Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2003

Lectures a n d Academic Conferences 40th Anniversary Distinguished Lectures A series of lectures by distinguished scholars w i ll take place throughout the year as part of the celebration. They w i ll be broadcast live on RTHK's website ( www.rthk.org.hk) a nd rerun on the University's website ( www.cuhk.edu.hk/custation/custat.htm). 1st Lecture Prof. Jao Tsung-I, Wei Lun Honorary Professor of the University, gave a lecture on 1st March 2003 on the legend of the black bird in ancient China. Prof. Jao is a renowned Chinese paleographer, classicist, and literatus. At the end of his lecture, Prof. Jao presented a couplet written in his own calligraphy to Prof. Ambrose King as a gift to the University on its 40th birthday. 2nd Lecture Prof. Lee Yuan Tseh, Nobel laureate in chemistry 1986 and president of Academia Sinica, Taiwan, delivered a lecture on 'Global Trends in Educational Reform' on 4th March 2003 at the Sir Run Run Shaw Hall. Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 2003 6