Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1991

* Prof. Arthur K.C. Li, professor of surgery, has been reappointed a member of the Committee on Science and Technology from March 1991. * Mr. Andrew Wong Wang-fat, lecturer in government and public administration, has been reappointed a member of the Economic Review Committee from 1st February to 30th September 1991. * Mr. William Wan Hon-cheung , alumni affairs officer, has been appointed to serve on the Town Planning Board for one year fro m 1st April 1991. He has also been appointed a member of the Sai Kun g District Board from 1st April 1991 t o 30th September 1994. * The following staff members have been appointed to serve on various training boards/committees of the Vocational Training Council for two years from 1st April 1991: - D r . Leung Wai-yin, lecturer in journalism and communication, on the Advertising, Public Relations and Publishing Training Board. - M r . Hsu Dan-lin, lecturer in finance, on the Banking Training Board. —Dr. Ching Pak-chung, lecturer in electronic engineering, on the Electronics Industry Training Board. - D r . Joseph M. Chan, lecturer in journalism and communication, on the Journalism Training Board. - D r . Charles F. Steilen, senior lecturer in marketing, on the Committee on Management and Supervisory Training. - D r . Chan Sin-wai, senior lecturer in translation, on the Committee on Translation. Executive MBA Asia Advanced Management Programme The Asia Pacific Institute of Business and the Faculty of Business Administration of the University jointly organized an Asi a Advanced Management Programme in April for 39 executive MBA students from the University of Pittsburgh. The programme was intended to familiarize those executives with business opportunities and developments within the Asia-Pacific region. The five-day programme included a series of lectures, panel discussions, case studies and field visits conducted by faculty members o f the University and key executives from the local business community. A visit to a joint-venture production facility in Shenzhen was also arranged for the participants. International Conferences * The Department of Philosophy hosted an international conference on ‘Analytic Philosophy and the Philosophy of Language' from 7th to 12th March 1991. * The Gender Research Programme of the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies organized an international conference on 'Gender and Society: The Pacific Rim Experience' on 21st and 22nd March. * The eighth annual sports science conference on 'Development of Sports Culture' was jointly organized by the University's Hong Kong Centre o f Sports Medicine and Sports Science, the Physical Education Unit and the Department of Extramural Studies, together with the Amateur Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, and the Hong Kong Sports Development Board, on 23rd March. Art Gallery Exhibition The Art Gallery mounted an exhibition of The Art of the Gao Brothers of the Lingnan School' at the west wing galleries from 6th April to 12th May. Some 80 paintings by Gao Jianfu, Gao Qifeng and Gao Jianseng were displayed, with emphasis on the works of Jianfu, the eldest of the three. Gao Jianfu (1879-1951) first studied painting with Ju Lian, a co-founder of the Geshan School. But later, inspired by contemporary Japanese paintings, he dedicated himself to the ‘New Chinese Painting Movement', which aimed at reforming the traditional painting style. He established a powerful and expressionistic personal style and founded the influential Lingnan School. Both Qifeng (1889-1933) and Jianseng (1895-1916), his younger brothers, were influenced by his style and attained equal prominence . Collectively they have been known as the 'Three Gao's or the ‘Gao Brothers'. Obituary Sir Sydney Caine, a member of the University's Advisory Board on Social Science and Business Administration since 1964, and formerly director of the London School of Economics and Political Science, passed away on 2nd January 1991 in the UK. NEWS 17