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Exchange Students on UST Adventur
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ment has welcom巴d 31 MBA ex-change students from around thewar閉Idwho are
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oining HKUST for the Fall Semester.Meanwhile, at partner institutions abroad, second-y"ear students from HKU.ST
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s full-time MBA program have be-gtm their studies.The exchange students come from 18 W1iversities in the US, Canada, Japan, Aus-tralia and France, including Northwestern
Universit予 the University of Chicago, the University of California at Berkeley and the International Univ叫sityof Japan.
During a busy orientation da予 the stu-dents were introduced to the campus and curriculum, and formally welcomed by
SBMDeanPr叫 Yuk-SheeChan. Despite the study pressures of an MBA, the students are delighted to have made the decision to be in Hong Kong.
Willem Koole from the University of British Columbia explained.’,I chose Hong
Kong for a number of reasons. This Univer-sity was fascinating, and reading the bro-chures, it looked really good. Hong Kong is growing rapid！予 andI thought any experi”
ence that I could get would be great.’,
Vernice Gibson of the University of Maryland arrived in Hong Kong after
ape-riod in Beijing, and feels· that Hong Kong completes the "package’,.’,After my expe-rience in China, there is a big international comrmmity in Hong Kong and at the Uni-versity, so it has a different feel.’,
• The exchange stu.dents are shown around campus during orientation. Dr Steven DeKrey, Director of the MBA programs, appreciates the value of the ex-change. ’,The type of shtdent that we are welcoming reflects the standards of our partner schools, and they provide good models for om shtdents,’,he said. "These are positive, success-oriented people who gave up high paid jobs for an MBA. They
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regoing to do it right.’,
Exposure fo a different business culture is a valuable benefit of the program. "Em-ployers really like international experience, so the more you c副1 g仗， the better,’, e1t -plained Willem.
Producing Talent for Asia
The MBA's mission-to produce man-agement talent for Asia-allows the ex-change shtdents to gain valuable exposure to Asian markets.
’,For many of these students, the struc-. ture and content of our MBA may be famil-iar:’,said DrDeKt旬，，Whatm泌的 itrnuque
is that it
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s in Hong Kong, sitting on the tlU'eshold of the China markeL’,The exchange program is a feature of
the international star1dard that we aspire to. I'd like to strengthen if further, perhaps building an international frnld for scholar-slups 位1dtravel’,,
The MBA progr也nat HK.UST is enter
-ing its fourth year with about 40 full-time and 80 part-time students. Partnerships with top business schools abroad are a key part of its strategy.’,Friends help to build your reputation," added Dr DeKt·ey.’,If you associate with a good crowd, that
’
s how you’
re judged. Right now, we’
re in very good comp也1于’，UST Premiers Stanley
Kwan
Film
Rouge.
free to the These feature general public. f山n screenings 但·e Stai11ey Kw也.1was one.of five interna-tionally acclaimed directors invited by the British Film Instihrte and New York’
sMu-seum of Modern AI t to celebrate the Cen-tury of Cinema. In response, Kwan produced100
Years 可 Chinese Cine，侃 DmingKwan
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5~
tenme as Artist-in-Residence, the Center for the Arts plans to screenKw組1's 位1dthe other international films
Film-I… a叫ora feast as 伽恥UST Ce叫叫eArts
welcomes award-winning local director Star11ey Kwan to campus as Artist-in-Residence from 26 September to M缸，ch1997. The prenuer of Kwar1's film
Y1111g
±Yin: Gender in Chinese
Cinem日， ata 26 September reception at the Exposition Hall, will kick off a calendar of events involving the master of romantic films famed for lus depiction of women.Beginning 4 November and numing every Monday 11.ight at 7:30 pm in the Lam Woo Lech1re Theah·e till Decembe1~ Kwar1 will screen his films and host a discussion with guest arti呦，
Guests will include Maggie Cheung Mar1 Yuk, who won the Sil-ver Bear Award at 血eBerlin Film Festival for her performar1ce in
Actress,
and Anita Mui，位1estar of another of his masterpieces,celebrating 100 year·s of movie-making.
Anita Mui will visit HKUST in December.
