Newsletter No. 96

4 No. 96 4th November 1996 CUHK Newsletter Committee/Board Membership Ten committees and management boards have recently been reconstituted as follows: Board of Management of the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research Chairman: Prof. Leslie N. K. Lo, Dean of Education Members: Director of the Institute Prof. Leslie N. K. Lo Associate Directors of the Institute Prof. Hau Kit-tai Prof. Tsang Wing-kwong Prof. Wong Hin-wah A leader in the education profession Dr. Tam Man-kwan Two academic staff outside the faculty Prof. Rance P. L. Lee Prof. David Wu Two academic staff of the faculty Prof. Chung Choi-man Prof. Chung Yue-ping Secretary: To be nominated by the chairman Miss Erica Ho (Term: until 31st August 1998) Management Committee of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia- Pacific Studies Chairman: Prof. Rance P. L. Lee Members: Director of the Institute Prof. Yeung Yue-man Associate Director of the Institute Prof. Lau Siu-kai Prof. Kenneth K. L. Chau Prof. H. C. Kuan Prof. Leung Kwok Prof. Liu Pak-wai Prof. Leslie N. K. Lo Prof. David Wu Secretary: Mrs. Janet Wong (Term: until 31st August 1998) Management Committee for the Technial Services Unit Chairman*: Prof. J. A. Gosling, Department of Anatomy Deputy Chairman* : Prof. Henry N. C. Wong, Department of Chemistry Members: Four representatives from the Faculty of Medicine Prof. C. S. Cockram, Department of Medicine Prof. W. H. Yung, Department of Physiology Prof. Choy Yuen-min, Multi-Discipline Laboratory Dr. Nathalie Wong, Hong Kong Cancer Institute Four representatives from the Faculty of Science Prof. H. S. Kwan, Department of Biology Dr. Hon Ping-kay, Department of Chemistry Prof. Henry N. C. Wong, Department of Chemistry Prof. H. W. Kui, Department of Physics One representative from the Department of Biochemistry (inter-faculty representative) Prof. Cheng Hon-ki Member/Secretary: Mr. H. W. Lai, Services Engineer, Technical Services Unit (ex officio) (Term: until 31st July 1997) * To be appointed by the Vice-Chancellorin consultation with the Dean of Science and the Dean of Medicine (not necessarily from amongst the members). Board of Management of the Research Institute for the Humanities Chairman: Prof. Ho Hsiu-hwang, Dean of Arts Members: Prof. Ho Hsiu-hwang, Dean of Arts (ex officio) Prof. Leung Yuen-sang, Director of the Institute (ex officio) Prof. Wong Kin-yuen (Associate Director of the Institute with effect from 1st January 1997) (ex officio) Prof. Dang Shu-leung Prof. Serena Jin Prof. Mayching Kao Prof. D. C. Lau Prof. Daniel P. L. Law Prof. Ng Lun Ngai-ha Secretary: Ms. Chan Ming-kit, Faculty of Arts (Term: until 31st July 1997) Management Board of the Asia-Pacific Institute of Business Chairman: Dean of Business Administration (ex officio) Prof. Lee Kam-hon Members: Executive Director, APIB (ex officio) Prof. Leslie Young Three department chairs of the Faculty of Business Administration Prof. Eden Yu (Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics) Prof. Lau Ho-fuk (International Business) Prof. Tung Ho Suk-ching (Marketing) Three other members of the Faculty of Business Administration Prof. Chan Koon-hung (School of Accountancy) Prof. Joseph Cheng (Finance) Prof. Charles W. K. Poon (Management) Members appointed on an adpersonam basis Prof. Victor Mok Prof. Yeung Yue-man Other APIB member(s) Prof. Raymond Chiang (Director of Research Development, APIB) (Term: until 31st July 1998) Science-Engineering Complex Management Committee Chairman: To be appointed by the Vice-Chancellor Prof. Norman Y. S. Woo Members: Dean of Engineering Prof. Omar Wing Dean of Science Prof. Norman Y. S. Woo (representing the Dean) Two representatives nominated by the Faculty of Engineering Prof. Lee Kin-hong, Department of Computer Science and Engineering Mr. Kenneth K. N. Tsang, Faculty Office of Engineering Two representatives nominated by the Faculty of Science Prof. W. K. Li, Department of Chemistry Prof. S. Y. Lee, Department of Statistics Secretary: Administrative assistant assigned to the complex Mr. Edmond K. K. Sin (Term: until 31st July 1997) Executive Committee of the Centre for Environmental Studies Chairman: Prof. LeungYee ,Department ofGeography (Director of the Centre) Members: Prof. Wong Po-keung, Department of Biology (Associate Director of the Centre) Prof. Man Si-wai, Department of Educational Administration and Policy Prof. Wong Chong-kim, Department of Biology Prof. Jimmy Yu, Department of Chemistry Prof. Yu Tak-sun, Department of Community and Family Medicine Secretary: Ms. Rainbow Yang, Centre for Environmental Studies (Term: until 31st July 1997) Advisory Committee on Universities Service Centre Chairman: Prof. Ezra F. Vogel Director, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University Members: Prof. Lucien Bianco Director, Centre of Research and Documentation for China Study, Paris Prof. Christopher Howe Professor of