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students to the University. We also welcome 87 fresh graduates from prestigious academic institutions on the Chinese mainland who are entering UST for postgraduate studies. New too are 25 faculty members who have joined the University, including Prof Samuel Cheung, head of the Division of Humaniti的， and Prof Alvin So, head of the Division of Social Science. Other new developments affecting the academic and extracurricular interests of UST students are described below.
Hall Life
New guidelines for admission to residential halls have been drawn up, emphasizing hall life as an important part of the total education that UST espouses. Thus, all new undergraduates who applied for hall residence in 1998-99 will be admitted for at least one semester. For second and third year students, admissions are limited to about 30% of applications. Student rooms have been designed for double or triple occupancy and are allocated by the Student Housing Office. Eat and Learn
The Student Affairs Office is launching a weekly dinner - similar to High Table dinners in some British universities - to provide opportunities for undergraduates to meet and learn from alumni and o曲。”experiencedpeople in the professions, industry and com-merce. The project, titled Confluence, hopes to enrich hall life by widening students' range of interests, improving their interper-sonal and leader咄ipskills and initiating mature career preparation. Guests at the dinner will be asked to share their experiences in the world of work, career choices and career development.
Meeting the Needs 。f the Marketplace To succeed as an engineer in today’s fast changing world, a good grounding in engineering and training in a relevant field are essential. To this end, the School of Engineering has launched eight new undergraduate degree programs this academic year to prepare students for the demands of the marketplace.
The eight programs are in Chemical and Environmental Engi-neering, C
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1errEngineering, Civil and Environmen-tal Engineering, Computer Science (Information Engineering), Computer Science and Computer Engineering,
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Electronic Engineering (Information and Communication Engineering), Indus-trial Engineering and Engineering Management ( Tran sp or tationLogistics Management), and
Mechanical Engineering (Building Services).
Dr !(haled Ben Letaief, undergraduate studies coordinator of the Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, said:
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Mobile phones, digital communication, computers, the Internet, the World Wide Web and multimedia technology are part of our lives. Graduates of our programs will be well-placed for a host of job opportunities that will expand as fast as the technolog折，Each course offers something different. One that should·appeal to ambitious students is Computer Science and Computer Engineer-ing, equivalent to a double-major program at other universities. It includes all the requirements of a typical computer science degree with additional specialization in certain areas of computer engineering.
Another innovative program is Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management (Transportation Logistics Management). The first of its kind in Hong Kong, the cross-curricular course will train a new generation of
engi-neers and managers in transportation logistics. A Vocational Training Council survey shows the freight transportation and distribution sector employs 36% of the local workforce. It is expected that there will be a shortage of suitably qualified professionals in the coming 10 years.
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The downturn in the Hong Kong economy,
which
is now officially in
recession,
has
meant budget cuts for many corporations and businesses in the territory. At UST,
many offices and departments are under pressure to reduce costs as funding for
activities shrinks. The challenge for management is to provide more services with
less resources. This is the first in a series of articles on how we are coping.
Cost-effectiveness Is the Key
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we are handling the cut in funds’”says Student Affairs director Luke S.K. Wong.
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For example, user convenience was a top priority in facilities management. Now the priority is cost-effectiveness:’
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The Student Affairs Office prides itself on having a flexible staff that can respond quickly to changes in demand. Its current staff struc-ture is based on a matrix incorporating func-tional lines and the more tradifunc-tional operating divisions. The divisions include counselling, physical education, student amenities and activities, and a central administration. Cutting across these divisional lines are four functional groupings: service, management, educational,
... SAO staff seminars: time to exchange ideas. and university and students liaison.
Services range from providing information on job placement and financial help to organ泣ingsports teams and assisting students with disabilities. The office also manages sports and recreational facilities and student halls. It facilitates the organization of student activities and student involvement in campus life as well as putting together programs to enrich career education for students. Surveys are regularly conducted to keep track of the changing characteris-tics of the student population.
“We have established an organizational structure and culture that
rank with the most progressive among student affairs offices in 出eworld;’says Mr Wong.
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Staff are trained to be multi-skilled with emphasis on teamwork instead of sticking to a rigid division oflabor. This leads to greater flexibility in the provision of services to meet increasing student demands:'The office is actively exploring ways to maintain services that may not be strictly essential but are convenient for users, such as long opening hours for booking facilities and maintenance of equip-ment used by students. The office is planning to maintain service through:
some kind of charging system
more efficient use of resources through the introduction of new operating systems and procedures, such as an E filing system that stores documents electronically at source staff training
On other fronts, the office has set up an extensive network in liaison with faculty and students. Mr Wong is very proud of the weeklytw。”hourforums held on a variety of subjects in student halls, and of the weekly informal dinners with executives of student soci-eties, attended by his staff from 7 to 11 pm on a voluntary basis. He also takes part in the weekly staff lunchtime seminars when staff members learn about each other's roles firsthand.
