Newsletter No. 234

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 。 • Personalia •人事動態• Personalia •人事動態• Personalia •人事動態• Personalia •人事動態• Personalia • Service to the Community and International Organizations • Prof . Fanny Cheung, professor of psychology, has been appointed by the Chief Executive o f the HKSA R a s a member o f th e Women' s Commissio n fo r tw o year s fro m 15t h Januar y 2004. • Prof . Leung Ping Chung, professor of orthopaedics an d traumatology, has been appointed by the Chief Executive o f the HKSAR a s a member o f the Rehabilitation Advisory Committe e for tw o year s from 1s t January 2004 . • Prof . Denni s Lo , professor o f chemica l pathology, ha s been appointed by th e Secretary fo r Commerce, Industr y an d Technology, on an ad personam basis , as a member of the Board o f Directors o f the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park s Corporation from 18t h December 2003 t o 30th June 2005 . • Prof . X u Yangsheng , professo r i n th e Departmen t o f Automatio n an d Computer-Aide d Engineering, ha s been appointed by the Secretary for Economic Developmen t an d Labour as a member o f th e Appeal Boar d Pane l (Toy s an d Children's Product s Safety ) fo r tw o year s from 1s t January 2004 . • Prof . Jeffrey William Cody, professor in the Department o f Architecture, has been appointed by the Deputy Secretar y for Housing, Planning and Lands (Planning and Lands) as a member of th e Appeal Tribunal Panel for thre e years from 1s t December 2003 . • Mr . David Lim, director of the Campus Development Office , has been appointed as a member of th e Structura l Engineer s Registratio n Committe e Pane l for tw o year s from 3r d Januar y 2004. • Prof . Michael Lyu , professor i n the Department o f Compute r Scienc e and Engineering, ha s been elected by the Board of Directors of The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers , Inc. (IEEE) as an IEEE fellow for contributions to software reliability engineering and software fault toleranc e from 1s t January 2004 . • Prof . Josep h Lau , professo r o f surgery , ha s bee n electe d honorar y fello w o f th e Roya l Australasian Colleg e o f Surgeons . • Prof . Jack Cheng, professor of orthopaedics and traumatology, has been appointed as a visiting professor o f the Second Affiliated Hospital of China Medical University from 28th December 2003. • Prof . Tracey Lu, assistant professor in the Department of Anthropology, has been re-appointed as an honorary researche r o f the South China Archaeology Centr e in Zhongshan Universit y for thre e years from 2003 . • Prof . Anthony Yim, professor of surgery, has been invited to serve as a member of the Editorial Board of the World Journal of Surgery fo r fou r year s from 24th November 2003 . ( I n f o r ma t i o n 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 Book Chinese University Press Later Mohist Logic, Ethics and Science By A.C. Graham The boo k begin s w i t h a general accoun t o f th e schoo l o f Mo-tzu, it s socia l basi s a s a movement o f craftsmen , it s isolated plac e i n Chines e tradition , an d the natur e o f it s later contribution s t o logic , ethics , an d science . Th e relation o f Mohis t thinkin g t o th e structur e o f th e Chinese languag e i s als o discussed . Th e textua l problems o f th e late r writings , th e gramma r an d style , the technica l terminology , th e significanc e o f stoc k examples , an d the overal l organization o f th e documents , ar e the n explore d i n detail . W i t h th e investigatio n of thes e preliminar y questions , th e possibilitie s o f interpretatio n ar e confine d w i t h in controllabl e limits . Th e edite d an d annotate d Chines e tex t follows , w i t h an English translatio n an d commentary , a glossary, an d a photographi c reproduction o f th e unemende d tex t f r o m th e Taois t Patrology . The author , A.C. Graham , i s Professo r Emeritu s o f Classica l Chines e a t th e School o f Orienta l an d A f r i c an Studies , L o n d o n University . H e i s a n eminen t scholar, a n authorit y i n classica l Chinese , an d th e autho r o f man y books . H e ha s also publishe d man y article s i n sinologica l journals o n th e thought , th e textua l criticism an d th e gramma r o f Chines e philosophica l literature . I S BN 962-201-142-X , hardcover , 64 0 pages , HK $ 3 0 0 http://www.chineseupress.com 4 No. 234 19th January 2004