HKUST Genesis = 同創, Volume 4, Number 12

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What’s Inside

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Staff Profiles

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SuperNet Events

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。＆ A Staff Notes

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Social Club Talk of the Campus

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Announce『nents

Advertisements Souvenir.s Time Out for English

Home Affairs

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News in Chinese

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News in Chinese

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An Internal Communication

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com-『nit「nentto the environment.

“The formation of IES will provide

for effective collaboration of the university departments which are directly involved with environmental studies, and will assist government and industry to solve many of the urgent environmental challenges facing Hong Kong and h~r surrounding region

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said Professor Gary Heinke, Di-rector of IES.

While IES is committed to tack-ling the environmental problems of the region at large, the Safety and Environ-mental Protection Office (SEPO) of HKUST is making sure that the University itself maintains the highest possible standards of environmental friendliness.

Each laboratory in the University is required to segregate any hazardous waste it generates, and to place it in carefully labelled containers. It is then collected by SEPO. At present the waste is temporarily stored on the premises, awaiting pick-up and treatment at Enviropace, the new disposal plant on Tsing Yi island.

When it comes to air pollution SEPO believes that prevention is better than cure. They meet individual re-searchers before a project begins to as司

sess what so付 ofemissions their work is likely to generate. Exhaust air from cer-tain laboratory processes may require scrubbing or filtering to prevent the release of harmful pollutants.

The University also has a policy of planned procurement of chemicals.

“Procurement is limited in line with re-search goals. We do not take the Grand Mart approach to the purchase of danger-ous chemicals’” says Dr Joseph Kwan,

SEPO Manager.

“We also encourage re

” searchers to use the least toxic, most biodegradable chemical possible to do the job if there is an option

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Energy conservation at the Uni-versity, another issue of great impo 「tance,

is the concern of the Building Services Section of EMO. They use a computer system to monitor energy use throughout the University, and to programme utilities to switch on and off at appropriate times.

“

We check with each laboratory t9 see what hours it will be in use so that we can provide cooling on an as-needed basis during after hours’”says Dr Swearengen,

Environment Engineer.

Recycling, too, is carried out where possible. Many offices have pa付icipated in the recycling of items such as paper, toner, and ca 川ridges, and in future it is possible that the service will be extended to include glass and plastic.

In these ways and many more HKUST is striving to protect the environ-men!.

Vice-Chancellor Chia-Wei Woo speaks at the official inauguration of the Institute for

Environmental Studies.

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STAFF

PROFIιES

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_[A』_lfr_ed _{E. C}_{lancy discovered at a} relatively young age the importance of protecting the environment. As a young man, US born Al became aware of the misuse of agricultural chemicals and de-cided that he could make positive changes. After completing his MPH in environmen-tal health sciences, Al spent some years working in industrial hygiene” eventually running his own

consulting busi-ness. But the chal-lenge of helping to establish

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a state of the a付 health and safety ‘programme at a world class in-stitution’, proved

ir-resistible, and last October he became HK UST

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s Occupational Hygienist.

Al's programme incorporates iden-tification of hazards to human health, their evaluation, and the guidance and training of workers.

One day Al would like to become a

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gentleman farmer''. Meanwhile he man-ages to find time for his roof-garden, which is, of course, environmentally friendly.

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With those six words Dr. Peter W. Swearengen made plans to move his family to Hong Kong. What makes a well respected scientist leave a job of twelve years standing and come to HKUST? Pete, a US born Environmental Engineer who joined the University in January this year, could see the challenge of working in Hong Kong’s

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environmental battlefield’,. He also believed he could make a "se-rious effort to make HKUST a great University.

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Currently Pete is working to establish a high quality environmental laboratory where work normally carried out by contractors can be done "in house”. He sees this as an important development and looks forward

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to the day when the laboratory becomes accredited internationally.

An outdoors person, Pete is cur-rently planning a hiking holiday across the Sierra Nevada as well as visits to China.

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YOU LIKE to work building which you helped to design? Raym。nd F.K. Ho, Assistant Develop -ment Manager is one of the few people who can claim to do so. U.K. trained architect Raymond returned to Hong Kong and took up work with the firm that de-signed our University. In time, however, the desire to

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experience an environment I helped to create

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spurred Raymond to join HKUST last September.

