Bulletin Number Two 1982

New Chai rman of the Appo i ntments Board The Appointments Board, an advisory body with a distinguished membership representing the Civil Service, the business community, the education sector and the academic staff of the University, was instituted in 1979 to advise the Vice-Chancellor on all matters related to graduate employment, and to give guidance to the Appointments Service. Succeeding the Hon. Lydia Dunn as Chairman of the Board is the Hon. William Charles Langdon Brown, another member of the University Council. Mr. Brown, a prominent banker, is the Area General Manager of The Chartered Bank. He is currently the Vice-Chairman of the Hong Kong Association of Banks and will assume the Chairmanship of this Association on 1st January, 1983. He holds the chairmanship or directorship of many financial institutions, and is also the Chairman of the Hong Kong Export Credit Insurance Corporation Advisory Board and a member of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce General Committee, the Hong Kong Trade Development Council and the Banking Advisory Committee. Mr. Brown's record of public and community service is equally distinguished: he was appointed to the Legislative Council in 1980, and now serves on its Finance Committee and the Public Works Committee ； in addition he also sits on the Special Committee on Land Supply, the Advisory Committee of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the Sir Robert Black Trust Fund Committee. In recognition of his service he was made a Justice of the Peace in 1979 ， and awarded the OBE in 1982. He is actively involved in charitable work as well as the promotion of the arts, and is a Director of the Community Chest of Hong Kong. He is also a member of the Council for the Performing Arts, and the Chairman of the Hong Kong Academy of Ballet. In between his heavy work schedule of business and public duties, Mr. Brown manages to find time to devote to his hobbies of philately, photography and calligraphy. With little time available for sport he keeps fit by regular early morning exercises and yoga. Throughout the Autumn/Winter period he insists on walking to his office in Central from his house on the Peak irrespective of the weather. Acknowledging that this is his one idiosyncrasy, he explains that his pointer always accompanies him on the walk to Central, and Englishmen are well-known for braving the elements to exercise their favourite dogs. Mr. Brown was first appointed to the Council by His Excellency the Chancellor in 1979, and has been a member of the Finance Committee of the Council since then. The University is now indeed fortunate in being able to persuade a man of Mr. Brown's stature and energy to take up the Appointments Board as well. NEWS 3