Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2001

Prof. Thomas Mak (middle) conducting an instrumentation workshop to train young Chinese scientists to gain practical knowledge of the capabilities and limitations of particular types of research equipment, and to acquire hands-on experience in operating and maintaining them Joint Chemistry Laboratory in Shanghai The Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Synthesis came into operation in January 1999 with Prof, Henry Wong as chairman of its management committee. Located in the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry (SIOC), the lab was set up jointly by The Chinese University, the University of Hong Kong, and the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, The SIOC is an internationally acclaimed centre of organic chemical research which has made remarkable achievements in the areas of fluorine chemistry, metallic organic chemistry, and natural medicinal chemistry. Prof. Henry Wong, who is serving as an academic adviser to the institute, recruits one doctoral candidate f r om the institute each year. So far he has mentored three doctoral students, all of whom have received training in the joint laboratory. Other CUHK teachers involved in the laboratory's research projects include Prof. Wu Chi and Prof. Xie Zuowei. ↑ The opening ceremony of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Joint Laboratory in Chemical Systhesis in January 1999. CUHK Vice-Chancellor Prof. Arthur K.C Li fright 2) exchanging greetings with Mr. Xu Kuangdi (left 2), mayor of Shanghai, and Prof. Wei Yongzheng (right 1), vice-minister of Science and Technology, a t the ceremony. ← Members of the research team at the Shanghai Institute of Organic Chemistry led by Prof. Henry Wong in 1982 17