Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1998

To Lead, Innovate andServe Thirty- Fifth Anniversary Celebrations T he University turns 35 this year, and a wo r k i ng party has been formed to design a year-round celebration programme for the anniversary. The programme kicked off w i t h a photography contest i n January 1998 entitled 'Scenic Spots of The Chinese University of Hong Kong'. Organized by the Office of Student Affairs and the C U HK Photographic Society, the competition is open to all CUHK and secondary school students. The w i nn i ng pieces w i ll be exhibited at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall this coming July. Other celebration activities for the first quarter of 1998 included an international conference on Restructuring the Knowledge Base of Education in Asia, organized by the Faculty of Education and the Ho ng Kong Institute of Educational Research from 12th to 14th February. This was followed by the Third Annual Scientific Symposium of the Hong Kong Cancer Institute, organized by the Faculty of Medicine on 25th February. Next i n line were t wo seminars on translation studies and interpreting held b y the Department of Translation and Shaw College on 13th and 27th March respectively. The programme for the rest of the year features other international conferences, symposiums, public lectures, a Chinese drama festival, Founder's Day celebrations, and the launch of the CUHK alumni trail. Details of individual events w i l l be covered in the next issue of the Chinese University B u l l e t i n . R e s t r u c t u r i n g the Knowledge Base of Education in Asia Faced w i t h information explosion, globalization of economies, and the recent financial turmoil, Asian countries need to rethink the direction of human resource development. They need to upgrade the quality of their labour force and enhance the capability of their education systems to meet the challenges of the next century. The conference provided a forum for scholars, educationalists, and policy makers i n the region to exchange insights and research results on how Asian countries should reshape their education systems. Keynote speakers included specialists f r om Ho ng Kong, mainland China, Japan, Taiwan, and Korea.