Newsletter No. 12

CUHK N e w s l e t t e r University News Co u n c i l News In a Council meeting held last month, Dr. the Hon. Peter Poon Wing Cheung was re-elected vice-chairman of the University Council for a period of two years from 19th October 1990 ， and Dr. James Z. M. Kung was appointed a member of the Council's Finance Committee to succeed Dr. J. S. Lee who retired from service on the committee in mid-October, In the same meeting, the chairman of the Council also announced the retirement of Prof. Y. C. Wong, Council member since 1963, and thanked him for his dedicated and valuable service to the University Council over the last 27 years. P r o f . Lam Yat Wah as Emeritus Professor of Electronic Engineering On the recommendation of the Senate and in accordance with Statute 21 of the University Ordinance, the Council recently approved the award of the title of Emeritus Professor of Electronic Engineering to Prof. Lam Yat Wah with effect f r om 18th October, immediately following his retirement from University service. The title of emeritus professor is an honour granted to retired professors in recognition of their academic achievements and distinguished services to the University. According to Statute 3 of the University Ordinance, emeriti professors are members of the University; their title marks a permanent link between them and the University. Prof. Lam joined the University in 1971 as lecturer in the newly established Department of Electronics. He was promoted to senior lecturer in 1973, reader in 1979 ， and assumed the chair of electronics in 1984. Not only is he highly regarded as an academic and a researcher, he has contributed much towards the development of electronics and engineering in the University and to University administration in general. During the last 20 years, he was twice elected dean of the Faculty of Science, was director of student affairs (1978-79), chairman of the Science Centre Management Committee (1985-90 )， member of the Engineering Academic Advisory Committee (1986-90 )， convener of the Engineering Panel of the Research Committee (1988-90), and member of the University Council (1977-90). The award of this title to Prof. Lam will enable the University to continue to benefit from his wisdom and wealth of experience. T w o New Degree Programmes i n 1991-92 The Un i ve r s i ty Senate recently approved the introduction of a Bachelor of Arts Programme in Japanese Studies and a Bachelor of Nursing Programme in the 1991-92 academic year. Courses in Japanese Studies are currently offered as a minor programme only. The new major programme to be introduced next year will be the first multi-departmental and inter-faculty programme with two main streams: the humanities stream covering Japanese language, literature, culture and history, and the social science stream covering Japanese society, economics, politics and management. The objective is to provide comprehensive academic training in Japanese language and Japanese studies to meet the demand of various local professions for graduates in these subjects, and to promote cultural exchange and better understanding between Hong Kong and Japan. A unique feature of the programme is that certain major students will be required to undertake resident studies in Japan for one year. The Bachelor of Nursing Programme will be offered by the Faculty of Medicine under a new department of nursing and aboard of studies in nursing. It is specially designed for registered nurses with at least two years of post- registration nursing experience. Students can be enrolled for full-time, part-time day release or part-time evening studies. The normal length of study is two years for full-time students and four years for part-time. TheUniversity is still awaiting UPGC advice on the funds available for this new programme. 2