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A New Chapter 1n Cyber Education
In the academic year 1999/2000, the Univer-sityis la山1ehinga new era in Hong Kong
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son-line education with a series of home-grown and University-industry cooperative programs. These programs are designed to provide more learning opportunities for stu-dents and staff members of the University. CBT On-line Training ProgramOn 1 September，由eCenter for Enhanced Learning and Teaching ( CELT) and Industrial Training Center (ITC) launched a pilot on line training program for students and sta在 who are interested in acquiring information technology (IT) skills and professional IT qualifications.叭Titha nominal registration fee (valid 1 September to 31 August), users will have unlii也tedaccess to any of the 190 course titles available per semester from CBT Systems
- a leader in the design and delivery of on-line media-based training.
tive semesters (commencing in September 1999, January 2000, and June 2000). A list of the certification and non-certification cur-ricula available in the pilot program is given in the table.
HKUST students and staff members who are interested in registering for the program should visit the CBT On line Courses Registration Web page (http://w1叭叭ust.hkl
celt/cbtl) and print out a registration form. They should submit the form to the Finance Office with a non-refundable registration fee in cash.
As a trial offer, annual registration fees for undergraduates, postgraduates and staff members are HK$500, HK$800 and HK$1,000, respectively. The fees to be col-lected by the University are mainly for sys-tem maintenance and future development. After registration, every participant will re-ceive a user account which entitles him or her
to tal<e any of the titles of-fered in the three semes-ters until 31 August 2000.
Those who register on or before 22 September will automatically be eligi ble for a lucky draw. Microsoft Hong Kong Ltd has donated some hard-cover books of the Microsoft Academic Learning Series. They will be given out as prizes to 700 winners.
The list of winners will be published on the CBT On line Course Re g-istration Web page on 27 September. Winners should collect their prizes between 28 and 30 September.
Certification Curricula Non-certification Curricula
• UNIX
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Internet and Intranet Infrastructure • Microsoft Visual lnterDev • Microsoft SOL Server • Mi也「osoftoffice 2日 co• OOAD with UML • Mi也rosoftVisual Bas也
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Internet Security.
Java Programming • E corn鬥1erce• Micros口HVisual C++ Microsoft
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• Certified Lotus Professional Domino Application Developer (R5)
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Certified Lotus Professional NotesApplication Developer (R4) ﹒ Ce付ifiedLotus Professional Notes
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Certified Internet Professional: Cert1 tied Internet Business StrategistThe objective of the program is to pro-vide a cost effective, self-paced learning op-portunity for students and staff who are interested in acquiring the latest IT skills and tl1ose who wish to prepare for professional IT qualifications certified by major IT firms such as Microsoft, Oracle, Lotus and Novell. Similar courses taught by instructors are available on 出emarket usually ranging in tile thousands of dollars.
These on-line training courses, all in English, will come on-line in three
consecu-Cyberschool of Information Technology The Cyberschool of Information Tech nology project is another of HKUST
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s ventures into on line education. Its objective is to build an on line learning infrastructure which utilizes web based course delivery and multimedia technologies tllat will enable stu-dents to access tertiary-level information technology courses over the broadband區－－＝區區司值連起草區姐訟盈 Byd.E遍適聽到呻士？阻隔仙一... PTO&r / -..._
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The project is a joint venture between HKUST, Cable & Wireless HKT and IBM China/Hong Kong Ltd. Cable ＆叭Tireless HKT will provide tile bandwidtl1 indispensa-ble to tile speedy delivery of on line multime-dia courses. IBM will provide the necessary hardware 的 wellas their "Learning Space
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solution for course development and hosting. It is expected that the first batch of home grown web-based courses will be launched in tl1e spring semester.”
Ata m句orresearch universi句， teaching and research go hand in hand," said Profes-sor Leroy Chang, HKUST’
s Vice- President for Academic A在airs.”
Here at HKUST, tile application of new technologies in teaching brings togetl1er our strengtl1s in information technology and our commitment to student learning. It is our goal to become a leader in the on line delivery of education both locally and internationally," he concluded. 、， L φ φ.
