Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2004

Conferences/Workshops/Seminars 2003 • 'Hong Kong as a World City: Global Action and Local Action', Hong Kong Geography Day, 8th November, jointly organized by the Department of Geography and Resource Management and the Hong Kong Geographical Association; • The 14th International Surgical Symposium on 'New Frontiers in Minimally Invasive Therapy', 14th to 16th November, organized by the Department of Surgery, co-sponsored by the Departments of Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, and Orthopaedics and Traumatology; • The PISA International Conference on 'What Do the PISA Results Tell Us about the Education Quality and Equality in the Pacific Rim', 21st and 22nd November, by the Hong Kong Centre for International Student Assessment under the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research of the University, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Deve l opmen t, and the Education and Manpower Bureau of the HKSAR; • The first scientific meeting of the Clinical Neuroscience Group of the University, 5th and 6th De c emb e r, by the De p a r t me n ts of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology, Surgery (Neurosurgery), Medicine (Neurology), Clinical Oncology, and Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging, cosponsored by the Hong Kong Ne u r o s u r g i c al Society, the Hong Kong Neurological Society, and the International Academy of Pathology (Hong Kong Division); • The seminar on the Development of Speech and Hearing Assessment Tools, 12th December, by the Cooperative Centre for Communicative Research; • The International Advanced Workshop on Virtual Ge og r a ph ic En v i r o nme n ts and Geocollaboration, 15th and 16th December, h o s t e d by t he J o i nt L a b o r a t o ry f or Geoinformation Science, sponsored by the K.C. Wong Education Foundation, Sze Cheong Investment Co. Ltd., the Hong Kong Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, the I n t e r n a t i o n al As s o c i a t i on of Ch i n e se Professionals in Geographic Information Science, and the IEEE Hong Kong Section Computer Chapter; • The Croucher Foundation Advanced Study Institute on 'Advances in Protein Sciences', 15th to 20th December, by the Department of Biochemistry; sponsored by the Croucher Foundation; Lectures Wei Lun Lectures • Prof. Jacquelynne S. Eccles, Wilbert McKeachie Collegiate Professor of Psychology, Education and Women's Studies at the University of Michigan, gave two public lectures entitled 'School Structure, Classroom Experiences, and Adolescent Development', 'Gender, Academic Performance, and Academic Choices', on 16th and 17th February 2004. • Prof. Jere R. Behrman, William R. Kenan Professor of Economics at the University of Pennsylvania, delivered a public lecture entitled 'How Parents Really Affect Their Children's Economic Options: Some Selected Examples' on 19th April 2004. Other Lectures • Prof. Hugh D. R. Baker, professor emeritus of Chinese at the University of London, delivered a public lecture on 'Ducks Talking with Chickens' in his capacity as Wilson T.S. Wang-New Method College Visiting Professor in Language Education on 28th November 2003. • Prof. Lu Yongxiang, president of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, gave a lecture on aeronautical and aerospace development in China on 6th December 2003. • The Department of Sports Science and Physical Education organized The Olympic Education Seminar: Hong Kong, Beijing, Canada', on 21st February 2004. • Prof. Anthony J. Leggett, 2003 Nobel Laureate in Physics, spoke on 'Superfluid 3-He: The Early Days as Seen by a Theorist' on 15th April 2004. • Prof. Donald McQuade, vice- chancellor (university relations) of the University of California at Berkeley, visited the University on 20th and 21st April 2004 and spoke on 'Raising the Literacy Stakes: Writing Skills and the Demands of the New Economy'. 6 2 Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 2004