Newsletter No. 26

No.26 January 1992 CUHK Newsletter laparoscopic cholecystectomy, endoscopic sphincterotomy, endoscopic stenting for malignant biliary obstruction, injection sclerotherapy for b l eed i ng varices, i n t uba t i on of oesophageal t umou r s, i n j e c t i on treatment for bleeding ulcers, and colonoscopic polypectomy. Participants watched the demonstrations through closed-circuit television and took part in panel discussions to exchange views. Wilson T. S. Wang International Surgical Symposium 6th-8th December 1991 Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre Organized by the Department of Surgery on an annual basis, the symposium serves as a forum for surgeons and physicians from different countries to exchange information about new surgical skills. Major topics for the 1991 function included advances in hepatopancreato-biliary surgery, breast surgery, head and neck surgery, and burns and reconstructive surgery. The University's Department of Surgery also presented its recent findings about laparoscopic appendectomy, laparoscopic vagotomy, laparoscopic herniorrhaphy, the use of cultured skin to treat patients with extensive burns, and the use of targeted chemotherapy to treat inoperable liver cancer. More than 200 delegates took part in the symposium, which was sponsored by a well-known local educationist Mr Wilson T. S. Wang. Workshop on Drug Abuse Prevention and Control 9th-13th December 1991 Sha Tin Town Hall The workshop was jointly organized by the World Health Organization, the Hong Kong Government and The Chinese University to promote collaboration among China, Hong Kong and Macau in the fight against illicit drugs. Such collaboration is considered highly necessary in view of the significant increase in drug trafficking from the Golden Triangle area through Yunnan and other provinces in South China to Hong Kong and Macau, and then to other Western countries. These activities have also brought along serious social and health problems. Prof. C. N. Chen of the Department of Psychiatry was the convener of the local organizing committee and the function was subsidized by the World Health Organization. Over 40 senior government officials from these three regions as well as representatives of the United Nations Agencies and Non-government Organizations attended the week-long workshop to formulate common strategies and design programmes for the treatment and rehabilitation of addicts, the prevention and control of drug abuse, and other related educational, research, and manpower training problems. Participants also visited government-run methadone clinics and treatment centres, and other rehabilitation centres managed by local voluntary agencies. 3