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T …凶ityw山 ho仗 its Stdent Outreach Day and Oper 1
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the Students' Union, activities for the two events in-elude exhibitions, tours of campus facilities, seminars, student perform-ances and art shows. In addition, as the events coincide with the celebrationpe-riod of the SOth anniversary of the
founding of the People’s Republic of China，出E Unive1叫tyalso plans to organize special
ac-tivities related to China's development.
De-tailsw山 beposted on the University's web site
(h付p:!!w1vw.ust.hk!)shortly.
The Outreach Day is targeted at the Uni-versity's prospective students. Over 10,000
Form 6 and Form 7 students from 400 local
secondary schools are expected to visit the HKUST campus on 2 October.
The Open Day on 3 October is for the Uni-versity community and the general public.
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We hope to motivate students, alumni andsta叮 membersto bring tl1eir friends and
rela-tives to the camp肘 onthe Open Day;' said Gary Choi, Public Relations Secretary of the HKUST Students' Union.
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We believe thattheyw山 learnmore about the University from
the Open Day."
All Year I and 2 students received an an-nouncement of the Open Day during registration. Invitations were also sent to some 9,800 HKUST alumni. The Students
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Unionwill post the latest information about the Open Day on the Electronic Notice Board.
Gary said, "Many of our friends and
rela-tives may build up an impression of the Uni-versity from secondary information. However, tl1e best way to get a true picture is
to visit the campus and see it through their own eyes了，
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Confidence
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our Graduates' Future
A Letter from the Director of Student Affairs
Dear students,
Vibrant orientation activities remind us
all
that this is the beginning of a new academic year. Yet, this is no ordinary year. For,al-though all of you have joined HKUST in the
20出 century,you will be graduates of the 21st. You have joined HKUST at a period that
is transitional for reasons beyond the fact it
straddles the millennium dateline. Politicall弘
Hong Kong is settling into its third year as a Special Administrative Region of China. Economically, it is working hard to recover
from the worst economic downturn as a re
sult of the onslaught of the Asian economic crisis in October 1997. Unemployment figures have reached a historical high.
In order to tackle this, Hong Kong is
determined to transform itself from an economy based largely on real-estate
speculation and finance to one with an emphasis on innovative technology and high
value added economic activities. Both of these
areas are closely related to 出erapid develop-ment of the Chinese Mainland. At the same
time, Hong Kong is vigorously reviewing its education policy and system with a view to
providing its population access to better
education. For it recognizes that a highly
educated and well-trained wor吋orceis the key to Hong Ko嗯 achieving 自 o句ectiveto be a lead-ing cosmopolitan cen個 mChina and Asia.
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Nei-ther should you be. The main reason to be con日dentis 出哎， inthis period of economic transformation, those who are displaced from
work tend to be the ones whose knowledge and skills are outdated and who have not in-vested in upgrad凶gtl1eir qualifications for tl1e future. Clearly, this predicament does not ap-ply to you. At HKUST, you are receiving an education for the futu間， mstate-of-the-art
lab01訕。lies with instruction by a world-class faculty. The knowledge and skills you are
go-ing to acquire during your time at HKUSTwill
help you to secure jobs in the 21st century. At
HKUST, you are also encouraged and given the opportunity to participate in campus life
to develop yourself as responsible citizens and future leaders.
During this period of transition, the fu-ture may look uncertain. Yet, with all the op-portunities available to you, the support of the
Universit﹜九 andyour own enthusiasm and
commitment, I am sure that you can make a
bright future for yourself and will contribute constructively to the future development of Hong Kong, China and the world.
Sincerely yours,
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lnterflow between East Asian students
＇＇｛、 chool ” mayhave been out, but the、、campuswas buzzing with activity
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stu-dents from leading universities in the Chi-nese Mainland, Japan, South Korea and Taiwan joined 21 peers at HKUST for the Association of East Asian Research Univer-sities (AEARU) Student Camp 1999.
Now in its third year, the AEARU Student Camp is one of the activities bywhichAEARU promotes cooperation and exchange between its 17 member universities. This year乍 camp
was organized by representatives ofHKUST's Business Students' Union, Engineering Students
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Union, and Science Students' Association, and participants from earlier AEARU student camps at Pohang University of Science and Technology, South Korea in 1997 and here at HKUST in 1998.The academic focus of the camp was on the role of information technology (IT) in the new millennium. This highly topical theme was explored through a carefully planned program of activities that included talks, group games, laboratory tours and company visits.
