Newsletter No. 4

CUHK Newsletter Long Service Award Recipients Professor Ho Kam-fai, CBE, JP Professor Ho began his career at CUHK with an extremely challenging job: setting up a Department of Social Work at United College. Freshly armed w i t h a master's degree, Professor Ho began his task as a one-man team starting from scratch. His initial responsibilities included writing up the entire social work programme, p l ac i ng orders for textbooks, doing promotional and liaison work, arranging career talks, and screening students. Professor Ho’s fledgling department had just five students when it opened its doors. From such a humble beginning the Department of Social Work has grown to the point where it now offers five separate programmes: B.S.Sc. Degree Programme (full-time and part-time); MSW Degree Programme (full-time and part-time) and Diploma in Social Work Programme (part-time). Recently appointed professor of social work, Professor Ho has been in charge of the Department of Extra- Mural Studies since 1984. He has also continued to play an active role in the social work field, and he still hopes to see attainment of one of his major goals for the Social Work Department: the establishment of a Ph.D. programme. I n his spare time Professor Ho enjoys reading, playing tennis, swimming, and windsurfing. Dr. Lam Choi-nang A member of the Department of Chemistry throughout his 25 years at the University, Dr. Lam was first employed by United College as a substitute teacher. He had just earned his master's degree at that point, and during those early years at United he faced the obstacle of limited space and facilities, including the absence of a permanent laboratory for performing experiments. Dedicated to the art and profession of teaching, Dr. Lam takes special comfort and consolation in watching his students develop and grow. His devotion to his students led to his most unforgettable experience at the University. When he went on study leave to the UK to pursue his Ph.D in 1971, his students gave him a farewell dinner. Upon his return, his students treated him to another meal to welcome him. That type of warm student/teacher relationship, which he says is not easily found nowadays, is what Dr. Lam regards as the foundation of education. Dr. Philip Fu Accountancy is his professional field, but Dr. Fu is a ‘people ’, not a ‘numbers ’, person, as his distinguished career at the University demonstrates. In fact, it was the opportunity to work with people, rather than mere figures, that partly attracted him when he was offered a teaching post by Chung Chi College. Serving Chung Chi was the other major reason. An economics and business administration major, Dr. Fu was a member of Chung Chi's third graduating class. He began teaching at Chung Chi while writing his Ph.D. thesis and later served as college head for many years. Looking back over his career at CUHK, Dr. Fu lists these as the most memorable events he has participated in: drafting a proposal to set up the MBA programme; organizing the move from the old to the new Chung Chi library; and helping to establish the Chaplaincy Fund, the Integrative Basic Studies Resource Centre, and the Siu-Lien Ling Wong Visiting Fellow Programme for the Chung Chi College. While he has accomplished much during his University career, Dr. Fu has yet to complete a task close to his heart: writing a history of accounting in China. During his spare time Dr. Fu prefers a quiet life spent in doing small repair jobs at home and going hiking with his family. Mr. Chiang Tsai-hsien A major in chemical engineering, Mr. Chiang's University career began when he joined New Asia College as a member of its technical staff in the Chemistry Department in 1964. When New Asia moved to the University campus in 1973, Mr. Chiang was asked to become business manager in the 10