Bulletin No. 1, 2011

News in Brief   47  International Poets in Hong Kong Organized by the Centre for East Asian Studies, and supported by the Lee Hysan Foundation, ‘International Poet s in Hong Kong’ was held in September 2010 and March 2011. Mr. Tanikawa Shuntaro (top), Japan’s most distinguished contemporary poet, and Mr. Michael Palmer ( bo t t om ) , con t empo r a r y American poet, were invited to visit the University for two weeks to host poetry readings, symposia, and public lectures. Intellectual Cross-currents CAE Academicians Visit CUHK A 12-member delegation from the Chinese Academy of Engineering ( CAE) visited CUHK under the CAE Academicians Visit Programme 2010 from 15 to 18 December. The delegation included Prof. Yang Shengli (3rd left), Prof. Zhen Yongsu (4th left), Prof. Dai Kerong (2nd right), and Prof. Wang Hongyang (1st left) from the Division of Medical and Health, and Prof. Zhang Xingdong (3rd right) from the Division of Chemical, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering. The five academicians delivered public lectures on the theme of translational medicine. Nobel Chemist on Antibiotics Sun Hung Ka i P rope r t i e s and CUHK presented a public lecture on 6 January 2011 on ‘How do Antibiotics Block the Protein Factory of Pathogenic Bacteria?’ by Prof. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan, 2009 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry. The lecture drew a full house of over 350 academics, students and members of the public.