Raymond’s job is to make improve-ments on existing

buildings, to solve problems related to them, and to look after capital projects such as the Phase Illa Senior Staff Quarters.

As a student,

Raymond travelled through Europe and South East Asia and today he still enjoys travelling, getting away whenever he can. Married with a little girl, his hobby is fish -ing from the shores of the many islands o行

Hong Kong, though he confesses he never eats his catch.

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con-stn』ction of bL』ildi『1gs. Today he takes pleasure in showing his two daughters structures which he helped to create and

tells them

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the legacy will alw司ysremain’,. Used to

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building buildings

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today TS is helping to build a secure university. As a Safety Engineer one of his roles is to ensure that our environment is safe. This he does through administering advice on safety procedures, providing training,

pe川orming regular inspections of ma-chinery, ensuring

goods are stored safely and fire ac-cess is kept clear, and keeping ahead of other general

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housekeeping’,.

To

do this, TS liaises with many University

departments. His advice to people is to "stay alert

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and to

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try to be aware of your surroundings".

Away from work TS relaxes by play-ing lawn bowls. No longer considered an old person’s game, he finds this activity calming and a good aid to concentration.

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care of 1 ,000 indoor plants? That

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the work of Jack H.K. Chan, Senior Es -tate Assistant, and his horticultural team. Through constant watering and regular rotation, Jack says that the plants in the University’s offices and staff quarters have a good survival rate.

Understanding the care and feed-ing of plants is just one facet of Jack’s knowledge. Gaining a Canadian degree in forestry did not fully prepare Jack for sub-tropical horticulture, so when he re-turned to Hong Kong he had to vi 此ually “sta付 allover again.”

Several years work-ing with landscape contracting compa -nies brought his knowledge up-t。” scratch, and in Au-gust 1992 Jack was

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University’s relatively bare terrain. Not content to just sit back and watch his rather large garden grow, Jack plans to gain more qualifications in his field. He is also interested in medicinal herbs.

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taff, students, and faculty of HKUST need no introduction to the wonders of Internet. Linked to it we have the world at our fingertips, communicating freely with colleagues at universities

around the globe, browsing the stacks of libraries far and wide,

and beaming computer files across the miles at the touch of a keyboard.

Burgeoning demand for these services was leading to

serious congestion of the Pacific Communications Network

(PACOM), until recently the only link-up between Hong Kong

and the Internet, and access to the Internet was becoming

increasingly slow. Vincent Shen of the Sino Software Research Centre decided the time had come to open up a.new route, and

in pa付nershipwith the Technology Transfer Centre, to use it to bring Hong Kong one of its first commercial Internet services.

Thus SuperNet was born, and there to commercialise it

was the HK UST RandD Corporation Lt址， whichtook on SuperNet as its first major project. Now individuals and businesses in Hong Kong can log into the Internet, and benefit from the cheap, high

speed communications that this offers.“For just $175 per month we are offering dial-up ·access to the Internet for individual

subscribers with a PC and a modem. We also offer dedicated

access for institutions and large businesses for $3,500 per

month’”says Bob Coggeshall, SuperNet's Project Manager.

The benefits of SuperNet are not restricted solely to

“So far response to the service has

been excellent," says Bob Coggeshall.

“

In

the first 12 days

we attracted over

50 subscribers. ” 豆

paying clients. By January users at the University will also n_otice

significant improvements in the speed of the services they use

on CCST's campus network. Take file transfer, for example. Transferring the contents of a floppy disk overseas, which used to take up to twenty minutes, will take no more than five minutes. Access to Telnet, too, will be significantly speedier, and faster response time will make real-time· communication Qver the Internet a more viable communication option.

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A case could be made that the productivity of the University was being adversely affected by the poor Internet

access it had. Hong Kong SuperNet is very happy to help by having UST as one of its customers

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says Coggeshall.

For more information about HK SuperNet call 358

-7924, or e-mail '[email protected]剖， or'gopher’ to'hk.super.net'.

EVENTS

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Civil Service Exhibition

~且oothsonce more lined the Academic Concourse last

month as HKU$T played host to the Civil Se「vice Ca的ers

Exhibition. The Government sponsored exhibition, which

ran from 3-4 November, forms a regular pa付 ofthe Civil

Service

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s graduate recruitment drive.

“This year there are 1,000 openings within the Hong Kong Civil Service for which degree students can apply’”

says Brian Cheng, a Student Counsellor at the Career Centre of the Student Affairs Office.

