Bulletin Number Two 1983

The lectures in this book were delivered by four distinguished scientists at the 1982 International Summer School on Opto-Electronics held at The Chinese University of Hong Kong from 26th July to 6th August, 1982. The speakers, each delivering four to six lectures, treated the topics on optical communication, integrated optics, quantum electronics and semiconductor lasers in depth. Thus the book, with its extensive coverage (from devise physics to overall system considerations), leads readers from basic principles to the forefront of research, thereby providing a more coherent account of the subject than most conference proceedings. It will serve as a convenient reference for experts in the field as well as physicists, engineers, and managers of optical systems. 1st edition 1982 xii+ 328 pages Hardcover Problems with Computer Solutions Using Structured COBOL By Douglas S. Tung & Lena L. Sham This book, written in connection with Elementary COBOL: A Structured Programming Approach published by the same press, is intended for those who need to solve administrative data processing problems by computers using structured COBOL. Structured programming is a discipline approach to programme design. Strict adherence to these rules produces well-designed, understandable programmes that are easy to maintain and modify. The book consists of fourteen chapters, most of which are organized around a set of solved exercises and programming problems drawn from a variety of areas in business data processing. Solutions to the exercises and programming problems are given at the end of each chapter. This extensive collection of solved problems is particularly useful as a supplement to any standard text book in structured COBOL programming. 1st edition 1982 v + 250 pages Paperback Society and Politics in Hong Kong By Siu-kai Lau This work is a systematic, structural analysis of Hong Kong's post-War society and the politics which underlie her economic miracle. While the issue of political stability amid economic growth provides the focus for the study, the author builds around it a theoretical framework which juxtaposes a ‘secluded' bureaucratic polity with an atomistic Chinese society and sees a weak linkage between them. Political stability in Hong Kong is succinctly explained in terms of both a resourceful, 'self-sufficient' Chinese society whose demands upon the government are limited, and a government which chooses to minimize its public functions and involvement in the Chinese society. This state of affairs is made possible by a fortuitous constellation of factors, among which the most prominent is the continuous economic prosperity of Hong Kong. Despite the macroscopic orientation of the study, the author draws on particular attitudinal and behavioural data to substantiate his arguments. As a result, this study manages to synthesize most of the relevant research work done on Hong Kong by local and foreign scholars, as well as scattered information from other sources. The arugments raised in this thought-provoking book will certainly stimulate thinking on the subject among scholars and the general public. 1st edition 1982 x + 205 pages Hardcover 26 ACADEMIC/CULTURAL EVENTS