Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2001

u n i v e r s i t y p r o f e s s or of c h e m i s t r y, University of California at Los Angeles, visited Un i t ed College f r om 11th to 24th N o v e m b e r 2 0 01 as t h e c o l l e g e 's D i s t i n g u i s h e d V i s i t i n g S c h o l ar i n 2001-2. Du r i n g his visit, Prof. Haw t h o r n e de l i v e r ed t w o p u b l ic lectures en t i t l ed 'Roles of Boron Chemistry i n Medicine' a n d ' W h y I Chose Ch em i s t r y' on 13th and 20th No v emb er respectively. • Prof. A n d r e w Yao Ch i - c h i h , W i l l i am a n d E d n a M a c a l e e r P r o f e s s or o f E n g i n e e r i ng a n d A p p l i e d Science at P r i n c e t o n U n i v e r s i t y i n t h e U S , d e l i v e r e d a l e c t u r e e n t i t l e d ' T h e Fascination of I n f o r ma t i on Science' o n 9 t h J a n u a ry 2002 d u r i n g h i s v i s i t t o Sh aw Co l l e ge as Sir R u n R u n Sh aw D i s t i n g u i s h ed V i s i t i ng Scholar. • P r o f. Z h a n g Bo r a n, p r o f e s s or of the School o f Fo r e i gn Studies a nd director of the B i l i n g u al D i c t i o n a ry Research C e n t r e o f N a n j i n g U n i v e r s i t y , delivered a lecture o n 'Dictionaries a nd Translation' i n his capacity as W i l s on T.S. W a n g —N e w M e t h o d C o l l e ge V i s i t i n g P r o f e s s o r i n L a n g u a g e Ed u c a t i on on 2 2 nd Feb r ua ry 2002. • P r o f. R i c h a r d J. Estes, p r o f e s s or of s o c i a l w o r k at t h e U n i v e r s i t y o f Penn s y l v an ia i n Ph i l a d e l p h i a, v i s i t ed U n i t e d C o l l e ge f r o m 1 0 t h t o 1 7 t h M a r c h 2 0 0 2 as t h e c o l l e g e ' s D i s t i n g u i s h ed V i s i t i n g S c h o l ar i n 2001-2. D u r i n g h is v i s i t. P r o f. Estes d e l i v e r e d t w o p u b l ic lecture s en t i t l ed T r e n ds i n Wo r l d Social De v e l o pme n t: Implications fo r H o n g K o n g a nd Other Well-off Societies' o n 12th Ma r c h, a n d T r ea ts to W o r l d Social De v e l o pme n t: Ob s t a c l es a n d O p p o r t u n i t i es at t he Be g i n n i ng of a N e w C e n t u r y ' o n 14th Ma r c h . P r omo t i ng Chinese Medicine Establishment of the Chinese Medicinal Clinical Research and Services Centre F u n d e d b y the T u n g W a h G r o u p of H o s p i t a l s a n d s u b s i d i z ed b y the H o n g K o n g Jockey C l u b , the T W G H s K w o n g Wa h Ho s p i t al — The Chinese Un i v e r s i ty o f H o n g K o n g C h i n e s e M e d i c i n a l C l i n i c a l Research a n d Services Ce n t re (CRSC) w a s o f f i c i a l ly o p e n ed o n 2 8 t h N o v e m b e r 2001. O f f i c i a t i n g at the o p e n i ng c e r emo ny of t he c e n t r e w e r e P r o f. H u a n g J i e f u, V i c e - m i n i s t er o f H e a l t h of the PRC, Dr . Ye oh E n g K e o n g, Secretary f o r H e a l t h a n d Welfare of the H K S AR Go v e r nme n t, the H o n . Tang Y i n g Yen, S t ewa rd of the H o n g K o n g Jockey C l u b , M r . S t e p h en C h o w , c h a i r m an of T WG H s , a n d P r o f . A r t h u r K . C. L i , v i c e - c h a n c e l l or of t he Un i v e r s i t y . T h i s n e w l y e s t a b l i s h ed c e n t r e , c o v e r i ng some 1,500 square metres, w i l l p r o v i de n o t o n l y h i g h q u a l i t y t r e a t me n t to those i n need, b u t w i l l also serve as an i m p o r t a n t base f o r Ch i n e se m e d i c i ne research. The centre houses three ma j or 61