Economics, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London Dr. Jason H. Parker Executive Associate, American Council of Learned Societies Prof. Jonathan Unger Head, Contemporary China Centre, The Australian National University (The above members will serve until 30th April 2000) Prof. Wong Siu-lun Department of Sociology, University ofHong Kong Dr. Danny Paau Head, Department of History, Hong Kong Baptist University Dr. Chen Fong-ching Director, Institute of Chinese Studies, CUHK Prof. Ambrose Y. C. King Department of Sociology, CUHK Prof. Byron S. J. Weng Department of Government and Public Administration, CUHK One representative from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology One representative from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University One representative from the City University of Hong Kong (The above members will serve until 30th April 1998) Member & Secretary: Prof. H. C. Kuan Director, Universities Service Centre, CUHK (ex officio) New Asia Yale-in-China Chinese Language Centre Management Committee Chairman: Prof. Ambrose Y. C. King Members: Prof. Chan Hok-lam Prof. Gu Yang Prof. Leslie N. K. Lo Prof. Byron Weng Mr. Terence C. W. Chan, Bursar (ex officio) Dr. Kenneth W. Y. Leung, Director, Office of International Studies Programmes (ex officio) Dr. William Watkins, representative of Yale-China Association (ex officio) Mr. Mark Sheldon, Director, Office of Academic Links (International) (ex officio) Member/Secretary: Prof. John C. Jamieson Director, New Asia Yale-in-China Chinese Language Centre (Term: until 30th June 1998) Committee on Water Sports Facilities Chairman: Prof. Michael S. C. Tam Members: Mr. Vincent Chen, Director of Buildings Office Mrs. Clara Lee, Director of Student Affairs Miss Hon Kwai-yue, Director of Physical Education Unit One representative from the Staff Boat Club Prof. Ian H. Wilson One representative from the Marine Science Laboratory Prof. Norman Y. S. Woo One representative from the Security Unit Mr. Richard Ma Member & Secretary: To be assigned by the Bursar, also representing the Bursar Mr. Laurence Chiu (Term: until 31st October 1998) Serv i ce t o t he Commu n i ty and International Organ i za t i ons • Prof. Richard M. W. Ho, University Registrar, has been appointed by the Secretary for Education and Manpower as a member of the Hong Kong Council for Academic Accreditation from 9th September 1996 to 7th June 1998. • Prof. Sydney Chung, professor ofsurgery, has been invited to serve on the editorial board of the Journal of Modem Digestive Disease and Endoscopy from 1996. • Prof. Anthony S. Y. Leong, professor of anatomical and cellular pathology, has been appointed international adviser to the Indonesian Society of Oncology from 1996, and Congress of the Asia Pacific Societies of Pathology for 1997. Prof. Leong has also been invited to be a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Journal of Human Pathology and the editorial board of the Journal of Cellular Pathology from 1996. Besides he has been appointed a faculty member of the European Society of Oncology for its 1997 course and the workshop on Southeast Asia. • Prof. Andrew Parkin, professor of English, has been appointed as a member of the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research for two years from 1st October 1996. • Prof. Mark O. M. Tso, professor of ophthalmology and visual sciences, has been appointed by the Secretary for Health and Welfare to the Optometrists Board for three years from 1st October 1996. • Prof. Daniel T. L. Shek, professor in the department of social work, has been invited to be a consulting editor for the Journal of Clinical Psychology from August 1996. • Prof. Anthony P. C. Yim, associate professor in the Department of Surgery, has been invited to serve as an executive board member of the Hong Kong Lung Foundation. (Allinformation in this section isprovided by the Information and Public Relations Office. Contributions should be sent direct to that office for registration and verification before publication.) The Chinese University Pr ess Hong Kong Management Cases in Information Systems Management Compiled and edited by the Management Development Centre of Hong Kong, the book is the result of efforts made by the Case Clearing House of Hong Kong to encourage publications on information systems management in the territory. The majority of previous publications on the subject have drawn their material from North America and Europe. The book comprises six cases on six issues: human, change in organization, ethics, systems operation, information systems development, and information systems strategy. Information systems managers will find the situations presented in the book similar to those they face at work. Students will find the cases helpful to their understanding of information systems and related practices in Hong Kong. ISBN 962-201-756-8, paperback, 132 pages, HK$120.