Bulletin Number Two 1982

Seminars • Concerts • Exhibi t ions * The Department of General Business Management and Personnel Management held a seminar on "Development of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone" in conjunction with the Chinese Executive Club of the Hong Kong Management Association on 25th July, 1982. The Seminar sought to provide a clearer idea of the role the Shenzhen special economic zone plays in China's modernization programme as well as the opportunities for investment by Hong Kong businessmen in the area. Participants included scholars from China, local business executives and entrepreneurs. Among them were Mr. Graham C. H. Cheng, Chairman of Ta Ching Petroleum Co. Ltd., Mr. S. C. Lim, Director and General Manager of Lam Soon (H. K.) Ltd., Mr. K. T. Tongson, Director of Star Industry Co. Ltd., Mr. Ambrose Lau, Principal Lecturer of the Department of Business and Management Studies, Hong Kong Polytechnic, and Professor Ye Chunshen, Director of Management Engineering Department, South China Institute of Technology, China. * The Education Communications and Technology Unit of the School of Education and Wah Kiu Yat Po jointly sponsored a seminar on "Television and the Society" from 31st July to 2nd August, 1982. Over one hundred post-secondary students and secondary school teachers attende d the Seminar, which aimed at enabling post-secondary students to gain, through courses and workshops on mass communication and television production, a better understanding of Hong Kong's mass media and their effects on society. Speakers of the Seminar included Ms. L. C. Lam, Executive Producer of Children Television Unit, HKTVB; Mr. K. Law, Assistant Director of Creative Programming Unit, HKTVB; Mr. S. Y. Wong, Director of the Newsroom of Wah Kiu Yat Po; Dr. W. Y. Leung, Assistant Dean of Communication and Journalism Department, Baptist College; and several senior producers of Radio Television Hong Kong. Dr. Leo Yam of the School of Education, the Seminar's special lecturer, presented two papers entitled "Mass communication education: some recommendations" and "Television-film effects on teenagers: a pilot study". * The Department of Statistics held a seminar on "Randomized Response Methods in Repression Settings" on 2nd September, 1982. The Seminar was conducted by Professor Norman Matloff of the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of California at Davis. * The Computer Services Centre held a seminar on "Future of Computing in the Eighties" on 7th September, 1982. The Seminar was conducted by Mr. Robert G. Gilbertson, Senior Vice-President of Data Architects, Inc. (DAI), and President of Data Architects Systems, Inc. (DASI). * The Centre fo r Contemporary Asian Studies sponsored a seminar on "Industrial Management and the Impact of Economic Reforms in the People's Republic of China" on 17th September, 1982. The Seminar was conducted by Dr. Martin Lockett and Dr. Craig Littler, both of the Department of Social and Economic Studies of Imperial College, University of London, who had just returned from an investigative trip to China under an official Sino- British exchange programme. * The Department of Geography held a symposium on "Development and Environmental Management in China and Hong Kong" on 25th September, 1982 to commemorate the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Over one hundred and thirty participants attended the Symposium ， including scholars from the two local universities, Zongshan University, University of East Asia and the Hong Kong Polytechnic; environmentalists from the Environmental Protection Agency, the Agriculture and Fisheries Department, the Labour Department, the Royal Observatory and the Town Planning Office of the Government; and representatives of the Hong Kong Productivity Centre and several environment consulting firms. Following the opening address by Dr. K. Y. Wong, Chairman of the Geography Department, the following papers were presented at the Symposium: "Ecological Balance in the Pearl River Estuary" by Professor C.S. Shen "Environmental Implications o f Agricultural Development in Hong Kong" by Dr. C. T. Wong "Environmental Problems of the Development of the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone" by Dr. S. I. Hsu "Environmental Control through Urban Planning in Hong Kong" by Dr. K. S. Pun 22 ACADEMIC/CULTURAL EVENTS