Tung Chiao once said, ‘When you are faced with a dearth of vocabulary, your essays suffer from literary anaemia. When your sentences are clumsy, your articles go topsy-turvy.’ So his suggestion is to ‘turn to ballads and poems as a source of nutrition for your muse.’

On 26 November, some 200 CUHK colleagues from 82 departments/units went to the ‘Symposium: Language, Style and Publication in a University Context’ co-organized by the Information Services Office, the Chinese University Press and the Personnel Office, to exchange views on a variety of topics, including Chinese and English writing styles, simplified and traditional Chinese, the publishing process, and online publishing. Though the symposium didn’t include ballads and poems as Tung Chiao suggested, CUHK colleagues who do language-related work may have found it helpful.

Established for more than 30 years, the Faculty of Medicine has nurtured more than 3,000 doctors, who have served in different fields of the community. For example, William Thaddeus Ng, a 2008 graduate, is a doctor and pianist. He has served as artist-in-residence at the University while working at a hospital. His teaching and performances have helped to develop a vibrant music scene on CUHK campus. In this issue, we feature how CUHK medical students learn and how the MB ChB programme imparts professional knowledge to its students and nurtures caring doctors.

In ‘Mouth-watering Morsels’, we serve readers a tofu dish. Tasty and delicious, tofu is also an excellent source of nutrition.