Bulletin Number Two 1983

The Division of Comparative Literature was renamed 'Comparative Literature Research Unit, (with Dr. William Tay as Head), to be affiliated to the English Department. The Translation Division was renamed 'Research Centre for Translation' (with Mr. S.C. Soong as Director) and remains under the Institute of Chinese Studies. Visit of Advisers on Manufacturing Technology Professor J.L. Douce, Professor of Electrical Engineering, and Professor S.K. Bhattacharyya, Professor of Manufacturing Technology, the University of Warwick in the United Kingdom, visited the University in mid- January to give advice on the introduction of courses in manufacturing technology. During their stay in Hong Kong, the two advisers met with members of the Faculties of Science and Business Administration, and visited various industrial establishments and other academic institutions, so as to get an overall view of the local engineering profession. The professors will present a written report to the Vice-Chancellor in due course. New Asia Faculty Reading Room Opened The Faculty Reading Room of New Asia College was formally opened by Dr. Ambrose Y.C. King, Head of the College, and Dr. Lai-bing Kan, the Librarian, at a brief ceremony on 4th February. The Reading Room, on the ground floor of the New Asia Branch Library, has an approximate area of seventy square metres and a capacity of thirty persons. Its renovation cost, amounting to HK$ 170,000, was met by a generous donation from Mr. Hui Kwok-hau, a trustee of the College. The books in the Reading Room were donated by New Asia Ming Yu Cultural Foundation, the Yale-China Association, and friends, visiting scholars and staff of the College. New Member of Appointments Board The Hon. John Chambers, J.P., Director of Social Welfare, Social Welfare Department, has been appointed a member of the Appointments Board for a term ending 31st July, 1984. New Members of Advisory Committee on Electronics The University has invited the following to serve on the Advisory Committee on Electronics until 31st December, 1983: Mr. C.D. Tarn, General Manager of Motorola Semiconductors Hong Kong Ltd., Mr. David Woo, Director of Management Services of IBM World Trade Corporation, and Mr. K.M. Ellison, Assistant Chief Engineer, Training, Hong Kong Telephone Co. Ltd. (replacing Mr. R.A. Adair) Obituaries Sir Christopher W.M. Cox Sir Christopher W.M. Cox, an honorary graduate of the University, passed away in Britain at the age of eighty-three. Sir Christopher had devoted his life to the cause of education. He had taught for many years at New College, Oxford, before he served as educational adviser to several major projects of the British Government. The University had benefited from Sir Christopher's direct interest and advice, and secured through his great efforts financial support from the British Government for the construction of the Science Centre, which enabled the establishment of a most modernly equipped teaching block for science students on this campus. Dr. Liang Tung Yan-chi Dr. Liang Tung Yan-chi of the University Health Service passed away on 14th March after a prolonged illness. She was forty-nine. Dr. Liang Tung Yan-chi joined the University in November 1973 as Dental Surgeon, and had been in charge of the dental programme of the Health Centre since September 1981. 6 NEWS