Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1980

Twenty-Second Congregation (From left) Professor G. H. Choa, Dr. Ma Lin, Dr. Shing-Tung Yau, Dr. the Hon. L i Fook-woo, Sir Murray MacLehose, Dr. the Hon. J. H. Bremridge, Dr. R. C. Lee, Sir Yuet-keung Kan and Professor Bay-sung Hsu The University held its Twenty-Second Congregation for the conferment of honorary degrees and other degrees at the University campus on 11th December, 1980. His Excellency the Chancellor of the University, Sir Murray MacLehose, presided at the ceremony, and the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Ma Lin, addressed the Con gregation. Three eminent persons were awarded the honorary doctoral degrees by theUniversity.Two were awarded the degree of Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa: The Hon. J. H. Bremridge, OBE, JP, Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils and Chairman o f the University and Poly technic Grants Committee, andTheHon. Li Fook-woo, Unofficial Member of the Executive and Legislative Councils and a Council member of this University. Professor Shing-Tung Yau, a world-renowned mathe matician and Life Member of the Institute for Ad vanced Study in Princeton, was awarded the degree of Doctor of Science, honoris causa. The Hon. J. H. Bremridge addressed the Congregation on behalf of the honorary graduates. The Public Orator was Professor D. C. Lau, Dean of the Faculty of Arts. This year, 1,196 graduates obtained their Master's and Bachelor's degrees, including 57 Masters of Philosophy, 57Masters of BusinessAdministration, 2 Masters o f Social Work, 4 Masters of Arts (Educa tion), 256 Bachelors of Arts, 235 Bachelors of Busi ness Administration, 267 Bachelors of Science and 318 Bachelors of Social Science. 1