Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1998

• Workshop on Adolescent Problems and Family Social Work, 4th July, F am i l y Social Wo r k P r a c t i ce a n d Research P r o j e c t of t he De p a r t me nt of Socia l Wo r k; • Short Course in Outcomes and Effectiveness Research, 10th to 12th July, De p a r t me nt o f C o m m u n i t y a n d F a m i l y M e d i c i n e , School of H y g i e n e a n d Public He a l th of Johns H o p k i n s University; • The Challenges of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences in the Next Millennium, 20th to 23rd A u g u s t, De p a r t me nt o f O p h t h a l mo l o g y a n d Visual Sciences; • One Year into the Asian Financial Crisis; The Pros and Cons of Maintaining the Linked Exchange Rate, 2 6 t h A u g u s t , F a c u l ty of So c i a l Science, H o n g K o n g I n s t i t u te o f A s i a - Pacific Studies; • Seminars on Capturing the S t u d e n t s' Perspectives, 2 4 t h A u g u s t a n d 4 t h September, b y Prof. He r b e r t W. Ma r s h, w o r l d authority o n student evaluatio n of teaching, at the invitatio n of the Teaching De v e l o pme n t Un i t ; • Symposium on Image, Speech, Signal Processing, and Robotics, 3 r d a n d 4 t h September, D e p a r t m e n t of E l e c t r o n ic Engineering, De p a r t me n t of Mechanical and A u t oma t i o n Engineering; • Conference on 98 Legco Elections, 2 4 t h September, Political Developmen t of H o n g K o n g Research P r o g r amme of the H o n g K o n g Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies. Lectures Wei Lun Lectures • Prof. Paul Green , professor of ma r k e t i ng at W h a r t o n School of the U n i v e r s i t y of Pennsylvania a nd ma r k e t i n g researcher of i n t e r n a t i o n al r e n o w n, gave a lecture entitled ' Ma r k e t i ng Scienc e or Marketing E n g i n e e r i n g : W h a t is t he F u t u r e f o r Research i n Marketing?', o n 5th M a y 1998. • Prof. I mma n u el Hs u, emeritu s professor of history at the Un i v e r s i t y of California at Santa Barbara, gave a lectur e entitled 'Chinese-American Relations o n the Eve of the 21st Ce n t u r y ' on 8th September. Professorial Inaugural Lecture • P r o f. C l i v e C o c k r a m , p r o f e s s o r o f medicine, delivered an i n a u g u r a l lecture e n t i t l e d ' H u m a n H i s t o r y , Lifestyle a nd Metabolic Disease—A Journey T h r o u gh Time' o n 24th A p r i l 1998. Other Lectures • Prof. Jerry W i n d , L a u d er Professor a n d professor of marketing at Wh a r t on School of the Un i v e r s i ty o f Pennsylvania, gave a lecture entitle d 'Creating a Successful 21st C e n t u ry Enterprise ' o n 17th A p r i l . The l e c t u r e w a s a L i & F u n g L e c t u r e o n Commerce and Industry organized b y the M B A Programmes of the University. Chinese University Bulletin Autumn • Winter 1998 54