Bulletin Number Two 1987

Profiles D r. Chan Wing-wah M r. Tai Chiu-m ing M r. Tarn Sau Sum Dr. Chan Wing-wah Lecturer, Depar tment o f Music Dr. Chan Wing-wah received the degrees o f Bachelor o f Arts from The Chinese University o f Hong Kong, Master o f Music and Doctor o f Music in composition from the University o f Toronto, and is a Fellow o f T rinity College o f Music, London (FTCL) (composi­ tion). He was awarded an American Bicentennial Scholarship (1979) and a Commonwealth Scholar ship (1980-85) and was the first prize winner in the 1981 International Double Reed Society Com position Contest. In 1986 he was invited by the German Academic Exchange Service to the Inter national Vacation Course for Contemporary Music in Darmstadt, West Germany where his music was performed. Dr. Chan's compositions include three sym phonies, an overture written for the tenth anniversary o f the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, a piano concertino and many chamber works. Performers o f his music have included the Fires o f London, the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra, and the Hong Kong Children's Choir. Apart from teaching at this University as Lec turer in Music, Dr. Chan also gives theory courses at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts. Mr. Tai Chiu-ming Assistant Secretary, College Office, United College Mr. Tai Chiu-ming graduated from Chung Chi College o f this University in 1975 w ith a BSSc degree in Economics. He obtained a Certificate in Hospital Administration from the Extra-mural Department o f the University o f Hong Kong in 1978 and a Diploma in Public Administration, specializing in Health Ser­ vices Management, from the Hong Kong Polytechnic in 1984. Shortly after his graduation, Mr. Tai joined the Hong Kong Federation o f Youth Groups and was posted to the Lam Tin Youth Centre in Kwun Tong as the Worker-in-charge. In September 1976, he le ft the Federation to join the Medical and Health Depart ment, Hong Kong Government as an Assistant Hospi tal Secretary (later retitled Hospital Administrator II). He was first posted to the 'Kowloon and New Territories Group' and was responsible for the per sonnel matters o f all clerical and minor staff working in over 130 medical institutions in Kowloon, New Territories and the outlying islands. In 1978, he was transferred to the Castle Peak Hospital, which was then the only psychiatric hospital in Hong Kong, and in 1980, he was transferred again, to the Princess Margaret Hospital. He was promoted Hospital Admin istrator I in May 1982. In October 1983,he was posted to the Planning Unit o f the Medical and Health Depart ment Headquarters, responsible for the development o f new medical projects. The major projects in which he had actively involved included the Tuen Mun Hospital, the Eastern District Hospital and the exten sions o f the Tang Shiu Kin Hospital and the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. He was promoted Senior Hospital Administrator in January 1986. Mr. Tai joined this University in December 1986 as the Assistant Secretary o f United College. Mr. Tam Sau Sum Assistant Secretary, Personnel Section, Secretariat Mr. Tam Sau Sum received his secondary education at Queen's College, Hong Kong. He graduated from the University o f Hong Kong in 1970 w ith a BSocSc 22 PROFILES