Newsletter No. 178

CUHK Newsletter No. 178 19th February 2001 3 In Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Chung Chi College Conference on Chinese Music Research Over a hundred scholars from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and overseas participated in the conference on 'Chinese Music Research: New Perspectives in the 21st Century' held in Chung Chi College from 5th to 12th January. The event was organized jointly by the Department of Mu s i c, the Society o f T r ad i t i onal Chinese Mu s i c, and the Research Institute of Music of the China Research Academy of Arts w i th the purpose of examining the latest development of Chinese native music. It was also held in celebration o f the college's 50th anniversary Topics discussed at the conference i nc l ude the t heo r y, concept, and methodology of Chinese musicology, tradition and change in Chinese music, cultural exchange and acculturation, and music education. A t the opening ceremony held on 5th January at the Lee Hysan Concert Hall, there were two performances, one of folk music of Chinese ethnic minorities and a Qin recital Mathematical Olympiad Approximately 150 elite secondary school students from Hong Kong, Macau, mainland China, and Russia participated in the 2001 Chinese Mathematical Olympiad held from 11th to 16th January on campus. The activity was coorganized by the Mathematics Society o f China, the International Mathematical Olympiad (Hong Kong) Committee, and the Education Department of the HKSAR, and sponsored by Chung Chi College. It was also a celebratory event of the 50th anniversary o f Chung Chi College. The a im o f the c omp e t i t i on is to raise interest in ma t hema t i cs among secondary school students and to p i ck out outstanding students for f u r t h e r d e v e l o p m e n t. Winners o f the Ol ymp i ad w i l l p a r t i c i p a te i n the International Mathematics Olympiad, to be held this July in Washington. During the competition the students stayed in Wu Kai Sha Camp, and competed in the Science Centre on campus. They also attended lectures given by mathematicians from France and Russia. Siu Lien Ling Wong Visiting Fellow Prof. T. Kue Young, professor and head o f the Department o f Community Health Services of the University of Manitoba, Canada, visited Chung Chi College as Siu Lien L i ng Wong Visiting Fellow 2000-1 f r om 8th to 20th January. Prof. Young has made significant contributions to medical research on community health as well as voluntary medical projects in remote areas of the world. During his visit, Prof. Young served as a panelist at the Annual Education Conference of Chung Chi College held on 13th January. Together with three other panelists, he spoke on the theme of 'Social Change and Health: Challenges for the 21st Century'. Prof. Rance Lee (front left), head of Chung Chi College, and Mr. George Hung, chairman of the College Board of Trustees, at the opening of the Mathematical Olympiad Conference on Lab Animal Science C lose to 110 expe r ts and practitioners in the relevant fields attended the Australian and N e w Z e a l a n d S o c i e t y f o r L a b o r a t o r y A n i m a l Sc i e n ce Millennium Conference, held at the Mariners Club in Tsim Sha Tsui from 13th to 17th November 2000. The function was jointly sponsored by the Un i ve r s i t y 's Laboratory Animal Services Centre, the Hong Kong Veterinary Association, and the University of Hong Kong. The conference covered three diverse areas of laboratory animal science: animal models o f human diseases, the role of laboratory animal scientists in conservation biology, and a comparison of animal welfare laws of the Asia-Pacific Region. Forums on Innovation School Design T he De p a r t me nt o f A r c h i t e c t u re organized three forums on innovative school design for the 21st century in November and December last year. A total of 170 participants, including government officials, representatives f r om various school sponsor groups, school principals and teachers, a r c h i t e c t s, and o t her professionals attended the forums and shared their views on three major themes: master planning of schools, spatial quality and design considerations for schools, and information technology in education and school building design. Opinions collected f r om the forums w i l l be integrated into an ongoing research p r o j e ct o f the d e p a r t me n t, e n t i t l ed ' Deve l op i ng Innovative School Design Parameters i n H o ng K o n g f o r 21st Century'. HKIAPS New Book Occasional Paper No. 113 Regional Polarization in Guangdong Province in South China Written by Shen Jianfa, Gu Chaolin, Zhen Feng, and Wong Kwan - y i u, this paper examines the trends of regional development under the new regime of socialist-market system in Guangdong province in south China in the post-reform period. It is found that a regional polarization process towards the core Zhujiang Delta region has occurred along with a spatial restructuring process within the core region. The role of old central cities outside the core region, such as Shaoguan, Zhanjiang, and Shantou, has weakened gradually while some emerging cities in the core region, such as Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Zhongshan, Shunde, Nanhai, and Panyu, have become new growth centres. The dominant role of Guangzhou has also been significantly weakened in the post-reform period. 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