Oncarnpus,Kw也1will lead a series of video workshops open to shtdents, faculty and staff. He will also develop and produce a video on the pror叫nentB吋ingOpera performing artist Chen Yongling. Check the
Genesis
calendar for updated information.．． ’， ． ． ．． ’、 v
A
View
of the
Mid-Autumn Moon
F 叫 each
of thon巴 predominant t巴stivalin the
Chi-nes巴 calendar. The Mid-Autumn
Moon Festival, on 27 Septemb巴rthis yea 丸 is the highlight of the fall season.
According to Dr Chi Che1mg Choi (Hu-m也.li.ties),these festivals have me也1ingfor both the family and the community as a
whole. Dr Choi, who travels 出roughoutthe territory and in the Chinese Mainland , to study festivals, says they serve to :
m叫 commur伽sof their id恥。
ti.ties. , · \
The idealized and
centu-ries-old tales related to the
Mid-Autumn Festival are told and retold, again serving to bind a people and a culture.
While Hong Kong is largely an immigrant cultur巴，
there are several places in the ter-ritory where community-wide
celebrations 也·e put on every ye也
..
Dur‘ing the Mid-Autumn Festival, these can
be foLmd at Tai H也1g,near Causeway Bay, and Pokfulam, which both do fire dragon dances.
Fire is one of the most fascinating as-pects of the Mid”Autumn Festival. Decora-tive candle-lit (and more recently,
battery-powered) lanterns are traditional
features of both the Mid-Autumn Festival
and the Lantern Festival, which follows the New Year. But according to Dr Choi, the meaning of the ri仙alvaries.
、Time
of Flux
可or the Lantern Festival, I think the
emphasis is not on fi時， but for the
Mid-Autumn Festival fire is the key element,"
Dr Choi said.
’,
Some scholars say theMid-Autunm Festival is for the female, relat.ed to Yin and the moon. But I think they
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rewrong. The autumnal equinox is a time of hormonal flux. Tliere are antlu-opologists
who believe that eccentric rituals,
includ-ing those involving fire, are necessary to help people cross tlu·ough this period.
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One example of this is the Mon-key God Festival held in Sau MauPin耳 inKowloon, where believers walk barefoot over lit
char-coal.
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Dr Choi believes the
well-intentioned efforts of the Hong Kong
Govern-ment to create a festival
at-mosphere in public parks
叩dat beaches dming the Mid-Autumn Festival actually
de-stroys one of its key purposes.
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One conflict for families in Hong Kong is that after a family meal they go toone of the many attractions
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Dr Choi ex-plained.’
,
The meal is not the main part of the festival. When the family gathers later to celebrate the moon, eating fruit andlight-ing their lanterns, kids are supposed to lis-ten to their parents
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stories of life in China 位1dtheir past. Now,·many families miss allthat. The Hong Kong Government is trying to render a service to the general public, but in effect it is killing the essential me紅山1g of the festival and alienating people from their social unit, the family. Just imagine if governments in Emope or North America
tried to draw families away from their homes dur‘ing Clu-is恤ms. ’，
Two
Moon Tales
The oldest tale related to the Mid-Au-hmm Festival dates back thousands of
years. Long ago, the story goes, a brave
warrior was married to the beautiful
ChangE. 四.1ewarrior saved his kingdom
from the 1mbearable heat of 10 relentless suns by shooting down nine of them
with his arrow. In gratitude, the w訂rior was proclaimed a hero anp given a magic herbal potion that would give him
eter-nal life. Not wan也1gto grow old and die,
Ch剖1gE took the potion herself. Upon drinking the pungent mix, Chang E was 仕ansported t。由emoon. There she re-mains forever to guard the moon
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scin-2
namon tr巴巴， rabbitand wood cutter.
The second tale dates from the
tran-sition from the Yuan to the Ming dynas-ties when China was still ruled by the Mongols. Wanting to expel the foreign
powe1~ the Han people pl訂medto revolt.
But communication between their far-f11mg armies was di血cultuntil someo·ne had the clever idea to stuff messages into
round cakes which were sent to all troops during the full moon of the eighth
lunar month. The revolution succeeded. And moon cakes，的 theyhave come to be known, have been a staple of the fes-tival fare ever since.
