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Faculty and Departmental Research/Consultancy Units 131 the public. Books such as Facts about Cholesterol have also been published to enhance health knowledge of the public. The centre offers a Professional Diploma, Postgraduate Diploma, a Master of Science Programme in Women’s Health Studies, and a Certificate and a Diploma Programme in Applied Nutrition and Family Health. Cheng Suen Man Shook Centre for Hepatitis Research Tel.: 2648 4326 Fax.: 2648 4326 The centre was founded by a generous donation from Mr. George Cheng for the study of viral hepatitis. It consists of a molecular biology laboratory and a clinical trial centre located at the Sir Yue-kong Pao Centre for Cancer and the Li Ka Shing Clinic respectively. Activities of the centre include: • conducting basic laboratory research on the pathogenesis of viral hepatitis; • conducting clinical trials on the treatment of viral hepatitis; • training of postgraduate students; and • educating patients and the general public about the disease. Chinese Language Teaching Development Centre Tel.: 2609 7074 Fax.: 2603 6048 E-mail: chilan@cuhk.edu.hk To develop IT in Chinese teaching and to meet the needs of a new era, a Chinese Language Teaching Development Centre was established by the Department of Chinese Language and Literature in collaboration with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in 1999. The centre has since devoted much attention to developing electronic teaching materials on Chinese teaching and has set up the Bowen Website ( ) (http://bowen.chi.cuhk.edu.hk) , which is highly popular with teachers and students. Chinese Opera Information Centre Tel.: 2603 5098 Fax.: 2603 5273 E-mail: corp@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://corp.mus.cuhk.edu.hk Established in March 2000, the Chinese Opera Information Centre is operated by the Cantonese Opera Research Programme of The Chinese University and commissioned by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. It houses various kinds of Chinese opera materials such as libretti, scores, newspaper clippings, records, books, documentary photos, slides and video tapes. Most of them are Cantonese opera materials, but there are also materials on other regional opera genres. The main task of the centre is to preserve Chinese opera research materials and to make them available to the public. To disseminate relevant information to all those interested, the centre publishes a newsletter and organizes talks regularly.

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