Newsletter No. 7

CUHK Newsletter Mr. Chou Chi Ken (Registrar's Office) Mr. Chu, Patrick S. Y. (University Library) Mr. Hsia Yan San (School of Education) Mr. Hu Shih Chong (Registration Section) Dr. Hu, Stanislaus (Computer Services Centre) Mrs. Ip, S. Y. Lai (Art Gallery) Mr. King Chia Lun (Department of Extramural Studies) Miss Lai, Janet (Faculty Office, Arts Faculty) Mr. Lai Wah Biu (Academic & Examination Section) Mrs. Lai, Winnie Chan (University Instructional Media Services) Mrs. Lau, Margaret Tse (Personnel Section) Mrs. Law, Doris Chu (Office of Engineering Programme) Mr. Lee, Albert Ping Kwan (Personnel Section) Miss Leung, Amy K. Y. (Publication Office) Mr. Leung Yin Biu (Faculty Office, Social Science Faculty) Mr. Liang Shing Hok (Buildings Office) Mr. Liu Ching (University Library) Dr. Lo Tsun Fan (University Health Service) Miss Siu, Goretty H. S. (Accounts Office) Mr. Tam Sau Sum (Personnel Section) Miss Tsang Ngan Yin (Academic & Examination Section) Mrs. Wan, Kei Lee (Publication Office) Mr. Wong, Matthew H. C. (Computer Services Centre) Mr. Yau Tze Man (Office of Student Affairs) United College Mrs. Chu Ng Lai Han (Dean of Students' Office, United College) Mr. Ho Kwok Kit (Institute of Chinese Studies) Fr. C. F. Kane (Adam Schall Residence, United College) Mr. Philip Lam K. T. (Dean of Students' Office, United College) Mr. Lau Yee Fui (Wu Chung Library) Mr. Lee Chee Leung (University Library) Mr. Tai Chiu Ming (College Office, United College) Mrs. Wong Pun Ming Chu (University Library) Shaw College Miss Chan Yi U (Personnel Section) Mr. Frederick Chang (University Library) Mr. H. K. Cheung (Personnel Section) Mrs. Grace Chow (Office of Student Affairs) Mr. Chow Kim Wan (Transport Unit) Mr. Alan Ho (Computer Services Centre) Mr. William Ho (Chinese University Press) Mr. Winston Y. S. Kan (Buildings Office) Mrs. Elizabeth Kwong (Accounts Office) Mr. Patrick T. H. Kwong (Chinese University Press) Mr. Linus Lau (Security Unit) Mrs. Lau, Nora Chau (MBA Programme) Mrs. Clara Lee (Information Office) Mrs. Li, Jean Hung (Universities Service Centre) Mrs. Kingsley Ma (Chinese University Press) Mrs. Vivian Ng (Vice-Chancellor's Office) Mr. Hardy S. C. Tsoi (Sir Run Run Shaw Hall) Mrs. Katherine Wong (Registration Section) Miss Julia Woo (Clinical Services Administration) Mr. Yung Yuk Yu (University Instructional Media Services) Services to the Community and International Organizations * Prof. David Gwilt, professor of music, has been appointed chairman of the board of trustees of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music Fund and of the Music Committee of the Council for the Performing Arts, from 1st April 1990 to 31st March 1991. Prof. Gwilt has also been appointed a member of the Council for the Performing Arts by HE the Governor from 1st April 1989 to 31st March 1991. * Dr. Daniel Law, lecturer in music, was commissioned by the Hong Kong Chinese Churches Union to compose apiece ‘Organ Prelude and Introiton UnserHerrscher’ for the union's 75th anniversary. Dr. Law was also commissioned by the Contemporary Players to write ‘Shuixian Cao II, for six Chinese instruments and pretaped synthesizers. The work was world- premiered on 21st April 1990 at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. * Mrs. Yolanda Chan, assistant librarian of the University Library, was invited to be an adjudicator for the Library Board Display Competition organized by the Library Section of the Education Department and sponsored by the Lions Clubs in Zone 5, Lions Clubs International, District 303. The Competition was held on 20th April 1990 at the Hong Kong Teachers' Centre. * Mr. C. A. Van Hasselt, senior lecturer in surgery, served as an honorary clinical supervisor for the ENT component of the Vocational Training in General Practice of the Hong Kong College of General Practitioners for 1989. * Dr. Chan Wing Wah, lecturer in music, has been appointed deputy secretary of the Asian Composers' League for two years from April 1990. * Dr. Ng Lee-Ming, University Registrar, has been appointed a member of the Hong Kong Examinations Authority by HE the Governor from 19th March to 31st July 1990. * Prof. Chen Char-nie, professor of psychiatry, and Mr. William Wan Honcheung, alumni officer, have been appointed members of the Mental Health Review Tribunal by HE the Governor for three years from 15th April 1990. (All information in this column is provided by the Information Office) N e w Pub l i c a t i ons The Universit y Pres s The following new books will be sold at a 20 per cent discount to staff members at the University Bookshop, John Fulton Centre: - Men of the Cliffs and Caves (in English) by Aat Vervoom, xii + 356 pp.,(hardcover, HK$215). • 'Heal the Sick' Was Their Motto: The Protestant Medical Missionaries in China (in English) by G. H. Choa, xxiv + 255 pp., (hardcover, HK$145). • Changing Cities of Pacific Asia: A Scholarly Interpretation (in English) by Yue-man Yeung, xxii + 320 pp., (hardcover, HK$160). Research Centre for Translation The following new titles from the Renditions Paperbacks series will be sold at a 20 per cent discount to staff members if they place their orders at the Research Centre for Translation: • Gu Cheng: Selected Poems, a collection of the most representative works by one of China's foremost contemporary poets (HK$56). • Liu Xinwu: Black Walls & Other Stones, selected stories by the recently dismissed chief-editor of People's Literature (HK$60). 7