Life is full of mind-boggling decisions. And ethics complicates the matter even further whether you're judging the motivation or the outcome. An expert in practical ethics, Prof. Li Hon-lam of the Department of Philosophy uses classic scenarios to demonstrate how to unravel the layers of a situation in order to arrive at a wise decision. Sometimes it falls on either of the extremes, but more often, it falls somewhere between the two.

Art and administration are not at opposite extremes of course. The new Head of Chung Chi College Prof. Victor Chan is a celebrated composer and conductor who had been in important administrative positions at the Arts Faculty and the College. Professor Chan tells us how an artist's sensibility contributes to better administrative skills, and the interrelatedness of preserving, founding and breaking through in college administration. His words combined with his piano playing are reminiscent of a beautiful speech performance.

Young people often joke or complain about having to serve many bosses—this could be at the back of the mind of many employees. Let's see what advice H has to give on this, and on the dotted and solid lines of management.