Bulletin No. 1, 2011

News in Brief   45  Activities and Events CUHK-SYSU Centre for Historical Anthropology The plaque-unveiling and MOU- signing ceremony of The Chinese Univer sit y of Hong Kong –Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU) Centre for Historical Anthropology was held on campus on 8 November 2010. Officiating at the ceremony were Prof. Zhang Donggang (3rd left) , deput y direc tor- general, Department of Social Sciences o f Mo E ; P r o f. Hu a n g Da r e n (3rd right), president of SYSU; P r o f . L u o Y u a n f a n g ( 2 n d right), deputy director-general, Department of Education of Guangdong Provincial People’s Government; Mr. Mo Jinqiang (1st right), deputy director-general, Education, Science and Technology Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR; Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung (2nd left), CUHK Vice-Chancellor; and Prof. David Faure (1st left), CUHK Wei Lun Professor of History and director of the centre. This centre is the first national-level joint research centre in the humanities and social sciences at CUHK and Hong Kong. It aims at re-examining Chinese history from the perspective of historical anthropology. World-class Finance Trading Lab T h e F a c u l t y o f B u s i n e s s Administration has established a world - clas s finance trading laborator y at its new teaching building at Chak Cheung Street. Of ficiated by Prof. K.C. Chan (2nd right), Secretary for Financial S e r v i c e s a n d t h e Tr e a s u r y ; Prof. Michael K.M. Hui (3rd left), Pro -Vice - Chancellor; Prof. T.J. Wong (1st right), Dean of Business Administration; Prof. Ralph van Put (2nd left), and Prof. Paul Chow (1st left), both adjunct professors, Department of Finance, the opening ceremony was held on 25 November 2010. Regarded by the finance industry as the best of its kind on a university campus, the laboratory is equipped with Bloomberg and Reuters terminals and supported by real-time data feed from all major stock exchanges. Students will be able to experience real market operations through practical training and gain a better understanding of how to react to market fluctuations.