Newsletter No. 17

CUHK Newsletter- No.17 Apr. 1991 Overseas Education Allowance Rates of Overseas Education Allowances (Boarding School Allowances) payable to eligible staff members with children studying in the United Kingdom and the United States of America have been revised in accordance with a similar revision by the government, with retroactive effect from the autumn term of 1990. Payment calculated on the basis of the old rates will be adjusted accordingly and arrangements for appropriate reimbursement will be made by the Bursar's Office to the staff members concerned. JUPLAC Library Card The holder of a JUPLAC (Joint University & Polytechnic Libraries Advisory Committee) library card is entitled to use the facilities of all the libraries under the auspices of the committee. They include the libraries of the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Polytechnic, City Polytechnic, Hong Kong Baptist College, the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology, Lingnan College and The Chinese University. The card holder may also borrow books from these libraries provided that they observe the regulations of the libraries concerned. Teaching and administrative staff of Terms of Service A or equivalent may apply for a JUPLAC library card at the Circulation Counter of the University Library. Please direct all enquiries to ext. 2306. Scenic Trail for Jogging and Exercise If you are a jogger, would you welcome the idea of a specially designed jogging trail on campus? Do you like exercise stations along the way? How about natural soil surface for the whole or part of the trail? Do you have any good ideas for the routing of the trail? Should some other recreational facilities be tied in with the trail so that families and friends can participate together? Or you think such a trail is not really necessary because people can jog anywhere? Send your opinions to The Secretary, Campus Link, c/o Sir Run Run Shaw Hall before the end of April. A ll suggestions will in turn be channelled to the Buildings Office for consideration or implementation. New Publication of The University Press The following book will be sold at a 20 per cent discount to staff members at the University Bookshop, John Fulton Centre: 《佛利民在中國》 {Friedman in China) (in Chinese) translated by Ronald W. C. Teng, xxiv + 140 pp., (paperback, HK$50). Services to the Community and International Organizations • Prof. David Gwilt, professor of music, has been appointed a member of the Council for the Performing Arts by HE the Governor for two years from 1st April 1991. • Prof. P. C. Leung, professor of orthopaedics and traumatology, has been reappointed to the Council of the City Polytechnic of Hong Kong by HE the Governor for three years from 1st January 1991. • Dr. Stephen Tang, lecturer in sociology, has been appointed by HE the Governor as adjudicator of the Immigration Tribunal for a period of two years from 1st March 1991. • Prof. Yeung Yue-man, professor of geography, has been invited by the Institute of Geography, Guangzhou to serve as a member of the editorial committee of Tropical Geography from January 1991 to December 1995. • Prof. Mun Kin Chok, professor of marketing, has been invited to serve as adviser to the Chinese Marketing Association from March 1991. - Dr. K. M. Chan, reader in orthopaedics and traumatology, has been appointed a member of the editorial board of The World of Sports Medicine, official journal of the International Federation of Sports Medicine, from 1990 to 1994. Dr. Chan has also been elected Secretary-General of the Asian Federation of Sports Medicine from 1990 to 1992. • Prof. Arthur K. C. Li, professor of surgery, has been appointed a member of the editorial board of The National Medical Journal of India and of The British Journal ofSurgery. • Dr. Tsao Pen-yeh, lecturer in music, coordinated and hosted two concert- lectures as part of the 1991 Hong Kong Arts Festival's ‘Weekend Divertimento’ series in February. Dr. Tsao has also been invited to serve as chairman of the Local Arrangements Committee and a member of the International Academic Programme Committee of the 31st International Council for Traditional Music World Conference to be held in Hong Kong in My . • Mr. Robert Wu, director of the Office of Industrial and Business Development, has been appointed a member of the Industrial Technology Committee of the Industry Development Board by the Secretary for Trade and Industry from 1st January to 31st December 1991. (All information in this section isprovidedby the Information Office) 8