In the belief that more and better can be achieved with less through joint institutional efforts, he works closely with student
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affairs offices in other institutions on a number of new projects, including a joint job placement information system, joint staff train-ing programs and sharing of educational materials for students. He says:“This is only the beginning. Much more can still be done
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• The UST Putonghua Debating Team took second place in debating at the Second Chinese University Students Computer Competition held in Beijing in August. Team member Wong Ying Kit ( COMP, 3) won individual honors as the best debater in the competition. The debates were videotaped for nationwide broadcast on CCTV.
• Fac叫tymembers and students from the Computer Science
Department have successfully developed new courseware to supplement classroom and textbook learning with information technology (IT) tools. The courseware is designed to help Form 4 and 5 students who are prepar-ing for public examination in computer studies. The first of its kind in Hong Kong, the courseware is available on a CD-ROM that will be distributed free to secondary schools, and on the World Wide Web at
http://
www. course ware. ust.hk.
• Prof K. C. Chan, head of the Finance Department and associate dean of SBM, has been appointed an In depend-ent Director of the Hong Kong Futures Exchange Ltd. • Prof Vincent Shen (COMP) has accepted an invitation
from the Commission of Inquiry on the New Airport to advise on the operation of the computer systems at the new airport.
Home Financing Proposed for University Staff
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UGC-institutions are free to make their own arrangements using private or superannuation funds.
funded institutions for which legislative approval will be sought sometime this year.
The new HFS parallels a similar scheme for Civil Service personnel and is the result of years of negotiation with tertiary institutions. Once approved, it will apply uniformly across the eight UGC-funded institutions.
Once approved, the HFS for university staff will be the onl于 hous
ing benefit offered to new employees, replacing entitlement to staff quarters and private tenancy allowance. Serving staff members will have up to three years to exercise an option to join the HFS or retain their existing housing benefits.
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The scheme is subject to approval by Exco and provision of funding by the Legislative Council;’said Mrs Alice Fok, Director of Personnel.“
Until then, it remains a proposal:’Provisions of the HFS are detailed in a fact sheet drawn up by Government and distributed to eligible UST staff on email in early August. Copies of the fact sheet may be obtained from the Person-nel Office.
Salary deduction Allowance (asofl Apri/1998) Under the proposed scheme, university staff who receive a salary
equivalent to or higher than Point 34 of the Master Pay Scale ($45,240 at the April 1997 salary level) are eligible 的 receivea monthly allow ance to be used for reimbursement of (1) mortgage payments on a local residential property at which they resi缸， or(2) rental payments, including rent for university accommodation.
Time limit Allowance reflects marital/family status? Taxable?
The scale of allowance is to be the same as that for members of the Civil Service. The current rates range from $20,340 to $56,310.
The maximum period of entitlement is 10 years (120 months). Accountable? One difference from the HFS implemented for the Civil Service
is that the Government will not make any downpayment loans to assist home purchase by university staff, although individual
ON THE LIGHT SIDE
Summer Vacation
Afterwo帥gat one university or another for most of my adult life, I am getting a little tired of the question people have been asking me for the past 33 summers. Namely, "What are you do-ing on your summer vacation?”I suppose most folks’exposure to university life was limited to their stay as students. Students, being at a stage of their lives when the universe seems to revolve around them, cannot imagine that the university has much of anything to do when they are not around.
Those members of the general popu-lace who did not go to university likely derive their impressions from film docu-mentaries about university life, such as
Animal House. They no doubt feel we
need 出esummer off to recover from the hangover of partying all the rest of the year.
Here in Hong Kong, I have developed
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a rather bad habit in recent years when asked this question. I respond with feigned shock, saying
,“
I don’t knowwhere you got the impression we close down for the summer. Maybe that’s true at Hong Kong U, but we have important work to do all year round:' I know, I know}
it
’
s no longer politically correct to take cheap shots at our sister institutions. But也eopportunity is just too good to resist.
An扔原ay,as far as I can tell, they haven’t
stopped taking cheap shots at us-and the cheaper, the better.
