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dictionary, and a statistical study of the local population. In arts and social sciences, research continued on economic developments in China and Hong Kong, on comparative linguistics and phonetics, on entrepreneurial and urban history, on industrialisation and popu- lation growth in Hong Kong, and on the Hong Kong educational system. A survey of quality control practice in Hong Kong was undertaken, and work was also done on industrial planning, urbanisation, social welfare needs, and the study of Chinese com- mercial law. In the medical faculty work on child development and growth of Chinese children continued, while other projects included studies of the biochemistry of drug addiction, of local plants used by the Chinese herbalists, and of the treatment of spinal tuber- culosis. In science, engineering and architecture, a Centre of High Building Research was established to promote advanced study, publication and research in this field. Other projects included studies of resettlement housing environments, of urban renewal, of dynamics of structures and of industrial noise, while work on characteristics and properties of Hong Kong soils, on the ecology of Plover Cove reservoir, and on diseases of some economic plants in Hong Kong continued.

In The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Research Centres have been set up under the university's three Research Institutes (the Institute of Social Studies and the Humanities, the Institute of Science and Technology, and the Institute of Chinese Studies). These provide a wide range of research and training opportunities for staff and students of the university.

Among the many projects in the social studies and humanities field, there were studies on the impact of industrialisation on the living standard; the impact of urbanisation upon the lives of rural villagers; the identification of types of natural vegetation from aerographs; the geography of paper in Hong Kong; urban land use; and communications patterns of residents of Hong Kong. Science and technology projects included investigations into Hong Kong flora and goamineae; the chemical analysis of Chinese medicinal plants; cosmic rays in Hong Kong; and the biology of Hong Kong groupers. Chinese studies included Cantonese as spoken in Hong Kong; grammar of the Chinese language; and the compilation of a Chinese-English dictionary of modern usage.