“

Whereas in the private

sector a fresh graduate can expect a starting salary of

around $10,000 per month_, in Government salaries at this

level sta付 at$15,000. The Disciplinary Services, like the

Royal Hong Kong Police, for example, pay even more.

”

Judging by the number of students hovering around

the booths, gathering leaflets and talking to Civil Service

representatives, the exhibition generated a lot of interest. Displays at the booths presented a broad spectrum

of Government Departments in ways that were at once colou 「fuland informative. S旭行 whothemselves worked in the departments were on hand to describe their jobs,

putting a human face to such seemingly impersonal bodies

as the Inland Revenue Depa付mentand providing first hand

evidence that a career in Government can be a fulfilling way to spend life. Students discuss a career in the Census and Statistics Department.

Gender Discrimination Lecture

ao Zedong

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s famous saying,“Women hold up half the sky’” would seem quite appropriate in Hong Kong,

because fifty percent of the workforce here is women. This

fact was pointed out by a membe 「 of the Hong Kong Federation of Women Lawyers who spoke at a lecture on

the topic of gender discrimination on 29 October .

“

We need to tell the world that in ·spirit Hong Kong

agrees with the concept of equal oppo川unityand that it is ready to adopt strategies with which to approach it’”said Ms Hing Chun Wong, one of the barristers who spoke at the

lecture. One such strategy would be to adopt protective

legislation, a measure that looks set to become a reality with the Green Paper on Equal Opportunities for women

and men, which is now under consideration. It was stressed, however, that new laws alone would not solve the problem. Changes also need to come about in the economy, edu

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。UESTI。NS?

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comes to mind. When, in the eyes of the law, does a

gift become a bribe? Since HK.UST is a public body, are staff of the University therefore subject to the

rules of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance? If so,

some pointers on rules governing the acceptance of gifts might be appropriate.

reader for the suggestion.

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tion was a serious p『oblem in Hong Kong. Since the

establishment of the Independent Commission Agains t

“Current妙， informationcontained on post and

depart-ment on staff ID cards is required for the purpose of ease

of identification in a number of areas of the University

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activities. The identification of an appointee

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s post and

depa付ment is essential for the security personnel in controlling access to restricted areas after normal office

hours. Such information is also useful,for instance, to the

Sports Hall in tracing items borrowed on evidence of staff cards. Under such circumstances, when there is a change

to the post or depa 叫mentof an appointee, a new staff card

will need to be issued.

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Corruption (ICAC) in 197 4

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however, the situation has

greatly improved. Nonetheless corruption continues to be

seen as a serious threat. In order to keep it in check the

Prevention of Bribery Ordinance lays downs rules for

those whose position makes them potentially vulnerable.

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on campus

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about noise polluti。nfrom neighbours?

“As HKUST together with all te付iary institutions are

'public bodies', all HKUST employees are subject to the

Ordinance. The basic ru怡， therefore, is that they should

not accept or solicit gifts, rewards or advantages from any

organisation or individual with whom they have dealings

in the course of their duties.

Mike Hudson, (DEMO), replies

:“

Living in multi-storey

apa的mentblocks requires both a high degree of

consid-eration for other people and a high degree of tolerance.

Noise is one of the main causes of concern.

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Impact noise travels readily through the reinforced

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In situations when to refuse a gift causes embarrass- concrete structure and, if persistent, can cause annoy國

ment ask yourself the following

basic questions before deciding whether or not to accept.

-Does the value of the gift ex

-ceed $2000?

-Will the gift cause a conflict of

interest?

-Could the gift be construed as a

reward for pe 什ormingservices

in the capacity of an employee of HKUST?

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If the answer to any of these

questions is yes, say NO to the gift.

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If any doubts remain or further

questions arise then a full set of

rules governing the acceptance.of

gifts is laid out in the University

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Administrative Circular 91 /1 回 Your

office manager has a copy.”

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time a staff member transfers t

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a new department or changes

p。st’ he or she is required to

change his or her sta付IDcard. Since staff ID cards are mainl y

for identification purp。ses, is

there any way we could avoid

this process which is so time

consuming?