How do
you
celebrate the
Mid-Autumn Festival?
Emma Fung, EMO:
Every year we have dinner with my
many relations in Hong Kong.· After dinner my family and I usually go to
the Peak, Repulse Bay or Victoria Park with our lanterns. It
’
s very rela沿ngand enjoyable watching people eating fruits and playing with their lanterns; even foreigners do it.nb ρ ．” 、 t .m t OL 、 t n O CD 戶、 W ρL n I ItE -4A5o hadnx ，引 h －Ayu －－M 副 mwv ( ayhhmhn tIt --r t 干 hSH 几 U P 卜劃 frII 叭 ”TSE EAV J 仕可 ien Myti －－ VJ ，此 LA1 草， th1JNataI ’” vρLFLOL lw 苟 UGPLn － 1 ） um 的 mdmmM 創 k ae1onruσbO PYIhakwuag Shirley Tsang, In” formation Shop: I used to celebrate with my family when I was ymmg.
I remember that the
rabbit lantern was
my favorite and I wanted one every year. Now my own family and I eat
mooncakes, and we take the children
out to pla于 The Universlty Women
’
s Group usually organizes something forthe children on campus so they can
play with their lanterns and have a good time.
Dr Chi Cheung Choi, Humanities:
My mother has al-ways started the fes-ti val day by going to the Cheung Chau village association
where my grandparents
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ancestral tab-lets are located. She then goes to theeartl1 god slu'ine near our house to light joss sticks and pray. At the house, she
prays to the ancestral tablets and the door gods. She bribes all the gods to protect us. Then at about 10 pm, we go up to the rooftop and pray to the moon and eat pomelos, pears,
persim-mons and mooncakes.
Dreaming in
Fer1
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Red
法拉利大學
校產管理處處長克遜MikeH11dso月，Director
of the
Esta他 Manage-111ent
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held 28 meetings including five pub-lic hearings in·
con-nection with the University}and itis hard to believe that there was a single
member of the University. who 尺片一開始，建立科大就是一個夢想。夢想大 l只」都是甜美的3 但偶然過程當中也會插入一 些恐怖的惡夢》彷彿在提醒我們， 別把一切夢想 揖作理研當然地甜美。
N… a叫ening
drea HKUST started as a dream andmost of our嘲dreams have beer .1
sweet, but just now and then something scary happens to remind you not to take
anything for granted.
was immune from interrogation by ac-quaintances, family and friends alike. TI1e media loved it, sensationalizing the 趴sig
ni血cantand wu·
若果我們不能如期完成科大那複雜的建築工 程來迎接第一位新生，那才是一個真正的惡夢。 在香港賽馬會的支持下，我們對這項挑戰其實一 直充滿信心。只不過，當我們如期完成工程，自︱ 付出了另一種極不合理的代價。大家不難猜到我 指的是有關科大建造成本的爭論。 那場＇論觸發香港立法局帳目委員會召開多 達二十八17'會議，並包括五次合開聆訊。我相信 經歷此事的大學同事們都曾體驗被社會人士（包 括親戚朋友）迫間的經驗。傳媒對這樣的新聞雀 躍萬分，渲染無關宏旨的枝節。 （這不算是什麼 新︱前！ ？）反正，不管我們費盡唇舌多番解釋： 工程完全沒有超出原來獲批准的撥款，科大是一 昕超文的勞斯萊斯大學形象，卻已根深蒂固。
the import缸1t.(So what's new?!) Sorτlehow
it never seemed to matter how many time s
it was explain巴dthat the project was
com-pleted well within the approved fun也ng.
TI1e image of.a Rolls Royce U凶versity,with a cost overnm, stuck.
Itwo叫dbe easy to imagine 伽tnot fin-ishing the construction of our large and complex building in time to permit the first intake of students would be the worst night-mare of all, but there was never 也可doubt that, with the strength of the Jockey Club
behind 肘， wewould make it. And we did,
at a price! The price was no more than one
should expect to pay, but many of us will
. well remember the controversy that
sur-rounded the cost of the project. TI1e Legis-lative Cotmcil
’
s Public Accounts CommitteeBeing somewhat of a car enthusiast
myself, I would much prefer the University to be compared to a Ferr訂ior L訂nborghini.
