Bulletin No. 2, 2009

Intellectual Cross-currents   55  Conference Examines Oncology in South China T he State Key Laboratory in Oncology in South China Retreat Conference 2009 was held on 27 and 28 March 2009. Conference participants were top scientists and prominent scholars in oncology, including 156 from Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) and 55 from CUHK. It was the first large-scale conference of the SYSU–CUHK State Key Laboratory in Oncology since its establishment in 2006. At the two-day conference, scientists from both universities presented their latest research findings. The conference fostered academic exchange and extended the two universities’ scientific achievements to a wider Chinese community. Cantonese Opera Diva Pak Suet-sin Visits Rare Book Room M iss Pak Suet-sin (2nd left), a highly acclaimed Cantonese opera diva, visited the Rare Book Room of the University Library on 26 March 2009. Miss Pak donated approximately 6,000 items of Cantonese operatic materials, such as libretti and photos of Sin Fung Ming Cantonese Opera Troupe, to the Department of Music in 1993. The collection has been kept in safe custody for the past 16 years. Since 2007, the University Library and Department of Music have engaged in a joint digitization project on Miss Pak's collections. In the future, researchers will be able to view the collection online thus preventing damage to the materials.