Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1980

In addition, Professor A. Owen Aldridge of the University of Illinois and Professor Harry Levin of Harvard University have been appointed Honorary Advisers on Comparative Literature to the Centre. People -To- People Delegation Visits CUHK A delegation o f anesthesiologists of the People- to-People Programme of the United States visited the University on 6th November, 1980 and was given a talk on the medical and health services in Hong Kong by Professor G. H. Choa, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. The 25-member delegation was led by Dr. Charles Gillespie, Senior Consultant, Scott and White Clinic, Temple, Texas. The People-to-People Programme was founded by the late U. S. President D. Eisenhower some twenty years ago. The purpose of the Programme is to promote goodwill and understanding between Americans and the people of other countries through sending delegations of U. S. citizens abroad. Full Metrication to be Implemented within the University The Administrative and Planning Committee has formally approved the policy of achieving fu ll metrication within the University by 1983. Dr. J. S. Dahele, Lecturer in Electronics and representative of the University on the Education and Industrial Training Sector Committee of the Metrica tion Committee, has been asked to coordinate efforts for implementing the policy. New University Guest Houses and Staff Common Room Start Operation The two new University Guest Houses, which were converted from the former residences of the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, have started operation. Together with the existing Yali Guest House, the three Houses have a total of 15 air-conditioned guest rooms, which may accommodate up to 32 guests staying for short periods at the University. TheStaffCommonRoom, located on the ground floor of University Guest House I, was officially opened on 29th July, 1980. Facilities of the Staff Common Room include a lounge/bar, a reading room, a small games room for card games, a dining room and aprivate dining/conference room. Student Enrolment 1980-81 I. Undergraduates M. F. Total Arts Faculty 427 620 1,047 Chinese Language & Literature 89 183 272 English 61 157 218 Fine Arts 27 41 68 History 123 139 262 Music 23 20 43 Philosophy 81 42 123 Religion 23 38 61 Business Administration Faculty 646 258 904 Accounting & Finance 214 90 304 General Business Management & Personnel Management 182 101 283 Marketing & International Business 250 67 317 Science Faculty 1,082 138 1,220 Biochemistry 81 9 90 Biology 163 58 221 Chemistry 184 31 215 Computer Science 47 10 57 Electronics 197 1 198 Mathematics 187 24 211 Physics 223 5 228 Social Science Faculty 660 568 1,228 Anthropology 8 7 15 Economics 198 109 307 Geography 96 85 181 Government & Public Administration 80 41 121 Journalism & Communication 44 57 101 Social Work 89 112 201 Sociology 145 157 302 Total: 2,815 1,584 4,399 I I . Postgraduate Students Ph.D. 7 2 9 M.Phil. 77 14 91 M.S.W. 2 5 7 M.A. 0 1 1 M.A.(Ed.) 19 3 22 M.B.A. 2-year (Full-time) 55 12 67 3-year (Part-time) 113 17 130 M.Div. 4 0 4 Dip. Ed. (Full-time) 49 44 93 (Part-time) 282 191 473 Total: 608 289 897 Grand Total: 3,423 1,873 5,296 36