Newsletter No. 24

CUHK Newsletter No.24 November 1991 Side Lights 20th Anniversary of the Art Gallery Celebration Activities Rhyton Garment hook with dragon and tiger heads To celebrate its 20th anniversary, the Art Gallery will organize a series of exhibitions and a book sale in December. * The Exhibition of Jades from the Tomb of the King of N a n y u e , jointly presented by the Museum of the Western Han Tomb of the Nanyue King, the Kau Chi Society of Chinese Alt, and the Art Gallery, will be held from 6th December 1991 to 16th February 1992 at the west wing of the Art Gallery. Exhibits will include about 100 pieces of jades excavated from the tomb of the Nanyue King, including the famous jade shroud, seals, sword fittings, discs, ornaments and vessels. The exquisite workmanship of these jades reveals the excellent quality and the regional style of jade carving in the Nanyue Kingdom in the early Western Han period. The opening ceremony of the exhibition with Lady Wilson as the officiating guest will be held at 4.30 p.m. on 5th December. All are welcome. * The Exhibition of Art Gallery Publications will be held from 5th to 18th December at the foyer of the University Library. Around 40 publications of the Art Gallery will be on display. About half of the titles are exhibition catalogues covering various aspects of Chinese art: painting, calligraphy, ceramics, lacquerware, ivories and archaeological finds. Others are monographs of the Art Gallery collection and research papers on Chinese art. * TheArt Gallery Book Sale will be held from 5th to 30th December at the University Bookstore and the east wing of the Art Gallery. About 20 titles among the Art Gallery publications will be on sale at special discounts, some as much as 50 per cent . One poster will also be given free for every purchase of HK$10. New Multi-media Communication Centre at EMSD The Department of Extramural Studies (EMSD) has recently set up a Citibank Communication Centre, a million-dollar project supported by the Corporate Contribution Fund Committee of Citibank. The centre aims at enhancing the learning interest of adult learners through the development of interesting and interactive teaching coursewares. Individuals can create their own teaching materials that integrate video, sound, still images, and graphics under computer control. The centre houses a control room, which is used as a production corner, and a seminar/teaching room which can accommodate about 30 participants. The control room is equipped with two multi-media systems, an audio open-reel recorder, a double cassette deck, a digital effect processor, a stereo-power amplifier, an integrated stereo amplifier, a feedback reduction unit, a mixing console, a monitor loudspeaker and a graphic video/data projector. Hui Yeung Shing Building 一 Use Revised Further to the brief report on the progress of the Hui Yeung Shing Building in the October issue of the CUHK Newsletter, the Buildings Office has informed the Newsletter that after careful deliberation on the use of the new building, the Ad Hoc Working Group on Space Allocation has decided that upon completion of the project, three teaching departments (Music, Religion and Japanese Studies) and The Chinese University Press will move into the 10-storey building, which will accommodate both offices and classrooms. 7