  The quark-meson coupling (QMC) model, which has been successfully used to
describe the properties of both infinite nuclear matter and finite nuclei, is
applied to a systematic study of $\Lambda, \Sigma$ and $\Xi$ hypernuclei.
Assumptions made in the present study are, (i) the (self-consistent) exchanged
scalar, and vector, mesons couple only to the u and d quarks, and (ii) an SU(6)
valence quark model for the bound nucleons and hyperon. The model automatically
leads to a very weak spin-orbit interaction for the $\Lambda$ in a
hypernucleus. Effects of the Pauli blocking at the quark level, particularly in
the open, coupled, $\Sigma N - \Lambda N$ channel (strong conversion), is also
taken into account in a phenomenological way.
