Newsletter No. 11

CUHK Newsletter acquisition and local area network setup. Departments which are clients of the IMS need only pay a fixed annual charge equivalent to eight per cent (subject to periodic review) of the purchase price of the machines to be maintained. This is four to eight per cent lower than the commercial rate. With the introduction of the IMS, CSC plans to phase out the trouble-shooting service currently provided free by the MCAS. Thereafter departments without an in-house maintenance contract will be served at the lowest priority and charged at a relatively high per-call rate. ANNOUNCEMENTS Professor of Architecture Prof. Tunney F. Lee has been appointed as professor of architecture from 4th September 1990. Ag ed 59, Prof. Lee was educated i n the U . S . A. and obtained his B. Arch, from the University of Michigan in 1954. He thenbecame associated with I. M . Pei & Associates, Boston Re d e v e l o pme nt A u t h o r i ty and H a r v a rd U n i v e r s i ty respectively. He has been on the faculty of the School of Architecture and Planning at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since 1970 and was head of the Department of Urban Studies and Planning from 1986 to 1990. From 1983 to 1986, he was also Deputy Commissioner of the Division of Capital Planning and Operations in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the agency responsible for all the buildings and lands in that state. Prof. Lee has acquired extensive experience in his specialized field through involvement in numerous urban redevelopment projects in major US cities since the 1960s. Prof. Lee is married, with three children. University Library News * The University Library System including the University Library, college libraries, and the L i Ping Medical Library w i ll be closed on Chung Yeung Festival on 26th October 1990. * The Un i v e r s i ty L i b r a ry w i l l stage an e x h i b i t i on of ‘Academic Publications: Faculty of Medicine' from 1st to 14th November to introduce the works of the members of that faculty to the University community at large. A l l are welcome. The opening ceremony will be held on the first day of the exhibition at 4 p.m. HKIAPS Information and Documentation Unit Opening Hours changed Effective f r om 15th October, the opening hours of the Information and Documentation Unit of the Hong Kong Institute for Asia-Pacific Studies (Room 529 ， Fung King Hey Building) are as follows: Monday to Friday: 9.15 a.m. to 12.45 p.m. Saturday: 9.15 a.m. to 12.15 p.m. Local Education Allowances Following the government's revision of the rates of local education allowances for dependent children of civil servants, the maximum allowance payable to eligible staff in the University has been increased from 1st September as follows: For each child attending a primary school: HK$ 16,350 per year For each child attending a secondary school: (i) Form I to Form I I I - HK$27,075 per year (ii) Form I V and above — HK$25,875 per year The basic charge an appointee has to pay towards the school fee of his child who attends Form I V or above has also been revised from $1,300 to $1,600 per year. Enquiries should be directed to the Personnel Section at Ext. 2224. New Publications of the Research Centre for Translation The following new books in the Renditions Paperbacks series will be sold at a 20 per cent discount to staff members if they order directly from the Research Centre for Translation: • Silent Operas by L i Yu, edited by Patrick Hanan, xiii + 201 pp., HK$69. • Contemporary Women Writers: Hong Kong & Taiwan, edited by Eva Hung, xii + 130 pp., HK$65. Cricket Match The University's Annual Cricket Match against H K U is now fixed for Saturday, 17th November starting at 1.00 p.m. at the Army Ground at Sek Kong. A l l those who think they can still play cricket and all energetic newcomers who would like to play (standard is very variable) please contact Mr. David Gilkes at Ext. 2241. Cognitive Science Seminar Group Laurence Goldstein from HKU 's Department of Philosophy invites C U HK academics and researchers interested in cognitive science to j o in an informal seminar group to promote scholarly collaboration in this field of study. The group w i ll meet from time to time for members to present papers on t h e ir o w n r e s e a r ch or r e v i e ws o f new groundbreaking literature. It is hoped that such collaboration may ultimately lead to the creation of an undergraduate multidisciplinary programme in cognitive science. Send your name and address to Dr. Goldstein (Tel: 8592797; Fax: 5598452) if you are interested. 3