Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1997

Conferences/Workshops/ Seminars * Medical Education Conference for China, Taiwan and Hong Kong Regions, 7th-11th October 1996, Beijing Medical University, Taiwan Yang-Ming University, CUHK Faculty of Medicine; * The Second Guangdong/Macau/Hong Kong Conference on Preventive Medicine, 9th November 1996, CUHK Department of Community and Family Medicine, Guangdong Preventive Medi- cine Association, Macau Association of General Practitioners, Hong Kong College of Community Medicine; * Islamic Culture and Civilization, 12th" 13th November 1996, CUHK Department of Religion, the IDRO Foundation, the Chaplain's Office at Chung Chi College; * Chinese Telemed '96, 14th November 1996, Faculty of Medicine; * Molecular Typing Its Application in Clinical Mi c r ob i o l ogy, 19th-20th November 1996, Department of Microbiology; The First Asian Pacific Workshop on Minimally Invasive Thoracic Surgery, 21st-23rd November 1996, Faculty of Medicine; * Integrated Skills: Teaching and Testing, 30th November 1996, Department of Curriculum and Instruction; * The International Workshop on Helicobacter Pylori, lst-2nd December 1996, Faculty of Medicine; The 11th International Workshop on Therapeutic Endoscopy, 3rd-5th December 1996, Faculty of Medicine; * The Third International Conference on Cultural Criticism, 8th-llth January 1997, CUHK Programme for Hong Kong Cultural Studies, the Center for Transcultural Studies at Chicago, the Workshop on Chinese Cultural Criticism at the Fairbank Center for East Asian Research of Harvard University; The 1997 International Sports Medicine Congress, 11th-12th January 1997, The World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for Sports Medicine and Health Promotion at the University, the Hong Kong Association of Sports Medicine and Sports Science, the Hong Kong Sports Institute; The Second International Conference on Drug Abuse — Bio-Psycho-Social Perspectives, 27th-30th January 1997, CUHK ; * University Education and the New Era, 12th February 1997, United College; * Teaching Gifted Students, 14th-15th February 1997, the Faculty of Education, the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research; The Second Annual Scientific Symposium on Recent Advances in Gastrointestinal Cancer, 1st March 1997, the Hong Kong Cancer Institute. The Territory's First Ma i n l and Internsh i p Programme The University has officially launched the CUHK China Career Development Award Programme, which is Hong Kong's first large-scale internship programme in China. Initiated by the Office of Student Affairs and the Office of Academic Links (China), the programme aims to equip students wit h mainland work experience and knowledge of the contemporary socio-political and workplace culture in China. Students w i l l News in Brief 47