Newsletter No. 33

CUHK Newsletter No.33 August 1992 Prof. Tsui Lap-Chee Professor of the Department of Genetics at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, and of the Departments of Medical Genetics and Medical Biophysics of the University of Toronto. achievements, including the Royal Society of Canada Centennial Award, the Genetic Society of Canada's Award of Excellence, and the Gold Medal of Honour of the Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Association of Canada. A graduate of The Chinese University, Prof. Tsui has maintained close associations with his alma mater. Prof. Ezra F. Vogel Dillon Professor of International Affairs, Harvard University. Prof. Ezra F. Vogel is a prominent scholar in East Asian studies, and has played a significant role in the improvement of US-China and US-Japan relationships. He has written extensively on his speciality, the more famous works being Japan as Number One, The Impact of Japan on a Changing World, and One Step Ahead in China: Reform in Guangdong. Prof. Vogel visited the University as Distinguished Visiting Scholar to United College in 1983 and as speaker of the 'Li & Fung Lecture on Commerce and Industry’ in 1991. He is also chairman of the Advisory Committee of the Universities Service Centre, a world-renowned China research centre on CUHK campus which holds one of the best collections of original source materials on contemporary China. New Governor Visits CUHK The new Governor, Mr. Christopher Patten, visited the University on 24th July and was briefed on the University's recent developments and future plans. Upon his arrival on the campus, the Governor was greeted by the chairman of the University Council, Sir Quo-wei Lee; the vice-chancellor, Prof. Charles K. Kao and other senior officers of the University. He was shown the Multimedia Laboratory in the Lady Shaw Building, where members of the Faculty of Engineering explained to him various research projects involving networking, multimedia, academic automation and Chinese systems. He also visited the Environmental Biology Laboratory in the Science Building, and expressed great interest in the biotechnological research activities related to environmental protection, food technology, as well as the finger-printing of genetic materials. The University is the first local tertiary institution Mr. Patten has chosen to visit after the assumption of office as Governor of Hong Kong. 2