Newsletter No. 33

No.33 August 1992 CUHK Newsletter- 1488 Graduates i n 1992 This year, a total of 1,488 students from six different faculties completed their full-time undergraduate programmes. The number of graduates from each faculty/department is given below: Faculty of Arts Chinese Language & Literature 63 English 65 Fine Arts 18 History 55 Music 20 Philosophy 18 Religious Studies 12 Theology _ 1 _ 252 Faculty of Business Administration Integrated BBA Programme 307 Faculty of Engineering Computer Science 63 Electronics 23 Computer Engineering 3 Electronic Engineering 35 Information Engineering 53 177 Faculty of Medicine Medicine & Surgery 128 Intercalated Degree Programme in Medical Sciences 4 Faculty of Science Biochemistry 25 Biology 46 Chemistry 59 Physics 51 Mathematics 48 Statistics 21 250 Faculty of Social Science Anthropology 14 Economics 70 Geography 58 Government & Public Administration 38 Journalism & Communication 45 Psychology 23 Sociology 65 Social Work 57 370 Conference on Global Business Oppor tuni t ies for Entrepreneur s The MBA Programmes, the MBA Alumni Association, the Three-year MBA Association and the Asia-Pacific Institute of Business jointly organized a conference on 'Global Business Opportunities for Entrepreneurs' at the Hong Kong Victoria Hotel on 11th July. The function was attended by more than 100 local academics and entrepreneurs, including eminent scholars and senior business executives such as Dr. Victor Fung, chairman of the Hong Kong Trade Development Council, Ms. Lily Chiang of Chen Hsong Holdings Ltd., and Prof. K. C. Mun, dean of the Faculty of Business Administration, CUHK. Participants exchanged their experience in developing markets and business strategies in the USA, Europe, Japan, Southeast Asia and China, and explored business opportunities in other new markets. Conference o n Relat ionship between Taiwan and the Ma i n l and Some 60 scholars and experts from Taiwan, Hong Kong and the Mainland took part in a conference to investigate the latest developments in the relationship between Taiwan and mainland China on 15th and 16th July. Held at the Cho Yiu Conference Hall, the conference was co-sponsored by the Japan and Asia-Pacific Development Research Programme of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong, the Taiwan Study Society of Beijing and the Twenty-first Century Foundation of Taiwan. Participants focused their discussion on contacts and interactions between the Mainland and Taiwan in the fields of politics, economics, trade and culture. 3