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the exodus of talent to the West in the 1980s. His department has set up a committee under the department board to promote pathology in China and to assist Chinese medical institutions in their training programmes. The fellowship scheme will enable four to five fellows to receive training at CUHK each year. There will be two levels of training. One is for lecturers and young pathologists who w i l l undergo training in surgical pathology, autopsy, and cytology for six to twelve months; the other is for more senior faculty staff who w i ll undergo training of a shorter duration on laboratory organization and management, computerization in pathology, and teaching and training. US Executives Learn Business the Asian Way Thirty-threeExecutive MBA students of the University of Pittsburgh in the United States were in Hong Kong from 17th to 20th April 1995 to participate in an Asia Advanced Management Programme entitled 'Asia- Pacific Challenge: Hong Kong and China'. During their visit, the students participated in lectures and panel discussions at the University's MBA Town Centre in Tsimshatsui East. To enhance their understanding of developments in China, arrangements were also made for them to visit a production facility in Dongguan. These activities were conducted by members from the Faculty of Business Administration and five key executives from the business community. Jointly organized by the University's Asia-Pacific Institute of Business and the University of Pittsburgh, the programme is now in its seventh year. Its objective is to expose participants to the various aspects of business and management practices in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia. HK$1,200,000 Raised in Round-the-CU Walkathon A total of HK$1.2 million was raised in the Round- t he -CU Walkathon organized by the CUHK Convocation in association with the Community Chest of Hong Kong on 26th March 1995. Of the money raised $600,000 was donated to the Community Chest to support a wide range of social welfare services, $400,000 was used to purchase sound equipment for the Department o f Music's new auditorium, and $200,000 was donated to the Children's Cancer Foundation to support children cancer programmes in the Prince of Wales Hospital. At the cheque-presentation ceremony held on 20th June 1995, acting vice-chancellor Prof. Ambrose King presented the donations to the three beneficiaries while the chairman of the Convocation Mr. Lee Kam-chung presented souvenirs to various patrons and sponsors of the walkathon. Exhibitions Art Museum Exhibition 'Gems of Chinese Art — Selections of Ceramics and Bronzes from the Tsui Art Foundation', an exhibition organized by the Tsui A rt Foundation and jointly presented by the foundation and the University's Art Museum, was staged at the museum from 8th July to 8th October 1995. The Governor and Mrs. Patten, and Dr. T.T. Tsui, founder of the foundation, officiated at the opening ceremony on 7th July. The exhibition features over 100 pieces of Chinese ceramics from the Neolithic period to the Qing dynasty, and 10 pieces of bronze vessels from the Shang dynasty to the Warring States period. Part of the exhibits, together with 300 other pieces of Chinese relics from the foundation, will be donated for permanent display at the Regional Council Museum now under construction in Sha Tin. News in Brief 33

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