Pr。m。ti。n

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Ms TSE, Judy WY to Sr Tech.in the

Depa付mentof Chemistry

Mr Abelardo, Eddie to Wks Supver I in

the Estates Management Office

Mr KUNG, Sui Lun to Ch Tech in the

Estates Management Office Mr MAK, Chi Shing to Sr Artisan in the

Estates Management Office Mr TAM, Alun YK to Sr Artisan in the

Estates Management Office

Mr CHUNG, Mantes YM to EOI in

General Administration &

Committees Office

Ms CHAN, Siu Lai to Clerk I in the

Language Centre

Mr TONG, Anthony KK to Sr Instr in the

Language Centre

Ms CHENG, Lai Ping to LAI in the Library

Ms To, Kwai Fong to CA in the Library

Awards

To Professor Thomas E.

Stelson; PVC/RD, a 1993 American

Sdciety for Engineering Education

Cent自 nnialmedal in recognition of out

-standing contributions to engineering

education.

ance to those around you. Dragging chairs

across the wooden floors, banging doors

and even walking in anything other than

bare feet or spo 川s shoes can cause

neighbourly disputes.

“

Better weather brings a new problem.

Windows are more frequently left open

and sound from radios, TVs and hi-fis can

trouble neighbours if played loud. Doing

this after 11 p.m. contravenes the Sum

-mary Offences Ordinance and in extreme

cases where people refuse to cooperate,

residents should feel free to call in the

police.

“

The Estates Management Office hates

to get involved in disputes between

neigh-bours - we find ourselves between a rock

and a hard place. One person complain

-ing bitterly about be-ing constantly dis

-turbed and not being able to sleep. The alleged culprit denying everything and

saying that they are the most considerate

person on ea 「thand that the complainant

must be nuts! It is surprising just how often

the person complaining will complain to

EMO but will not talk directly to the other

pa付y.Please talk to your neighbours first

- use EMO as a last reso付．

“

If everyone was CONSIDERATE and

displayed reasonable TOLERANCE then

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recognized it im 「nediately. It was the yellow wind-up

porcupine which usually sits on top of a book case in the Public Affairs Office. On this occasion- our first Graduation- it was sitting under the plastic dome of the top of Apollo, our mascot

-robot. What on earth was it doing there?

Clearly, it was not doing anything (as no one dared open

the lid to wind it up); just sitting there, teasing and exasperating sensible people with tacky a「tifice.

At that moment, the perpetrator of this crime against propriety and aesthetic sensibility appeared, and I expressed my displeasure

“Playfulness,’, he said, “is at the core of great science.

Without that toy, the robot

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head

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was empty.

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He needed to say no more

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those few

words instantly broad

-ened my narrow, unir啊，

aginative perspective. Now I muse upon another question: Is the porcupine- no coinci

-dence- a fitting sym

-bol for the creative genius of academic scientists?

Apollo, the mascot-robot, and the porcupine, a symbol of playfulness.

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on

ome staff feel that they are not informed about University matters. Others complain that many e-mails provide them with information that they do not want. A way around these problems might be for staff themselves to take responsibility for finding the information that they require.

One of the best sources of information about University

affairs are the minutes of the University Administrative Council

(UAC) meetings. The UAC is the highest level policy-making

group in the administration, and it meets on the first Tuesday of each month to review and approve major administrative policies.

It is responsible for administrative review and approval of the

University

’

s budget.

The minutes of UAC meetings are available to any member of staff and all department secretaries or office managers will have a copy. If anyone encounters difficulty obtaining them, please let me know.Call Ext. 6282 or e-mail PCDOBSON.

SOCIAL

CιUB

by Steve Kong

TRIP! BANQUET! TOURNAMENT!

Sh。pping Trip t。 GrandMart Warehouse

Date: 4 December (Saturday)

Assembly time: 10 a.m. HKUST Piazza Return time: around 12 noon Fee: $20 per person

To

register, please send a cheque for the fee (crossed t。

“

The Social Club”) to Mecell Lee, Planning & Co-ordination

Office (Room 6341, Ext. 6282, Lifts 13-15). Applications for GrandMart membership will be processed during the visit.

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993 Christmas Banquet and Bash

Date: 8 December (Wednesday)

Time: 6.3。”10p.m.

Location: La Plantation, Regal Airport Hotel Cost: $185 per person ($95 each for children

under 12)

Programme: Karaoke bar, games, lucky draw with many prizes worth thousands of dollars, cash bar, magic and talent shows

T的nspo巾tion: $20 round trip, leaving campus Piazza at 6.30 p.m. sharp

The cost includes a lavish buffet (including· traditional turkey), one glass of table wine and a fantastic pro

-gramme.

