Newsletter No. 23

C U H K N e w s l e t t e r • N o 2 3 October 1991 apporation to serve as senior social psychologist. In 1977，he joined the S. I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University as professor and in 1979 he was appointed Samuel L Newhouse Professor of Public Communications. He worked in Syracuse for 24 years before taking up his new post in The Chinese University, Prof. Comstock is a member of the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) Social Science Advisory Panel, and the International Communication Association. He also serves on the editorial boards of many international journals and periodicals. Professorial Inaugural Lecture Prof. Robert S. Y. L i, professor of information engineering, w i ll deliver his inaugural lecture entitled ‘Evolution of the Switching System' in Lecture Theatre 6，Lady Shaw Building on 15th November at 5.00 p.m. A l l are welcome. Local Education Allowances Following the government's revision of the rates of local education allowances for dependent children of c i v il 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$18,450 per year For each child attending a secondary school: (i) Form I to Form I I I —HK$30 ,525 per year (ii) Form I V and above - HK$28,950 per year The basic charge an appointee has to pay towards the school fee of his child who attends Form IV or above has also been revised from HK$1,600 to HK$2,100 per year. Enquiries should be directed to the Personnel Section at Ext. 7292. University Library Stages Exhibition The University Library and the British Council w i ll jointly present an exhibition entitled ‘British Poets of the First Wo r ld War, from 15th to 29th October on the ground floor of the University Library. The function aims to introduce the literary movements during the First Wo r ld War, and the life and works of some famous British poets at wartime: Rupert Brooke, Charles Hamilton Sorley, Siegfried Sassoon, Wilfred Owen, Issac Rosenberg, Edward Thomas, Ivor Gurney and Edmund Blunden. On display w i ll be photographs of the First Wo r ld War and some 70 books, including literary works and criticism. ‘AIDS Awareness' Campaign An exhibition on A I DS w i ll be staged at the University Health Centre from 4th to 29th November 1991. This w i ll be part of the ‘ A I DS Awareness' campaign to be organized by the Hong Kong Tertiary Institution Health Care Working Group from October to December this year. Other activities include a questionnaire survey and a slogan and video competition. New Billing Arrangements for Household Electricity Consumption To shorten the interval between meter-reading and the deduction of the cost of electricity from the payroll, the Buildings Office has, from September 1991，arranged to have the meters of campus quarters and hostels read at the end of each month, so that the costs can be deducted from the following month's payroll. Staff residing on campus please however note that the amount of deduction shown on the October payslip w i l l cover expenses for the second half of August and the whole of September. Charges for Removal Services on Campus Revised The University's removal team has revised its service charges from 1st August 1991 as follows: Service Time Charge Two hours (minimum charge) $900 Any additional hour or part of an hour (overrun) $400 $1,300 Half a day One day $2,500 Concessionary rales w i ll be offered i f the client can leave it to the removal team to decide on the time of service provision: Service Time Charge One hour within 8:00 a.m. - 9.00 a.m. $300 One hour during office hours $400 Bank Hours Revised The branch office of Hang Seng Bank at the John Fulton Centre has revised its business hours from 1st October 1991 as follows to better serve the needs of the campus community: Monday to Friday : 9.00 a.m. — 4.30 p.m. Saturday : 9.00 a.m. 一 1.00 p.m. Sundays and public holidays : closed. New Publications of the University Press The following books w i ll be sold at a 20 per cent discount to staff members at the University Bookshop, John Fulton Centre: • A Glossary of Sociological Terms (Revised edition) edited and translated by the Department of Sociology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, 267 pages, paperback, HK$35. - Hong Kong Taxation: Law and Practice 1991-92 Edition by David Flux, 613 pages, paperback, HK$155. Obituary Mr. Mak Sang, office assistant, New Asia College, passed away on 19th September 1991. Mr. Mak joined New Asia College in October 1972. 6