Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1997

support the research project on interplay of magnetic and superconducting properties of oxide multilayers undertaken by Prof. H.K. Wong ； b. to the Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology HK$105,000 to support a research project on application of comparative genomic hybridization undertaken by Prof. John Chow ； and c. to the Department of Mathematics HK$17,500 to support the international congress in algebras and combinatorics organized by Prof. Shum Kar-ping in Hong Kong in August 1997. (17) From Flail Co. Ltd. HK$2,000 to support a research project undertaken by the Department of Clinical Oncology. (18) From The Gentle and Tranquil Tai Chi Chuan Association HK$10,000 to support the burns treatment and research of the Department of Surgery. (19) From Glaxo Wellcome Hong Kong and China Limited HK$629,000 to support the research project on hepatitis B undertaken by the Department of Medicine. (20) From Hong Kong Obstetrical and Gynaecological Trust Fund HK$30,000 to support a research project undertaken by the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. (21) From Lions Kidney Educational Centre and Research Foundation Limited HK$4,000 to the Renal Unit of the Department of Medicine for research purposes. (22) From Merck Sharp & Dohme (Asia) Limited ： a. HK$25,000 to suppor t a clinical study undertaken by the Department of Clinical Pharmacology ； and b. HK$61,736 to support a research project undertaken by the Departmen t of Microbiology. (23) From Novartis Pharmaceuticals (HK) Ltd. HK$25,000 to support the research on Lescoal in resisting hypercholesterolaemia undertaken by the Department of Clinical Pharmacology. (24) From Oriental Press Charitable Fund Association ： a. to the Department of Medicine HK$1,000 to support the Hong Kong lupus nephritis study ； and b. to the Department of Surgery ： i. HK$20,565 for the Burns Foundation ； ii. HK$4,510 to support the Skin Bank. (25) From the following donors to the Chinese Medicinal Material Research Centre to support research and the promotion of Chinese medicine ： a. Po Sum On Medicine Factory Limited HK$380,000; and b. Tegent Technology Ltd. HK$3,000. (26) From Schering-Plough HK$100,830 to support a clinical trial undertaken by the Department of Clinical Oncology. (27) From SmithKline Beecham Limited ： a. to the Department of Community and Family Medicine HK$200,000 to support a research project ； and b. to the Department of Medicine HK$25,000 to support a research project. (28) From SOL Ltd. HK$40,000 to support the research on asthma undertaken by the Department of Medicine. (29) From various donors HK$569,000 to support the Cantonese opera research programme undertaken by the Department of Music. (30) From Vita Green Health Products Co. Ltd. HK$150,000 to support the research project on standardization of Lingzhi undertaken by the Department of Pharmacy. (31) From Ms. Yin Ai-tsang, Jane HK$6,000 to support a research project undertaken by the Department of Surgery. (32) From Advanced Chemicals Ltd. HK$50,000 to support a lecture series in chemistry organized by the Department of Chemistry in Hon g Kong in December 1996. (33) From the following donors to support the first international minimally invasive surgery workshop in paediatric urology organized b y the Department of Surgery i n Hong Kong in February 1997 ： a. A.R. Burkill & Sons (Hong Kong) Ltd. HK$8,000 ； and b. Goodman Medical Supplies Ltd. HK$ 10,000. (34) From Bei Shan Tang Foundation Limited ： a. HK$80,000 to support an international symposium on Chinese calligraphy organized by the Art Museum in Hong Kong in April 1997； b. HK$180,000 to support the third international conference on Chinese paleography jointly organized by the Department of Chinese Language and Literature and th e Institute of Chinese Studies in Hong Kong in October 1997; and c. HK$132,204 towards the additional cost of regrading a post of research assistant to assistant curator in the Art Museum for two years. (35) From Boehringer Ingelheim (HK) Limited ： a. to the Department of Medicine HK$28,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend the American Thoracic Society/American Lung Association annual conference in San Francisco, USA, in May 1997; and b. to the Department of Paediatrics HK$1,000 to support the children with diabetes. (36) From Bristol-Myers Squibb (H.K.) Limited HK$25,000 to sponsor a staff member of the Department of Surgery to attend an international symposium on intracranial pressure and Gifts and Donations 55