Somehow 出eexciting proportions and per-formance of these cars seems more in keep-ing with our image, rather than the staid
conservatism of a common Rolls.
我是一個汽車發燒友。我寧願﹔1哥大學比作法 拉菲I］或林保堅尼。這些跑車前衛、先進、快速， 比起普通一部又死板又保守的勞斯萊斯，更能切 合科大的形象。
Hot Stuff
Tlusis h 恤你缸叭rh a number of new arrivalsfrom overseas first encounter the idiosyncrasies of Hong Kong living. Those whose previous residence was the good ol' US of
A may be particularly bemused by the presence of little white
boxes on the walls of their bathtub/shower areas. These 位﹒巴 布ndemand’,water heaters, the interiors of wluch burst into flame when the water is turned to hot.
Typically}
m
the US, homes have hot water storage tanks.Water in the insulated tank is heated to a predetermined tem-perature and stored for later use. When it cools, a thermostat
activates the hea出g mech位usm,so the temperature stored wa-ter is kept within a small range of the desired value. One ad-vantage of this system is that there is a limited amount of hot
water available. You may think of that as a disadvanta阱， but
not if you have teenage children. The eventual drop in water temperatme is，的 ithum out, the only way they have of
know-ing that their shower is over.
The little wlute box is actually a pretty m臼 pieceof
engi-neering. It provides an essentially infinite supply of hot wate1~
and my guess is that it is reasonably energy efficient since it does not heat the water except when hot water is being used. However, it provides an interesting ex祖1pleof the problems that otcur when the req山rementsof "system integration’,are
overlooked.
You see, there is another rather clever bit of engineering in the shower-the mixing valve that replaces the old fasluoned
GENESIS, 18 Septe”,ber 1996
system of separate ’，hot’， and元old’，faucets.111is device, when
the handle is moved towards the 元。Id’，settii宅， sin1叫taneously
increases the flow from the cold supply and decreases 出eflow
from the hot supplt
The effect of this when combined with the little white box is rather interesting. You see, when the flow through the box is
reduced, the water spends more time being heated and thus
comes out hotter. So, although the mixing valve has reduced the quantity of hot water being mixed, the temperattu·e of 血at
water is higher, so the achial temperature of the mix may not
change very much. Until, of comse, you reach the point where
the flow through the little white box reaches 趴etlu·eshold where
the flame goes out, at whicl1 point the water coming out
be-comes a mixttu·e of cold and, well, cold.
This neat little effect usually is not evident except in sum
-mer (which includes September here) because another feature of the little white box is that it works on an added heat princi-pie. Thus when the input temperattu·e of the water is relatively
high，的 itis in summer, the output temperahue is REALLY lugh. 11世smeans you have to 甘yto nux a lot of cold water to
avoid scalding 泊 theshowe1~ and this in hlrn leads to the Little Wlute Box Four-Step: step in tmtil it gets too hot, step out to turn it colder, step in w1t吐 it_h江nsfreezing, step out to t山11it hotter ... and do it all ag仙l.
I do have a Handy Household Hint: ttu·n on the hot water in tl1e basin outside the shower. This keeps the hot water from
shutting down when you tt江nthe handle towar由 colder
set-tings. But if you tell your teenagers about tlus trick, be sure to
get_ them out of the shower before you go to ，九rork.There
’
s noother way for them to know when they 紅edone.
A Big Year
Approaches
Scholarship Winners Share Desire to Teach
N
ew students were officially welcomed byUniver-. sity administrators, school deans and the Students' Union president on 30 August 1996. President Chia-Wei Woo advised that students should prepare themselves for change as the resumption of China's sovereignty qpproaches. "The world will be yours after a decade or two. So please equip yourselves by understanding Chinese language, literature, history, politics and economy."
• Students' Union president Agnes Chan Pui Yiu encouraged new students to get involved in campus activities.
