Newsletter No. 14

CUHK Newsletter No. 14 Jan.1991 Game-stalls and gift-counters were run on the outskirts of the sports field and an appeal for donations towards the CUHK Children's Cancer Fund was made to the participants, who responded by making generous contributions. All had an enjoyable afternoon and many suggested to the organizers before they left that the event should be repeated in 1991. The first Alumni Day was jointly organized by the Office of Alumni Affairs, the Physical Education Unit, the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, the Information Office, and the Staff Association of the University. Queen Honours Prof. Baysung Hsu Prof. Baysung Hsu, pro-vice-chancellor and professor of physics, received the Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the Queen's New Year Honours announced on 31st December 1990. Prof. Hsu obtained his degrees of B.Sc. and Ph.D. from the University of Manchester and is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics. He held various research appointments in the United Kingdom, and engaged himself in research on polymer physics and fibre science. He joined this University in 1964 as professor of physics and was elected several times as dean of science. He has since 1979 been appointed as pro-vice-chancellor of the University, and has served as chairman or member of many academic and administrative committees. Prof. Hsu's contribution to the overall development of The Chinese University over the years has been monumental. $20 Mi l l i on Compu t er Ne t wo rk f or t he Eng i neer i ng Programme The University will spend over HK$20 million to build the largest workstations network in Southeast Asia for its engineering programme. Digital has been chosen as the system integrator for the workstations and networking. The project when completed will comprise some 150 advanced workstations and a large number of PCs. It will provide a computing power of at least 2000 million instructions per second, and a total disk storage exceeding 60 gigabytes. Formal documents were signed between the University and Digital at the Hotel Conrad on 7th December 1990. At the signing ceremony. Prof. Charles K. Kao said that the workstation project would enable the University to keep abreast of current technology at a world-standard level and greatly facilitate research and teaching. Today CUHK is the largest local institution producing the highest number of university graduates in areas related to information technology. It aspires to train a new generation of engineers proficient in communication, in networking, in computing, and in application of advanced engineering tools. The project is the first step in the development of a campus-wide network in the University. There are also plans to establish a high speed communication link with networks in the UK and the USA to enable staff and students to gain access to the vast resources in leading universities worldwide. Two New Facu l t i es t o be Es t ab l i shed in 1991-9 2 Upon the recommendation of the Senate, the University Council has approved the establishment of two new faculties in 1991-92: a Faculty of Education and a Faculty of Engineering. Together with the existing Faculties of Arts, Business Administration, Medicine, Science and Social Science, the University will have seven faculties. The new Faculty of Education will replace the existing School of Education and Physical Education Unit and will comprise four departments: Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Department of Educational 2