Bulletin No. 1, 2012

News in Brief   45  CUHK Joins Worldwide Universities Network CUHK has joined the Worldwide Universities Network (WUN) as the first member university in Hong Kong. Prof. Joseph Sung (left), CUHK Vice-Chancellor and Prof. and John Hearn (right), chief executive officer of WUN, signed the agreement for the University’s admission into the network on 17 October. An exclusive network of gl obal uni ver siti e s that is committed to making significant ad v ance s i n know l edg e and understanding of some of the most pressing issues facing humankind, WUN comprises 17 research - intensive universities spanning five continents. Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts Named The Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts of the Institute of Chinese Studies has been renamed as the D.C. Lau Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts, in recognition of Professor Lau’s distinguished contributions to the centre. Prof. D.C. Lau had named the centre the sole beneficiary of his will prior to his passing in April 2010. His residuary estate, comprising HK$21.36 million in cash and the royalties proceeding from his translations, Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching , Mencius , and Confucius: The Analects , were donated to the centre. Prof. Ho Che-wah (back), director, D.C. Lau Research Centre for Chinese Ancient Texts, and the late Prof. D.C. Lau (front)