The question does make me think back to all those lost opportunities for summer fun. After all, I was not always chained to an administrative desk. For about 15 years’I toiled as a regular
aca-dem此， teaching physics and doing research. In those days, we even had so-called
“
nine months" contracts, in which we were regarded as“
on duty" for only nine months of the year. The pay for 出isperiod was divided into 24 equal parts, however, and paid twice a month throughout the year. I am sure that both the concept of the nine-months appoint-ment, and the notion that academics are too disorganized to manage their affairs unless their pay is doled out in equal bi-monthly doses, have their roots in the same attitudes that have people asking us what we do in the summer.
Comp a『isonof Housing Benefits
7.5% 7.5% None N/A $19,940-41,110 $20,340-56,310
dt』『ationof se『vice du『ationof service 10years Yes Yes No (allocation
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Taxable income Taxable income Allowance is
inc『easedby inc『easedby fully taxable approx. 2.5% approx. 2.5%
N/A 100%to 『ent 50% to mortgage 『epayment,or 100%to rent
I recall those summers as times of productive work on research, and prepa-ration for the Fall semester’s courses. I was lucky enough to have extra income from a research grant in the summer, but many of my less fortunate colleagues taught in the rather extensive Summer Session we offered. The summers were a nice break from the routine of the regu-lar academic year, but the sun and surf were still pretty much reserved for the weekends.
There is a related question that also sometimes annoys me. It seems that at least half the time when I tell someone that I work at HKUST, the person asks,
“
What do you teach?”The easy way out for me is to just say “Physics﹔’的 thatis almost guaranteed to cause glazed eye-balls and a change of subject. But it is another example of the simplistic view of a university that most members of the public have. Trying to explain to them出atthere is an administration, and that not everyone who works here teaches, is not an easy task. Of course, the need for an administration is a pretty hard sell to the faculty, as well. And I am sure that those academics who leave Hong Kong to do their research elsewhere in the sum-mer also have a hard time believing that we have anything to do when they are not around.
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Learning Leadership Skills
pour 叫rgradua叫dents atU訂的圳均由eirbreath over competition results to be announced next month (October) by the AIA-sponsored Young Leaders Development Program. Awards will be given to the most outstanding team, the team with the best presentation and the team with 出ebest report-writing.
The four -Melissa Fung (ISMT), Derek Lee (CIVL), Emily
Tsang (ACCT) and Poly Yeung (ACCT) -were among 24 finalists chosen from 80 first『yearstudents at Hong Kong法 six
universities to take part in the program and its competitions.
The organizer is the AIA Foundation, a non-profit
organiza-tion set up by the American International Assurance Company
three years ago to extend support to worthwhile charitable
courses.
The six-month program included workshops to develop
leadership skills, outward bound training and an overseas study
tour.
The students came away from the program, now in its second
year, filled with enthusiasm.
“
It is wonderful to be able to get to know so many bright people in different fields;’said Poly.“I
learned a lot from them. Moreover, I have become more mature. I am taking a second look at my attitudes towards life andre-evaluating my goals
.'’
Melissa, too, felt that she had gainedmuch from the program.
“
This has given me the opportunity to make new friends and to learn about team work and leadershipskills. We also learned to work with other people;’she said.
In the last stage of the program, students were asked to write
a report on opportunities and challenges for life insurance development in Hong Kong and China. Winners will receive cash and other prizes.
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Recently ！臼undthat some 心伽inkicampus, including the two on the seventh floor and outside the Economics Department, were removed. However, it seems that these fountains will not be reinstalled. Could I know the reason for the removal? I do think that drinking fountains are very useful to students and sta缸， especially 凶 theseextremely hot days.
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K.L. 叫扣10 ：‘services we are now providing to see w}1ether there is any room t 0
reduce their scope w}1ile not lowering the overall standard. Drinking fountains are one item that we will try to reduce. Before this removal exercis巳 we had 135 drinking fountains installed and we are going to put 54 of them
out of service. This will yield the following savings : 1. Maintenance costs plus the material costs of the
filters and ultraviolet lights
2. Utility costs-water and electricity
3. Labour costs to monitor water quality
The units that have been removed are mainly those from locations where their absence would cause the least inconvenience to most building users.
Most of the units on 1月 havebeen retained. We do understand that some
users might not be too happy with this solution, but during this di 叮icult
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Association of East Asian Research Universities (AEARU) in late Jul）尺 Theseven-day camp, held at UST, featured competitions, groupgames, seminars and company visits. Many students said they joined the camp because they saw it as a good opportunity to get to know
researchers from other universities. Malitha Zeng, 21, from Nanjing
University in China, said,“We learned a lot from each other. We
exchanged information and research ideas.
