Developments and Perspectives
Office of the Pro- Vice-Chancellor
(Administration & Business)
If one separates the Office of the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Admini-stration and Business from the rest of the AB Branch, it really is very small, consisting only of Jan Macpherson and Stella Ip, both of whom have been around since the early days of the "Third University Plan-ning Committee': which started off in the United Centre in 1986. It is more realistic to think of the whole Branch being part of the PVC-AB's Office even though it is organised into six distinct departments.
Reporting directly to the Vice-Chancellor and President, the PVC-AB is a member of the Cabinet and is responsible for planning and coordinating the administration of the University as a whole. To do this he has six Directors heading the main areas of activity, namely General Administration and Committees, Finance, Personnel, Es-tates Management, Admissions, Registration and Records, and Student Affairs.
The PVC-AB is a member of Council and of every one of its Com-mittees and thus provides an element of coordination of Council and Committee work as well.
The focus of attention during the past year has been on setting up and staffing the administrative departments, getting on with the task of developing and codifying rules and procedures, and developing or maintaining a good working relationship with the Academic Affairs Branch, the UPGC, the Jockey Club and the Hong Kong Govern-ment. Much of the Branch's energy has been absorbed by the tasks of securing the necessary levels of budget provision in both capital and recurrent accounts, and increasingly by the furniture and teach-ing equipment procurement effort in coordination with the AA Branch. The new focuses of attention will be student admissions with applications being called for in September, and all the practical problems involved in the move to campus in the middle of next year. The philosophy of the PVC-AB's Office is to work towards provid-ing the best possible support to the academic side of the house within the constraints of available resource~ and reasonable rules for the maintenance of accountability to the University Council and the community.
Computer Classes
The Centre of Computing Services and Telecommunications is launching a number of new network services this month includ-ing, among others, the network file transfer, a PC-based electronic mail, and an elec-tronic bulletin board. A new tree-struot-dkd function menu which integrates all the net-work services together will also replace the curre·nt menu.
Network file transfer enables our users to move files easily between a PC and the net -work server. Also, files can be sent from one user to another via the network instead of physically using diskettes. Electronic mail allows one to send mails over the net-work. It is possible for the users not only to communicate with their fellow colleagues, but also send/receive mail to/from local aca -demic institutions, as well as many aca-demic and research institutions in the world. Electronic bulletin board is a facility for re-trieving public information and for forming discussion groups. Users can look up use-ful information such as training courses offered by our Centre, staff movement, and seminar announcement. Users can also post items such as marriage announce-ment, items for sale, etc., for public viewing.
Ten repeating training sessions on the use of the new network services are sched-uled on the following dates:
July 24,25 and 26 August 9, 10
Morning session : 9:30 - 12:00 (English)
Afternoon session: 2:30 - 5:00 (Cantonese and English) For registration, please contact Mrs. Anna Ho at 302 1476.
July 1990
Staff
Introduction
The Research Centre
MANDYCHAN(L), Personal
Secretary of Prof. Jay Chen, enjoys cycling, travelling, reading and shopping. She came to HKUST from the Marine Police.
LIE-T JING LIM (R),
Execu-tive Otticer, is responsible for Administrative works of the Centre. Her hobbies are swimming .and listening to music. Before she joined HKUST she studied at Ox-ford in an MSc programme.
New staff in the Office of General Administration
(arrival since April,
1990)
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·:·:..-:·:·:(From left to right) Linda Kua, Patrick Leung, Lai-yin Chan and Ng Kam-cheong.
LAI-YIN CHAN, Office Assistant, came to HK UST from Hutchison
Whampoa. His hobbies are swimming and mountaineering.
NG KAM-CHEONG, Chauffeur, enjoys swimming and camping.
He was formerly employed by Hong Kong School of Motoring.
LINDA KUA, Office Assistant, enjoys listening to music, swimming
and reading. Previously she worked for an insurance company.
PA TRICK LEUNG, Clerk, performs general clerical duties. His
hobbies are Snooker, football, squash, hiking, cycling and listening to music. He came to HK UST from T.I.A.C.C. Woo Hon Fai Prevo-cational School.
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Kitty So of the Centre of Computing Services & Telecom-munications got married on June 30. Congratulations!SO
Staff
Movement in June
Welcome Aboard to New Staff!
Department of Mechanical Engineering: Miss Lo Shui-kam, Betty, Personal Secretary II. Computing Services and Telecommunications: Mr Pang Kwok-on, Joseph, Senior Computer Officer; Ms Au Suk-yin, Annie, Computer Otti-cer; Mr Chau Man-bun, Raymond, Computer Officer; Mr So Chi-kin, Assistant Computer Officer. General Administration
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Committees: Ms Linda Kua, Office Assistant; Mr Ng Kam-cheong, Wilfred, Chauffeur II. Library: Dr Terry S. Leung, Assistant Librarian I. Personnel: Mrs Lee Poon Siu-wai, Sylvia, Assistant Secretary; Miss Choi Hau-ching, Dara, Executive Officer II. Public Affairs: Dr Martha Dahlen, Executive Officer I (Writer/Editor-English); Miss Tse Kil-ian, Catherine, Technician (Desktop Publish-ing).Resignation:
Finance: Ms So Lau-ping, Elsa, Stenographer.
