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| Adjustment
of staff salaries
The University Council approved at its meeting on 3 July to increase staff
salary by 2%, effective 1 July 2007. The pay increase will apply to all
staff serving in the University, irrespective of whether they were employed
before or after the de-linking of university salaries from the Civil Service
in July 2003. The latest pay rise, which takes into account of a Civil
Service pay adjustment, is in addition to an across-the-board 3% pay increase
offered in April 2007.
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| Excellent
results in CERG exercise
CityU achieves excellent results in the 2007-08 Competitive Earmarked
Research Grant (CERG) exercise, with 109 projects funded at HK$60.3m.
CityU is ranked 4th among the University Grants Committee funded institutions
in total funding awarded, an increase of 22% from last year's. Seven projects
receive large grants of over HK$1m — four of them from the Faculty
of Science and Engineering, two from the Faculty of Humanities and Social
Sciences and Language Information Sciences Research Centre, and one from
the Faculty of Business. Six of these CityU projects are from the "Engineering"
and "Humanities, Social Sciences & Business Studies" panels,
out of 22 large grants funded by these two panels.
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| New Council
composition
The CityU (Amendment) Bill modifying the composition of the University
Council was passed by the Legislative Council on 14 June 2007. The Bill
reduces the membership of the Council from its present maximum of 37 to
23 members. The new composition comprises the following: 15 external members;
the President; the Deputy President; two staff members elected by all
staff; one staff member nominated by the Senate; the Chairman of Convocation;
the President of the Students' Union; and one postgraduate student elected
by the postgraduate students.
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| Search Committee
for President
Dr Cheng Lee-ming, Associate Professor in the Department
of Electronic Engineering, has been elected to become a member of the
Search Committee for the new President.
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| CityU Achievements
Journal 2006
The University has recently published the City University of Hong Kong
Achievements Journal 2006, following the well-received debut edition last
year. This annual publication captures the awards and honours bestowed
upon our students and staff and acts as a record of the excellent teaching
and innovative research of our academics. Media-related coverage with
guides to the reports and articles are included for easy reference.
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| Farewell
to retiring staff
The University organized a farewell party on 22 June for seven long-serving
staff members retiring this summer. Professor Richard Ho Yan-ki,
Acting President, presented souvenirs and paid tribute to their dedication.
The seven staff members are Mr Chan Che-ming, Semi-skilled
Labourer in the Department of Building and Construction; Professor
Chan Yiu-keung in the Department of Computer Science; Mr
Lam Wai-chung, Senior Artisan in the Department of Building and
Construction; Mr Arthur Leung Tat-yung, Director of Campus
Planning; Dr Desmond O'Toole, Associate Professor in
the Department of Biology and Chemistry; Professor Dhirendra Kumar
Srivastava in the School of Law; and Dr Tsang Chi-fan,
Lecturer in the Division of Language Studies, Community College of City
University.
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| Senior appointments
The following staff members have been promoted to the position of Chair
Professor in the 2006-07 Promotion Exercises, with effect from 1 September
2007: Professor Kwaku Atuahene-Gima, Department of Management;
Professor Deng Xiaotie and Professor Jia Xiaohua,
Department of Computer Science; Professor Martin Painter,
Department of Public and Social Administration; Professor Michael
Yang Mengsu, Department of Biology and Chemistry; and Professor
Yang Tong, Department of Mathematics.
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| Kudos
Chen Jiashu, a Year 3 student in the Department of Electronic
Engineering, has been awarded an IEEE MTT-S Undergraduate/Pre-graduate
Scholarship 2007 for his achievement in radio frequency integrated circuit
(RFIC) research. He is among 10 students worldwide to receive this Scholarship,
which was awarded by the IEEE Microwave Theory and Techniques Society
(MTT-S) in the US. He also won the championship in the Undergraduate Degree
Group of the Younger Members Exhibition/Conference 2007, organized by
the Institution of Engineering and Technology, Hong Kong.
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| More
kudos
Dr Chan Yan-chong, Associate Professor in the Department of Management
Sciences, has been awarded a Medal of Honour by the Chief Executive. Professor
Stephen Cheung Yan-leung and Professor Nora Tam Fung-yee,
Professors (Chair) of Finance and Biology respectively, have been appointed
Non-official Justices of the Peace by the HKSAR Government.
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| External
appointments
Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung in the Department
of Public and Social Administration has been reappointed a non-official
member of the Executive Council for the third term of the HKSAR Government,
with effect from 1 July 2007.
Professor (Chair) Stephen Cheung Yan-leung
in the Department of Economics and Finance has been appointed a non-official
member of the Commission on Strategic Development in the HKSAR Government
for a two-year term starting from 1 July 2007.
Dr Wong Pui-kong, Associate Professor
in the Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics, has been reappointed
a member of the Standing Committee on Language Education and Research
(SCOLAR) for two years, with effect from 1 July 2007.
Professor Eric Zee Yun-yang in the Department
of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics has been elected a member of the
Permanent Council for the Organization of International Congresses of
Phonetic Sciences of the International Phonetic Association.
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