Off-campus company visits gave the stu dents a chance to explore Asia's largest com mercial teleport, the Cable & Wireless HKT Stanley Earth Station, and meet IT special-ists at the Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland-focused IT consultancy, UNI-Tech Technologies Limited.
HKUST laboratory tours showcased some of the areas in which IT is expected to make an increasingly vital in1pact in the new millenniun巾 Thesewere the China Light &
Power Wind／帆laveTunnel; Geotechnical Centrifuge Facility;Graphics and Music Ex perimentation Room of the Computer Sci ence Department;IEEM Virtual Reality Laboratory; Human Language Technology Center; and the Traditional Chinese Medicine
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and Large Scale Production of Human Epi-dermal Growth Factor (hEGF) pr句ects.
A number of the visiting students were impressed by the technical competition-described by one of them as
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a three-hour high-tech survival test”一inwhich the par ticipants were divided into teams to taclde ei ther an encoding or a decoding challenge. The effort that HKUST host students Marco Ng, Dexter Cheung, and Dominic Chan put into designing the contest was highly appreciated. Not that the camp was all work and no play,however. The week-long residential pro-gram was punctuated by a lively mixture of social activities, including sightseeing trips to the Peak and the]
umbo Floating Restaurant in Aberdeen. One of the highlights of the so-cial program was a talent contest in which the student representatives of each participating university were asked to create a performance reflecting their own culture. The organizing committee agreed that the students from Tohoku Universit弘 Japanput on a particu-larly superb performance of traditional dance.For many participants, the value of the camp experience goes beyond the organized activities. Many treasure the thr山 ofmeeting peers from o出erparts of the region w1出凶.＜e
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V Students from various East Asian universities gather for a’,family’,picture at the Cable &
Wireless HKT Stanley Earth Sta-tion (left). Back on campus, they wrestle with a’,three-hour
high-tech survival test’,using encod
ing and decoding methods on a computer (below).
int凹的心， andthe chance to explore the simi larities and di能rencesin each others' cultures. One simple difference this year's group dis-covered was that people like to shake hands vigorously in Korea but that doing so in neighboring Taiwan is considered impolite. On the whole, however, it was the sin叫arities in their cultures that they noticed most.
Linguistic di能renceswere, however, a no-table exception, and the importance of Eng-lish as a means of intra-regional communication was generally recognized. Some admitted that they found the need for English proficiency the most challenging aspect of the camp, particularly when it came to discussing more important issues and concepts.
All felt that this kind of activity should be encouraged to strengthen East Asian ties.
HKUST Campus Design Wins Artistic Merit Award
Thearcl叫uraldesign 心 HKUSTcamp…n 叫 tistic
Merit Award in the Contemporary Chinese Architectural Art Ex-hibition held at the National Gallery in Beijing from 20 to 27
]une.The
exhibition was jointly organized by the Chinese Academy of Arts and the Chinese Society of Architecture to showcase the achievements of Chinese contemporary architecture and commend Chinese architects for their creative efforts.There were 55 projects divided into five categories. Designed by Simon Kwan & Associates Ltd, HKUST was tl1e only project from Hong Kong. It was placed in the Works in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau
categor手 Theother two projects in this category were the Sun Yat sen Memorial Hall in Taipei and the Tashi Health Center in Macau.
Welcoming New Blood
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1001 year saw th巴 annuali吋ec-tion of new blood into the HKUST arteries.To give a big warm welcome to the new students>ahost of formal and informal
activities were organized by both the Univer-sity and its various student bodies. Breaking the lee
Traditionally, first-year students at HKUST receive their firsttaste of
undergradu-ate life at the Orientation Camps (“O'Camps"
in short). This
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rear's incoming undergraduates had a choice of as many as 27 different O' Camps between 14 and 24 August 1999回
The camps were organized by existing members of the student societies operating
under the auspices of the HKUST Students
’
Union. They were designed t。“breakthe ice’:to help first-year students feel part of the
HKUST student community-that they
be-long here not just as shy onlookers but as ac
tive participants-and to m刻也 surethat they recognize some friendly faces when they turn up for the new semester. This welcoming as-pect is perhaps the most important function
of the various interest groups
represented by the societies.