”
For Sasagu Yokoyama, 21,from Tsukuba University in Japan, the attraction lay in the opportunity
for networking.
“Not only is the camp
a good opportunity to put our abstract knowledge to use in a practical way, it also gives us the chanceto make friends with whom we may cooperate in future;’he said.
A highlight of the camp was a talk on the financial turmoil in Asia
and its impact on business and engineering sectors in the region. Prof
Leonard Cheng (ECON) explained why the turmoil occurred and said
that although different business sectors were affected differently, the resulting credit crunch a能ctedthem all.
Prof Ping-Keung Ko (DENG) added
that Asians over-estimated their
capabilities and went overboard on
confidence.
period we need to reserve resources to operate the most critical systems
and equipment. We do need our colleagues and students to understand
and co operate:'
Q
Ino叫心 name 叩dl呵o of ThClub have been installed in the Atrium. How did it come about?
A
Lorettof t}1e Atrium is a recognition of The Hong Kong Jockey Club' s
generous donations to HKUST. Construction of Ph泌的 Iand II of the
campus was supported by a grant from the Jockey Club of almost $2 billion towards the overall cost of over $3.2 billion.And last year, the Club pledged
$40 million to support part of the construction cost of the University
Annex. Besides buildings, the Club has contributed generously towards our research and educational programs. These donations include a $130 million grant for the establishment of the Biotechnology Research Institute in 1990 and a scholarship scheme to provide full support ( tuition, accom
modation, and living expenses) to two students beginining their first year
and potentially throughout their course of study. The scholarship scheme will start in this academic year.
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E－川a句ourquestions to genesis or fax to 2358-0537.
學界環保先鋒
科大學生在校園耐高環保意識的努力 、 I. 可獲得讚賞。科大兩個學生組織一綠色教 育先鋒及自然學會，在首屆環保會蛻殼大學生 環保活動獎中 3囊括冠軍及季軍兩個獎項。 中 文大學則屈居亞軍及優異獎。 綠色教育先鋒的成員為十二位生物學系本 科生 。他們在今年4月 25 日舉辦環保日營。’ 申 請大學環保活動獎 騁詛屆鼠，但勵計劃的資助，獲
哥哥
三
諱，四
評為環保獎冠軍。 m1 ’,
逾三百名中學生參 加了環保日營 ，當 天活動包括介紹紅 湖、米埔野生動物 保護區及科大環保 研究的講座、再造 紙工作坊、展覽及 辨別校園各種不同 的樹木。 綠色教育先鋒主席張志堅說：“這是我們 第一吹得獎 ，當然很開心，但我們最大的得益 來自學習搞環保活動 3 獲獎是一份鼓勵。” 綠色教育先鋒致力走進社會推廣環保意 識， 自 97年至今 ，他們已到過一百間中學宣揚 環保。 自然學會則以搞親近大自然的活動為 主，這吹獲獎有點意外，但卻鼓勵該會多搞環 保活動。會長方柏基說，“綠色教育先鋒主外， 自然學會主內 ， 今後我們可以聯手合作搞活 動。” 自然學會的參 賽活動是4月 29 日 至 5 月 l 白的環保 週。他們邀請綠色 力量及綠色和平的 代表到校內舉行講 座 ， 在大堂辦展 覽 ，又在本科生宿 舍第一座試驗回收 廢紙。 獲獎同學在七 月中參加由環保署安排的環保訓練，八月中則 到四川成都進行環保交流活動 3 參觀成都的自 然生態保護區及與四川的大學生交流舉辦環保 活動的心得。密鑼緊鼓迎預科生
