We often hear the word interdisciplinary but rarely see an example of how it works. The ‘In Plain View’ article in this issue brings you a vivid example of the cross-fertilization of ideas from the science of numbers and the science of the human body. Biostatistics, as Prof. Benny Zee explains, has an older history and a closer impact than most people would think. It is fusion of the most sophisticated and impactful kind.

Students and staff are perhaps more familiar with fusion of another kind on campus. Sundry herbs and tea leaves go into the preparation of one of the most popular homemade specialties of the small cooperative store by the poolside. What is so appetizing is not only the tea eggs simmering in the tea-coloured marinade but also the friendliness and warmth exuded from this campus social enterprise, as you will find out in ‘Mouth-watering Morsels’.

Places have characters. Some are even dignified.10 Downing Street is not only a home address but also the nerve centre of the British government. So is the Oval Office to the White House. At CUHK, Cho Yiu Hall plays a similar role. Important meetings, conferences and ceremonies are held in this premium venue with sophisticated acoustics. One could almost feel the University missions resounding off its paneled walls. Over the years, more portraits of Chancellors, Council Chairmen and Vice-Chancellors adorn its walls. But do you know it started out with only one, that of Sir Kwan Cho-yiu, in 1971? Check out ‘Then vs Now’.