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FOUR FOREIGN STUDENTS WON PRIZES IN CHINESE SPEECH CONTEST

Two foreigner students in the Chinese Language Program of TKU, Huber Andreas and Lie Fie Tjhoi, won the first and second prizes in the Second Mandarin Chinese/Taiwanese Story Telling Contest for Foreigners, which was hosted by Radio Taiwan International. Yuji Mukai, an exchange student from Komazawa University of Japan, won an honor award in the same contest. Moreover, Chakrapong Punnabutr won the fifth prize in the 32th Mandarin Speech Contest for Foreigners, a contest hosted by Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall.

TKU FENCING TEAM HAD A GREAT PERFORMANCE AT FU JEN CUP FENCING CONTEST

TKU fencing varsity participated Fu Jen Cup Fencing Contest, sponsored by Fu Jen Catholic University, on November 27 and 28, 2004. Both male and female players had a great performance and got four cups including one runner-up and three third places.

TKU KENDO TEAM WON SIX CUPS AT NATION-WIDE COLLEGE KENDO CONTEST

The 21st Nation-Wide College Kendo Contest, sponsored by Kendo Club of Tamkang University, had taken place at TKU Student Activity Center on December 5, 2004. With imposing vigor, TKU kendo team was the best winner of the contest, winning six cups out of twelve in total. In the female division, TKU kendo team got the championships of both scoring-contest and passing-contest; as for the male division, the runner-up of passing-contest and the third place of scoring-contest.

TWO NEW DOCUMENTARIES ABOUT TAMSUI WAS PLAYED AT BUILDING OF LIBERAL ARTS ON DECEMBER 4, 2004

Two new documentary films, It Is Difficult to Live in Tamsui (Tamsui Chu Pu Yi) and It Is Difficult to Walk in Tamsui (Tamsui Hsing Lu Nan), sponsored by College of Liberal Arts, were played in Room 522 in the Building of Liberal Arts on December 4, 2004. These two documentary films provoked sentimental feelings for the elder audience. One of them said, "the ecology of the Tamsui River estuary was polluted a lot by the project of remoldering. For instance, the "monkey water", a kind of small octopus, used to be seen often in the past, but now, its numbers has decreased seriously."

A COSTUME PARTY WAS HELD BY DEPT. OF ARTHITECTURE ON DECEMBER 3, 2004

In the night of December 3, 2004, a boisterous atmosphere was full of the atrium of Building of Dept. of Architecture because of the costume party called "The Night of Bingo-A Bubbly Zoo". Students from Dept. of Architecture disguised thems...

STUDENT ID CARD WILL NOT FUNCTION AS AN ATM CARD NEXT YEAR

Good Bye, Campus Smart Card! The Consumer Protection Commission declared that in order to protect students' information and prevent money from being stolen, student ID cards will not function as an ATM card in the future. The Ministry of Education (MOE) informed all schools and officially announced that all educational institutes cannot cooperate with any financial organization to issue Campus Smart Card since January 1, 2005.

TKU REINFORCES CONTROL OF TOXIC CHEMICALS TO SECURE LABS

To maintain student’s safety in labs, the school board manages to control the circulation of the chemicals used in labs; it has decided to implement courses with regard to the recognition of toxic chemicals to provide future education for related personnel.

TKU BOY SCOUT CELEBRATES ITS THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY

Staring today (12/13, Mon), TKU Boy Scout is celebrating its thirtieth anniversary at the Exhibition Hall in Business Building; the exhibition includes areas of Robert Baden-Powell, Wildlife Skills, and History of TKU Scout, in addition to various activities such as silk inscription and figure balloon making, etc. TKU President Flora C. I. Chang, and Dr. Chaur-shin Yung, President of Scouts of China, are expected to co-host the opening ceremony at noon today.

BRITISH EDUCATION STYLE IMPORTED INTO TKU

Hosted by Tamkang Times, the forum “Towards 2005”—a series of talks on the Fourth Wave—is to be held at 10:20 a.m. in the Ching-sheng International Conference Hall on Tuesday (12/14); Dr. Lin Jyh-horng, Director of Lanyang campus, and Dr. Chan Yang Ying, Director of Center for Higher Education Research and Evaluation are expected to participate in the forum. TKU President Dr. Flora C.I. Chang will host the panel “the Import of Oxbridge,” a discussion devoted to the application of the British Education style at TKU.

VICE PRESIDENT FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS VISITED UNIVERSITIES IN JAPAN

LANYANG CAMPUS TO IMPORT OXBRIDGE-STYLE HOLISTIC EDUCATION

In September next year 300 freshmen are expected to enter the new arcadia of Tamkang University—the Lanyang Campus. The first phase of the new campus will consist of seven departments in three colleges, operating on the principle of Oxbridge-style holistic general education. All students shall live on campus; English will be the main language of instruction, supplemented by Chinese.