Bulletin Vol. 5 No. 6 Mar 1969

8. M r. R.C. Griffiths Deputy Secretary University Grants Committee 14, Park Crescent London, W.1 England 9. Prof. A . G . Lehmann, M . A ., D.Phil. Professor of French Faculty of Letters The University of Reading Whiteknights Park Reading Berkshire England 10. Prof. M.J . Wise, M.C., Ph.D. Professor of Geography The London School of Economics and Political Science Houghton Street A l dwy ch London, W.C.2 England (*Prof. Daiches takes the place of Prof. W.G. Beasley, Professor of the History of the Far East, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, who resigned in January 1969.) The Secretary is M r . S.F. Bailey, C.B.E. First Day of Visitation On 17th March, 1 9 6 9 , t he Committee, after calling on the Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Choh-Ming L i, met the followin g representatives at the Conference Ro om of the Central Office, 10th Floor, 677 Nathan Road, K ow l o o n :— ( 1 ) Students' representatives ( 6 ) ( 2 ) Student Welfare representatives ( 7 ) ( 3 ) Non-professorial staf f representatives ( 9 ) ( 4 ) Arts Faculty representatives ( 16) ( 5 ) Science Faculty representatives ( 15) ( 6 ) Commerce an d Social Science representatives ( 1 6) ( 7 ) Library Committee representatives ( 8 ) ( 8 ) School o f Education representatives ( 5) Second Day of Visitation On 18th March, the U.G.C. met the following representatives at Benjamin Franklin Centre, 12th Mile, Taipo Road, New Territories:— ( 1 ) Professors and Readers representatives ( 1 2) ( 2 ) Extra-Mural Studies representatives ( 3 ) ( 3 ) Administrative and Academic-Planning Committee ( 6 ) The same evening, there was a dinner party at the Penthouse, Hang Seng Bank Building, Hong Kong, for the members of the U.G.C. to get together with the Vice-Chancellor an d members of the University Council. New and Important Phase of Development The members of the U.G.C. met all strata of the University and listened to them directly during the two-day visitation . It is significant that the members of the U.G.C. held their meetings at the temporary headquarters of the University at Hang Seng Bank Buildin g on the first day and at the Benjamin Franklin Centre at the new site on the second day. The removal of the Central Office of the University to the new site marked a new and important phase of the development of the University. TRANSLATION SYMPOSIUM A symposium on translation was held on 26th February through 28th February, 1969, at the Peninsula Hotel, sponsore d by the Department of Extramural Studies of the University and co- sponsored by the Chinese Language Press Institute and the Asi a Foundation, Hong Kong. Besides members of the Chinese Language Press Institute and their representatives, many others participated in the symposium, including delegates from various cultural institutions, member s of the teaching profession concerned with translation and practising translators of various government departments and industrial organizations. Student s of the Certificate Course of Advanced Translation of the Extramural Studies Department attende d in full force. The symposium was officially opened at 10:00 a.m. on 26th February. Mr. T.C. Cheng, President of United College and Director of the Extramural Studies Department , presided over the opening ceremony. Dr . Choh-Ming L i, Vice- Chancellor of the University, delivered a welcome speech in Chinese. — 2 —