To

register, please send a cheque (crossed to “The Social Club’,) to Mecell Lee, Planning & Co-ordination Office (Room 6341, Ext. 6282, Lifts 13-15) on or before

Wednes-day, 1 December. If transpo付ationis needed, please add $20 per person to the cheque. After 1 December, contact

Mecell to check space availability.

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993 HKUST Staff Table Tennis Tournament

Date: 15, 16 and 17 December Time: 12.30 - 2 p.m.

Location: Table Tennis Room 』 LevelLG1 Events: Men

’

s and Women

’

s Singles Entry Fee: $10 per person

Deadline: 13 December (Monday)

Awards: Trophies for 1st, 2nd and 3rd in each event Equipment: Balls will be provided, pa付icipantsplease

bring their own rackets

To

register, please contact Steve Kong, Office of Public Affairs (Rm 1365, Lifts 13-15), Ext. 6303, e-mail: pasteven These events are open to all staff of HKUST.

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Sh 。pping

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HKUST

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

SOUVENIRS

The Information Office sells a wide range of HKUST

souvenirs. It is open Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. -5 p.m.,

and on Sunday9.30a.m.-5 p.m. Prices listed here reflect

the discount which is available to staff and students on

items at the shop.

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ew Arrival

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Now in stock is an interesting selection of new clothing

and souvenir items. The perfect Christmas gift for friends

and family could be among them. Look out for the

following:

Christmas card - 2 versions, sold either in a set or singly

;

Campus puzzle, 1000 piece jigsaw of an aerial view of

the campus

;

Ladies

’

scarf in 100% silk, blue and gold

design, with gift box

;

96% lambswool cardigans and

pullovers in red, blue, grey1 ivory, or purple

;

Cotton sweat

shirts in blue, ivory or grey

;

Cotton tracksuits in blue,

yellow, grey or ivory

;

Coffee mug; Polo long sleeved

shi付Sin a choice of five colours.

Still in Stock

!

Glass pape附eightswith gift box, $180; Poloshirt, lon g-sleeved

;

T-shirt, white, $40, blue or red heather, $50

;

Baseball cap, $40

;

Mug, $15

;

Postcard, individual, $3,

set of 4, $16﹔ Umbrel炮， $40﹔ Men’stie, $25; Lapel pin,

$12

;

Ballpoint pen, $25

;

Parker vector roller ballpoint pen,$45

;

Fountain pen, $65

;

Note cards, pack of 10 with envelopes, $20

;

Commemorative book, Building a Uni

-versi紗， $100﹔ Videodocumentary about HKUST, $120

;

Photo of aerial view of campus, 5x7”,$24, 8x1 。”， $45﹔

Poster, $15

;

Brass key chain with gift box, $45

;

Sports socks, $18.

Clothing comes in five sizes for adults. T-shirts and

cotton sweatshirts also come in three children's sizes.

Lucky Draw!

In celebration of its first anniversary, the Information

Centre will be holding a Lucky Draw at 1.30 p.m. on 20

December. Anyone spending more than $50 there before

noon of that day will receive a ticket.

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。 Salarieswill be paid on 22 December.

。 FarewellParty. Professor Thomas E. Stelson, (PVC-RD),

will be retiring at the end of January. There will be a

farewell pa付yfor him on Friday 14 January at 6 p.m. at the

LG5 student canteen. Anyone wishing to join please

register, with a cash payment of $100 to cover the cost of

the buffet, no later than 30 December 1993. Contact

Simon Mak on Ext. 6165 or Iris Cheung on Ext. 6920.

HOME AFFAIRS

。 HAChi Leung (EMO) announces his marriage to KWAN Yin

King on 16 September.

o Ho Lau Miu Yi (SAO) announces the bi 門hof Ho Siu Yan

Bryan on 25 October.

。 YEUNG Dit Yan (CS) announces the bi 內hof YEUNG Park

Hin on 9 September.

。 WONGTsang Cheung (EMO) announces his marriage to

SHUI Lai Yee on 15 November.

