Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2004

Council News New Council Members • Mr. Chien Lee (left) has been nominated by the Chancellor of the University as a member of the University Council for a period of three years from 27th November 2003. Mr. Lee is currently director of Scottish and Eastern Investments Limited and Lee Hysan Estate Co. Ltd., executive director of Lee G a r d e ns I n t e r n a t i o n al Holdings Ltd., non-executive director and member of the audit committees of Swire Pacific Ltd. and Hy s an Development Co. Ltd. • Mr. Aub r ey Kwok-sing Li (right) has been elected by the Board of Trustees of Chung Chi College as a member of the Council for three years from 11th February 2004, succeeding Dr. Deanna Lee Rudgard. Professorial Appointments Professor of Electronic Engineering • Prof. King N. Ngan has been appointed professor of electronic engineering from 15th December 2003. Prof. Ngan obtained his B.Sc. and his Ph.D. from Loughborough University of Technology in the UK. He has taught at the National University of Singapore, Monash University in Australia, the University of Western Australia, and most recently, Nanyang Technological University of Singapore where he was chair professor of the School of Computer Engineering and assistant director of research. He was visiting professor to The Chinese University in 1998. Prof. Ngan's research interests include video coding and communications, digital image processing, digital signal processing, computer communications, and telecommunication networks. He is a fellow of IEEE in the US, IEE in the UK, and the Institution of Engineers in Australia. Professor of History • Prof. Philip Leung Yuen-sang has been appointed professor of history from 1st April 2004. Prof. Leung obtained his BA and M.Phil. from The Chinese University in 1972 and 1974 respectively, and his Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 1980. Prior to joining CUHK in 1992, Prof. Leung had taught at the National University of Singapore from 1980 to 1987, and at California State University from 1987 to 1992. Prof. Leung's research interests are modern Chinese history, Confucianism and Christianity in China, Sino-Western relations, overseas Chinese communities in Southeast Asia and America, and the history of Shanghai, Hong Kong, and Singapore. Reappointment of Pro-Vice-Chancellor Prof. Liu Pak-wai was reappointed Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University for two years from 1st October 2003. New Head of Shaw College Prof. P.C. Ching, professor of electronic engineering, has been appointed by the University Council as Head of Shaw College for a period of four years from 11th February 2004, succeeding Prof. Yeung Yue-man. New Deans • Prof. Peter YumTak-shing, professor of information engineering, has been elected new dean of engineering for three years from 1st January 2004. • Prof. Fok Tai-fai, p r o f e s s or of paediatrics, has been elected new dean of the Faculty of Medicine for a term of three years from 1st July 2004. News in Brief 4 7