Newsletter No. 43

CUHK Newsletter No.43 June 1993 Experts Discuss China's Regional Economic Development Over 30 experts and academics from China and Hong Kong took part in a conference on ' Ch i na 's Regional Economic Development' organized by the China's Reform and Development Research Programme of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies from 18th to 21st May. Participants exchanged views on the research methodology and findings of a related research project and studied the differences between various regions in China in terms of economic growth and development after a decade of economic reform. Officiating at the opening ceremony were Prof. L iu Guoguang, vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, and Prof. Zhang Sai, director-general of the State Statistical Bureau of China. Donation of HK$1 Million to Foster Acadmeic Links The Croucher Foundation recently pledged a donation of HK$1,090,000 for the establishment of academic links between the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the University's Departments of Electronic Engineering and Physics. Service to the Community and International Organizations • Prof. C. N. Chen of the Department of Psychiatry has been reappointed by HE the Governor as a member of the Mental Health Review Tribunal for two years from 15th April 1993. • Dr. Wong Tze Wai, senior lecturer in community and family medicine, has been appointed (1) honorary consultant in community medicine of the Department of Health for three years from April 1993; (2) member of the Working Group on Electric and Magnetic Field, Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, from March 1993; (3) council member of the Hong Kong Society of Occupational Medicine for one year from 1st April 1993. • Dr. Liu Pak-wai, reader in economics, has been appointed as a part-time member of the Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong Government, from 1st May to 31 St October 1993; Dr. Liu has also been appointed as external examiner of the Faculty of Social Science and Humanities, University of Macau, for two years from 18th November 1992. • Dr. Ignatius Y. S. Yu, lecturer in community and family medicine, has been elected chairman of the Hong Kong Society of Occupational Medicine for one year from 1st April 1993. • Prof. Owen Lloyd of the Department of Community and Family Medicine has been appointed as council member of the Hong Kong Society of Occupational Medicine for one year from 1st April 1993. • Dr. Tsao Poon-yee, lecturer in music, has been reappointed as a member of the Music Committee and the Chinese Opera Committee of the Council for the Performing Arts for one year from 1st April 1993. • Prof. Yeung Yue-man of the Department of Geography has been reappointed as a member of the Hong Kong Committee for Pacific Economic Cooperation from 1st April 1993 to 30th September 1994; Prof. Yeung has also been invited to serve as a member of the Barristers' Disciplinary Tribunal Panel for five years from 3rd May 1993. • Prof. Rance Lee Pui-leung, clean of social science, has been invited to serve as a member of the Solicitors' Disciplinary Tribunal Panel for five years from 3rd May 1993. • Prof. J. R. L. Masarei of the Department of Chemical Pathology has been invited to serve as (1) a member of the interview panel to screen medical/ para-medical applicants for fellowships of the Croucher Foundation; (2) an independent assessor for the Australian Applied Health Science Fellowships of the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia; (3) visiting professor of Shanghai Second Medical University from 20th April 1993; (4) an external examiner for the course of 'B.Sc. (Hons) in Bio-medical Science (Fulltime)' of the Hong Kong Polytechnic from 1992 to 1995. • Dr. ChanWing Wah, senior lecturer in music, has been reappointed a trustee of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Music Fund for two years from 1st April 1993. • Prof. J. C. K. Lee and Dr. H. K. Ng of the Department of Anatomical and Cellular Pathology were elected to the Editorial Board of the International Journal of Surgical Pathology in March 1993. • Dr. Sydney S. C. Chung, reader in surgery, was appointed visiting professor of the Gastroenterological Department of the Military Postgraduate Medical School and Chinese PLA General Hospital on 28th April 1993. • Dr. Michael S. Rogers, senior lecturer in obstetrics and gynaecology, was elected a fellow of The Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in January 1993. • Prof. K. N. Lai of the Department of Medicine was elected a fellow of the American College of Physicians in January 1993. (All information in this section is provided by the Information Office. Contributions should be sent direct to that office for registration and verification before publication.) 4