。 SoKing Hung announces the bi門hof So Ching Kei on 16

Octobe「．

GENESIS

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Managing Editor Sabine Harris · Editor Maria Hackett

Design 品 Production Timothy Ngan, Catherine Tse, Jackson Choi

Photography Bobhy Sham, Lam Siu-Kei

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. 創︱「ightsreserved.

Contributions from all staff are welcome. Deadline for submission is

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答問

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峙的季節又籽，由於香港科技六學是公共機構，

六學職員是否安防止賄賠條例所規隕？如果是的話，能否提出一些收受禮物的指引呢？

自

副校長（行政及總務）麥法誠回答說：「有一段時期，

賄路是香港的一個嚴重問題，但自從一九t四建立了廉政專員公署（ICAC ）以後，情況已大大改善。然而賄路仍被看作是一個嚴重的威脅，為打擊賄路行為，防止賄賠條例為那些有較大機會受賄的工作人員訂下一些規例。因為科大和所有的大專學院都是公共機構，所有科大的僱員都受法例的約束，因此，基本的原則就是：在履行自己職責的過程中相關的任何個人或組織的贈品、酬禮或好處，均不能接受或索取。 J 「在某些情況下，拒絕禮品會令人為難，在決定是否接受該禮品前可以問自己下面幾個問題：．這禮品的價值是否超過港幣 2000 元 7 ．這禮物會不會引起利益衝突 7 ．這禮物是否能被解釋為由於作為科大的一名僱員執行本職工作而得到的酬禮 7 「假如對這四個問題中的任何一個答案是肯定的話，那就不要接受這份禮物。」「假如還有疑問，或產生進一步的問題，那末在大學行政通告（九一年一月號）中有一整套有關受禮的規定，你們的辦公室經理備有一份。 J

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我想知道為什麼每當一個工作人員轉系或調職時，都

要求他（她）更換職員誼。職員證主要就是表明身份，我們是否有辦法避兔這一過程，因為換卡要花去人事處很多時間。

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提出這個建議。「但目前來講，職員證上寫明本人的職位和系的名稱的目的是：在學校的某些活動中更容易表明某工作人員的身份。在證上寫明這兩點，對正常辦公時間以後保安人員管轄某些只有特定人員才能進入的地區非常重要。另外，譬方說，用職員證向體育館借用的運動器具也可靠證上的信息追回。基於這些情況，在職員調職或轉系時，需要發一張新卡。 J 康體會活動江少q魯康體會於十二月份舉辦三項活動，歡迎會員及非會員參加。活動詳情如下：十二月四日 GrandMart 購物團集合地點．大學進口拱廊出發時間﹔上午十時回程時間：約中午十二時返抵校園費用：每人二十元報名：請將劃線支票（抬頭人寫 Social

Club ）送交 Mecell Lee, Office of Planning and Co-ordination （十

三至十五號升降機至6341 室，內線： 6282 ) 十二月八日聖誕晚會時間：晚上六時半至十時地點：機場富豪酒店La Plantation 費用：成人每位185元，十二歲以下小童每位的元費用包括豐富自助晚餐，一杯餐酒及餘興節目節目：卡拉OK ，遊戲，抽獎（獎品包括價值逾千元之名貴禮品如旅遊禮券等），魔術及才藝表演交通：來回校園巴士於六時半離開大學入口廣場，費用每人二十元報名：請於十二月一日或以前將劃線支票（抬

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Lee 。需來回交通者請加付每人二十元。十二月一日以後請先致電Mecell查詢。九三年度教職員冥冥球比賽日期：十二月十五、十六及十t 日（星期三至五）時間：每日十二時半至二時地點：真正毛球室（ LG1) 組別：分男子及女子組費用：每人十元獎品：兩組別頭三名各得獎杯一座報名：請於十二月十三日或以前與公共事務處 Steve Kong聯絡（ 1365室， 13-15號升降機，內線6303,e-mail: PASTEVEN ）。比賽程序及細則將於十二月十四日在冥冥球室貼出。