A
side from remarkable secondary school records, the two HKUST recipients of a competitive three-year scholarship have a lot in common.Entering students Winki Chan Chor-han and Vincent Cheng Yuen -shan are graduates of prestigious seconda1y schools where they were active leaders during class and after. Both earned tlu·ee As and two Bs on their A-level exams. Both are only children who already have their sights set on postgraduate degrees and careers in teaching.
Winki and Vincent are two of only five secondary school leavers to win the Stephen Kam Clrnen Cheong Memorial Education Fw1d, which covers their tuition and living expenses for the next three years. The fund was set up by acquaintances of the late Legislative Councilor and HKUSTCow1cil Member to encourage high-flyers do-ing a first degree in the areas of teclmology, science or management to stay in Hong Kong and enrich the quality of education. The com-mittee managing the fund interviewed 67 candidates for this year's awards.
Winki graduated from Belilios Public School where she was a prefect, the niistress of ceremony for several school-wide events and an award-wilming singer and debater. In fact, her performing talent was recognized by the Academy of Performing Arts, which offered her a place to study drama.
When deciding her fuhue direction, Winki looked to the exam -ple of the economics tutor who had awakened her interest in busi-ness and shown her that a good teacher is partly a performer.
"My tut01~ Mr Chan, showed me that teaching students is a chal-lenge," said the 19-year-old, who is enrolled in the BBA program here.
Parlez-vous Frangais?
O
ne year ago, postgraduate student Clarice Suk-ching Chan spoke not·one word of French. Last month, she was chattil1g happily with Parisians and translating for tourists from Hong Kong, having gained the Diplome Elementaire de Langue Fran<;aise.Clarice was awarded the Language Centre's first French Scholar-ship, which enabled her to attend the University of Lille's annual sum-mer school held in Boulogne-sur-Mer in Northern France.
As well as coping with daily classes, visits, talks and trips, Clarice was one of more than 10 different nationalities represented, enabling her to learn a little German, Swedish and Japanese into the bargain. 'Tm now more confident of dealing with different nationalities - I learned a great deal about other cultures and lifestyles," she explained. Her teachers at Boulogne were delighted with her progress -and her hard work. "When I first arrived, I spent a lot of time saying,
'Jene
co111prends pn
s.
'
By the end, I could conduct a lengthy conversation."Clarice's interest in French began during her BBAstudies at HKUST. Literahu-e courses here introduced her to the works of Albert Camus in translation and she determined that one day she would read them in. French.
While studyi11g for an MSc in Economics, her chance came through
4
the Language Cenh·e's voluntary courses in French language and cul-ture.
She credits her teache1~ Mme. Lynne Bullett, for increasing her in-terest in all things French. "She inspired me to visit France and I des -perately wanted to practice my new skills. The scholarship piovided the perfect opportunity."
French courses have been available for the last two years; they are free to any sh1dent with the desire to learn a language. That desire is growing. Last yeai~ the Language Centre introduced German. Classes were full within two hours of being advertised.
Dr Gregory James, Director of the Language Centre, is happy to fund the scholarships from commercial income. "It seems right that students should benefit from any profits that we make. I hope this year we can add a German scholarship to either Switzerland or Aus-tria.
"Learning a language, and better still, studying that language abroad, is a wuque experience, giving an insight into another cultlire. It also makes a useful and eye-catching addition to a graduate resume .. " For more information about Language Centre courses, check the elech·onicnoticeboard, or call x7880.
GENESIS, 18 September 1 996
Mr Chan also encouraged Winki to consider the competitive envi-ronment of HK.UST.
skills, led the orgaiuzation of a summer camp for disabled cluldren and was master of ceremony for school events. Vincent's boyhood love of science continues in lus biochemistry studies at HKUST. "Continuous assessment really suits m'e," she said. "Students here
are very competitive. I like this because I'm an aggressive person." She also tlunks HKUST will better prepare her for a future under
Clunese rule. .
Like Winki, Vincent believes HKUST can best equip him for the future, one that he hopes will find him conductil1g research and teaclung.
"After 1997, we're competing not only against other wuversities in Hong Kong, but with top universities i11 China. Beijing students are ve1y mature; they've experienced a lot more than we have."
