Newsletter No. 126

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 。 Member/Secretary: Prof. Chan Kai-ming (Director, Hong Kong Centre o f Sports Medicine and Sports Science) (Term: until 31st December 1999) Executive Committeeof the UniversityGuest Houses Chairman: Dr. Chen Fong-ching (appointed b y the VC) Ex officio members: Mr. Terence C.W. Chan (Bursar) Ms. Amy Yui (Director o f Administrative Services) Mr. S.S. Tam (representative o f the Director o f Personnel) Ad personam members appointed by the VC: Prof. Andrew C.F. Chan Mrs. Mary W. Leventhal Secretary: To be nominated by the Director o f Administrative Services CommitteeontheUniversitiesService Centre Chairman: Dr. Michael Lee Members: Prof. Richard M.W. H o Mr. Jacob Leung Dr. Luen Chih-biau Prof. Tsui Kai-yuen Prof. Yeung Yue-man Ex officio members: Dr. Michael Lee (University Librarian) Mrs. Ma ry W . Leventhal (Director, Office o f Academic Links) (International) Prof. H.C. Kuan (Director, USC) Member/Secretary: Mrs. Jean L i (Assistant Director, USC) (ex officio) 鼻煙壺展覽移師徐氏藝術館 本年初在文物館展出的「御賞壺珍——誦先芬室藏淸代宮廷鼻煙壺」展覽，上月廿七日 移師徐氏藝術館展出，開幕儀式由該館創辦人徐展堂博士和本校文物館館長高美慶教授主 持。該展覽由徐氏藝術館和文物館合辦，展期至七月卅一日。 卅五周年校慶紀念品 爲慶祝中大三十五周年校慶，中大紀念品銷售處特推出多款紀念品： •中文大學電話卡，每張售六十八港元。此卡設計以四所書院爲重點，限量發行三千 張。 •中大紀念瓷碟 •文件膠袋及膠盒 •金屬相架 歡迎員生到富爾敦樓地下紀念品銷售處選購。 訃告 本校榮譽文學博士、中國語言學泰斗呂叔湘教授上月九日病逝北京，享年九十四歲。 呂教授畢生獻身語言學和語文教育，成就卓越，並一直關懷本校中國文化硏究所的學 術發展，多方支持與指導該所各項語文硏究。 Servic e t oth eCommunit y an d Internationa l Organization s • Prof. Liu Pak-wai, pro-vice-chancellor, has been appointed by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR as a member of the Chief Executive's Commission on Innovation and Technology fo r one and a half years from 16th March 1998. • Prof. Ann Mackenzie, professor o f nursing, has been appointed b y the Chief Executive o f the HKSAR as a member o f the Health and Medical Development Advisory Committee for three years from 1st March 1998. • Prof. Daniel T.L. Shek, professor in the Department of Social Work, has been re-appointed by the Chief Secretary for Administration as a member o f the Commission on Youth fo r a year from 1st April 1998. • Prof. Wong Tze-wai, professor i n the Department o f Community and Family Medicine, has been appointed by the Secretary fo r Planning, Environment and Lands as a member o f the Ai r Pollution Control Appeal Board Panel from 1st February 1998 t o 31st January 2001. Prof. Wong has also been appointed as a member o f the Committee on Research, Education, Publicity and Rehabilitation o f the Pneumoconiosis Compensation Fund Board until 31st December 1999. He has recently been admitted Fellow of the Faculty of Public Health Medicine of the Royal Colleges o f Physicians o f the United Kingdom. • Prof. P.C. Leung, professor of orthopaedics and traumatology, has been appointed as a member of the Independent Commission Against Corruption Operations Review Committee until 31st December 1998. • Mr. Hardy S.C. Tsoi, manager o f Sir Run Run Shaw Hall, has been appointed as a member o f the Advisory Board o f Chung Ying Theatre Company. He has also been appointed as an honorary adviser t o the Drama Advisory Board o f the Provisional Urban Council for two years from 1st April 1998. • Prof. Chan Wing-wah, professor i n the Department o f Music, conducted the Hong Kong Japanese Club Choir, the Hong Kong Oratorio Society, and Hong Kong Sinfonietta to perform Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 'Ode t o Joy ' on 8th March 1998 i n the City Hall Concert Hall. • Dr. Peter Chan, senior lecturer in the Department o f Surgery, has been appointed Honorary Professor of Urology of the General Hospital o f the People's Liberation Army i n Beijing. • Prof. Lee Sing, associate professor i n the Department o f Psychiatry, has been invited to join the editorial board of Health Psychology, jointly published by the Chinese Mental Health Association and the Chinese Publishing House o f Therapeutics and Technology, from 1st January 1998. (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.) CU Pres s Ne w Boo k The following book is available tostaff of the University at a 20 per cent discount a t the University Bookstore, John Fulton Centre ： High-rise Society ： The First 5 0 Years o f the Hong Kong Housing Society The Hong Kong Housing Society celebrates its 50th anniversary in 1998. During the past 50 years i t has provided homes to hundreds of thousands of Hong Kong people. I t has also evolved i n tandem with the housing needs of a developing society. Innovative architectural designs and planning have created a high-rise society. To meet the demands for quality housing by an ever expanding population and within limited space, housing has had to reach for the skies. Written by Robin Hutcheon, the book chronicles the achievements of the Housing Society in works and pictures, as well the people who make i t possible. ISBN 962-201-841-6, 131 pages, hardcover, HK$190 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 • Personalia 中大通訊 第一二六期 一九九八年五月四日 4