Newsletter No. 56

CUHK NEWSLETTER In BygoneDaysof LongAgo As a continuation of our report in June on recipients of the long service award 1993-94 ， we now share with you the reminiscences of eight more honorees. A Little Village Becomes A Metropolitan Community Rance P. L. Lee, Sociology Department Counting in my four years as an undergraduate at Chung Chi, I have spent close to three decades on the Sha Tin campus. Looking back, Ma Liu Shui was aquiet, small, agrarian village with a small and friendly population. Now the campus is full of tall buildings and busy vehicular traffic, and relationships between staff and students and among colleagues have also become more rationalized. As I collect my long service award I cannot help thinking of people and events of the past, especially my mentors Prof. S. L. Wong and Prof. C. K. Yang. Their loving care and guidance have made me cherish the warmth of human relations in a small village all the more. (Translation) The group of American, German, Japanese and Hong Kong sociologists who, in the 1970s, helped to shape the development of the Sociology Department at the Chinese University. Prof. S.L. Wong was on the left in the back row and Prof. C.K. Yang was in the middle. The young man in front of Prof. Yang was me. Twenty-fifthAnrnversar ySentiments Lew K i n - k e u n g , University Library System Flowers bloom and flowers wither, but how much of the past do we remember? It's been 25 years and our hair is turning grey, yet the time has been well spent. The automation of the libraries took years, and what fun it was to se old and new facilities interplay! Work was heavy and manuals had to be read at night, and staff had to be retrained. Planning was important too, but the fruit of all these labours was sweet. As in a river old hands are replaced by new, and there is no end to training. Cooperation has always been happy and there are smiles all around in the libraries. The solidarity among library staff is strong, and Christmas cards from former colleagues now abroad invariably add to our joy. These are my recollections of 25 years with the ULS, and I rankjob satisfaction and great friendship as my greatest rewards. (Translation) Compared to Mr. John Wu (centre) and Mr. Hsu Tze-chung (right 5), I (right 4) am but a late comer. This photo was taken last summer, at a fatewell dinner for the retiring Mr. Wu. Mr. Wu had been with the University 29 years and Mr. Hsu is in his 35the year. NO.56 JULY 1994 6