"For science sh1dents, this is the be.st place to be. It has the best facilities," said Vincent, who first came to know the campus when he attended·a science camp for secondary students
in 1993. Vincent is a graduate of King's College.
(Three of the five Stephen Cheong Fund winners attended King's Col -lege.) There he taught younger boys leaderslup
Winki Chan Chor-han chose her • English name when she was 17. She named herself for her favorite tartoon cat, Winki-Pinki.
• Clarice visited Cap Gris-Nez as part of the
summer school.
GENESIS, 18 September 1996
Q
I read recently that the Royal Soci-ety of Chemistry says putting chlorine into
swimming pools is bad practice. I also read that the characteristic smell of a swimming pool comes from chloramines produced when the chlorine reacts with sweat or urine.
This shows why it is so important for
peo-ple to shower prior to entering a pool. But despite the recent installation of a walk-through shower, most people enter the pool without washing themselves adequately.
What treatment does the University use in
its pool, what are the risks and how does
the pool management intend to improve the
level of control to ensure our hygiene and
safety?
A
Theresa Leung (for SAO and SEPO): "The lJniversity swirnnung pool is disinfected according to Regional Cow1eil requirements. To achieve better disinfection and to avoid the sometimes unpleasant chlorine smell, ozone is used as the prilnary disinfectant, supplemented by a small amount of chlorine. Therefore, peo-ple may notice that our pool is not as 'smelly' as a typical public pool. However, be assuredA resident of Hall
I,
Vincent is already enjoy-·ing campus life.
"The thing I enjoy most is my freedom!"
• Vincent Cheng Yuen:shan dreams of inventing or discov-ering something beneficial to humanity. "It's ambitious, I
know."
that the same level of disinfection is maintail1ed. SEPO staff regularly monitor pool water and will close the pool when water quality is fmmd to be below standard.
"As for the health risk of chlorinated pool wate1~ most people agree that the relatively low risk associated with chlorination byproducts is acceptable in view of the efficient disinfection provided by chlorine. And in the case of the University pool, this risk is further reduced by our practice of relying prirnarily on ozone.
"The pool management agrees enfaely that for public health and hygiene, all swimmers should take a shower before entering the pool. To encourage this we have posted eye-catch-ing notices remindeye-catch-ing swirruners to showe1~ in-stalled a curtain shower at the pool's entrance and asked life-guards to approach swimmers who avoid walking through the curtain shower to walk back and do so.
"The pool management and SEPO work to-gether to monitor the pool water quality and hygiene. As we are always striving to irnprove, suggestions from users are most welcome."
E-111nil your questious lo genesis orfnx lhe111 lo 2358-0537.
Campus Calendar
19 September to 19 November
“
Roaming in the Arts" an exhibitio 「l byth「eecalligraphersUniversity Library Gallery
Reception;19 September, 4:30 pm 24 September
Hsu Hung Er-hu Recital
Exposition Hall, 1 pm 24 September University Choir pe吋orms
Exposition Hall, 7:30 pm 24 September to 26 November
Noon Concerts of Chinese Music presented by Choi Sown-le
Exposition Hall Every Tuesday 26 September
Premier of Yang± Yin: Gender in Chinese Cinema
by Artist-i,1-Residence Stanley Kwan
Exposition Hall, 4:30 pm 1 October
Hong Kong String Quartet
Exposition Hall, 1 pm t kH r 旬 出 N oa
dg
OM 司令 ue a nuv MN 5 6 October HKUST Open DaysFor details of other HKUST events,
remember to check the electronic
noticeboard and World 1月ideWeb pages.
