Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1999

Technology Transfer Activities at CUHK 2
Powerful Chinese Search Engine Can Find a Needle in a Haystack: MoLi & ANSeRS Attracts the Interest of IT Companies Worldwide 6
Extending Half-Life to Extend Life: Method for Drug Improvement Transferred to Biotechnology Company 8
Speedy Decoder of Genetic Secrets Receives US Patent: Company in Silicon Valley Gains License and Agrees to Help Develop Technology 10
Hong Kong Police to Use Artificial Intelligence Technology Developed by CUHK to Track Down Culprits 12
Spinning Research to a Different Plane: Technology Transfer by Spin-off Companies 15
Using Biotechnology to Feed, Cure, and Improve Life 18
Movers and Shakers in World Higher Education Meet at CUHK: The Vice- Chancellors' and Presidents' Forum on Global Tertiary Education Development 24
Coming off with Flying Colours in Management Review: University Gets Pat on the Back from UGC 28
Research News 32
Doing Chemistry with Computers: A New Approach Independent of Experiments 34
Crisis in Midlife? The Quality of Marital Life, Parent-Child Relations, and Mental Health of Midlife Adults 38
Cross-border Corruption in International Marketing Decisions: Analysing the Dilemma of Business Executives 42
Members Old and New Celebrate New Asia's Golden Jubilee 46
News in Brief 48

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