Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2005

CUHK Highly Rated and to be Awarded Largest Funding from UGC T he Chinese University of Hong Kong is to receive HK$6.36 billion from the University Grants Council (UGC) for the 2005-8 triennium, the largest allocation among the eight local tertiary institutions. UGC has also rated highly the University's performance against its role in teaching and research. In the assessment of the Performance and Role-Related Funding Scheme (PRFS), the University 'earned back' the 10 per cent of recurrent funding in the PRFS exercise, plus a significant extra one-off allocation to further encourage the University's high performance in key areas of activity relating to its role.The University regards this as a recognition of its achievements in teaching and research, and of its strategic vision as a leading university in the region. C elebrating Prof. Hu Shiu Ying's 1 00 th B irthday T he Chinese University hosted a symposium on 1st March 2005 to celebrate the 100th birthday of Prof. Hu Shiu Ying, renowned botanist and honorary professor of Chinese Medicine. The symposium was co-organized by Chung Chi College, School of Chinese M ed icine , Department of B io log y and In s titu te o f Chinese Medicine. Over 300 guests including CUHK staff and students, government officials, Chinese medicine practitioners, and scholars from m a in land and overseas participated in the event. Prof. Hu took up the position of senior lecturer in the Department of B iology of Chung Chi College in 1968. She is c u rre n tly honorary professor o f C h i n e s e M e d ic in e , senior c o lle g e tu to r o f Chung Chi College and emeritus senior research fe llow of Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University. New Clinic Encourages Marriage of Western and Chinese Medicine (From left) Prof. K.S. Woo, Prof. P.C. Leung, Prof. T.F. Fok and Prof. E llis H on announcing the establishment o fthe new clinic T he Research C lin ic for Integrated Medicine was established on 23rd March 2005 to foster research projects that adopt an integrated approach of mainline medicine and traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). The clinic is in line with the Hospital Authority's initiative of introducing TCM service into public hospitals. The Clinical Trial Section of the Institute of Chinese Medicine was set up in 2001 at the School of Public Health Building of the Prince of Wales Hospital. Over 30 clinical and related trials involving the combination treatment of mainline medicine and TCM are currently underway. With the support of the CUHK Faculty of Medicine, the Institute of Chinese Medicine, and the Hospital Authority, the clinic w ill further its clinical research, support and consultation services involving the use of TCM for clinical departments at four other pub lic hospitals, namely Kwong Wah Hosp ital, Yan Chai Hosp ital, A lice Ho M iu Ling Nethersole Hospital, and Pok Oi Hospital. News in Brief 41