Newsletter No. 34

CUHK Newsletter No34 September 1992 Announcements Professorial Appointment Professor of History Prof. Chan Hok-lam has been appointed professor of history from 1st August 1992. Born in 1938 in Hong Kong, Prof. Chan read history and Chinese at the University of Hong Kong and obtained his BA and MA degrees in 1961 and 1963 respectively. He furthered his studies in history at Princeton University in USA and received his PhD degree in 1967. Prof. Chan has held various appointments both within and outside USA since 1967, acquiring extensive teaching and research experience. He taught at the University of Auckland, New Zealand for one year before taking up the post of research associate for the Ming Biographical History Project at Columbia University in 1969. In 1972 ， Prof. Chan joined the University of Washington in Seattle and served there for 20 years, first as associate professor, then as professor of Chinese history and chair of the Chinese Studies Programme of the Henry M. Jackson School of International Studies. During periods of leave, he held appointments as research fellow and visiting professor at different leading universities in the States, Australia and Taiwan. Prof. Chan has also served as a member of the Joint Committee on Chinese Studies of the American Council of Learned Societies/Social Sciences Research Council; external examiner of the Department of Chinese, University of Hong Kong, and of the Department of Far Eastern History, Australian National University; and external assessor of the Department of Chinese Studies, University of Malaya. He is currently external assessor of the matriculation examination syllabus in Chinese history. Hong Kong Examination Authority, and member of the panel on Chinese Studies of the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation. Prof. Chan is married, with two sons and a daughter. The 44th Congregation and Special Arrangements on the Congregation Day The 44th congregation for the conferment of honorary and higher degrees will be held on Thursday, 15th October at 3.00 p.m. in the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall. The Rt. Hon. Christopher Patten, Governor of Hong Kong and Chancellor of the University, will officiate at the ceremony, which will be followed by a reception at the Benjamin Franklin Centre Staff Dining Room. This year four distinguished persons will be awarded honorary degrees. They are Mrs. Alice Kiu-yue Lam, Mr. Wilson T.S. Wang, Prof. Tsui Lap-chee and Prof. Ezra F. Vogel. On the same occasion about 300 graduates will be granted higher degrees. Citations will be written and delivered by the public orator, Dr. Chou Ying Hsiung, reader in English. Dr. C. P. Kwong, senior lecturer in information engineering, will be the mace-bearer. Prof. Ezra Vogel will address the congregation on behalf of the honorary graduates. Members of the staff are reminded that classes will not be suspended on the congregation day on 15th October. It will be left to the discretion of individual teachers who have classes on that day to make alternative arrangements if they wish to attend the congregation. Robing Room for Procession Members Staff members joining the official procession should assemble by 2.30 p.m. on the ground floor of the Y.C. Liang Hall, which will serve as the Robing Room. Marshalling of the procession will begin at 2.40 p.m. on the Central Avenue outside the Y.C. Liang Hall. Traffic Arrangements Traffic on the Central Avenue will be made one-way only (west-bound) from 1.30 p.m. on the congregation day, leaving one lane of the avenue for parking. Appropriate traffic signs will be put up and campus guards will be on hand to assist motorists. BFC Staff & Student Canteens Temporarily Closed The Benjamin Franklin Centre Staff Dining Room will be closed all day on 15th October and the Student Canteen will be closed from 12:00 noon. Staff Development Grants/Programmes 1993-94 The following staff development grants/programmes are available for the academic year 1993-94: 1. ACU Academic Exchange Fellowships 2. ACU Development Fellowships (incorporating the former Administrative and Senior 4