Bulletin Number One 1985

has been appointed Assistant Secretary of the University and Polytechnic Grants Committee (UPGC), replacing Mr. David Wong, who has taken up the appointment as Secretary of the Customs and Excise Department. * The UPGC Medical Sub-Committee, accompanied by staff of the UPGC Secretariat, visited on 8th January the Faculty of Medicine. At the Prince of Wales Hospital, they had meetings with staff o f the Faculty and of the Government's Medical and Health Department as well as with students. The Sub- Committee also toured the Hosptial. Professorial Inaugural Lectures * Professor J. Vallance-Owen, Professor of Medicine, delivered his inaugural lecture on 'Patients, Pupils and Problems' on 14th December, 1984. * Professor P.C. Leung, Professor of Orthopaedic and Traumatic Surgery, delivered his inaugural lectur e on 'Orthopaedic-Traumatic Surgery — the Promises and the Reality' on 8th February, 1985. ‘Scholar's Pavilion'Opened The Scholar's Pavilion ， a gift from the Wah Km Yat Po, was opened on 26th November, 1984 by Sir Kenneth Ping-fan Fung, Vice-Chairman o f the newspaper's Scholarship Foundation Committee. Also present at the brief ceremony was Mr. Wong Shek-yeung, Chief Reporter of the newspaper. The Pavilion, costing HK$ 120,000, is a big rain shelter built next to the University Train Station. Beijing University Delegation A ten-member delegation from Beijing University was invited for a ten-day visit to this University from 7th January. Headed by Professor Sha Jiansun, Vice- President of Beijing University, the delegation held meetings with officers, teachers and administrators of this University, with a view to develop closer links and establish a formal exchange programme between the two universities at a late r stage. Second Ming Yu Foundation Professor Professor C.N. Yang, Einstein Professor and Director of the Institute of Theoretical Physics at the State University of New York at Stony Brook, arrived i n Hong Kong on 2nd January for a month-long visit to New Asia College as the College's second Ming Yu Foundation Professor. S.Y. Chung Visiting Fellow Professor Tang You-qi, Director of the Institut e of Physical Chemistry, Beijing University, visited New Asia College from 17th January to 7t h February as the College's S.Y. Chung Visiting Fellow. Professor Tang was accompanied b y his wife, Professor Zhang Li-zhu of Beijing Medical College. Former Professor Honoured Dr. Charles Kuen Kao, the first Professor of Electronics of this University, and presently an Executive Scientist at the International Telephone & Telegram Corporation (ITT) in New York, has been awarded the eleventh Marconi fellowship by the Marconi International Fellowship Council, administered b y the Polytechnic Institute of New York . Dr. Kao, who helped to set up the Electronics Department of this University, is regarded as a key figure in pioneering the work on optical fibre communication, which has contributed significantly towards the transformatio n of our society into an information-based society. 1984 Vice-Chancellor's Cup Staff Sports Tournament The 1984 Vice-Chancellor's Cup Staff Sports Tournament was held in November. The overall champion was the Administration Team, which won the table- tennis and soccer matches, with the Science and Computer Services Team and the Business Administration Team coming second respectively. The Social Science and Education Team beat the Medicine and University Health Service Team in the basketball final. The presentation ceremony was held on 18th November, at which Dr. and Mrs. Ma Lin and Professor and Mrs. G.H. Choa presented the Cup and the trophies. University Basketball Teams invited to National Varsity Tournament The men's and women's basketball teams of the University were invited to compete in the Jin Ling Cup National Basketball Varsity Tournament, held at Nanjing University from 5th to 13t h February. This was the first time the University sent its teams to a nation-wide tournament. The leader of the University's teams was Mr. Aaron Lee, Director of Physical Education of the University; and the coach for the men's team was Mr. Joe Poon and that for the women's was Mr. M.H. Lo. Ob i t ua r y Mrs. Lilian C. Lee, former Executive Assistant to the Vice-Chancellor, passed away on 30th January at the age of sixty-eight. Mrs. Lee joined the University in February 1964 and served the University fo r more than sixteen years as an assistant to its two Vice-Chancellors. NEWS 9