Newsletter No. 24

CUHK Newsletter No24 November 1991 Depar tment o f Architecture Inaugurated The University's new Department of Architecture was formally inaugurated on 8th October. Mr. Graham Barnes, Secretary for Planning, Environment and Lands, officiated at the inauguration ceremony, which was attended by government officials, academics and professionals from the architectural field, and the department's first batch of 52 students. The department will provide both undergraduate and professional courses in architecture that will meet the requirements of professional institutes in Hong Kong, the UK and the USA. Prof. Charles K. Kao, the vice-chancellor, said at the ceremony that the programmes of the department are designed to prepare the students to face the complex problems that will beset the 21st century: problems such as energy efficiency and environmental protection. Prof. Tunney Lee, head of the department, stated on the same occasion that the basic task of the professional architect is to design buildings and environments that can help people to enjoy more fulfilling lives and to work more productively, and that the research objective of the department is to benefit the people and environment of Hong Kong and the nearby regions. The Department of Architecture is temporarily housed in the Chung Chi Library Building. A new home for it is scheduled for completion in 1993. It will include an architecture library, studios, offices, computer and multi-media laboratories, meeting rooms, workshops and environmental laboratories, with a total floor area of 2,800 square metres. Or ientat ion Day f or Sixth Formers An orientation day was held on the campus last month to familiarize sixth formers from local schools with the academic programmes of the University and student life in CUHK. The faculties of arts, business administration, engineering, medicine, science and social science opened their facilities on 5th October to provide some 8,000 visitors with the latest information about their developments through seminars, video shows and counselling programmes. Prof. S. W. Tam, pro-vice-chancellor of the university, officiated at the opening ceremony held at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall. Dr. Ng Lee-Ming, the registrar, and other faculty members were also present to discuss with the visiting students matters relating to University programmes. Professor o f Paediatrics Gives Inaugural Lecture Prof. S. J. Oppenheimer, professor of paediatrics, gave his inaugural lecture on 11th October at Lecture Theatre 1 of the Lady Shaw Building. In his lecture entitled ‘Myth, Migration, Mutation, and Malaria in Melanesia', Prof. Oppenheimer described how the 2