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| President-designate
named CAE Foreign Member
Professor Way Kuo, CityU's President-designate, was elected
a Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). Professor
Kuo is one of the three Foreign Members on CAE's 2007 new members' list
announced on 29 December 2007. The election recognises Professor Kuo's
contribution to the field of reliability design for microelectronics products
and system, according to President Xu Kuangdi of CAE.
CAE, established in 1994, is the most prestigious and authoritative advisory
institution in China's engineering science and technology fields. A membership
in the CAE is the highest academic title in engineering science and technology
in China. CAE elects new members every two years. Currently, CAE has a
total of 721 members with six from Hong Kong and 34 world-wide Foreign
Members.
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| Groundbreaking
ceremony
The groundbreaking ceremony of the Community College of City University
Building (CCCU Building) will take place at 11am on 7 January at the Open
Car Park. The ceremony will be officiated by Mr Raymond H C Wong,
Permanent Secretary for Education; Mr Chung Shui-ming,
Council Chairman of CityU; Mr Vincent Chow Wing-shing,
Chairman of Board of Management, CCCU; Professor Richard Ho Yan-ki,
Acting President; and Ms Jennifer Ng Glok-hong, Principal
of CCCU. The building, scheduled for completion in April 2010, will signify
a milestone in the development of CCCU. Staff are welcome to witness this
significant moment.
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| Extension
of acting presidency
Further to the earlier Council announcement in April 2007 of the appointment
of Professor Richard Ho Yan-Ki as the Acting President
and the recent appointment by the Council of Professor Way Kuo
as the next President, the period of Professor Ho's acting appointment
has been extended by the Council until Professor Kuo takes up his appointment.
Meanwhile, Professor (Chair) Paul Lam Kwan-sing's appointment
as Acting Vice-President (Undergraduate Education) will also be extended
until further notice.
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| Funding
for new building
The Legco Finance committee approved on 14 December 2007 the recommendation
made by the Public Works Sub-committee to support the Stage 2 funding
of CityU's Multi-media Building. Preparation is now underway for the calling
of the Main Contract tender with a target date of late January, 2008,
upon receipt of the endorsement of the submitted tender documents and
tenderers' list by the Architectural Services Department and University
Grants Committee. CityU's project team will coordinate with all relevant
parties to facilitate the tendering and commencement of Stage 4 consultancy
services of Working Drawings.
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| Graduate
Studies Information Day 2008
CityU will hold its Graduate Studies Information Day on 12 January to
introduce to prospective postgraduate students the taught postgraduate,
professional doctorate and research degree programmes, faculty and learning
facilities at the University. The Information Day, organised under the
theme "Knowledge Hub for Professionals", will feature talks
by various faculties/schools on programmes and special topics of interest.
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| Library
renovation
The Library Renovation Project is completed. All newly renovated areas,
including the Oval, Library Lounge and Leisure Corner, are now open for
use. The Oval is equipped with nearly 100 computers for users to study
and work on assignments. All desks come with sound-proof panels to create
a quiet environment for study. The Library Lounge is designed for collaborative
learning and group activities where users can gather to discuss projects
and assignments. With current local and international newspapers and magazines
on display, the Leisure Corner will also have a 60" TV tuned to news
channels.
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| Conference
on Confucius
The Department of Public and Social Administration and the Governance
in Asia Research Centre will co-organise a conference on "Applied
Ethics from a Confucian Point of View" from 4-5 January on campus.
Scholars from the US, mainland and Hong Kong will give presentations on
a range of topics. The conference is the first of its kind to explore
Confucian ideas and approaches across a spectrum of important issues in
applied ethics.
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| Lost and
found in translation
The Translation and Interpretation teaching team of the Division of Language
Studies is presenting a seminar on Literary Translation on 12 January.
Prominent writer, Ms Lu Ping (who writes under the pen
name of Ping Lu) will act as speaker at the seminar. She has established
herself as a prominent novelist, commentator and columnist in Taiwan over
the past two decades.
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| Cambridge
scholarship
Rose Yan Pei, a 2007 MPhil graduate from the Department
of Physics and Materials Science, has been awarded a fully-funded research
studentship to pursue her PhD studies at Cambridge University in the UK.
The three-year studentship amounts to more than HK$1 million.
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| Kudos
The creative ideas proposed by a group of four CityU students and graduates
for revitalising a Grade 1 historic building have gained recognition in
a recent competition. The team formed by Ng Wui-chun
and Leung Hong-kei, both final-year students in the Department
of Building and Construction, and Liu Man-ho and Leung
Kei-hang, graduates in the same department and the Division of
Building Science and Technology respectively, was selected as one of the
three winners in the Open Category of the Ideas Competition for Mei Ho
House of Shek Kip Mei Estate. Their winning design was called "Breaking
the Wall".
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