Bulletin Number Three

University of California, Los Angeles, USA, on 12th May. * The Centre for Hong Kong Studies organized: —a 'Workshop on Studies on Women in Hong Kong, 1975-1985’，on 30th May. The Workshop featured discussions on various topics relating to women in Hong Kong, including deviant and criminal behaviour; employment and education; family; marriage and fertility; physical and mental health; sex roles; feminism and social participation. Participants included more than forty academics from local tertiary institutions and members of welfare organizations as well as staff of this University. —a Workshop on Current Research on Youth in Hong Kong from 29th to 30th June. The Workshop was attended by more than fifty participants who heard up to thirteen topical presentations given by local scholars and government officials concerned with youth education and service. These presentations covered the effect of the mass media on young people; triad activities; adolescent delinquency; social participation of youths; mental health of secondary school students; and a comparative study of youths in Hong Kong and Guangzhou. * The Department of Sociology and the Crime Research Programme of the Centre for Hong Kong Studies jointly organized the following lectures on 3rd June: - ' Cu r r e nt Theoretical Development in Criminology' by Dr. Austin Turk, Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto, Canada. —‘Current Issues in Juvenile Justice' by Dr. Ruth-Ellen Grimes, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of Toronto. * The Department of Religion organized a seminar on 13th June. The speaker, Miss Jean Holm, Homerton College, Cambridge, UK, spoke on 'Teaching Christianity as a living Religion' and ‘Teaching Festivals, with Special Reference to Easter'. * The Department of Physics organized the following lectures and seminar: —'Materials Research at the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics' by Professor Guo Jingkun, Director of the Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Academia Sinica, on 19th May. —'The Present Status of Research on Thermo- physical Properties in China' by Professor Xi Tonggeng ， Deputy Director of the Institute, on 22nd May. - ' T h e Brittleness of Ceramics and Methods for Improvement' by Professor Guo Jingkun on 26th May. —Thotoacoustics' by Professor Yin Qingrui, Head of Research and Development of the Institute, on 29th May. —‘Cooperative Molecular Motions in Polymers', conducted by Professor Albert F. Yee ， Department of Material Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, on 10th July. * The Departments of Chemistry and Physics jointly presented the following seminars: - ' Ev o l u t i on of Porcelain in China — A Case History', conducted by Dr. K.W. Cheng, Cerfab Technology Co. Ltd., on 19th June. —‘Miscibility in Homopolymer/Copolymer Systems', conducted by Professor Jiang Ming, Deputy Director of Polymer Division, Institute of Material Science, Fudan University, Shanghai, China, on 23rd June. * The Department of Paediatrics organized a lecture on 'Developmental Assessment' by Dr. Lillian Ko, Consultant Paediatrician, Paediatric 'B' Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital and Arran Street Child Assessment Centre, on 30th June. * The Biotechnology Laboratory of the University and the B. Braun Medical (HK) Ltd. jointly organized a seminar on 'Modern Fermentation Techniques in Biotechnology' on 10th July. * The Department of Electronics organized a seminar on ‘LSI/VLSI Testability Design and Future of Test Engineering', conducted by Dr. Frank F. Tsui, Research Staff Member, IBM T.J. Watson Research Center, USA, on 13th July. * The University Health Service organized a seminar on 'Special Educational Resources for Children with Special Need' conducted by Mrs. Ruth Lau, Senior Inspector, School Psychological Services Unit, Education Department, on 14th July. * The '1987 Fine Arts Degree Examination Exhibition' was staged at the Art Gallery from 21st May to 2nd June. The Exhibition featured art works by the nineteen final-year students of the Fine Arts Department. On display at the Exhibition were Chinese paintings, calligraphic works, oil paintings, prints and ceramics, showing a great variety of subject matters and styles. 24