Newsletter No. 50

CUHK newsletter ANNOUNCEMENTS Staffing Arrangements on Chinese New Year's Eve The followin g staffin g arrangement s fo r Chines e Ne w Year's Ev e hav e bee n endorse d b y th e Universit y sinc e 1983 and will apply on 9th February thi s year : 1. Fo r essentia l servic e unit s suc h a s th e Healt h Service, th e Librar y System , th e Operatio n Uni t o f the Compute r Service s Centre , th e Securit y Uni t and th e Maintenance Offic e of the Buildings Office, a tas k forc e shoul d remai n o n dut y t o provid e basi c services. 2. Fo r all other offices in the University, a skeleton crew should b e appointe d t o be on dut y i n th e morning t o handle urgen t matter s an d answe r enquiries . Thes e offices will be closed i n the afternoon. 3. Th e skeleton staff on duty will be given compensation leave of half a day. BFC and JFC Closed during Chinese New Year Holidays Various servic e unit s i n th e Benjami n Frankli n Centr e (B.F.C.) an d th e Joh n Fulto n Centr e (J.F.C. ) wil l b e closed durin g th e Chines e Ne w Yea r holiday s fro m Wednesday, 9t h Februar y 1994 . Detail s o f th e closin g and reopening date s an d hours ar e as follows: To be closed at To reopen at B.F.C. Canteen 2.0 0 p.m. (9t h Feb.) 8.0 0 a.m. (14th Feb. ) Coffee Shop 3.0 0 p.m. (9t h Feb.) 8.0 0 a.m. (14t h Feb. ) Printing Service s 5.0 0 p.m. (9t h Feb.) 9.0 0 a.m. (17t h Feb. ) Centre Fast Foo d Sho p 6.0 0 p.m. (9t h Feb.) 8.0 0 a.m. (14th Feb. ) J.F.C. Bank 4.3 0 p.m. (9t h Feb.) 9.0 0 a.m. (14th Feb. ) Beauty Parlour * 8.0 0 p.m. (9t h Feb.) 9.0 0 a.m. (17th Feb. ) Book Stor e 5.0 0 p.m. (9t h Feb.) 9.0 0 a.m. (14th Feb. ) Supermarket 8.0 0 p.m. (9t h Feb.) 9.0 0 a.m. (12th Feb. ) Souvenir Counte r 5.0 0 p.m. (9t h Feb.) 9.0 0 a.m. (21st Feb. ) * The business hours of the Beauty Parlour will be extended to 8.00 p.m. from 7th to 9th February 1994 . Library Hours during Chinese New Year Holidays The Universit y Library , colleg e librarie s an d the Li Pin g Medical Librar y wil l b e close d durin g th e Chinese Ne w Year holiday s fro m 10t h t o 13t h Februar y 1994 . Th e L i Ping Medica l Library wil l resume norma l openin g hour s from 14t h Februar y whil e al l othe r librarie s fro m 17t h February. All thes e librarie s wil l b e ope n fo r hal f a da y onl y until 12.3 0 p.m . o n 9t h February . Fro m 14t h t o 16t h February, th e opening hours of all libraries other than the Li Ping Library wil l be from 9.00 a.m. to 7.00 p.m. Committee Membershi p Five committee s hav e recentl y bee n reconstitute d a s follows: New Asia Yale-in-China Chinese Language Centre Management Committee Chariman: Prof . Ambrose Y. C. Kin g Members: Dr . Victor Mok (Chun g Ch i College ) Dr. Serena Jin (New Asi a College ) Mr. Chang Song-hin g (Unite d College ) Dr. Tuan Chya u (Sha w College ) Mr. D. A. Gilkes (Bursar ) Mr. David B . Youtz (Yale-Chin a Association) Mr. Mark Sheldon (Offic e of Academi c Links) Dr. Wong Kin-yue n (Offic e of Internationa l Studies Programmes ) Secretary: Prof . John C. Jamieson (Ne w Asi a Yale-in - China Chines e Language Centre ) (Term: until 30th June 1994) Board of Management of the Research Institute for the Humanities Chairman: Dr . Ho Hsiu-hwang (Dea n o f Arts ) Members: Prof . Liu Shu-hsie n (Researc h Institut e fo r the Humanities) Prof. Chou Ying-hsiun g (Researc h Institut e for the Humanities ) Mr. Dang Shu-leun g Dr. John Deene y Prof. D. C. La u Dr. Daniel P . L. Law Dr. Ng Lun Ngai-h a Dr. Philip She n Mr. Yue Kwan-cheu k Secretary: T o be nominated b y the Boar d (Term: until 31st July 1994) NO.50 JANUAR Y 1994 11