Newsletter No. 60

CUHK NEWSLETTER appear much taller. In boys of 12 years of age, the average height difference is 10 cm and in girls of 10 7 cm. However, by 18 years, the difference drops to 4 cm in boys and 2 cm in girls. This is a result of earlier maturation of the present generation. (3) 10 per cent of girls show the first sign of puberty, breast development, at seven. (4) Half of the girls at 12.5 years have experienced their first menstruation. Mean age of menarche has fallen by half a year. (5) Childhood obesity is prevalent mainly after five years old. The highest prevalence in boys is 21 per cent at age 11 and in girls 12 per cent at 10. Such prevalence has never been a feature in the Chinese population and is approaching that of the West. These findings will have a vital bearing on the planning of educational, health care, and medical services for children in Hong Kong. Chung Chi Celebrates Founders' Day Chung Chi College celebrated its 43rd Founders' Day on 28th October. To start things off, there was a thanksgiving service at 11.30 a.m. during which the new head of college, Prof. Rance P. L. Lee, was formally installed. Mr. George H. C. Hung, chairman of the Chung Chi Board of Trustees, officiated at the installation ceremony. In his inaugural address, Prof. Lee shared with the audience his views on the new challenges of university education, the need for general education and his visions for Chung Chi. Prof. Charles K. Kao, vice-chancellor of the University, was also present to present awards and scholarships to prize winners. And Mr. Fred C. W. Leung, chairman of the Chung Chi College Alumni Association, presented a portrait of the previous head of college, Dr. Philip Shen, to the college. The presentations were followed by celebration activities organized by the college student union. These included a round-the-campus race, an interdepartmental singing contest and a carnival. The day ended with the Founders' Day Dinner in the Lingnan Stadium which was attended by over 2,000 guests, alumni, staff and students. On the following day an alumni dinner was given by the Chung Chi Alumni Association in the College Staff Club for some 200 members and their families. Masterpieces o f Ming & Qing Painting and Calligraphy will b e Exhibited Ink Bamboo by Tang Yin Landscape in the Manner of Huang Gongwang and Ni Zan by Wong Yuanqi The internationally acclaimed touring exhibition, 'The Jade Studio: Masterpieces of Ming and Qing Painting and Calligraphy from the Wong Nan-p'ing Collection', organized by the Yale University Art Gallery, will tour to Hong Kong and feature at the Art Gallery from 16th December 1994 to 25th February 1995. Altogether there will be 89 pieces of Ming and Qing painting and calligraphy selected from the Jade Studio Collection, built up by the late Mr. Wong Nan-p'ing (1924-1985). The 78 paintings are by representative great NO.60 NOVEMBER 1994 8