Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1998

(38) From the following donors to support a clinical study undertaken by the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics: a. Armedic Far East Limited HK$58,000; and b. Takeda IMC Chemical Ltd. HK$ 130,000. (39) From Bayer China Co. Ltd. : a. HK$112,320 to support a clinical study undertaken by the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics; and b. HK$ 10,000 to support the summer course in microbiology of the Department of Microbiology held in Hon g Kong in June 1998. (40) From Astra Pharmaceuticals ( HK) Limited HK$80,000 to support a research project undertaken by the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics. (41) From Glaxo Wellcom e China Ltd. to the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics: a. HK$265,000 to support a research project; and b. HK$20,215.20 to sponsor a staff member to attend the united European gastroentero- logy week held in Birmingham, U K, in October 1997. (42) From Oriental Press Charitable Fund Association: a. to the Department of Medicine and Thera- peutics HK $ 8 0 0 to support a research project; b. to the Department of Surgery i. HK$27,478 for the Burns Foundation; ii. HK$650 to support the Skin Bank; c. to the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology i. HK$13,155 for the Children Myoelectric Prosthesis Fund; ii. HK$1,496,097 for setting up a scoliosis CAD / CAM system. (43) From Swire Loxley Ltd. HK$200,000 to support a research project undertaken by the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics. (44) From Novartis Pharmaceuticals (HK ) Ltd.: a. to the Division of Clinical Pharmacology of the Department of Medicine and Therapeutics i. HK$ 115,000 for a research project; ii. HKS 10,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend the Southeast Asian drug metabolism workshop held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in April 1998; b. to the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology HK$7,500 to sponsor a staff member to attend the donor action training course and the Asian Society of Transplantation congress held in Manila, the Philippines, in December 1997; c. to the Department of Surgery HK$ 10,678 to sponsor a staff member to attend a meeting of the Surgical Research Society held in London, UK , in January 1998; d. to the Department of Clinical Oncology i. HK$ 17,551 to sponsor a staff member to attend an international conference on adjuvant therapy of primary breast cancer and the IBCSG annual meeting held in St. Gallen, Switzerland, in February 1998; ii. HK$25,000 to sponsor a staff member to attend an annual conference and exhibition of the American Society of Clinical Oncology held in Los Angeles, USA, in May 1998. (45) From Dr. John C.C. Chen HK$1,293.71 to the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences for research purposes. (46) From Ms. Cheng Yu-tin HK$500 for the family medicine research project undertaken by the Department of Community and Family Medicine. (47) From Chiang Chin g Kuo Foundation for International Scholarly Exchange: a. to the Department of Architecture a further donation of HK$47,195.78 for the project on oral architectural history of China; b. to the Department of Sociology a further donation of HK31,965.61 for the project on new forms of equity in mainland China; and c. to the Department of Chinese Language and Literature a further donation of HKS34,182.83 for the project on the development of Chinese education in Malaysia. (48) From CK L Enterprises Limited HK$8,500 to the Department of Physics for research purposes. (49) From Cochlear Limited to the Department of Surgery: a. HK$ 12,000 for research purposes ； and b. HK$100,000 to support the course on cochlear implantation and related sciences organized in Hong Kong in December 1997. (50) From Mr. Yeung Yue-pang HK$ 100,000 to the Department of Surgery for research. (51) From The Croucher Foundation HK$234,000 as the final payment of a donation totalling HK$800,000 for the project on interplay of magnetic and superconducting properties of oxide multilayers undertaken by the Department of Physics. (52) From the following donors to support a research project undertaken by the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences: a. The Ebenezer School and Home for the Visually Impaired Ltd. HK$ 180,000; and b. The International Agency for the Prevention of Blindness, National Eye Institute, HK$387,632.26. (53) From Hong Kong Oxygen & Acetylene Co. Ltd. HK$10,000 to support the summer chemical research programme undertaken by the Department of Chemistry. Gifts and Donations 61