptions of mental health among primary care attendees in Hong Kong ； b. to the Department of Surgery i. HK$3,947.50 to support the functional e n d o s c o p ic sinus surgery w o r k s h op organized in June 1996 ； ii. HK$20,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend the Phono Surgery Tutorial and Hands- on Workshop in USA in May 1996 ； c. to the Department of Medicine HK$25,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend the international symposium on viral hepatitis and liver diseases in Rome, Italy, in April 1996 ； and d. to the Department of Psychiatry i. HK$29,201 to sponsor a staff member to attend the world congress of psychiatry in Madrid, Spain, in July-August 1996; ii. HK$22,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend the congress of Association of European Psychiatrists and the annual meeting of the Royal College of Psychiatrists in London, UK, in July 1996. (228) From The Society for the Relief of Disabled Children HK$72,300 to support the research project on the nutritional rehabilitation of disabled children with feeding difficulties undertaken by the Department of Paediatrics. (229) From Vita Green Health Products Co. Ltd. to the Department of Pharmacy ： a. HK$50,000 to support the research project on standardization of Lingzhi ； and b. HK$30,000 to support the e x h i b i t i on on pharmacists and public health organized in August 1996. (230) From Armedic Far East Limited ： a. to the Department of Surgery HK$ 1,000 to support the functional endoscopic sinus surgery workshop organized in June 1996; and b. to the Department of Medicine a sponsorship for a staff member to attend the scientific meeting of the International Society of Hypertension Glasgow in the UK in June 1996. (231) From Astra Pharmaceuticals (HK) Limited to the Department of Surgery ： a. HK$7,000 to support the functional endoscopic sinus surgery workshop organized in June 1996; b. HK$28,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend the American Digestive Disease Week in San Francisco, USA, in May 1996 ； c. HK$25,000 to support the ENT update course organized in May 1996; d. a sponsorship for two staff members to attend the Western Pacific Helicobacter Congress in Guangzhou, China, in February-March 1996 ； and e. a sponsorship for a staff member to attend the international AGA/Singapore gastroenterological meeting held in Singapore in September 1995. C232) From Goodman Medical Supplies Ltd. HK$20,000 to support the functional endoscopic sinus surgery workshop organized by the Department of Surgery in June 1996. (233) From Pfizer Corporation to the Department of Surgery ： a. HK$3,800 to support the functional endoscopic sinus surgery workshop organized in June 1996 ； and b. HK$ 12,500 to support the clinical neuroscience lunch time meeting. (234) From UCB Pharma Ltd .： a. to the Department of Surgery HK$2,000 to support the functional endoscopic sinus surgery workshop organized in June 1996 ； and b. HK$5,000 to support the neurorehabilitation seminar on traumatic brain injury rehabilitation in June 1996. (235) From Wellink Ltd. HK$1,000 to support the functional endoscopic sinus surgery workshop organized by the Department of Surgery in June 1996. (236) From Auto Suture International, Inc. US$371.28 to sponsor a staff member of the Department of Surgery Chinese University Bulletin Autumn . Winter 1996 58