Newsletter No. 15

CUHK Newsletter No. 15 Feb.1991 New Telephone Numbers and New Charges From the director of Buildings Office When the new telephone system for the campus is installed around mid-April, the University's telephone number will be changed from 6952111 to 6096000 and 6097000. Extension users will be informed in due course of their new extension numbers as well as the schedule of change-over before the commissioning of the new system. Rental charges for some of Hongkong Telephone's services have been revised since 1st January 1991: Old tariff New tariff (HK$ per month) Business line 70 78 (direct exchange lines in offices and hostels) Hunting line of a keyline 90 100 system Faxline 114 118 Residential line 48 56 Staff/Student Amenities Centres The Benjamin Franklin Centre (RFC) and John Fulton Centre (JFC) will close at 5.00 p.m. on Wednesday, 13th February and will reopen at 8.00 a.m. on Monday, 18th February 1991 after the Chinese New Year holidays. The reopening time of individual service units will be as follows: BFC Canteen 8.00 a.m. (21.2.91) Coffee Shop 8.00 a.m. (21.2.91) Fast Food Shop 8.00 a.m. (18.2.91) Printing Services Centre 9.15 a.m. (21.2.91) JFC Bank 9.15 a.m. (18.2.91) Beauty Parlour 9.00 a.m. (18.2.91) Book Store 9.00 a.m. (18.2.91) Supermarket 9.00 a.m. (18.2.91) Souvenir Counter 9.00 a.m. (25.2.91) Library Closed during Chinese New Year Holidays The University Library System, including the University Library, college libraries and Li Ping Medical Library, will be closed during the Chinese New Year holidays from 14th to 17th February, and the late reading rooms of the college libraries from 13th to 17th February 1991. For details please read notices put up at the respective libraries. New Recreational Facilities at Shaw College The weight-training and dancing rooms at Shaw College have been opened for use since Monday, 4th February 1991. They are open from 9.00 a.m. to 9.00 p.m. every day except Sunday. Please direct all enquiries to telephone no. 6035088. New Fax Number for Faculty of Medicine The fax number of the Faculty Office of Medicine has been changed from 6950958 to 6036958 from 16th January 1991. New Publications of 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: • International Telecommunications in Hong Kong: The Case for Liberalization (in English) by Milton Mueller, xiv + 137 pp., (paperback, HK$60). • The Journal of the Institute of Chinese Studies, Vol. 21 ， viii 十 448 pp., (paperback, HK$150). Obituary Sir Sydney Caine, a member of the University's Advisory Board on Social Science and Business Administration since 1964 and formerly director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, passed away on 2nd January 1991 in the UK. CUH K Newslette r We welcome your contributions 1. Items for the next issue (mid-March 1991) should reach the Editor by 27th Februaryl991. 2. All contributions and suggestions should be sent to the Editor, CUHK Newsletter, do the Publication Office, University Secretariat, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (ext. 2936). 3. Contributions should be accompanied with Chinese translations; otherwise they will appear in the English version of the Newsletter only. 4. The Editor reserves the right to reject contributions and to edit all articles for reasons of clarity, length or grammar. Those who do not wish to have their articles amended should indicate clearly in writing. 5. No part of this Newsletter may be reproduced without the written consent of the Editor. 6. This publication has a circulation of 1,100 and is primarily intended for staff members of CUHK. Copies are also sent to local educational institutions and individuals associated with the University. Those who wish to be included on the mailing list please contact the Newsletter direct. Published by the Publication Office, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Editor : Amy K. Y, Leung Assistant Editors: K. L. Wan; Florence Chan Graphic Artist: Stella P. C. Lai 8