Others may want to get involved with Stu-dents
’
Union activities, such as the productionof the 帆布ngsnewsletter.
Home from Home
Hot on the heels of the O' Camps came
the Hall Orientation camps, from 25 to 28
August. Like the O' Camps, the Hall
Orientations are designed to make
under-graduates spending their first semester in a
hall of residence feel at home in their new
“
home from home.'’
Fo『matWelcome
Of course, meeting
like-minded people is also
important. For solidarity, many students join the groups
most closely related to their
academic subject areas. Some of them join groups to meet people who share an interest in
extra-curricular pursuits such as music. Those with a more global outlook might be drawn to the International
Associa-A HKUST Students' Union President, Judy Wai, encourages tion of Students in Economics
new students to actively participate in campus life and
After the orientation camps, with their
group T-shir訟， photosessions around the 'red bird' sundial, practical advice sessions, team games and quizzes, the first-years
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new livesat HKUST were more formally heralded in by the Official Welcome of New Students. This was held on 26 August in the SH Ho Sports
Hall. The ceremony kicked off with a speech
from our Presider哎， ProfChia Wei Woo, who
introduced the leading faculty members. The Deans of the four Schools and the President
of the HKUST Students
’
Union, Judy Wai, took turns to give their sincere advice to thenew students on how to make the most of their time at HKUST.
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make the most of their time at the University. and Management (AIESEC).
迎新活動反思
近日傳媒廣泛報導了本校某些迎新活 動的細節 ， 引起各界的關注和討論。 就 此3大學發表了一份聲明 ，大要如下， 大學各項迎新活動由學生會及各 屬會主辦， 旨在協助新生適應大 學生活 。大學尊重向學組織活動 的自主性，不會作出干預。 ＊大學有對同學在校園內的行為提 供指引 。每年迎新活動前 ，學生 事務處均與學生組織代表會陌， 提醒主辦單位注意迎新活動的道 德和品味 ，不應合色情或暴力成 份﹔又要尊重新生的感受3不應 強迫參與。 倘誼實迎新活動中有任何不適當 行為 ，或含有色情或暴力成份 ， 將按大學生行為規章處理。 ＊大學將加強對迎新活動的指引 。學 生事務處將印製書面指引供迎新營 的籌委參考。 報章提及的迎新活動是由商學院學生會 籌辦。該會就此亦發表聲明 3 要點為， ＊該會昕舉辦的迎新活動絕無“玩新 生”成份2亦不會強迫同學參與。 