Newsletter No. 11

CUHK Newsletter VC ' s Re c e p t i on f o r New S t a ff Prof. Charles K. Kao hosted a tea reception for about 100 new academic and administrative staff and their spouses on 7th September at the foyer of the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall. The function began with a 20-minute slide show about the University. The vice-chancellor then gave a welcoming address and introduced to the new comers the University officers as well as the heads of major units. Tea and snacks were then served wh i le the guests mo v ed around to get acquainted with one another. L a c q u e r wa re f r o m t he Wa r r i ng States t o t he H a n Pe r i ods Excava t ed i n H u b e i P r ov i nce One hundred items of ancient Chinese lacquerware manufactured two thousand years ago w i ll be on display in the west w i n g o f the A r t Ga l l e ry f r om 2nd November 1990 to 6th January 1991. The exhibition is jointly organized by the Hubei Provincial Museum and the A rt Gallery. The exhibits are all archaeological finds from Hubei in the last three decades, including furniture, daily utensils, musical instruments, weapons and burial objects. Most of them are decorated with colourful and geometric patterns painted in fluent brushwork and are valuable materials for the study of ancient Chinese culture and civilization. The o p e n i ng c e r emo ny o f the exhibition will take place at 4.30 p.m. on 1st November in the west wing of the Art Ga l l e r y. Prof. Charles K . Ka o, the Vice-Chancellor, and Mr. T. T. Tsui, chairman of Citybus Limited and member of the Management Committee of the Art Gallery, w i ll officiate at the ceremony. A l l are welcome. C U SA A n n u a l Ge n e r a l M e e t i ng & D i n n e r The Chinese University Staff Association (CUSA) held its ninth annual general meeting and dinner on 28th September at the Hsin Kuang Restaurant in Sha Tin. Over 200 members attended the meeting and elected the f o l l ow i ng executive committee for 1990-92: President: Man Yiu-mo Vice-President: William Wan Secretary: Mak Nin-fung Treasurer: Paul Wong Members: Chow Yick-hay Alan Ho Winston Kan Memie Kwok Lam Kit-lin Lana Lau Lee Chung-nin Flavia Wong Julia Woo Yau Yuk-lin Reserve: Law Yu-fai N e w Pu b l i c a t i o ns o f t he U n i v e r s i t y Press The following new books w i ll be sold at a 20 per cent discount to staff members at the University Bookshop, John Fulton Centre: • Friedman in China (in English) by Milton Friedman, xxiv + 144 pp., (paperback, HK$60). • Studies in Chinese - Western Comparative Drama (in English) edited by Yun-tong Luk, xvi + 224 pp., (hardcover, HK$120). • Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice (1990-91 Edition) (in English) by David Flux, xxxiv + 571 pp., (hardcover, HK$120; paperback, HK$138). •《學生輔導》 (in Chinese) by Betty L. L. Lai Yau, xiv + 330 pp., (paperback, HK$40). •《海遺雜著》 (in Chinese) by Mou Jun-sun, xii + 479 pp., (paperback, HK$88). University Administration Building PC Local Area Network Formally Inaugurated A project to establish a PC local area n e t w o r k ( L A N ) i n the U n i v e r s i ty Administration Building was started in 1989 and all the planned tasks were recently completed. A ‘roast pig ceremony' was held on Friday, 28th September to mark the official inauguration of the network in the building. The University secretary, registrar and bursar jointly officiated at the ceremony and over 30 representatives from various user-departments attended the function. The project cost the University some $2,000,000 and involved the installation of ne t wo rk cables, PC workstations, servers, printers, and application software, and the development of i n i t i al user policies and naming conventions. The network comprises over 50 PC workstations, three dedicated network servers and about 20 shared printers, providing service to the VC's Office and all other administrative units i n the University Administration Building, which can now communicate w i th one another more efficiently through electronic mail. The PC L A N is also equipped w i th com- munication links to the Computer Services Centre and has the full potential to further connect to LANs of other building clusters on campus. 8