Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1999

News in Brief Council News R e s i g n a t i o n of V i c e - C h a i r m a n Dr. Alice K.Y. Lam resigned from her appointment as vice-chairman and member of the Council and all her other posts at the University from 1st January 1999. At a Council meeting held on 30th November 1998, vice-chancellor Prof. Arthur K.C. Li praised Dr. Lam for the very able leadership she had rendered to the University for over two decades, and thanked her for the outstanding contributions she had made. Dr. Lam has been appointed as chairperson of the University Grants Committee from 1st February 1999. N ew V i c e - c h a i r m a n Mr. Raymond Kwok has been e l ec t ed by the University Council as vice- chairman of the Council for two years from 2nd March 1999. Mr. Kwok was first elected as Council member in November 1994, and has contributed immensely to the University's financial management since becoming University treasurer and chairman of the Finance Committee in 1997. Mr. Kwok is also chairman of the University Tender Board, a member of the Campus Planning and Building Committee , convener of the Committee on Donations, and a trustee of the Un i v e r s i t y 's S t a ff Superannuation Scheme and other foundation funds. N e w T r e a s u r e r Mr. Roger K.H. Luk has been appointed treasurer o f the University for three years from 2nd March 1999. A Council member since No v emb e r 1997 and currently a member of the Terms of Service Committee, Mr. Luk has also been a council member of other local universities for many years and is familiar with Hong Kong's tertiary education scene. An early graduate of th e Three-year MBA Programme of the University, he has offered his services to CUHK through his capacities both as Council member and alumnus. University Members Honoured H o n o r a r y D o c t o r a t e a nd O n s a g e r P r i ze f or P r o f . C.N. Y a ng Prof. Chen Ning Yang, Nobel laureate in physics, Distinguished Professor-at-Large of the University, and Albert Einstein Professo r of Physics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, was conferred an honorary degree of Doctor of Science by the University of Michigan on 20th December 1998. Prof. Yang was also selected b y the Onsager Prize Committee as the 1998 recipient of the coveted Onsager Prize in recognitio n of his contributions to statistical mechanics. The award was presented to Prof. Yang at the centennial celebration of the American Physical Society in Atlanta in March 1999. Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 1999