認某報章的報道有渲染及詩張之處3 該會曾多吹向有關記者反映﹔但始 終不獲該報刊登更正內容 。近日有 兩份報章昕刊登的照片 ，更絕非來 自該會的迎新營。 ＊該會就選擇活動上的失誤致歉。 、受關注的活動板是整個迎新營的一 小部分，不過該會承諾會認真考慮 同學、校方及社會各界的關注和意 見，並審慎檢討未來活動的內容。 《同宜。亦訪問了科大學生會會長街文 璃以及參加這吹迎新營的阿森和阿恩。 衛文E君表示這事件的影響可分正、負 兩面。“負面影響就是校譽受損。雖然牽涉 的只是極少數同學，但市民大野、亦可能因此 會戴起有色眼鏡來看科大。 “不過，這風波亦有正面意義。因為它 激發同學認真思考迎新活動的真正意義。 “校 1f給與我們同學很多自由空間 i 這 空間我們應該好好珍惜。 “以我個人經驗來說，迎新活動的確可 以使同學之間更為熟絡，而日後與我關係最 緊密的同學大都是迎新活動中認識的。 “備受關注的迎新活動項目是各院校學 生們互相估效的結果，並非科大獨有。我會 鼓勵籌委們在設計活動上多用心思 3 發揮創 意 ，在避免任何尷尬情視發生的大前提下 ， GENESIS, 1 September I 999以學雷友
寶島跆拳道交流螢點滴
香港科技大學跆拳道學會得到新昌葉庚 年教育基金”的資助 ，於7月 5 日至14 日 遠赴台灣新竹 3 與交通大學聯合舉行跆拳道 交流營。科大跆拳道學會希望藉這吹交流營 提升成員的技術水平 3 並加深台灣學生對科 大及本港跆拳道發展的認識。 科大跆拳道學會內務副主席盧明基說， ζζ台灣的跆拳道技術水平非常高，僅吹於跆拳 • 科大和交大學生通過跆拳道增進友誼。 道發源地韓國 i 此外 ，交大在台灣每年的大 專賽事中均有不俗的成績。” 同學進行了一場友誼賽， 目的是增進大家的 科大跆拳道學會一行十七人自該會教練 競賽經驗。 陳德全先生帶領，在 7 月 5 日抵達台灣，獲得 除練拳夕︱、3 交大同學還帶他們在校園和 交大同學熱烈歡迎，並於當l跪在交大校園舉 附近地方避覽3嘗試地道小食。到離開交大 行歡迎晚會。接著3一連六天的艱苦訓練便 時3 兩校同學都已建立了深厚的感情。 正式開始。 離開交大後，大家利用餘下的四天到台 盧明基說。 “交大為我們安排的練習實 北和台中遊覽3參觀文武廟、日月潭、中正 在遠比我們平日的訓練艱苦得多。每天有三 紀念堂等名勝古蹟 3 讓大家對台灣的歷史文 節練習， 早上七時起床後3便要開始跑步和 化有更多認識。盧明基說 ﹒“這吹寶島行除 體能訓練 ，下午及晚上則分別有兩至三小時 了讓我們學到更全面的跆拳道技術外，更帶 跆拳道技術練習 ， 的交大黑帶五段教練吳俊 給我們寶貴的友誼 3 實在是一吹畢生難忘的 賢先生親自指導。’，在離開交大前一天 ，兩校 經歷。” 促進氣氛 3 鞏固友誼，”衛文E君說。 阿森也覺得大部分有關迎新營活動的報 道都不盡不賞。他說： “例如有報道所提及 ‘洗腳水，，我們在場的同學都知道根本沒有 人曾用來說腳 z而且有份玩的同學也祇是裝 模作樣的，沒有真的 II昌那盤水。” 他還指出 3迎新營活動主要是通過營造 氧氣，促進同學彼此認識。阿森說， “籌辦迎 新營的同學都做得很好，大家都能夠盡興。” 阿恩則強調所有迎新營活動的主持人都 沒有強迫同學參加各種活動。她說． “我自己 比較靜 ，本來就不喜歡玩遊戲 3所以沒有參 加太多遊戲活動。” “其實迎新營並非祇有道戲活動〉營中還 有不少活動是幫助我們為即將開展的大學校 園生活作好準備，而這些活動對我們新生來 說更為重要。” GENESIS, 1 September 1 999童聲
樂韻遍科大
七口七日黃昏，何覽廳進行了 一吹盛大的音樂文化匯演 。 來自香 港、北京、上海、廣州和做羅斯的二百多位 見童用普通話、粵語、英語和俄語演唱了他 們最喜愛的歌曲 。展覽廳座無虛設﹔聽眾都 聽得如痴如醉。 首先是上海中國福利會少年宮小伙伴合 唱團的表演 2 他們在國內曾獲縛二十五吹金 獎 3來頭殊不簡單 。接著是有「天使般的聲 音美譽」的廣州市東山區少年宮小雲雀合＂昌 圍以及北京中國人民大學附屬中學合＂昌圍獻 唱，他們結集歌11昌與表演藝術 s可謂極視聽 之蜈。今年慶祝三十周年的香港兒童合11昌國 作為「世界最傑出兒童合唱團之一卜當然保 持一貫水準 。壓軸的是過江猛龍－一俄羅斯 第一音樂學校天虹合唱團的演出 i他們人數 雖然最少 ，但音色圖渾 3 配合小朋友的民族 舞蹈，將整晚演出帶入高潮 。校園活動
9月 9 日下午2時30分至4時 公開講座及示範 今日國畫面面觀 議者歐豪年教授 語吉普通話 學術大樓七樓觀景廳 9月 10 日至 12 月 8 日 歐豪年圈盒展 閉幕 ，9月 9 日下午4時 30 分 圖書館唐炳源、唐溫金美展覽廳 9月15至19 日上午9時至下午5時 國際青年大學生交流（香港）： 自然－國際藝術展覽 學術廊 9月 23 日下午1 時至2時 禁雅詩古箏表演 展覽廳 10 月 1 日至11 月 6 日 田中真聰機動雕塑展 開幕 9月 30 日下午4時30分 （逢星期休息） 展覽廳 10 月 2至3 日 科大開放日 10 月 3 日下午2時至3時 黃華望男高音表演 展覽廳Campus Calendar
