Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1997

Professorial Inaugural Lecture Prof. Samuel S.M. Sun, professor o f Biology, delivered his inaugural lecture entitled 'Biotechnology ： Its Breakthrough i n 21st Century Agriculture' on 26th September 1997. Other Lectures • Prof. A l e n o u s h Saroyan, associat e p r o f e s s o r i n t he D e p a r t me nt o f E d u c a t i o n a l a n d C o u n s e l l i ng Psychology an d at the Centr e f or University Teaching and Learning at McGill, was invited by the University's Teaching Development Unit t o give a series of talks entitled ‘ I mp r o v i n g University Teaching ： What Works? What Doesn't?' in late February. • Wo r l d - r enowned nuclear physicist, Prof. Wang Ganchang, delivere d a lecture entitled 'The Prospects for Energy Resources i n the 21st Century' o n 18 t h A p r i l . The l e c t u r e wa s organized by the University under the auspices of the Ho Leung Ho Le e Foundation. • Prof. F r ank i e F.L. Leung, ad j unc t professor of law at Loyola Law School a n d l e c t u r er i n l aw at S t a n f o r d University, was invited by the School of Ac c oun t an c y to give a lecture entitled 'Is the Basic Law Good for Business?' o n 17th May. Visiting Scholars • Prof. G i l l i an B r own , Professor of English as an International Language and director of the Research Centre for En g l i s h a n d A p p l i e d L i ngu i s t i c s , University o f Cambridge, visited United College from 15th to 28th March as its Distinguished Visiting Scholar 1996-97, and delivered three public lectures ： 'English as an International Language ： What Does It Mean?', 'Developments in Listening Comprehension in the Last 30 Years', and ' I n t e r p r e t a t i on and Context' . • Prof. Barry E. Gushing, the David Eccles Professor of Ac c o u n t i n g f r om the University of Utah, visited the School of Accountancy from 17th February to 16th Ma r ch under the BA Faculty Distinguished Visiting Professorship Scheme and delivered a public lecture on 'The Development of Auditing ： A H i s t o r i cal Perspective a nd Future Directions'. • Prof. Samuel Cheung Hung-nin f r om t he D e p a r t me n t o f East A s i an Language s at t he U n i v e r s i ty o f Ca l i f o r n ia at Be r ke l ey v i s i t ed the University as its first Wilson T.S. Wang V i s i t i n g P r o f e s s or i n L a n g u a ge Educa t i on and de l i v e r ed a p u b l i c lecture entitled 'Linguistic Awareness ： Chinese Language Education in Hong Kong' on 14th May. New Academic Programmes The University Senate has approved the introduction of 12 new programmes in the academic years 1997-98 and 1998- 99. 1997-98 • Ce r t i f i c a te Cou r se i n Bus i nes s C o mm u n i c a t i o n (a s e l f - f i n a n c ed programme r un by the Asia-Pacific Institute of Business) • Certificate Programme in Management of Extracurricular Activities i n Schools (a self-financed programme run by the Ho ng Kon g Institute of Educational Research) • Intensive Programme in Putonghua, Cantonese, and English for full-time first-year undergraduate students • Minor Programme in Environmental Chinese University Bulletin Autumn . Winter 1997 48