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TAMKANG TO RECEIVE VISITORS FROM THREE SISTER UNIVERSITIES IN JAPAN

This week visiting groups from three sister universities in Japan will come to Tamkang: President Makoto Kajitani and two others from Electro-Communications University arrive today; Dean Katsuichi Uchida and two others from Waseda University tomorrow; twenty-seven members including Prof. Asano Kazuo from the Association of Japan-Taiwan Relations and Heisei International University on Wednesday.

MAYOR OF TAMSHUI TOWN JE-DAO KUO CONCERNED ABOUT TRAFFIC AROUND TAMKANG—TRAFFIC LIGHTS AND MIRROWS

After acquiring information about “the ten dangerous roadways around Tamkang,” Mayor of Tamshui Town Je-dao Kuo, an alumnus of Tamkang, urged the Town Government to survey those roadways and seek for improvements. After the inspection by the Construction Division of the Town Government and Tamkang’s military instructor Te-sheng Kao, some proposals for improvement were brought out, but most of them were considered as impractical by the Town Government; traffic signals and mirrors were set up on only two roadways. Students should be more careful about the traffic when passing there.

“REITAKU INTERNATIONAL NIGHT” WAS HELD ON DEC. 12 AND WON THE HEART OF ALL THE AUDIENCE

“Reitaku International Night”, planned by the foreign students and exchange students from sister universities of TKU, was held at the Student Activity Center on Dec. 12. Although the night was cold, a group of Japanese girls performed a wonderful dancing show with short skirts, gaining the hottest applause from audience. All the shows were performed in Chinese, making people highly praise their marvelous Chinese ability.

THE RESULT OF THE 12TH STUDENT SENATE ELECTION CAME OUT LAST WEDNESDAY; ONLY NINE PERSONS WERE ELECT

DEPRESSION TOPS THE LIST OF PROBLEMS FOR WHICH STUDENTS SEEK COUNSELING

According to the statistics compiled by the Counseling Section of the Office of Student Affairs, in the years 2002 and 2003 the problem for which the largest number of Tamkang students sought counseling was depression. The statistics come from a study of the number of students receiving counseling and the types of problems they had.

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS HOLDS CONFERENCE ON CHINESE CANON EDUCATION

To promote the study of the Chinese canon, the College of Liberal Arts is holding the first Conference on Chinese Culture and Canon Education at the Ching-sheng International Conference Hall on Saturday 27 December.

TKU SETS CRITERIA TO SAVE WATER, ELECTRICITY, AND REDUCE GARBAGE:

The Environmental Protection Committee (EPC) and the Health and Security Committee (HSC) held a joint discussion on Dec. 10, 2003, and set the target of implementing ISO14001 for the next school year as “saving water and electricity, reducing disposable garbage, and classifying recyclable garbage.”

136 ARTISTS DONATE WORKS TO CARRIE CHANG FINE ARTS CENTER：TKU PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGED THEM WITH CERT

To appreciate the 136 artists who donated their works to Carrie Chang Fine Arts Center (CCFAC) and helped to elevate the artistic academic atmosphere, President Horng-jinh Chang presented acknowledgement certificates to them at Carrie Chang Music Hall on Dec. 17, 2003. Six representative artists, including Koo Chung-kuang, Chu Wei-pai, Wang Wei-an, Wen Chi, Liu Keng-ku and Li Wen-han received the certificates.

HUANG JONG-TSUN：SOLICIT MORE EXPATRIATES BACK TO TAIWAN TO STUDY

The fifth seminar on overseas Chinese education, sponsored by the Ministry of Education and TKU’s College of Education, was held in Chung-cheng Conference Hall at TKU’s Taipei Campus last week. In addition to the presentation of research papers, Huang Jong-Tsun, Minister of MOE, gave awards of merit to schools, consultants, and specialists who have achieved success and distinction in caring for and providing good service and counseling for the overseas students studying in Taiwan. Chiu Tzu-lin, secretary of Students Affairs of TKU, and Lei Chu-shien, staff member of TKU’s Overseas Chinese Consulting Section, were awarded for outstanding achievements. The opening ceremony was presided over by TKU’s president Dr. Chang Horng-jinh.

SEMINAR ON E-CAMPUS TO PROMOTE COMMUNITY SERVICE CENTER

Seminar on “E-Campus,” sponsored by Ministry of Education, hosted by Tamkang University, will be held in Chueh Sheng International Conference Hall on December 23rd. At the seminar, campus e-systems developed by the seventeen colleges and universities in northern Taiwan will be demonstrated; and how to promote e-campus and establish a community service center will be discussed.