當進九月 ，正當大家為新學年啊， 忙 得天昏地暗，精疲力竭 3 不少同學和教 職員 ，更加費煞思量 3 絞盡腦汁，為的是把一 年一度的預科同學日搞得多姿多果 ， 有聲有 色。 科大每年都舉辦預科同學日 ，邀請全港中 學的預科生及老師到校園一遍。不少新同學就 是通過這項活動 ，加深對科大的瞭解，進而選 擇成為這個大家庭的一分子。 當新同學舒舒服服坐在演講廳上課時，可 會記起去年的預科同學日 ，他們辛辛苦苦擠進 這裡來聽課程講座呢？雖然大學安排了三十多 個講座，但仍供不應求 3 每一個演講廳都座無 虛席，甚至連通道上也密密麻麻站滿了學生。 講座以外，其他活動也一樣深受學生的歡 迎。參觀校園設施及宿舍的人潮川流不息﹔在 每一項體育及藝術表演中，觀眾掌聲不絕﹔大 堂裡、學術廊內 ，訪客更把展覽攤位擠得水i漫 不過。 GENESIS, 2 September J 998 今年的預科同學日會在 9 月 26 日舉行 3 開 放時間為上午九時至下午六時。 此外，校方 在里日舉辦家長日，自下午一時到五時 ， 開 放校園及安排節目 ， 招待科大學生的家長及 親友， 以答謝他們對大學的支持。 同學們，請於 9 月 27 日 ， 陪家人來科大， 逛一逛攤位，看一看表演 3 去宿舍坐一會 ， 到實驗室參觀一下 ， 進一步認識這昕你們引 以為榮的學府吧！E圈噩噩噩﹒
Campus Calendar
24 SeptSculpturing Time and Space-Yuyu Yang (1926-1997)
Opening Reception: 4:30 pm, Library Gallery
Runs 25 Sept 1998-30 Jan 1999
24 Sept
Four Sides Art Exchange Exhibition
Opening Reception: 4:30 pm, Exposition Hall
Runs 25 Sept-I Nov
25 Sept
Second SBM Charity Annual Dinner
7: 30 pm G/F Chinese restaurant 28 Sept Payday 校園活動 雕塑「東J 「西」的時空一楊英風（1926-1997) 閉幕茶會 9 月 24 日下午四時半 展期 98 年 9 月 25 日至 99 年 1 月 30 日 圖書館畫廊 四遍藝術交流展 開幕子在會 9 月 24 日下午四時半 展期 9 月 25 日至 11 月 1 日 展覽廳 第二屆商學院慈善周年晚宴 9 月 25 日晚上 7 時半 中旦在震 發工資日 9 月 28 日
Home Affairs
• David Peter Lawrence (HUMA) an一
nounces the birth of
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eremy MichaelLaw-rence on 29 June 1998.
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Leung Lai Ping (SEPO) announces thebirth of Lai 叭TingChin on 29 June 1998.
教職員消息
．人文學部羅大綠的兒子Je「emyMichael Lawrence於1998 年 6 月 29 日出生。 ．安全及環保處梁麗屏於1998 年 6 月 29 日誕 下女嬰 a 取名賴穎芋。 跆拳道學會在人月初的正道館艙內賽 中，勇奪七個獎項，三冠兩亞兩季。會 長梁慧雯說，這改成績那麼好 ，與該會 在六月初到韓國董山集訓兩個星期有密 切的關係。是故參賽的隊員中 ，不少還 是新手 ，在加入學會前從未練過跆拳 道。梁慧雯本人則奪女子羽量級冠軍， 是科大獲獎者中唯一的女問學。 5圖姐姐E遇還割 λ坐，其他人跑到外國讀博士的時候 ，郭予 l=Et 光選擇留在香港，在科大修讀計算機 科學哲學博士課程。 郭予光說．“我也知道在本地畢業的博 士生找工作不容易，但讀書是我的興趣，所 以我抱著走一步，看一步的心態。成固可 喜，敗亦無所謂。” 他又說 － “現在回想起來，如果我在外 國唸書，也許會因壓力太大唸不好。不看學 校名氣的話，科大確實是一個鑽研學間的好 地方。” 叫郭予光喜出望外的是 ，他不但在研究 上做出了成績來，更獲美國、新加坡及香港 的大學羅致。他最後選擇在香港大學的電機 及電子工程學系出任助理教授。 郭予光的督導老師、計算機科學系副教 授麥雅達博士的rIshfaq Ahmadl 說﹒ “有些 研究生會擔憂出路的問題，但只要腦筋好 3 只要肯努力，必定有回報。予光便是一個活 生生的例子。’， 郭予光 91 年在香港大學畢業後，在一家 軟件公司工作。 92 年，科大建校不過一年， 郭予光看準這裡環境好設備佳老師充滿幹 勁，報讀哲學碩士課程，埋首學術研究，進 而修讀博士課程。去年畢業後，他參與科大 與美國普渡大學（Pu·r 計劃 3 赴印第安納州做博士後研究。
位科大到單大
他說，獲外國大學垂 青，是多個因素使然：成 績不錯、老師的推薦信、 美國的工作經驗、努力找 工作、還有一點點幸運。 郭予光專攻電腦並行 處理法，研究如何將並行 運算工作分配到多個不同 性質的中央處理器上 3 以 發揮多機或分佈系統最大 的效能。他的研究產量豐 富，至今已發表了六篇學 術論文，又參加了 17 故 國際性學術會議，著文分 享研究心得。麥雅違博士已
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