Newsletter No. 1

CUHK Newsletter Dr. David Tai-wai Yew, senior lecturer in anatomy, has been invited to serve on the International advisory Board of the Journal of Anatomical Sciences. Dr. Paul Pui-Hay But, lecturer in biology, has been invited to serve on the Joint Editorial Committee of the Flora of China jointly published by the Academia Sinica, China and Missouri Botanical Garden for a term of 15 years until 2004. Dr. But has also been invited to serve as co-editor of the Asian Journal of Plant Science, India. Dr. Tsao Pen-yeh, lecturer in music, has been invited to serve on the Executive Board of the International Council for Traditional Music. Dr. Tsao has also been invited to serve as the district coordinator for Hong K o ng for The Universe of Music: A History, to be jointly published by UNESCO and International Music Council. Dr. P. S. Chung, reader in electronics, has been re-nominated by the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers to serve on the Advisory Committee on Electronic Engineering of the Hong Kong Polytechnic for a term of two years until 31st October, 1991. Dr. Walter W. K. King, senior lecturer in surgery, has been elected a member of the American Bum Association. Prof. Rance P. L. Lee, professor of sociology, has been reappointed a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit by HE the Governor for a term until 30th April, 1990. Prof. Liu Shu-hsien, professor of philosophy, has been invited by the Academia Sinica, Taiwan to serve from 1st October, 1989 as a member of the Advisory Board for the setting up of the Institute of Chinese Literature and Philosophy. ANNOUNCEMENTS The New Asia-Yale in China Chinese Language Centre will offer beginner's courses in Mandarin and Cantonese to staff members and their spouses from 9th January to 17th April 1990. Classes will be held every Tuesday and Thursday from 2:30 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. at the Fong Shu Chuen Building. Enrolment will be on a first-come-first-served basis and the tuition fee for each course is $2,460. Eligible staff members may also apply for a 40 per cent subsidy from the University. For enquires and enrolment, please contact the Chinese Language Centre at Ext. 2681-3 before 2nd January 1990. The Un i ve r s i ty L i b r a r y System, including the University Library, college libraries and Li Ping Medical Library, will be closed on the Christmas and New Year holidays (25th - 26th December 1989, and 1st January 1990). The opening hours of these libraries and their reading rooms will also be slightly different from the usual from 22nd to 31st December 1989. For details of irregular library hours during the period, please read notices put up at the respective libraries. The Benjamin Frank l in Centre Swimming Pool will be closed from December 1989 to March 1990 for annual maintenance. The date of re-opening will be announced later. The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) invites applications for research grants for 1990/91. Applicants should be full-time teaching staff members who wish to visit or conduct research at German universities and research institutes. The grant is tenable for up to threemonths and can cover board and lodging, travel costs and sundry expenses. Each application should be accompanied by a detailed study/research plan, a curriculum vitae, a detailed itinerary of visit and copies of correspondence with relevant German institutions. Please contact Mr. Reinhard Widera, German Studies Section (Ext. 2595) for application forms and further details. New Publications of The University Press The following new books will be sold at a 20 per cent discount to staff members at the University Bookshop, John Fulton Centre: • China: Modernization in the 1980s (in English) edited by Joseph Y. S. Cheng, xx + 682 pp., (paperback, HK$195). • Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice (1989-90 Edition) (in English) by David Flux, xxxiv + 575 pp., (hardcover, HK$195). • The Brush and the Spur (in English) by RobertJoe Cutter, xiv + 255 pp., (hardcover, HK$210). • Dai Wangshu: The Life and Poetry of a Chinese Modernist (in English) by Gregory Lee, xviii + 362 pp., (hardcover, HK$210).