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保護環境的重視和承擔。環境研究所所長韓克教授說：「本所的成立將促成大學內與環境研究直接有闊的各系之間的有效合作，也將幫助政府和工業界解決香港及其周圍地區所面臨的許多迫切和具挑戰性的環境問題。」環境研究所的任務是解決大範目的環境問題，而科大的安全及環境保護處則要令大學本身保持安全而良好的環境。大學的各項研究工作，無可避免地產生有危害性的廢物。安全及環境保護處處長、環境工程師施永雋博士己採取系列措施以保証沒有廢物進入校園環境。他們要求每個實驗室把有危害性的廢物分別放開，並把它們放進有清楚標記的容器內，然後由該處收集起來。目前這些廢物暫時存放在校內，等待廢料處理工廠搬走。關於空氣污染的問題，安全及環境保護處相信預防勝於治療。在一個研究項目開始前，他們和該項目的研究人員一起估計這項工作可能會產生何種廢氣，並考慮其安全排放方法。大學通過有計劃地採購化學品的政策，使廢物減少到最低程度。安全及環境保護經理關繼祖說：「我們鼓勵研究工作者在有選擇的情況下使用毒性盡可能小而又最能生物降解的化學品來做自己的工作。」大學的能源節省由校產管理處負責。他們編排的程序能使各項設備在適當的時候開闊，以免浪費能源。在物品回收循環再造方面，高級人員宿舍內設有收集空罐和報紙的地點。日後，收集品可能會包括玻璃和塑料。許多辦公室也參與物品回收，例如紙張碳粉和紙盒。安全及環境保護處職員檢查輻射

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Ai「C「aftwith Compute「” D「 YK. Kwok, MATH

11 :00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Lectu「eHall, Hong Kong Science

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O『ganise「s:HKUST, Hong Kong

Science Museum & U「banCouncil

Lang_uage: Cantonese

Adm1ss1on: Obtain f「eeticket at Science

Museum Information Counte「

10 December

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CHEM Seminar

“Synthesis and St「ucture fa「 Some

Conducting Complexes”

Prof. Xia口，ZengYou, Coo「dinat10.「1 Che「nist「yInstitute, Nanji「1gLJ「1ive「sity

3:30 p.m. -4:30 p.m.

Lecture Theat「eH (nea「 Lifts27 & 28)

Organiser: CHEM

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MECH Seminar

“A C「eepLife Prediction Method for

Continuous Fibe「 Reinforced Ce「amic

Composites ”

D「 Je「ryTze-jer Chuang

11 :00 a.m. 12:00 noon

Room 2571 (Lifts 27 & 28)

。「ganiser: MECH

Info: Ronnie, Ext. 7198

16 December

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Thursday)

Biochemistry Seminar

“ Endoc「ineand Neu「ogenicRegulation

of Orphan Recept口的 inthe Adrenal

Gland ”

D『 LesterF. Lau, Dept. of Genetics, The

U「1ive「sityof Illinois at Chicago Time: To be confirmed Room 1504

0「ganise「 BICH

Info: Robell, Ext. 7294

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1) Marketing Seminar

“Consume「 Choicewhen Individuals have lnhe「ent

and Reactive P「efe「ences”

M「 Ba同 Bronnenberg,Doctoral Candidate 1n

Ma「keting,INSEAD

1 :30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m

Room 4379 (Lifts 17 & 18)

Organise「： MKT

Info: K.Y. Lee, Ext. 7711

2) Physics Semina『

“New Pe「spectiveon Condensed Matte「 Physics ” P「of.Duan Feng, Di「ecto「 of I『1stituteof Solid State

Physics and P「esidentof Chinese

Physical Society, Nanjing University

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m

Lectu「eTheatre H

O「ganiser:PHYS

Info: Jacma Said, Ext. 7501

3) Management Semina『

“Asymptotic Theory for Gene Mapping”

Dr Augie Kong

3:30 p.m. -4:30 p.m

Room 5510 (Lifts 25 & 26)

Organise「 MGMT

Info: Alice Ext. 7722

4) Public Affairs Lectu『eSeries “Meeting Point -the Political Party’,

M「 CheungBing-Leung, Chairman of Meeting

Poi「1t﹔ The Honou「able F「edLi Wah-Ming, LegCo

Membe「

4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m

Lecture Theat「eB

O「ga「1isers:OPA & SOSC Info: D「 StevenKong, Ext. 6305

Unless othe附sespecified, all events will be conducted in English

6) Physics Seminar

“Growth and Characte「izationof Si(1 x)Ge（糾紛 St『ained Hete『ost「ucture ”

Prof. You-Dou Zheng, Dept of Physics, Nan1ing

University 4:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Lectu「e Theat「eH 0「ganiser:PHYS Info: Jacma, Ext. 7501 7) Mathematics Colloquium

“The Critical Exponents of Degene「ateNonhnea「

Pa「abolicPDEs”

D「 Yuan-WeiQi

4:30 p.m. 5:30 p.m.

