Bulletin No. 2, 2009

Contents 2 Our Humanities Scholars • Hsiung Ping-chen 4 • Wong Kwok-pun 6 • Bei Dao 8 • Lee Ou-fan 10 • Shun Kwong-loi 12 • Where the Humanities Flourish 14 18 Former Vice-Chancellor Prof. Charles K. Kao Wins Nobel Physics Prize 22 8th Honorary Fellowship Conferment Ceremony 28 66th Congregation 32 60th Anniversary of Department of Philosophy 34 Departmental Reforms of Faculty of Medicine 36 The Best and the Brightest 38 News in Brief • Appointments 38 • Honours and Recognition 41 • Research 45 • Activities and Events 48 • Intellectual Cross-currents 52 CHINESE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN No. 2, 2009 © The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2009 The Chinese University Bulletin is published biannually by the Information Services Office Address all correspondence to Information Services Office, CUHK, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, The People's Republic of China E-mail iso@cuhk.edu.hk Website www.cuhk.edu.hk/iso/bulletin Advisory Committee on Chinese University Bulletin Prof. Laurence K.P. Wong Prof. Chan Hung-kan Prof. Joseph Man Chan Prof. David Parker Mr. Eric S.P. Ng Mr. Jacob S.K. Leung Ms. Amy Y.M. Tsui Mr. Tommy W.K. Cho Ms. Antonia Y.H. Yeung