Newsletter No. 113

宣 布 事 項 ANNOUNCEMENTS 子女教育津貼 Children's Education Allowance 隨政府最近調整公務員子女敎育津貼，本校自一九 九七年九月一日起，亦相應修訂敎職員子女敎育津貼之 最高津貼額如下： 小學——每年三萬一千九百五十元 中學——中一至中三：每年五萬三千零廿五元 中四及以上：每年四萬九千二百卅八元 敎職員子女如就讀中四年級或以上者，其應繳之基 本費用，亦由每年四千四百五十元增至五千零五十元。 符合申請資格之同人，請盡早塡寫申請表，連同學 費收據寄回人事處。查詢請電人事處(內線七二九一）。 Following the government's revision of education allowance rates for dependent children of civil servants, the maximum allowance payable to eligible appointees in the University has been increased from 1st September 1997 as follows: • For each child attending a primary school: HK$31,950 per year. • For each child attending a secondary school: (i) Secondary 1 to Secondary 3—HK$53,025 per year (ii) Secondary 4 and above—HK$49,238 per year. The basic amount an appointee has to pay towards the school fee of his/her child who attends Secondary 4 or above has also been revised from HK$4,450 to HK$5,050 per year. Eligible appointees should complete an application form for each child and return it with receipts of school- fees to the Personnel Office as early as possible. Enquiries should be directed to the Personnel Office (Ext. 7291). Golf Club Membership From the University Bursar The University holds a debenture of the Hong Kong Golf Club (HKGC) in Fanling and is a founding member of the Mission Hills Golf Club (MHGC) in Shenzhen. Staff from the University may be nominated as members of these two clubs. Terms (A) and equivalent terms staff are invited to bid for the privilege of being the University-nominated member (w.e.f. 1st January 1998) on the following terms and conditions: 1. The minimum bid (monthly charge payable to the University) is $800 for HKGC membership and $400 for MHGC membership. 2. Membership is subject to the nominee remaining a full-time Terms A/equivalent employee of the University. 3. The new member pays the non-refundable nomination transfer fee of$ 10,000 charged by the HKGC and $778 charged by the MHGC. 4. The minimum term is one year, which can be extended for another year at the request of the member, subject to agreement by the University. 5. The vice-chancellor has discretion over the assignment of membership. In cases of similar bidding prices, preference will be given to those who have not been a nominee before. 6. In addition to the monthly charge payable to the University, the nominated member is required to pay amonthly membership fee to the golf club concerned, plus other usage charges. 7. The member is required to abide by the rules of the relevant golf club. Eligible staff members who are interested should submit their bids to the Tender Board, c/o Business Office, G/F, John Fulton Centre, indicating the amount he/she is willing to pay to the University as the monthly charge. Bids for HKGC and MHGC membership by the same person should be submitted separately, in envelopes marked 'Application for Golf Club Membership'. All submissions must reach the Tender Board before 2.30 p.m. on Thursday, 30th October 1997. Applicants will be informed of the results in due course. Please contact Mr. Louis Heung, Senior Assistant Bursar (Ext.7242 ), for any further information. 公積金計劃投資成績 I nvestmentReturns of Staff Superannuation Schemes 總務處公布公積金計劃內各項投資基金於一九九七 年八月之增長如下： From the Bursary The returns for the month ofAugust 1997 in the Designated Investment Funds of the 1995 Scheme and 1983 Scheme are as follows: 基金 Fund 計劃 Scheme 指標回報 Benchmark Return 1995 1983 (未經審核數據 unaudited ) 增長 Growth -9.24% -7.59% -11.00% 平衡 Balanced -7.73% -8.06% -7.96% 穩定 stable -4.20% -1.98% -3.08% 貨幣市場 Money Market 0.46% 0.23% 0.60% 銀行存款 Bank Deposit 0.63% 0.63% 0.60% Supplementary Information on Osteroporosis Research The principal investigator of the research project titled 'A Randomized Controlled Trial of the Effect of Milk Supplementation on the Rate of Bone Loss in Post- menopausal Women in Hong Kong' has provided additional information about co-researchers to supplement the report carried in issue no.111 of the CUHK Newsletter: Researchers: Profs Edith Lau, Jean Woo, and Sophie Leung 中文大學出版社新書 Chinese University Press New Books 大學同人在富爾敦樓大學書店購買下述書籍，可獲八折優待。 The following books will be sold at a 20 per cent discount to staff members at the University Bookshop, John Fulton Centre. Hong Kong's Colonial Legacy A Hong Kong Chinese's View of the British Heritage After ruling Hong Kong for 155 years, what did the British leave behind when they withdrew at midnight on 30th June 1997? C.K. Lau, currently public po l i cy editor o f the South China Morning Post, answers this question for the lay reader in Hong Kong's Colonial Legacy: A Hong Kong Chinese's View of the British Heritage. Issues tackled include the attitude of Hong Kong Chinese towards British rule and towards the resumption of Chinese sovereignty, their failure to master English despite one and a half centuries of colonial rule, the future of common law, what Hong Kong's leaders mean by 'executive-led government', Hong Kong's recipe for economic success, and the future of press freedom in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. ISBN 962-201-793-2, 200 pages, HK$120. 《香港評論1997》 本書由鄭宇碩主 編，作者來自大專院校、 公營部門或機構、志願團 體，以及本港的大企業， 重點評述一九九六年發生 的重大事件，並嘗試前瞻 一九九七年以後的發展， 以向香港特別行政區政府 進言。 多篇文章的作者都 認爲：香港目前很多重要 的政策均需徹底檢討，檢討過程要有市民廣泛的參 與。這樣不但能收集思廣益之效，也可就未來的施 政方針取得社會的共識；而市民的參與可望增強特 區政府的認受性。《香港評論 1997》 希望能就這政策 檢討過程作出貢獻，提供有關專家的硏究心得。 國際統一書號 962-201-779-7 ，平裝本，五百廿 六頁，一百六十八港元。 《香港及國內管理個案選輯》 在港所見的管理書 籍多據歐美的個案編寫輯 錄而成，且以英文爲主， 無論是行文用詞或社會背 景，均對以中文爲母語的 人士構成學習困難。以本 地個案爲例的管理書籍少 之又少，兼以中文撰寫的 更如鳳毛麟角。 有見及此，本書輯 錄了二十一篇以中文編寫 的管理個案，部分描述香港企業的管理問題，部分則 探討內地企業的經營情況。全書內容分爲五部分：人 事管理、市場管理、酒店管理、企業發展及變革，以 及企業形象。 書中每個個案都設討論問題，以加強讀者的思 考和認識，書末更附問題的參考答案。本書由香港管 理專業發展中心編輯，對管理階層、商管學生及培訓 課程的導師均有參考價値。 國際統一書號 962-201-787-8 ，平裝本，二百廿 二頁，一百五十港元。 中大通訊 3 第一壹三期 一九九七年十月八日