Announcement
• Salaries will be paid on Thursday, 26 September 1996. 月薪﹔︱的2九月二十六日發放。 6 ﹒區置進週起﹒
LG7學生飯堂
“彩
虹
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“n拉！ 唷！ 嘿！啊！ ” －可4 人還未踏進由美心集團經營的 LG7 學 生飯堂 ，一看門口五光十色的霓虹光管，先來 發出陣陣輕輕的驚嘆聲。 “我們是否走錯了地方？” “這是的士高l嗎 γ’ “才不呢！我說活脫是﹔：11i:J.裁機中心。’， “是i商II巴罷 γ’ 經過兩個多月的裝修後，LG7 學生飯堂以 嶄新的面貌迎接新學年。飯堂分為兩部分 自 助餐廳及茶樓，已分自︱︱於上月二十九日及九月 一日開張。 一輪輕嘆後， 登堂入室：左面的廚部以肉 眼的銀色牆紙點綴 3在燈光下 折射出監麗的色彩 ，配以l仗銀 處閃爍的紅綠植台，煞是醒 目 ，右面一支支擎天大柱則襯 以黃藍紅綠粉色牆紙，棍線頓 覺柔和起來。抬頭一里 ， 通往 LG5 的樓梯及牆壁畫滿藍天白 雲 3與窗外的晴朗天空互相映 照 ，稍一低頭 ，連桌子也來競 艷， 盡是彩布的天下 3 中餐廳 的地被更是寸土不讓 ，徹頭徹 尾的彩色。難怪財務學系二年 級學生伍翠群禁不住l嚷道． “彩 虹仙于不凡了！’， 會計學系三年級學生關珮儀很喜歡這道 “彩虹” ： “這裡很超現代3 一點也不死紋，像 一個兒童樂園，又像一家遊戲機中心。” 就像彩虹有不同的顏色 3 教職員也有不同 的意見。有的認為》 飯堂的裝修美則美矣 ，但 看著且每扭 3 有的嫌顏色太濃重， 也有的批評塑 料餐具不夠環保，有的說像土氣的的土高 ，有 的說﹛象車公廟。生物學系任躍英博j三則認為 2 飯堂很像幼兒園。 為了配合科大尖端科技的形象，美心特以 電腦替代傳統的餐牌，以國片說明文字。一字 形整齊排列的電腦會以圖文展示出售的菜式， 你只須先行瀏覽十六台電腦餐牌， 選擇心愛的 食物，然後到該台電腦前自取食物3再到電腦 l坎銀櫃台付款。這種辦法讓大家有更多足部運 動 ，但有人寧愛傳統餐牌的一目︱撩然。 同學對新飯堂者11寄予厚望。計算機工程學 三年級學生鄭偉誠說 “舊飯堂的食物做得很.
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奸謂兵啊，糧草先行 ，說的是戰爭 中後勤工作之重要性。大學裡的科學研 究又何嘗不是如此 P 科大自成立以來 3已取得 了不少科研成果，研究人員自然勞苦功高，但 不可忘記的是 ，在他們的身後默默無閩、辛勤 工作的後援人員間樣功不可沒。 購買及管理化學試劑新政策 科大實驗室事務處就是這樣一個為大學的 科研服務的後勤部門 。他們的工作可謂五花八 門，例如提供實驗用化學試劑的運儲服務 3 安 裝和維修水、電、儀~及各項實驗設施 i 應科 研要求設計和改裝儀器等等。最近，在協理副 校長沈運申教授的椎動下 3他們又提出了一項 關於購買和管理常用化學試劑的新政策，並已 於七月一日起付諸實施。 這項新政策鼓勵各學系的科研人員在購買 室內，不但佔據了實驗室寶貴的空間 ，更增加 了潛在的危險性5有不少實驗室事故便是與危 險化學品的不當存放有闊的 。 化學及危險品組負責人陳奕輝說． “新政 策可以避免實驗室內化學品的大量堆積3既有 利於安全，也有利於危險品的管理，並且集中 購置試劑，數量較多 ，公司也願意以優惠價格 提供給我們。” 配合新政策施行的工作 為了！更新政策能順利實施 ，事務處的工作 人員更是下了大功夫。例如，他們將}fr有庫存 化學試劑的規格和數量都及時地列在電子佈告 化學試劑時，首先向實驗室事務處提出所需試 劑的規格、數量及使用日期等。