Laughter and warm greetings filled the foyer of the Mong Man Wai Library at the HKIEd on 31 March 2004 when Professor Ruth Hayhoe, President Emeritus autographed copies of her latest book - Full Circle: A Life with Hong Kong and China. The event was an important part of Professor Hayhoe's itinerary during a short visit to Hong Kong, and was her contribution to our fund-raising campaign. This fund-raising drive was met with an enthusiastic response. More than 80 staff, students and guests shared happy moments with Professor Hayhoe and made donations to the Institute. In return, they were each presented with an autographed copy of the book as a token of appreciation. Over HK$27,000 was raised for the HKIEd Development Fund.

Full Circle tells Professor Hayhoe's life story and describes the influence of long exposure to the people and culture of Hong Kong, China and East Asia. An established scholar in Comparative Education, Professor Hayhoe started her teaching career in Heep Yunn School in 1967. She taught at Fudan University, Shanghai, from 1980 to 1982, was Cultural Attach?in the Canadian Embassy based in Beijing from 1989 to 1991, and became Director of the HKIEd in 1997. One chapter of the book describes her life in the HKIEd.