Newsletter No. 44

CUHK Newsletter No.44 July 1993 Dr. Clark Kerr Becomes Council Member for Life Dr. Clark Kerr has been appointed a Life Member of the University Council from 1st June 1993. Dr. Kerr, President Emeritus of the University of California, is a distinguished economist and educator esteemed for his outstanding work in higher education for close to five decades, and well known for advising various former presidents of the United States on national goals and labour management. Dr. Kerr's long association with the University dates back to 1964 when he became an overseas member of the University Council. Over the years, he has given the University and the constituent colleges his unceasing support and wise counsel. In recognition of his distinguished and dedicated service, the University Council has appointed Dr. Kerr as a Life Member to ensure that the University will continue to benefit from his support and advice. Faculty of Education to Help Retrain Teachers in the Mainland The University's Faculty of Education has been awarded a HK$7 m i l l i on contract to retrain 1,000 teachers and educational administrators in three cities in mainland China. Funded by aWorld Bank loan, the contract represents the largest educational consultancy project undertaken by a local tertiary institution. It comprises a series of 45 study tours, workshops and training programmes, both in and outside China, for trainees from the Chinese cities of Changzhou, Shashi and Luoyang. It is hoped that such exposure can help strengthen the nine-year free education and vocational education systems in these cities and upgrade the quality of teaching and educational administration. The Faculty of Education will conduct the project in collaboration w i th the California State University at Northridge, London University's Institute of Education, the Temasek Polytechnic of Singapore, the East China Normal University and Central China Normal University. Over 120 experts from these institutions are involved. Solving Local Problems and Constructing Theories in Marketing Research in marketing is problem-driven, says Prof. Lee Kam-hon, and one effective way to conduct research in marketing is to focus on solving local problems. In a professorial inaugural lecture delivered on 4th June, Prof. Lee pointed out that marketing problems in different societies were very different. Some problems might be solved by localizing established marketing concepts and theories developed elsewhere. Many other problems were however unique to a certain place and could only be solved by developing local concepts and theories. Such concepts and theories, according to Prof. Lee, might in turn be used by other societies to solve their problems. Prof. Lee Kam-hon is professor of marketing and has recently been elected new dean of business administration. New Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science Established The University's Faculty of Medicine was awarded the management of a proposed integrated department of ophthalmology and visual science at the Argyle Street Ophthalmic Centre by the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee in March. And the University Senate has recently approved the establishment of a new Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science under the Faculty of Medicine from 1st July. The new department will be responsible for the teaching of ophthalmology to medical undergraduates of both the CUHK and the University of Hong Kong, specialist research, and the provision of patient care services to the public in collaboration with the Hospital Authority. 4