如有現貨 3 事 務處會以最低廉的價格最快速上﹔如需訂購2 事務處根據所提供的資料，向有關化學品公司 訂購 》並向政府辦理有關危險品的進口手續2 化學品到貨後，事務處便根據其化學性質和危 險類別 3如壓縮氣體、易燃、易爆及毒性等3 分類存放在實驗室事務處的危險品倉庫裡，當 需要時 ，只需撥一個電話， 使由專人盡快挂 ． 新政策可以避免實驗室內化學 品的大量堆積，既有利於安 全，也有利於危險品的管理。 上。 ． 實驗室事務處的服務在全校的 科研中發揮了重要的作用。 處的工作人員為大學的科研 “又做了一件實實 在在的好事”。 新政策的好處 板上 ， 使用者只要從電腦中打開 CHEM STOCK 檔案，便可一目了然i為了適應不斷 增加的需求量 ，他們又在現有二十多個倉庫的 基礎上 ，加建了幾個新倉庫 3 目前正在向香港 政府申請牌照 ，一旦獲批 2 自11 可投入使用。 實驗室事務處的服務範閻涉晨到全校十多 個學系和研究部門 3 在科研中發揮了重要的作 用 。實驗室事務處項目經理李耀輝通過 《同翁。 向校內科研人員 II于籲》希望更多的研究人員與 他們聯緊 ，提出要求和建議3 令他。們的服務更 以往 ，研究人員在麟買化學試劑時， 大多 是各自為政 ， 自行訂購 ，向海外公司訂購化學 試劑 ，一般需花數月甚至一年的時間，故需提 前訂購，買來的試劑一時不用 ，就擱置在實驗 新政策受到了研究人員的廣泛好評。他們 認為新政策既方便了科研3也有利於實驗室的 安全。化學系戴偉民博士則稱讚 3實驗室事務 加完善 。 3 回國1
但司我最近從閱讀得知，笑國皇家化學學會認為，游泳池加氯是 至於用氯消毒過的池水會對健康構成甚麼威脅的問題，大部份 不好的做法。我也得知，我們經常在游泳池聞到的氣味，是來自氯 人都會同意 氣是很有效的消毒劑3相對而吉，其副產品即帶來較 與汗或原結合後產生的軍胺。觀乎此，泳客在進池前沖身是何等重 為他度的威脅也就變得可以接受的了。在大學游泳池3 由於我們主 要。雖然現時泳池已安裝了過道花灑，但大部份人在進池時都沒有 要倚賴臭氧消毒，這種威脅也就更為降低了。 好好地沖身。請問大學泳池用的是甚麼消毒劑？會不會對健康構成 威脅？泳池管理階層如何改善控制水平以確保泳客的健康及安全？ 夸夸 學生事務處與安全及環保處覆： “大學游泳池是按照區城市 政局有關規定而進行消毒的。我們主要用臭氧3輔以少量的氣，以 達致更佳的消毒效果 ， 同時避免可能難闊的氯氣。 因此 z 大家可能 會注意到 ，大學游詠？也沒有一般公共泳池的 z濃烈氣味， ，但卻1確保 了同等水平的消毒效果。安全及環保處的阿事會定期監察泳池的水 質，如發現未符標i箏，便會關閉泳池。 同創 一九九六年九月十八日 游泳池管理人員完全同意 ，為了公涼的健康著恕 ，所有泳客在 進池前必須沖身。為此，我們張貼了醒目的告示 ，提醒泳客要沖 身 ，又在入口處安裝簾幕花灑，救生員也會請沒有走過嚴幕花灑的 泳客重走一遍。 游泳池管理人員與安全及環保處共同監察泳池的水質，以確保 泳客的健康。我們不斷努力謀求進步，歡迎泳客向我們提出意見。” （請將問題傳真至2358 0537或電子郵遞genesis•)7
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男女女的關係。他的眼界遍及人類的感情， “男性的身體裡可以 象 3從兩性關係探索兩性倒錯， 同性戀、異性戀丑男扮女裝等課題。
有很多女性的 sensibility》女性的身體裡也可以容納男性的 sens1仙的。，， 關錦鵬這種對人類感情世界的探討3將在科大付諸實踐。駐校期
擅拍女性電影的本地著名導演關錦鵬，將於九月底至明年三月 》出 間 f 關錦鵬將為京劇 “四小名旦”之
