Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1994

conference on 'Marriage Custom and Woman's Status in South China' from 12th to 13th April 1994. • The Department of Fine Arts and the Art Gallery j o i n t ly held a symposium on tertiary art education in mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong from 13th to 15th April. Award-winning Publications Two books published by The Chinese University Press (CUP) won awards of merit in the fifth Hong Kong Print Award Competition jointly organized by the Hong Kong Publishing Professionals Society and the Hong Kong Graphic Arts Association. The books are respectively entitled The Chinese University of Hong Kong — A Celebration, and A History of Chinese Calligraphy. The former is a photo record of the University published to commemorate its 30th anniversary. The latter describes in detail the origin and development of the six main scripts in Chinese calligraphy, and contains plenty of photographs of calligraphy by famous artists. The Hong Kong Print Award Competition is an important annual event among local publishers and printers. Prizes are awarded to local publications with outstanding design and production quality. CUP publications have won prizes in the competition for the last five years. Shaw College Celebrates Sixth Founder's Day Over 200 guests, staff members and students attended Shaw College's sixth founder's day celebration on 12th January. Among the guests of honour was Prof. Fei Xiaotong from Peking University. Speeches were delivered by Prof. Ma Lin, chairman of the college board of trustees, Prof. C.N. Chen, head of college, and representatives from the college student union and alumni association. Prizes were presented to students with outstanding academic performance. College Visiting Scholars • Prof. Fei Xiaotong, professor of sociology at Peking University, visited Shaw College in January as its Sir Run Run Shaw Distinguished Visiting Scholar 1993-94. During his week-long stay, he gave two public lectures entitled 'Stages of Recent Economic Development in Rural China' and 'From Ecology to Psychomental Complex'. • Prof. Lap-chee Tsui, world renowned molecular and medical geneticist and expert in cystic fibrosis research from Canada, visited Chung Chi College as its Siu-lien Ling Wong Visiting Fellow from 23rd January to 4th February. Prof. Tsui conducted a series of lectures covering a wide range of topics including 'My College Days', 'How I Capture Opportunity in Life', 'Biological Technology and Morality', ' The Current Overseas Chinese Society' and 'How to Foster Collaboration in Research'. Exhibition of Paintings by Fine Arts Students More than 80 paintings by fine arts students from mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong were displayed at the west-wing gallery of the Art Gallery from 14th April to 15th May 1994. This was the first time that works of art by students from the three places had been exhibited together in Hong Kong. Jointly organized by the University's Department of Fine Arts and the Art Gallery, the exhibition features paintings in both Chinese and Western media by students from the Central Institute of Fine Arts, the Nanjing College of Arts, the China National Academy of Fine Arts, Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, the Fine Arts Department of National Taiwan Normal University, the Fine Arts Department of Chinese Culture University, the Swire School of Design of the Hong Kong Polytechnic, and the Department of Fine Arts of CUHK. News in Brief 41