Media Review (No.34/98)
Prepared by the Public Affairs Office
Media Content Analysis for news clippings received Aug 26-Sep 1 =============================================================== 64 clippings mentioning UST were received, of which 52 were substantive.
Expert Opinion (20)
Services provided by UST (15) Student Activities (9)
UST in General (3) Teaching & Learning (3) Events (2)
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1. Prof K C Chan (FINA) attended RTHK TV's City Forum (30/8) to talk about economic issues in HK. (PAO media liaison)
2. Dr K L Chan (FINA) appeared at RTHK Radio 1's Public Affairs Forum (29/ 8) to talk about HK govt.'s intervention in the local stock market. (PAO media liaison)
3. Dr Francis Lui (ECON) comments on economic problems in HK A total of 15 clippings (28-22/8) was received.
4. HK Economic Jnl. carried 2 articles written by a faculty member of SBM The articles were written by Dr K C Wei (28,24/8).
5. Dean of SBM convenes the HK Experts Group of the Council for Development of Yangtze Economic Region
Six clippings (28-26/8) were received. HK Commercial Daily carried a three-part feature on the project and interviewed Dean of SBM.
6. VP-RD's article : "Technology the key to steering HK into calmer waters" Campus Post (27/8) carried VP-RD's article.
7. Physics Dept. extends a contract with SAE Magnetics
Campus Post (27/8) interviewed Prof Michael Loy and Prof Sheng Ping (PHYS) on this. (PAO press release and media liaison) 8. Four UST activities mentioned in Campus Post's bulletin board column
(27/8) (Information provided by PAO) 9. Orientation camp for UST's new students
Apple Daily (27/8).
10. UST develops an interactive courseware for secondary schools
The press responded favorably to a press briefing hosted by Dr T C Pong (COMP) to introduce the new courseware. A total of 8 clippings (26-21) was received. (PAO media liaison and press release)
11. A UST graduate sentenced for indecently assaulted a young girl Eight papers (26/8) reported this court case.
English
Ming Pao (25/8) mentioned this training program.
13. A summer camp for university students of the Chinese four shores (mainland, HK, Taiwan and Macau) was held on the UST campus
Macau Daily (24/8).
14. Feedback on Dr Changqi Wu (ECON)'s article
Asian Wall St. Jnl. (24/8) carried a letter from HK Electric in response to Dr Wu's earlier article on power consumption in HK. 15. Dr Dekai Wu (COMP)'s translation software project
Asia Computer Weekly (17-23/8). (PAO media liaison) 16. Dr Pascale Fung (EEE)'s SALSA project
Both PC World HK and Computer Today (8/98) also carried stories on this. (PAO media presentation)
17. Online learning at UST
In a feature on online learning, SCMP (23/8) mentioned UST. (PAO media liaison)
18. One activity mentioned in Student Standard (19/8)'s seminars column. (Information provided by PAO)
19. A special pictorial feature on UST
Shijie Zhishi Huabao (a popular mainland magazine) (7/98) carried a two-page feature on UST. (PAO media liaison)
For further details about the items mentioned, a set of news clippings will be available on Tuesday at the Reference Counter of the Library (where items may be photocopied if desired). This review is mainly based on newspaper clippings about UST. All information recorded here is as reported in the original
articles. Names and terms are translated from the Chinese as best we can when official translations are not immediately available. South China Morning Post (SCMP) and Hong Kong Standard (HKS) are English newspapers. Enquiries can be
