HKUST Genesis = 同創, Volume 1, Number 1

Message from the Vice-Chancellor

As we celebrate the end of this year with the publica1ion of the first edi1ion of our in1ernal bulle1in, Genesis, I want 101hank all of you for the con1ribu1ions you have made to HK UST in 1989. Your efforts have made it possible for us to look back with satisf ac1ion and pride on what we have accomplished so far. The voyage on which we have embarked is a heroic one. Together, we are building an ins1itution that will make an enduring con1ribu1ion to Hong Kong and a mark on the history of the entire region. This holiday season is a good lime for us, as a team, to look beyond our daily 1asks and reflect on 1hat vision. I wish you and your families the very best during this festive season, and hope that 1990 will be ano1her year of personal and professional fulfilment. ·

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Editorial

Welcome to the first regular issue of HKUST

GENESIS, serving everyone in the

Univer-sity community. A new one w il 1 reach your desk by the 20th of each month.

Genesis is YOUR communicatlonveh1cle;Jfr,

each issue, you w i 11 find announcements of events org~nised by the Social Club, official announcements, a humour column, letters to the editor, reports of interesting events, and occasionally, forums on selected issues, es-says, and others. You can also get to know your f e 1 low workers better and p 1 ace per-sonal ads at no charge.

To make Genesis work, we need contributions from everyone. We need your opinions in letters to the editor, your articles and graph-ics, and anything that enriches th.e contents of Genesis.

Dead! ine for contributions will be the 6th of each month. Please sendarticlesto the Office of Public Affairs: at tent ion of Steve Kong or Mary Lau.

-MEET OUR SENIOR ASSISTANT S

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CRETARIES,

ASSISTANT SECRETARIES, AND

STAFF MEMBERS OF EQUIVALENT GRADES

Catherine Lai, SAS, General Administration (Committees);

born May 21 in Macao;

mar-ried; graduated from King's College; received BA in Politi-cal Science & History from University of Hong Kong; for-merly of Hong Kong Gov't; fa-vourite pastimes: writing

let-Danny Yung, AS, Public Affairs; born Oct 19 in Shanghai; single; graduated from Kowloon Wah Yan College; received BArch from Univ. of California at Berkeley and MA in Urban

De-sign from Columbia University; ~

formerly of Wang Laboratory; favourite pastimes: cartoon

dravting, film making; Artistic Di

-ters and music; favourite col-ours: black and white; favourite cultural activities: con-certs and operas.

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Mervyn Cheung, AS, General

Administration; born Sep 4 in

HK; single; graduated from Queen's College; received BSocSc and MSocSc from Uni-versity of Hong Kong; formerly of Hong Kong Baptist College; favourite pastimes: listening to

radio and watching TV;

favour-ite fruits: orange and water melon; favourfavour-ite sports: swim-ming and jogging.

Ophelia Chung, SAS, Finance;

born Mar 14 in HK; married;

graduated from Ho Tung Tech-nical School for Girls; received BSocSc from University of Hong Kong; formerly of Hong Kong

• ;; Baptist College; favourite

pas-time: opera; favou.rite sport: swimming; favourite places vis-ited: England and Spain.

Clara Li, AS, Finance; born Sep

13

from St. Catherine's School for Girls; received BSocSc from University of Hong Kong; for-merly of City Polytechnic; vourite pastime: reading; fa-vourite food: seafood;

favour-ite sport: badminton; favourite

cultural activities:concerts and

films.

Lawrence Law, Project Man-ager, Computer Services; born

Feb

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gradu-ated from King's College; re-ceived BSc in Engineering and MPhil from University of Hong Kong, and MSc from Univer-sity of Manchester; formerly of University of Hong Kong;

fa-vourite sport: table tennis;

en-joys travelling.

William Tung, Project Manager,

Computer Services; born Jan 18

in Shantou; married; graduated from St. Paul's College; received BSc in Computer Science and MBA in Information Systems from University of Alberta; for-merlyof City Polytechnic;favour-ite sports: golf, downhill skiing, basketball and tennis.

Linda Lee, Assistant Librarian;

born Mar

6

received BA in English Litera-ture from National Taiwan Uni-versity and MLS from UniUni-versity

of Wisconsin at Madison_;_ for- "'

merly of Library of Congress, U.S.A.; favourite pastime: read-ing; favourite food: Cantonese and Sichuan.

Quiz of the month:

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which picture best expresses your view of the relationship between Hong Kong and China?

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Irene Chan, SAS, Personnel; born Oct 9 in HK; married with one son; graduated from Sacred

Heart Canossian College; re

-ceived BA in Literature from University of Hong Kong; previ-ously of Hong Kong Polytech-nic; favourite cultural activity: drama.

Chiu Ping-Kwan, AS, Person-nel; born Dec 18 in HK; mar-ried; graduated from Tsuen Wan Gov't Tech School; re-ceived BSSc frQm Chinese University of HK; previously of Chinese University of HK; vourite sport: table tennis; fa-vourite cultural activity: folk songs; favourite place visited: Beijing.

