Newsletter No. 83

Information in this section can only  be accessed with CWEM password .   若要瀏覽本部分的資料， 請須輸 入 中大校園電子郵件密碼 。 CUHK Newsletter 4 No. 83 4th February 1996 • Personalia • 人事動態 • Personalia • 人事動態 • Personalia • 人事動態 • Personalia • 人事動態 • Personalia • 人事動態• Service to the Community and International Organizations * Prof . Charle s K . Kao , vice-chancellor , ha s been appointe d b y H E th e Governo r a s a member o f th e Steerin g Committe e o n th e British Nationality Schem e from 1s t January 1996 to 30th June 1997. * Prof . Pak-wa i Liu , pro-vice-chancellor , an d Dr. Kin-ch e Lam , senio r lecture r i n geography, have bee n appointe d b y H E th e Governor a s member s o f th e Advisor y Council o n th e Environmen t fo r tw o year s from 1 St January 1996 . * Dr . Wing-wah Chan, senior lecturer in music, has been appointed by HE the Governor a s a member of the Hong Kong Arts Development Council for two years from 1s t January 1996 . Dr. Cha n als o serve d a s an adjudicator i n a song competitio n organize d b y th e Hon g Kong Childhealt h Foundatio n i n Decembe r 1995. * Dr . Ye e Leung , reade r i n geography , ha s been appointed (1 ) Academic Counci l member of th e Nationa l Laborator y o f Environmental Resources an d Informatio n Systems , the Chines e Academ y o f Sciences ; (2 ) Council member of the Chinese Geographical Association; (3 ) Counci l membe r o f th e Chinese Geographi c Informatio n System s Association, an d (4) editoria l boar d member of Geographical Science. * Dr . Edwar d P . L . Loong , senio r lecture r i n obstetrics an d gynaecology , ha s bee n appointed as a membe r o f th e Provisiona l Council o n Reproductiv e Technolog y fro m 15th Decembe r 1995 . Dr . Loon g ha s als o been elected a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians an d Gynaecologist s (FRCOG ) from 2n d June 1995 , and of th e Hong Kong College o f Obstetrician s an d Gynaecologists (FHKCOG) from 12th January 1996. * Dr . Edit h Lau , lecture r i n communit y an d family medicine , ha s bee n electe d chie f censor and chair of the Education Committee of th e Colleg e o f Communit y Medicine , Academy of Medicine, Hong Kong. (All information in this section is provided by the Information and Public Relations Office. Contributions should be sent direct to that office for registration and verification before publication.) New Publications of HKIAPS Indicators of Social Development: Hong Kong 1993 Edited by La u Siu-kai, Wa n Po-san, Le e Ming-kwan, an d Wong Siu-lun , the book presents the findings of the third territory-wide socia l indicator s survey conducte d jointl y i n 199 3 b y researcher s fro m Th e Chines e University o f Hong Kong, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University , and the University o f Hon g Kong . Th e focu s o f th e surve y i s o n subjectiv e indicators, whic h includ e th e perceptions , aspirations , an d values o f life , behavioural tendencies , an d the degre e of satisfaction wit h th e qualit y o f life i n Hong Kong. The target group were adult residents aged 18 or above. A stratifie d systemati c sampl e o f 3,63 1 vali d addresse s wa s drawn , an d 1,993 respondent s wer e successfull y interviewed . Thi s i s par t o f a long- term survey to gauge social trends in Hong Kong. HKIAPS Research Monograph No.24, ISBN 962-441-524-2 458 + xxii pages, paperback, HK$80 I n d i g e n i z a t i o n of Social Science Methodology in Hong Kong This stud y b y Mila n Tung-We n Su n attempt s t o analys e th e indigenizatio n o f socia l scienc e methodology i n Hon g Kon g b y replicatin g Brow n an d Kim' s Q stud y (1981 ) o f indigenizatio n i n Korea. Th e result s indicat e tha t loca l socia l scientist s generall y accep t th e principl e o f indigenization, althoug h the y ma y disagre e o n it s proces s an d purposes . Whil e Brow n an d Ki m conclude tha t indigenizatio n i s redundan t an d tha t operationis m i s mor e fundamenta l (i.e . wit h proper operations, indigenization wil l tak e care of itself), this analysis reveals that indigenization i s more tha n it s procedura l an d operationa l considerations . A t leas t fro m a regiona l perspective , indigenization revolve s aroun d th e recognitio n o f th e rol e o f Thir d Worl d scholar s i n th e development of social science disciplines and their contributions. HKIAPS Occasional Paper No.47, ISBN 962-441-047-X 30 pages, paperback, HK$30