Bulletin Autumn 1977

Dean of Faculty of Social Science Dr. Lin Tzong-biau Dr. Lin Tzong-biau, Dean of the Social Science Faculty, obtained his B.A. (Economics) from National Taiwan University in 1960. In 1962 he went to West Germany on a German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) Scholarship to pursue advanced studies at the Universität of Freiburg where he received his Diploma Volkswirt in 1966 and Ph.D. in 1969 with distinction. He joined this University in 1966 as Assistant Lecturer and was promoted to Lecturer in 1969. In 1973-74 he won a Mellon Award which enabled him to go to Stanford University and the University of Pittsburgh as visiting scholar. In 1974 he was promoted Senior Lecturer and since then he has been Associate Director of the Economic Research Centre and Chairman of the Board of Studies in Economics. In August 1977 he was elected Dean of the Social Science Faculty. He is affiliated with the American Economic Association, Econometric Society, American Statistical Association and Hong Kong Economic Association. Since 1976 he has been a member of the Statistics Advisory Board of the Hong Kong Government. His field of specialization is econometrics and applied economics, but his publications cover various aspects of economics, including a book about monetary systems and behaviour (in German) and numerous papers in international journals on topics ranging from pure econometric methods to practical development and trade problems of the Hong Kong economy.