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20th
Anniversary Celebration
On 20 December, the University will organize a 20th Anniversary
Celebration to mark the highlight of the anniversary year. Dr
Alice Lam, Chairman of the University Grants Committee, will
officiate. Former Council Chairmen and Presidents, previous and current
Council members, honorary award holders, associates and friends of the
CityU, will participate in the celebrations. All students, alumni and
staff are welcome to attend the event at 12 noon in the University Circle.
In addition to a musical feast provided by the CityU Philharmonic Orchestra
and CityU alumnus Mr Edwin Siu, plus inter-hall tug-of-war
competition, prize presentations and light buffet, participants will also
witness the completion of the largest handprint painting in the world.
CityU has already submitted an application to the Guinness World Records
for creating the largest handprint painting that has met the minimum requirement
to break the world record.
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Anniversary stamp pane
A commemorative stamp pane, which highlights the major
milestones of the University in the last two decades, is now available
for sale at the Cut Price Shop. It comes with an exquisitely designed
hard cover folder on which captions are printed. The stamp pane costs
HK$150 each.
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building
The University Council noted the views of the Management
Board and the feedback of staff and students concerning the six possible
sites for the on-campus Community College of City University (CCCU) building
and decided that the building should be located in the area adjacent to
Nam Shan Chuen Road on a site comprising a combination of sites B and
Z, excluding the Nam Shan Yuen quarters. The University has submitted
an application for a Government loan to finance the building project on
20 November.
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Name
chosen for Student Residence Hall 4
The Council endorsed the proposal to name Block 4, Phase
II of the Student Residence "Jockey Club Academy Hall" at its
meeting on 22 November. A naming ceremony is planned for March 2005.
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Honorary
Fellow Scheme
The University will establish an honorary appointment
scheme to confer the title of "Honorary Fellow of the City University
of Hong Kong" to distinguished professionals and business people
who have made outstanding contributions to the academic mission of the
University.
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Visiting
young scholars from mainland
The Department of English and Communication is launching
the Visiting Programme for Young Scholars from the Mainland with an aim
to broaden young scholars' intellectual horizon and foster relations with
budding academics. About 10 academics currently teaching journalism and
mass communication from Huazhong University of Science and Technology,
Nanjing University, Wuhan University, and Zhejiang University, will be
invited to participate. Each will spend a month in the Department, working
on a project that is expected to turn into a quality publication. The
first cohort of three young scholars is expected to arrive in late December
2004 or early January 2005.
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Senior
staff appointment
Ms Chan Yin-ling, Kathy, Acting Director
of the Development
and Alumni Relations Office, has been appointed Director with effect
from 1 December 2004.
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SS students
recognized for volunteer work
Mr Tse Ping-kin, Tony, a Year 1 student
in BSocSc (Hons) Social Work, Department of Applied Social Studies (SS),
won an award in the 2004-2005 Hong Kong Outstanding Youth Volunteers Scheme,
co-organized by the Steering Committee on Promotion of Volunteer Service,
Social Welfare Department, and Radio Television Hong Kong Radio 2.
Chan Wai-wah, Viva,
a final-year student of the BSocSc (Hons) Social Work, was chosen as the
Volunteer of the Year 2004 by the Agency for Volunteer Service in recognition
of her commitment to social services.
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Research
degree students won best paper prizes
Research degree students in the Department
of Electronic Engineering clinched top prizes in the IEEE Region 10
(Asia Pacific Region) Student Paper Contest 2004. Mr Yum Tsz-yin,
Kenji, a PhD student, won first prize in the Postgraduate Section
while Mr Chiu Leung, an MPhil student, received second
prize in the Undergraduate Section.
Mr Fu King-yu, a PhD student in the Department
of Physics and Materials Science, won the Excellent Young Scientist
Paper Award from the Chinese Materials Research Society.
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Kudos
Dr Bertha Du-Babcock, Associate Professor,
Department
of English and Communication, received the 2004 Meada Gibbs Outstanding
Teaching Award by the Association for Business Communication (ABC), US,
in recognition of her innovative teaching and research to enhance teaching
context and pedagogical approaches.
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More
Kudos
Chair Professor Chan Chi-hou, Dean, Faculty
of Science and Engineering; Dr Li Qiusheng, Jonathan,
Associate Professor, Department
of Building and Construction; and Dr Li Hanxiong,
Associate Professor, Department
of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management; received
the Joint Research Fund for Hong Kong and Macao Young Scholars under the
National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars.
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Greeting
cards
The University has designed two greeting cards for celebration
of X'mas and the New Year. The cards, which cost HK$5 or HK$6 each, are
now available for sale at the Cut Price shop.
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New
book published
The City University of Hong Kong Press is launching a
new title Guide Pratique de ConversationˇXFrançais/Cantonais/Mandarin
by Mr David Santandreu, Lecturer, Division
of Language Studies. The book provides trilingual translations of
daily conversational phrases in French, Cantonese and Putonghua.
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Annual
Report received HKMA award
CityU's 2002-2003 Annual Report receives an Honorable
Mention in the 2004 Hong Kong Management Association Best Annual Reports
Awards.
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Study
programme
"The Croucher Foundation Advanced Study Institute Cryptography and
Wireless Security", organized by the Department of Computer Science,
11-16 December, Multimedia Conference Room, 4/F, Cheng Yick-chi Building.
Enquiry: 2788 9667.
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