Newsletter No. 243

宣布事項 ANNOUNCEMENTS 新任崇基學院院長 New College Head for Chung Chi 大學校董會委任歷史學講座教授梁元 生教授繼李沛良教授出任崇基學院院長，任期四年，由二零零四年八月一日起生效。 The University Council has appointed Prof. Leung Yuen Sang, professor of history, as Head of Chung Chi College for a period of four years from 1st August 2004, succeeding Prof. Rance P.L. Lee. 文學院院長續任 Dean of Arts Re-elected for Another Term 音樂系羅炳良教授獲選連任文學院院長，任期三年，由二零零四年八月一日起生 效。 Prof. Daniel P. Law has been re-elected Dean of Arts for a new term of three years from 1st August 2004. 聯合書院新校董 New Members of the United College Board of Trustees 聯合書院校董會通過接納譚偉豪先生及馮慶鏘先生成為該院校董，任期由二零零 四年五月一日至二零零六年七月三十一日。 譚偉豪先生為權智(國際)有限公司主席，一九八六年畢業於聯合書院，一九九二 年獲頒「香港青年工業家」獎，一九九七年當選為「香港十大傑出青年」。譚先生在推動 香港創新科技發展和社區服務方面，亦有卓越表現，他歷任香港工業總會理事會理 事、香港資訊科技界協會顧問委員會成員、香港生產力促進局工業資訊科技理事、香 港生產力促進局中國內地委員會主席、香港生產力促進局業務發展委員會資訊科技業 事務會主席、設計創新(香港)有限公司董事局主席及香港科技協進會高級副會長等。 馮慶鏘先生是聯合書院校董會已故主席馮秉芬爵士之子，亦是馮秉芬企業有限公 司董事及馮秉芬爵士信託基金信託人。馮先生一九五九年畢業於哈佛大學，一九六三 年獲哈佛大學頒授建築學碩士學位。二零零二年，馮先生獲香港特別行政區政府頒授 銅紫荊星章。馮慶鏘先生為中華人民共和國第六至第十屆政協委員、亞洲文化協會董 事及亞洲文化協會香港分會會友委員會主席。 The United College Board of Trustees has recently elected Mr. Samson TamWai Ho and Mr. Kenneth H.C. Fung to its membership. The tenure of the two new trustees is from 1st May 2004 to 31st July 2006. Mr. Samson Tam, chairman of Group Sense (International) Ltd., graduated from the University in 1986. He was affiliated with United College. He won the Young Industrialist Award in 1992 and was elected Hong Kong's Outstanding Young Person in 1997. Mr. Tam holds aprolific record of community services and positions, the most prominent ones include member ofthe Federation ofHong Kong Industries General Committee, theAdvisory Committee of the Hong Kong Information Technology Industry Council, and the Hong Kong Productivity Council, chairman of the Hong Kong Productivity Council Mainland Committee, the Hong Kong Productivity Council Business Development Committee Industry Work Group on Information Technology, and the Board ofDesign Innovation (HK) Ltd, and senior vice-president of the Hong Kong Association for the Advancement of Science and Technology Ltd. Mr. Kenneth Fung is the son of the late Sir Kenneth P.F. Fung, chairman of the United College Board of Trustees from 1962 to 1972. Mr. Fung is currently director of KPFF Holdings Ltd. and trustee of the Sir Kenneth Fung Ping Fan Foundation Trust. Mr. Fung was awarded the Bronze Bauhinia Star by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government in 2002. Mr. Fung is highly committed to serving the community of Hong Kong. He has been amember of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and is a trustee of the Asian Cultural Council, USA, as well as honorary chairman of the Council's Friends' Committee in Hong Kong. 哈佛燕京學社進修資助計劃 Scholarships/Fellowships at the Harvard-Yenching Institute 哈佛燕京學社現接受本校人文學科及社會科學教員申請二零零五至二零零六年度 進修資助計劃。 (一）訪問學人資助計劃 此計劃資助教員前往哈佛大學進修或從事研究工作，為期一年。學位課程 及實用性學科如工商管理、圖書館學、實用法學等不在資助之列。申請人必 須有四年教學經驗，操流利英語，並於二零零四年九月一日時未滿四十二 歲。 資助項目包括單人來回機票、生活津貼(以十一個月為限）、醫療及保險。 (二）博士研究獎學金計劃 此計劃資助資歷較淺之教員前往哈佛大學或其他海外大學進修博士學位課 程。實用性學科如工商管理、圖書館學、大眾傳播、英語教學、社會工作等 不在資助之列。 受資助教員進修完畢，須返回原來所屬大學任教。申請者須於本年九月或 以前參加托福考試 (TOEFL) 及報考美國大學畢業生試 (GRE) ，並獲哈佛或其 他海外大學錄取為博士研究生(錄取通知書可於稍後呈交）。 獎學金為期一學年，期滿可申請續 期。資助項目包括交通、學費、醫療及 生活津貼。 (三）訪問研究員資助計劃 此計劃資助博士研究生前往哈佛大學從事研究工作，為期一年。從事有關 東亞研究之申請人將獲優先考慮。自然科學學科及實用性學科如工商管理、 圖書館學、英語教學等不在資助之列。 受資助教員進修完畢，須返回原來所屬大學任教。申請者須於本年九月或 以前參加托福考試 (TOEFL)。 資助項目包括交通、訪問研究員津貼及生活津貼。 申請人須把申請表格、假期申請表，以及有關文件，於二零零四年七月十五日或 以前，經有關學系系主任及學院院長送交人事主任盧杜燕萍女士，俾轉呈校內有關委 員會考慮。計劃詳情及申請表格可於人事處網頁 ( http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/personnel/res/ webtrinf/external.htm) 下載。 哈佛燕京學社之代表將於本年秋季來港接見經大學推薦之申請人。查詢詳情可致 電人事處(內線七一九一或七二八八）。 