Newsletter No. 57

CUHK NEWSLETTER Project Title C U H K Investigator(s) Amount Approved (HK$ million) 13. Sustainable development and optimal resource allocation in the three gorges reservoir region of China Dr. K.C. Chau Dr. H. Lin Dr. T. Fang Dr. K.C. Lam Dr. Y. Leung Mr. N.S. Tang 0.822 14. Gender and the professions in Hong Kong: The politics of work and the social construction of gender Dr. M.S.M. Tam Dr. E.W.Y. Lee Dr. C.K. Lee 0.845 15. A comparative study of economic development and reforms in the Yangtze Delta and the Pearl River Delta Dr. Y.W. Sung Dr. P.W. Liu 0.303 16. Attention as self-organization to form special purpose devices: Theoretical and applied studies using behavioural and psychophysiological measures Dr. T.C Chan 0.303 17. Sediment sources and pulses in a small sub-tropical urban catchment Dr. R.J. Neller Dr. K.C. Lam Dr. I.J. Jackson 0.503 Arts & Languages 18. Comparative study of regional and transregional Taoist ritual music traditions of major temples in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan Dr. B.P.Y. Tsao 0.600 19. Poetry of the Pacific Rim Prof. A.T.L. Parkin Dr. E.W.Y. Hung Mr. J.N. Dent-Young 0.323 20. A pilot study of a computerized database of the Excavated Wood/Bamboo and Silk Scripts ( 簡牘 and 帛書, respecitvely) of China Prof. Tsung-i Jao Dr. F.C Chen Mr. C.W. Ho 0.700 21. The third phase of a computerized database of the entire body of extant Wei-Jin and the Northern and Southern Dynasties (220-598 AD) traditional Chinese texts Prof. D.C. Lau Dr. F.C. Chen Mr. C .W. Ho 2.100 Biological Sciences 22. A floristic study on the biodiversity of bryophytes in Hong Kong Dr. P.P.H. But 0.423 23, Reclamation of fly ash lagoons: An ecological and microbiological approach Dr. L.M. Chu 0.653 24. Signal transduction in normal macrophages and macrophage cell line Dr. S.K. Kong 1.291 25. A study of the genetic mechanisms which generate diversity in a self-fertile mushroom, Volvariella Dr. S.W. Chiu Prof. C.Y. Lee 0.803 26. Fisheries biology and population genetics of brachyuran crabs in the Zhujiang Estuary Dr. K.H. Chu Dr. C.K. Wong 0.603 27. Pathological studies of Homopteran body tissues with congenital bacterial infections Dr. W.W.K. Cheung 0.392 28. Identification and molecular cloning of differentially expressed genes involved in Lignocellulose utilization in shiitake mushroom Lentinula edodes Dr. H.S. Kwan Prof. J.F. Peberdy Dr. J.A. Buswell 0.583 29. Adoptive immunotherapy of tumour-bearing mice using natural polysaccharides Dr. Y.M. Choy Dr. K.N. Leung 0.503 30. Molecular and biochemical characterization of the Drosophila exuperantia protein: Identification of structural/functional domains Dr. S.K.A. Luk 0.743 31. Studies on cardiovascular, hepatoprotective and cytokine potentiating activities of the cultured mycelial products of selected mushroom species Dr. V.E.C. Ooi Dr. K.W. Chiu Dr. M.C. Fung Prof. S.T. Chang 0.743 32. Physiology of the ampullary gland and ventral prostate: A possible regulatory role in mammalian fertility Dr. P.H. Chow 0.453 NO.57 AUGUST 1994 、5