Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2005

P ro f. W on g is a world-class researcher w ith four US patents, three books, and 300 papers under his name. He is a fe llo w of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the A s s o c ia tio n fo r Computing Machinery. P rof. Lee Cheuk-yu jo ined the Chinese University in 1972 as lecturer in biochemistry. After 31 years of service to the U n ive rs ity , he retired as professor of b io c h em is try in July 2003. During the period, he served as chairman of th e D e p a rtm e n t o f Biochemistry for 20 years and as head of United Col lege fo r 10 years, among other important positions. Prof. Lee has specialized in research on human heart cD N A sequenc ing , signal transduction and tumour biochemistry, and has published over 130 scientific papers. J Prof. Yeung Yue-man had served as professor of geography at the Chinese University for two decades b e fo re his retirement on 31st July 2004. During that period, he was also appointed to m a n y i m p o r t a n t University positions on a c o n c u r r e n t b a s i s , in c lu d in g U n iv e rs ity Registrar, head of Shaw College, director of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, and d i r e c t o r of t he S h a n g h a i - Ho n g Kong Development Institute. He has been serving as director of the two institutes even after his retirement. An outstanding urban geographer, Prof. Yeung has published 38 authored or edited books and over 160 articles and book chapters. He was awarded OBE in 1996 and received the Silver Bauhinia Star from the government of the HKSAR in 2003. the US in 1969. Prior to joining CUHK, he was chief of the Biochemical Physiology Laboratory of the National Institutes of Health, US, from 1986 to 1999, and director and chair professor of the Institute of Molecular Biology at the University of Hong Kong from 1999 to 2004. Prof. Kung was elected to membership of the Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1999. His research has led to the publication of 268 papers in peer reviewed journals. Professor o f Humanities Prof. Hugh Baker has been appointed professor of humanities from 18th February 2005. Prof. Baker received a Ph.D. in oriental studies from the U n ive rsity of London in 1 9 6 7. He t a u g h t Chi nese f or 35 years and spent much o f his l i f e c o n d u c t i n g research on China and Ho n g Kong . He has been consu ltan t to the Hong Kong Department o f t he Fo r e i g n and C ommo n we a l t h Of f i c e of the UK and Chinese language tra in in g adviser to the Hong Kong government. He was appointed p r of essor eme r i t us of Chi nese by the Unive rsity of London in 2002. Prof. Baker has published a great number of books and articles on China and Hong Kong. News in Brief 33