Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1998

News in Brief Duke and Duchess of Gloucester Visit CUHK T h e i r R o y a l H i g h n e s s T h e D u k e a n d Duchess of Gloucester v i s i t ed the U n i v e r s i t y o n 21st July d u r i n g their first official visit to H o n g K o n g after 1st July 1997. T h e D u k e a n d Du c h e ss w e r e g r e e t ed b y P r o f . A r t h u r K . C. L i , vice-chancellor, w h o i n t r o d u c e d to t h em Dr. Lee Ho n - c h i u, chairman of the U n i v e r s i t y C o u n c i l , D r . t h e H o n o u r a b l e L e e Q u o - w e i , p a s t c h a i r ma n a n d life memb er of the U n i v e r s i ty C o u n c i l , a n d P r o f s. A m b r o s e K i n g a n d K e n n e th Y o u n g , p r o - v i c e - c h a n c e l l o r s. T h e r o y a l c o u p le w e r e g i v e n a t o u r of t he A r t M u s e u m a n d the D e p a r t m e n t of Architecture. I n c i d e n t a l ly t he U n i v e r s i ty w a s t he o n l y tertiary i n s t i t u t i on they visited i n H o n g K o n g. Prof. Mayching Kao, directo r of the Art M u s e um shows the Duke a n d Duchess some pieces f r om the museum's collection. O n the right is Prof. Arthur K.C. Li. Internet Broadcast of Peking University's Centennial Celebrtions T he U n i v e r s i ty w a s i n v i t e d b y P e k i ng U n i v e r s i t y a n d C h i n a C e n t r al T e l e v i s i on (CCTV) to organize the Internet broadcast of t h e c e n t e n n i a l c e l e b r a t i o ns o f P e k i n g U n i v e r s i ty h e l d f r o m 2 n d t o 4 t h Ma y. T h e C o m p u t e r Services Ce n t r e at C U H K w a s r e s p o n s i b le f o r t r a n s f o r m i n g T V satellite signals f r om C C TV i n t o d i g i t al v i d e o f o r ma t f o r r e a l t i m e b r o a d c a s t o n t h e I n t e r n e t. I n t e r n et users c o u l d v i e w the celebrations t h r o u gh the Un i v e r s i t y 's website. News in Brief 47