Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2001

CHINESE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Spring • Summer 2002 ©T h e Chinese University of Hong Kong 2002 Address all correspondence to the Publication Office, CUHK, Sha Tin, N.T., Hong Kong. E-mail address pub2@uab.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk Website h t t p : / / www . c u h k . e d u . h k / puo/bulletin/index.htm Advisory Committee on Chinese University Bulletin Prof. Joseph M. Chan Prof. Chiang Ying-ho Prof. Richard M.W. Ho Prof. C.Y. Lee Mr. Jacob Leung Prof. David Parker 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. Ada Lam C O N T E N T S 2 Intimate Links with the Mainland H e l p i n g to Cultivate Talent for N a t i on B u i l d i ng 3 The First Local Un i v e r s i ty to Foster Interaction w i t h Ma i n l a nd Institution s 7 Activities Related to th e Huma n i t i e s, Engineering, a nd Med i c i ne 20 Recruiting Ma i n l a n d Students 25 Efforts to Con t i nue 24 First Honorary Fellowship Conferment Ceremony 26 Ground-breaking for H o n g Ko n g 's First Teaching Ho t el 2 8 Research News 29 A s t hma Prevalence Related to the E n v i r o nme nt 32 Educational a nd Emotiona l Needs of G i f t ed Student s i n H o n g K o n g 36 The 57th Congregation for the Conferment of Degrees 55 News in Brief