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The translation into English of The Thought of Mao Tse-tung: Form and Content, was finished by mid-year; also in manuscript form were a study of Chinese temples on Hong Kong Island and a bio-bibliographical study of Robert M. Martin. As a base for several projects, the centre helped to facilitate a study on small-scale industries in Hong Kong, funded by the International Development Research Centre, Ottawa. Other major projects included a study of the new town development of Tsuen Wan; preliminary work for a possible historical study of the Hongkong and Shanghai Bank; and the continuation of business management studies in Hong Kong and Southeast Asia.

The centre also held a series of centre fellows' lunch talks and seminars, including a seminar on China and modernisation. The first stage of the conference on 'South- east Asian Chinese Tradition: State, Role and Impact,' organised by the University of Malaya, was held at the centre in early December. The latest research tool acquired by the centre was a set of card-catalogues on the university library's collection of Far Eastern materials.

In the Departments of Chinese, and English Studies and Comparative Literature, research is in progress into aspects of both languages and literatures; the philosophy of language is also one of the research interests of the Department of Philosophy. The Department of Geography and Geology's research interests include soil conditions, meteorology and biogeography as well as transportation, population geography and urban development. Both the Departments of Chinese and History undertake re- search into the history of China up to the present; the Department of History also researches Hong Kong's history.

The Faculty of Social Sciences and the School of Law are conducting research projects relating to various fields. These cover mathematical economics; different aspects of the Hong Kong economy such as income and employment, fiscal and monetary policy, the banking system, technology and growth; managerial beliefs in Southeast Asia; small business in the Hong Kong environment; government and politics in Hong Kong; radical politics in China; public budgeting and analytical political theory; cultural/social background of government decision makers; crises in social work; industrial relations in the textile industry; female expatriate adjustment in Hong Kong; computer applications in psychology; medical statistics; economic and demographic analysis; industrial quality control; stock market research; dis- criminant analysis; the business environment in Hong Kong; local trends in industrial relations; skills training for managers; Chinese customary law and legal history; and international commercial transactions and taxation. Legal and statistical advice is provided by the university to the community.

In the Faculty of Engineering, research is being carried out on power apparatus and systems, electronics, solar energy, noise, mechanics, bio-engineering, soil and con- crete, structural analysis, management, production and control techniques, and com- puter applications.

The Faculty of Medicine is engaged in many research projects of special significance to Hong Kong. They include the validation of developmental screening and assessment protocols for use in Chinese children; the role of inhibitors of fibrinolysis in childhood cancers; the pattern of neuro-muscular diseases in Chinese children; screening projects to determine the incidence of inborn errors of metabolism and of congenital