Lam Kin Lai, Building Services Manager, Estates; born Dec 22 in HK; married; graduated from New Method College and HK Technical College; received

BSc in Electrical & Electronics

from Polytechnic of South Bank and MSc in Building Services from Brunel Univ; previously of HK Polytechnic; favourite colour: white.

George Lomas, Estates Man

-ager; born Apr 13 in UK; single; Chartered Surveyor; graduated

- ,,: from UK Colleges of Advanced

Technology; received BA from Open University of UK; formerly

of Hong Kong Polytechnic;

fa-vourite food: hot curries; favour-ite sports: swimming and lawn bowling; favourite colour: blue.

Steven Wong, Development Manager, Estates;born Dec24 in HK; married; graduated from Wellington College; received BES in Environmental Studies and MArch from.~niversity of Manitoba; previously of City Polytechnic; favourite pastimes: music and going to movies.

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British as a Second Language

I knew that coming to Hong Kong would present me with language difficulties. For example, I had to get used to the fact that baat-man was not the Cantonese for my

favorite caped crusader, but only HK$ 8. Such

adjust-ments are small matters, however, compared to the problems of re-learning what I thought was my native tongue.

It didn't take me long to find out that wheLe,:J,was '

used to seeing -or, the elegant-our was required. I was

happy to honour this convention, of course. It even lends a bit of polish to my letters home. Now my friends

can savour the flavour of my literary endeavours. A

touch like this was sourely needed, and my correspon-dents now know that I am no boour.

But there was moure to come. Next I had to adapt to the reversal of -er to form -re. This seems to be at the very centre of my problem. Granted, it doesn't bothre my secretary, but then hre education was in the British standard of English. My mothre and fathre taught me American English, and I guess I am the poour-re four it. Before long, I also found -amme being used where a simple -am used to suffice. A quick learnre, I immediately added this to my programme. I must admit,

howevre, that I amme still somewhat uncertain when I

should make the change, but that's watre ovre the

damme.

Most difficult has been the punctuation. The Lon-don Times seems detremined to save ink through the elimination of periods (sorry-- full stops) Four some reason, I amme having the most difficulty getting used to

this Even though capitalizing (oops-- I mean capitali

-sing) the first word of a sentence (sentense???) makes

the preceding full stop redundant, it still bothres me to omit them To tell you the truth, the whole thing is beginning to get rathre tyresome ....

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Formation of

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To promote team spirit and to organise regular social, cultural and recreational activities for staff members and their families, the General Administration and Committee Office is now taking the lead in forming a Social Club. An ad hoc Management Committee, chaired by the Director of Administration and comprised of representatives from various Offices of the University, has already been formed. The Committee met for the first time on Dec 7 to draft a constitution for the Social Club. It is expected that a regular Committee will be elected by Mar 31.

The first task of the ad hoc Committee is to organise the annual Christmas gathering on Dec 22. Particulars of the gathering are provided in the announcement below. The movie "Batman" will be shown during the gathering, and the Office of Public A ff airs has agreed to assist in putting up a film show on a monthly basis.

Further details of the cost of joining the Social Club and other activity arrangements will be provided later.

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New Staff, Welcome Aboard!

Vice-Chancellor/President's Office: Mrs Wong ChanShuk-ying, Cathy; Computer Centre: Miss

So Mei-hing, Kitty; Finance: Mr. Chan Ping

-hung, Johnny, Miss Pun Wei-yee, Winnie;

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SQ!Jllfil:

Kwan Sin-mei, Amy, Mrs Cheung Ho Siu-fan, Fanny, Miss Liu Kwai-ying, Lucy; Public Affairs:

Ms Lai May-yuen, May, MsTangSo-yee, Renee;

General Education Centre: Miss Yuen Fung

-kuen; Research Centre: Ms Lim Lie Tjing; Library: Ms Pang Suk-han.

For Sale

(at the Office of Public Affairs)

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HKUST Souvenirs

(blue with gold stripes)

(blue with gold stripes)

(yellow, golden yellow)

$88

$85

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Members, ad hoc Management Committee:

Mr George Scott, Director of Administration, Chairman

Mr Mervyn Cheung, General Administration, Secretary Prof Jay Chen, Director of Research Centre

Mrs Stella Ip, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (A & B)'s Office

Miss Mecell Lee, Planning and Coordination Ms Elena Lo, Personnel

Mr George Lomas, Estates Management Ms Loretta Pang, Vice-Chancellor's (?ffice Mr Richond Wong, Computer Services Mr Michael Cheng, Finance

Mr Danny Yung, Public Affairs Office Ms Shirley Conway, General Administration

Farewell to Ho Sai King! Mr Ho, Professional Advisor (Build-ing Services) of the Estates Of-fice, will leave us on Dec 23 lo return to the HK government. We wish him our best.

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