Applications/nominations are now invited from faculty members in the humanities and social sciences for the following three Harvard-Yenching Programmes tenable in 2005-6: 1. Visiting Scholars Programme This programme offers one-year fellowships to regular faculty members in the humanities or social sciences to study and conduct research at Harvard University, USA. Applied fields of studies such as business management, library science, and the more practical aspects of law are excluded. The study or research should not lead to a degree. Candidates must • be aged 42 or under on 1st September 2004; • have been teaching for four years prior to the year for which they are applying for the fellowship; and • speak fluent English. The award covers round-trip airfare for the successful applicant, amonthly stipend for up to 11 months, fees for health insurance, and the use of the Harvard Clinic. 2. Doctoral Scholarship Programme This programme supports junior faculty members to pursue Ph.D. studies in the humanities or the social sciences. Applied fields of studies such as business management, library science, mass communications, teaching English as a foreign language, and social work are excluded. Candidates must: • be regular faculty members who will return to teach at their home universities upon completion of their studies; • have sat for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) by September 2004 as well as the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE); and • have applied/have been admitted for Ph.D. studies at Harvard University or other major universities. The scholarship is tenable for one academic year (usually from September through the following June) and the recipient may apply for renewal thereafter. It covers transportation to and from the university which the applicant will attend, tuition, health fees, and a living stipend adequate for a single scholar to be determined with reference to the local cost of living and other sources of support. 3. Visiting Fellows Programme This programme provides junior faculty members in the humanities or the social sciences who are Ph.D. candidates in their own universities with an opportunity to do dissertation research at Harvard University. Preference will be given to scholars working in East Asian Studies. The natural sciences and applied fields such as business management, library science, teaching English as a second language are excluded. Candidates must: • be regular faculty members who will return to their home universities to teach immediately after the fellowship; and • have sat for the TOEFL by September 2004. The fellowship is given for one academic year (from September through the following July). Fellows may be invited to go to Harvard the previous July to take an intensive course in English. The fellowship covers transportation to and from Cambridge, Massachusetts; payment of the Harvard University Visiting Fellows fee; and a stipend adequate for a single scholar. Detailed programme information and application forms can be obtained at the Personnel Office website ( http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/personnel/res/webtrinf/extemal.htm) . Nominees should submit a completed Summary of Submission form (PO/SR3) obtainable from the above website, together with the completed application forms, requisite supporting documents and application for leave, with the endorsement of the department chairman/unit head and the faculty dean as appropriate, to Mrs. Betty Lo, Personnel Manager on or before 15th July 2004 for consideration by the Academic Staff Review Committee. After the University has submitted its nominations to the Harvard-Yenching Institute, the nominated applicants will be interviewed by arepresentative of the institute in Hong Kong in the autumn of 2004. For enquires, please contact the Personnel Office (Ext. 7191/7288). (下接背頁 tobe continued overleaf) 3 No. 243 19th June 2004