Room 2464 (nea「 Lifts25 & 26)

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1) Physics Semina『

“Luminescent Silicon Quantum Dots: Prepara-tion and Characte「izations ”

Prof. Kungi Che「，，Dept of Physics and

Labo「ato「yof Solid State Mic「ostructu「es,

Nanjing University

3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Lectu「eTheatre H

。「ganise「 PHYS

Info: Jacma, Ext. 7501 2) Chemistry Seminar

“Double Chiral Induction in Asymmet『ic

Synthesis of α－Ami「10Acid”

Prof. Yao Zhong Jiang, Chengdu Institute of

0「ganic Chemist旬， ChineseAcademy of

Sciences 3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m

Lectu「eTh eat「eC (near Lifts 25 & 26)

Organise「 CHEM

3) Social Science Se『ninar

“Social and Economic Cha「acte「isticsof the Elderly in China: Policy .Issues”

Prof. Michael Mickli「1

4:00 p.m. 5:30 p.m. Room 7342

0「ganiser:SOSC

Info: Vicky Wo口， Ext.7812

4) Physics Seminar

“ St「uctu「esand Prope鬥1esof Clusters”

P「of.Guang-Hou Wang, Dept of Physics and

Laboratory of Solid State Microst「uctures, Nanjing U「1ive「sity

4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m Lecture Theat「eH

0「ganise『 PHYS

Info: Jacma, Ext. 7501

Unless otherwise speαified, all events will be conducted in English

4 December

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1) ETC Weekend Workshop for Faculty & TAs

“E12 Managing one's Time and Stress ’,

M「SFlo「enceMa, clinical psychologist & experienced

t「aine「

10:00 a.m. 12:00 noon Room 3027 (Lift 1)

Organise「 ETC Maximum En「olment:20

Info: Connie, Ext. 6811 o「巳「「1ail ‘etwinn峙，

2) Physics Seminar

“APFIM and HREM Investigations on the Early Stage of

P「ecipitationReaction in Alloys”

Prof. Zhi-Guo Liu, Dept of Physics and Laborato「yof Solid State Mic「ost「uctures, NanJI「1gUniversity

11 :00 a.m. 12:00 noon

Lectu「eTheatre G

Organise「 PHYS

Info: Jacma, Ext. 7501 3) MBA Lunch Presentation

“The Fo「go甘en'P’ inFinancial Services Ma「keting “ Mr Eric Tai, Senio「 Manage「／RetailMa「keting& Planning,

HKSBC 12:45 p.m. -1 :20 p.m. Lam Woo Lecture Theatre (L TB)

。「ganise「 Dean'sOffice of SBM Info: Bonnie, Ext. 7539

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8 December (Wednesday)

Lectures on Imaging of Micromagnetic Structure Lecture I:" Methods of (Scanning) T「ansmission

Elect「onMic『osco口y ”

P「of.R.P. Ferrier, University of Glasgow, U.K. 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Room 4504 (Lifts 25 & 26)

。「ganiser:MCPC

Info: Ext. 6852

Unless otherwise specified, all events will be conducted in English

9 December

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1) Distinguished Lectu『ein Resea『ch&

Development

“The Cause, Effect and Mitigation of Natural

Disaste「S ”

P「of.George W. Housn缸， CaliforniaInstitute of

Technology

2:30 p.m. (Ref「eshmentwill be served at 2:00 p.m.)

Lectu「eTheatre F

O「ganise「﹒ Resea「ch& Development B「anch

Info: Flora Tam, Ext. 6166;Fax:358 0297 2) Management Seminar

“ Pet「iNet and Beam Sea「chBased Production

Management System ”

D「 HeloisaH.O. Ma內insShih

3:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m Room 551 O (Lifts 25 & 26) Organiser: MGMT

︱「1fo: Alice , Ext. 7722

3) Lectures on Imaging of Micromagnetic Structu『e

Lectu「eII:“Methods of Scanning Electron

Microscopy and Non E-Beam Methods ”

Prof. R.P. Ferrier, Unive「sityof Glasgow, U.K 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Room 2502 (Lifts 25 & 26)

Organise「 MCPC