Newsletter No. 6

CUHK Newsletter A n audio-visual course i n I tal ian f rom the I tal ian Consulate General i n Hong Kong The University recently received a donation of an audio-visual course in Italian from the Italian Consulate General in Hong Kong. One of the most advanced language-teaching programmes available, the course aims at promoting the learning of the Italian language and culture and improving the quality of Italian teaching in cultural institutions outside Italy. The presentation ceremony was held in the University on 4th April. Mr. Federico Failla, Consul of the Italian Consulate General, presented the tape of the course to Prof. Charles K. Kao, the Vice-Chancellor of the University. Since its inception in 1974, the University's Italian Studies programme has received various donations, including scholarships for students to pursue short- term courses in Italian language and culture at cultural institutions in Italy. Execut ive MBA Asia Advanced Management Programme The University's Asia-Pacific Institute of Business and the Faculty of Business Administration jointly organized an Asia Advanced Management Programme last month for 35 executive MBA students of the University of Pittsburgh. The programme was first introduced in 1989 to acquaint the participants with various aspects of business and management practices in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. This year, the programme lasted for five days and was conducted by experienced academic staff from the Faculty of Business Administration and key executives from the local business community. Apart from classroom activities including lectures, case studies and panel discussions, the programme arranged a group tour to Shenzhen, PRC to visit a joint-venture production facility. A l c o n Award for Prof. Dominic Man-k it Lam Prof. Dominic M. K. Lam, director of the Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology and professor of biotechnology of the University, has recently been awarded the 1990 Alcon Award by the Alcon Research Institute, USA, for his outstanding contributions to eye research. Prof. Lam is the first scientist in Southeast Asia to have received the award. He has published more than 180 scientific papers, and his main research interests are molecular mechanisms underlying neuronal communication in general, and the processing of visual information in particular. Alcon Laboratories Inc., with its headquarters in Fortworth, Texas, is one of the world's largest ophthalmic pharmaceutical companies. Each year through its research institute it honours outstanding scientists with special achievements in medical research. New Publications 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: • Market Environmentalism (in English) by Jo Ann Kwong, xii + 166 pp., (paperback, HK$48). • The Urban Transition (in English) by Norton Ginsburg, xviii + 114 pp., (paperback, HK$50). •《饒宗頤書畫集》(Paintings and Calligraphy of Jao Tsung-i) (bilingual) by Jao Tsung-i, xvi+76 pp., (hardcover, HK$325). •《香港合同法 》(Hong Kong Contract Law) (in Chinese) by Betty Ho, xlvi + 441 pp., (hardcover, HK$320). •《從學校到社會》（ in Chinese), editor: Grace Chow, contributing authors: Simon S. C. Chau, Chen Te, Lam Ching Man, Luk Shum Sheung Man, Yvonne P. F. Lun, Lee Tien Ming, Tsoi Kcon Wah, Leo P. K. Yam and the Office of Student Affaire, viii + 170 pp., (paperback, HK$30). Art Gallery The following new book is sold at a 20 per cent discount to staff members and students at the Art Gallery: The Art of Su Liupeng and Su Renshen (text in Chinese and English) edited by Mayching Kao, 330 pp., 16 colour plates and 150 B/W plates (hardcover, HK$250). The book, a fully illustrated catalogue to accompany the exhibition jointly organized by the Guangzhou Art Gallery and the University's Art Gallery, features 100 paintings and calligraphy by Su Liupeng and Su Renshan w i th detailed entries of inscriptions, seals, colophons and references. Four appendices of signatures and seals of the two artists and two research papers by Xie Wenyong and Mayching Kao are also included. 3