Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1999

of systems engineering in March 1991. He made remarkable contributions in the setting up of the curriculum and programmes and the recruitment of quality faculty members for the first systems engineering department in Hong Kong. Prof. Lum retired from the University on 31st December 1997. E m e r i t u s P r o f e s s o r of A r c h i t e c t u r e Prof. Tunney F. Lee has been awarded the title of Emeritus Professor of Architecture. He joined The Chinese University in 1990 as the f o u n d i n g c h a i r of architecture. Unde r his cha i r s h i p , the y o u n g Department of Architecture made landmark developments. P r o f . Lee has made r ema r k ab le contributions to the University Council , the Senate, Chung Chi College, and the Campus Planning Committee, and has rendered invaluable service for the overall development of the University . He retired from the University on 3rd September 1998. Professorial Appointment P r o f . T o ny G i n was appointed professor of anaesthesia and intensive care on 31st March 1999. Prof. Gin obtained his M.B. Ch.B. and MD from the University of Otago in 1981 and 1992 respectively ， and his B.Sc. in statistics from the University of Canterbury in 1984. Prof Gin was registrar o f anaesthesia at Addenbrooke's Hospital in England and Middlemore and Auckland Hospitals in New Zealand from 1985 to 1987. From 1988 to 1996 he taught anaesthetic and intensive care at The Chinese University. He was appointed chair of anaesthesia at the University of Otago in 1996. Prof. Gin is a Fellow of the Royal College of Anaesthetists, the Australian and New Zealand College of Anaesthesiologists, the Hong Kong College of Anaesthesiologists and the Hong Kong Academy o f Medicine. He is also an external reviewer o f many medical journals. New Programmes of Study The University Senate has approved the introduction of four new programmes: • Four-year full-time Bachelor of Education Programme in Physical Education and Sports Science for introduction in 1999-2000; • Professional Diploma Programme in Health Promotion and Health Education for introduction in January 1999; • Advanced Diploma Programme in Security Studies (Distance Education) for introduction in January 1999 by the School of Continuing Studies; and • Revised Certificate Programme in Japanese for introduction in Spring 1999 by the School of Continuing Studies. Conferences/Workshops/ Seminars • East Asian Jade International Symposium, 23rd to 27th November 1998, Centre for Chinese Archaeology and Art; • The Fou r th Language I n t e r na t i onal Conference on Teaching Translation and Interpreting, 2nd to 5th December 1998, Research Centre for Translation and the Academy of Social Sciences, Shanghai International Studies University; • Pu b l ic Po l i cy F o r u m on F u r t h e r Development of Education in Hong Kong: A Discourse on the Chief Executive's Second Policy Address, 8th December 1998, Faculty of Social Science and the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies; • The First International Symposium on Computer Learner Corpora, Second Language Ac q u i s i t i o n and Fo r e i gn Language Teaching, 1 4th to 1 6t h December Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 1999 62