9 Sep 2:30- 4 pmToday
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s Chinese Paintings: Public Lecture and DemonstrationSpeaker: Prof Au Ho nien language: Putonghua
7/F Foy凹， AcademicBuilding IO Sep 8 Dec
An Exhibition of Chinese Paintings
by Au Ho-nien
Opening Recεpt ion: 9 Sep, 4:30 pm Ping Yuan and Kin may W Tang Gallery’,library
15句19Sep 9 am - 5 pm
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Academic Concourse 23 Sep l pm -2 pm
Guzheng Recital by Choi Ngai See
Exposition Hall l Oct-6 Nov
Masato Tanaka -Kinetic Scuplture Exhibition
Exposition Hall Opening Reception: 30 Sep, 4:30 pm
(Closed on Mondays)
2 -3 Oct HKUST Open Days
3 Oct 2 pm -3 pm Vocal Concert by Owen Wong
Exposition Hall
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一些“商業性’，廣告，例如地產公司、市場推廣機構和補習社等都曾 利用大學的“電子告示板”作為他們免費刊登廣告的渠道。我覺得應 該要禁止這頡濫用“電子告示板”的情況。 息。它的使用守則已經明確指出 ，任何人（校內或校外人士）都不應濫 用大學的網絡資源 ，宣傳與大學無闊的活動 。我們希望“電子告示 板”是帶給大學成員方便的工具 3 即以不想給它太多限制 i然而使用 者應該自律，對他們在“電子告示板”上發怖的內容負責。如果發現 有違反大學規定的情況 3 資訊服務中心將會把有關訊息移除。” （如果你有問題希望通過《同創》得到有關部門答覆， 請將問題傳真至2358 0537 或電子郵件 genesisO)答
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古人 1999 ／峙年，香港科技大學正 推動一連串校內及與工商界合作發展 的項目 3 為香港的網上教育開創新紀元 ，並 為同學和教職員開拓更廣闊的學習空間。 CBT網上自學課程 在 9 月 l 日開學 日 ，教學促進中心 (CELT）和工業培訓中心（ITC) 為有意進修資 訊科技知識、或打算考取有關資訊科技專業 資格的學生和教職員，試辦一系列網上訓練 課程，祇要繳交一筆象徵式的註冊費（有效 至每年8月 31 13 止），他們便可以通過互聯網 選修由 CBT Systems所開發的網上訓練課 程。CBT 是著名的網上多媒體訓練課程開 發公司，他們將會在每個學期為科大提供約 190項課程 。 教學促進中心和工業 培訓中心希望通過開辦這 些課程 ， 為科大學生和教 職員提供一個低成本的自 學機會 3讓他們可以進修 最新的資訊科技知識 ， 或 幫助他們準備考取自 Microsoft 、 Nove I l 、 Oracle 、 Lotus等企司頒授 的資訊科技專業資格。市面上同類由導師授 課的課程往往會收數以千元計的學費。 CBT 的網上課程將會分別在三個學期 （分別在1999年9月、 2000年 l 月及2000年6月 開始）開辦。本期《問宜j》第一頁的附表詳列 了認可誼書考試預備課程（Ce1司tifie a tior .1 Curricula）和一般訝£程（ Non-certifica ti o l 1 Cur .. 如要報讀這些課程3科大教職員和學生 讀要先到有關的註冊網頁（網址是﹒ http:!I 叭叭1叫st.hk/celt/cb的下載報名表格。報名 時須要連同課程註冊費一併繳交。 已繳交的 註冊費﹔︱寄不會退回 。 由於今年是試辦性質，教學促進中心和 工業培訓︱中心把本科生的註冊費用訂為 500 港元，研究生為 800港元，教職員則是 1,000 .Ei且一
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