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tives and their relation to thrombosis; Chinese herbs; drug addiction; diseases associated with modern occupations and the environment; female homosexuality; and psychiatric sequalae of therapeutic abortion.

The Faculty of Engineering is conducting research into power apparatus; circuits and systems; electronics; data transmission; solar energy; noise; mechanics; bio-engineering; soil and concrete; structural engineering; finite element analysis; traffic aspects; environ- mental engineering; management, production and control techniques; ergonomics; process technology; and computer system design and applications.

In the Faculty of Social Sciences, research is being carried out on different aspects of the Hong Kong economy; managerial beliefs in Southeast Asia; small business in the Hong Kong environment; government and politics in Hong Kong and China; public budgeting and analytical political theory; crises in social work; female expatriate adjustment in Hong Kong; computer applications in psychology; medical statistics; economic and demographic analysis; industrial quality control; stock market research; and trends in industrial relations.

The School of Architecture is conducting research into densities in urban areas; rural Chinese architecture; space utilisation in buildings; the phraseology of the Hong Kong standard form of contract; the building industry with reference to construction costs, resources and industrial capacity; and the urban landscape.

In the School of Law, research is being conducted into modern Chinese law; com- puterisation of the law; and international commercial transactions and taxation.

The School of Education, which has become a recognised centre for studies within the International Association of the Evaluation of Educational Achievements, is committed to a major study of the teaching of mathematics.

The Centre of Asian Studies continues to serve as a focal point for the academic com- munity working on multi-disciplinary research projects on China, Hong Kong, East and Southeast Asia. The centre publishes the bi-annual Journal of Oriental Studies, as well as a monograph series comprising the results of research sponsored by it. As a member of the United Nations-affiliated Association of Development and Training Institutes of Asia and the Far East, the centre has compiled a directory of member institutes.

Chinese University of Hong Kong

The Chinese University of Hong Kong was inaugurated in 1963 as a federal university in which the principal language of instruction is Chinese. It is a self-governing corporation which draws its income mainly from government grants. The university comprises three constituent colleges - Chung Chi, New Asia and United. The campus covers more than 110 hectares of land near Sha Tin in the New Territories.

Undergraduate places available in September, 1979, were: arts 1,089; business administra- tion 925; science 1,338; and social science 1,223. In addition, 561 students were enrolled in graduate programmes and 78 students and scholars from overseas attended the Inter- national Asian Studies Programme.

The university stopped conducting its own matriculation examination in 1979. Students who wish to enter the university must gain Grade E or above in Chinese, English and three other subjects in the Hong Kong Higher Level Examination conducted by the Hong Kong Examinations Authority. Some 4,308 students fulfilled the entrance require- ments in 1979. Of these, 1,191 were admitted for the 1979-80 academic year.

The university's four faculties offer a wide range of four-year courses leading to Bachelor degrees. The graduate school offers instruction ranging from one to three years through