Message from the Mail Room
For outgoing mail, please avoid stapling or using clips at the top right hand corner of the envelope. That may damage the franking machine. Thank you for your kind attention.•·' /
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ON THE
LIGHT SIDE
Identity Crisis
July 1990
Now that quite a few overseas academics have arrived, with more to
come, I want to share my experiences of a year ago obtaining a Hong
Kong ID card, since they will soon have to go through the sam.~_.
m:oc-ess. I was a bit apprehensive, since in America we do not have identity
cards. (Actually, that is not quite true, but we call them driver's
licenses. In the US, if you don't drive, you don't really exist in any
meaningful way.) ·
The registration office where one obtains a Hong Kong ID card is* on
Mody Road in Tsimshatsui, a reasonable walk from the office. I
arrived at 8:55 AM on a Saturday morning, five minutes before opening. There was already a long line of people waiting to get in, but
the line moved into the offices rather quickly once the doors opened.
First time applicants for a card were directed to the Reception booth. Only a relatively few of us were in this category, so even though I had been waiting in a line with perhaps 100 people in front of me, I was soon given a small white card bearing the number 9 and told to report to the Camera Room.
Luckily for us first-timers, they call off the numbers in groups of 1 Oby
card colour. The Green and Pink Cards got to go first, but us White
folks went in the very next group. I was out of the Camera Room
(where, as the name suggests, my photograph was taken) by 9:15.
They collected my card, and for the rest of day, I was known as White Card No 9.
I had to see two more people before I was through for the day, and the waits got somewhat longer, but I was out of the Office by 11 AM. Of course, I didn't really have a Hong Kong ID card at this point, just a certificate entitling me to pick one up in about a month. Still, it was less hassle than trying to transfer an automobile ownership back home. By the way, despite the visit to the Camera Room, at the last of these interviews I was asked to provide a recent photograph (visa or passport size). If you find yourself wondering why they take your picture in one place and ask you to provide one in another, you probably haven't had to deal with the bureaucracy (any bureaucracy) very often. In my case, I guess they also wanted a picture on file that looked at least a little bit like me, since the one that came out of the Camera Room - and is now on my ID card - bears a striking resem-blance to Count Dracula instead of to my own classic features.
• Editor's note: The Registration Office has moved to 7 Gloucester Road in Wanchai, Hong Kong.
July 1990
News in Brief
The Research Centre, Departments of Biology and Bio-chemistry, and the Office of Public Affairs organised a reception for the participants of the 3rd biennial Society of Chinese Bioscientists in America (SCBA) Symposium on June 30 at Shatin's Regal Riverside Hotel. Prof. Chih-yung Chien, Prof. Jay Chen, Prof. Jeffrey Wong and Prof. Mu-ming Poo spoke at the reception.
Danny Yung was invited to attend a conference on li tera-ture and arts, "Colloquia on Criticism", sponsored by National Tsinghua University in Taiwan. Yung spoke on "Performing Arts and the Social Imaginary" on July 8.
The combined force of the Public Affairs Office and the Admissions, Registration & Records Office participated in the "Hong Kong & Overseas Education Parade 90" held in the HK Exhibition Centre from July 13 to 16. The double stand allocated to the University was attractively dressed with a series of informative posters. Over 20,000 young people attended the exhibition and details about the Uni-versity were distributed to more than 7,000. The stand was manned throughout the exhibition.
Prof. H.K. Chang has been invited to officiate the Opening Ceremony of the 23rd Joint School Science Exhibition at the HK Exhibition Centre on July 22.
Photos on right: (top) HKUST Reception for SCBA participants. (bottom) HKUST's stand at "Education Parade 90".
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Social Club Update
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Boat Trip:
1) If you have not registered for the boat trip, you may still sign up with Mag of the VC 's Off ice until the end of this month. 2) If you have signed up but have not paid, please kindly do so at your earliest convenience.
3) Places to be visited may include the East Bank of High Island Reservoir, Po Pin Chau and Lo Ke Wan.
4) An optional seafood dinner is being organised for an additional charge of $60/per. Details will be available later.
Tournaments:
The Social Club will sponsor a table tennis tournament on August 3 and a badminton tournament on August 17. Regis
-tration forms will be sent out by the middle of next week. Trophies will be awarded to the winners and the runners-up.
