The Review 2002

HONORARY GRADUATES Nobel Peace Prize winner Nelson Mandela received the degree of Doctor of Laws honoris causa . Mr Mandela was a leading figure in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement and became the country’s first black president in 1994. Professor Wang Daohan, a member of the Central Advisory Commission of the Communist Party of China, Chairman of the Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits and Professor in the Deparment of Economics at Peking, Fudan, Shanghai, Jiaotong and Tongji Universities, received a Doctor of Laws honoris causa . Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn of Thailand received a Doctor of Letters honoris causa . She has worked to improve l iving condi t ions in her homeland and has lent support to the University’s Thai language programme. Professor Wang Gungwu, a renowned authority on Chinese history, particularly overseas Chinese, received a Doctor of Letters honoris causa . Professor Wang is a former Vice-Chancellor of the University and currently is the Director of the East Asian Institute of Kong Academy of Medicine. He is also Chairman of the Hospital Authority. Mr Jack So, an alumnus and Chairman of the MTR Corporation, is a University Council member and also chairs the Steering Committee of the Impact Study which published in October 2002 a volume entitled Growing with Hong Kong – The University and Its Graduates – The First 90 Years . Lady Ivy Wu is active in community service and launched a fellowship in 1993 for mainland academics to undertake specialist training at the Faculty of Medicine. the National University of Singapore. Mr Gary Stephens, a founder of Mother’s Choice, received a Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa . Mother’s Choice started as a home for young girls facing crisis pregnancies and now also operates in China as Mother’s Love. The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of American International Assurance Company, Mr Edmund Tse, received a Doctor of Social Sciences honoris causa . He is active in the industry and helped to establish the University’s Institute of Mathematical Research. Nelson Mandela Wang Daohan Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Wang Gungwu Edmund Tse Gary Stephens Kwok Sau Po Jack So Leong Che Hung Ivy Wu 26 Victor K.K. Fung Henry Fan Hung Ling T.L. Yang APPOINTMENTS UNIVERSITY GOVERNANCE Dr the Honourable David K.P. Li, GBS, LLD, JP, was appointed Pro- Chancellor for the University in October 2001. Dr Li is Chairman and Chief Executive of the Bank of East Asia and a Legislative Councillor. Dr Victor K.K. Fung, BSc, MSc, PhD, DCS, LLD, DBA, became Chairman of the University Council in September 2001. Dr Fung is also Chairman of the Airport Authority of Hong Kong and past Chairman of the Trade Development Counci l . Both men succeeded Dr the Honourable Sir T.L. Yang, who had held both posts simultaneously. A new Treasurer was also appointed in 2001-02, CITIC Pacific Ltd's Managing Director Mr Henry Fan Hung Ling, GBS, JP, who succeeds Dr Li in the post. COURT Dr the Honourable Sir T.L. Yang, GBM, LLB, LLD, DLitt, JP, a former Chief Justice of Hong Kong, has been appointed a Life Member by the University Court. Dr Yang has a long and close association with the Universi ty, having served as Chai rman of the Universi ty Counci l from 1985–2001 and Pro-Chancellor from 1994–2001. HONORARY FELLOWSHIPS Mr Darwin Chen, a former Government Director of Cultural Services, has been active in promoting culture and the arts in Hong Kong for 40 years. Mr Leo Goodstadt was the Government’s Chief Policy Adviser from 1989-1997 and has served as Honorary Lecturer in the University’s Faculty of Law. Ms Ann Hui, an alumna of the University, is an influential and award- winning film-maker. Her films include the 1995 masterpiece Summer Snow . Businessman Mr Kwok Sau Po has made donations towards the building of schools, hospitals, nurseries and old age homes, and donated valuable Chinese artifacts to museums. Dr Leong Che Hung, an alumnus, has made lasting contributions to Hong Kong as a legislator and was instrumental in setting up the Hong David K.P. Li Ann Hui Darwin Chen Leo Goodstadt HONOURS AND APPOINTMENTS