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Monday, December 4, 1972

CHINESE UNIVERSITY TO PREPARE

GLOSSARY OF LEGAL AND GOVERNMENT TERMS

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong will undertake a special

translation project to prepare a glossary of legal and government terms.

This will be an important work of reference for government

departments as well as the public, and will go a long way towards standard-

ising the translation of such terms.

Since the adoption of the major recommendations of the third

report of the Chinese Language Committee, the government has taken active

steps to promote a wide use of Chinese for official business.

One of the significant steps is the compilation of the glossary

in both the English and Chinese languages.

Disclosing this today, the Commissioner for Chinese Language,

Mr. Christopher Wong, said a steering committee would be formed to provide

guidance for the project.

The committee chairman will be Dr. Francis K. Pan who was the

project director for the Lin Yutang Chinese-English Dictionary of Modern

Usage which is about to be published by the university.

Other members will include Mr. T.C. Lai and Mr. Stephen C. Soong

from the same university and government representatives.

Members of the committee have exchanged ideas and have decided to

invite leading figures in legal and cultural circles who are well-versed in

both languages to serve a consultants for the project.

The basic