Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1999

CHINESE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Spring • Summer 1999 ©The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1999 Address all correspondence to the Publication Office, CUHK , Sha Tin, N.T., Hong Kong. E-mail address: pub2@uab. msmail.cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.cuhk.edu . hk/puo/bulletin/index.htm Advisory Committee on Chinese Univevsity Bulletin Prof. Joseph M. Chan Prof. Chiang Ying-ho Prof. Richard M.W. Ho Prof. C.Y. Lee Mr. Jacob Leung Prof. Andrew Parkin Ms. Amy Yui Editorial Staff Editor Ms. Amy K.Y. Leung Assistant Editors Ms. K. Lee Ms. Piera Chen Ms. Florence Chan Mr. Lawrence Choi Design & Production Ms. May Mui Contents 2 Medical Teaching and Research at CUHK 2 Growing with the Times 2 Prof. Joseph Lee Reviews the Faculty's Development Before His Retirement 5 What is Patient-centred Learning? 7 Introducing Five Areas of Excellence 7 Telemedicine: Providing Health Care at a Distance 10 A High-powered Anti-Cancer Squad 13 A Rosy Future for Ophthalmology 15 Pioneer of Local Gerontology and Geriatrics 17 Sports Medicine — A Unique Field of Medicine 20 New Treatments, New Buildings, and New Programmes 20 Bringing Endoscopic Therapy to Fruition 22 Building a New School of Public Health 25 Introducing a Degree Programme in Chinese Medicine 26 Artist at Work — Wang Mingming's Rendition of the University 29 Research News 31 Before You Swap Butter for Margarine Adverse Health Effects of Hydrogenated Vegetable Oils 33 New Laboratories to Study Robotics and Microsystems 36 Industry-Academia Collaboration Advanced Surface and Materials Analysis Centre 38 The 54th Congregation fo r the Conferment of Degrees 56 News in Brief