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rations are well in hand, and Christmas festivities on c訂npushave already kicked off with a recital of Handel’s Messiah in the Atrium on 3 December. The performance, by the Resurrection Choir and the Hong Kong Chamber Orchestra, was just the thing to lift spirits in the build up to the holidays.But if you
’
re still struggling to get into the party mood, how about some traditional decorations around the campus? EMO has set up a Chrishnas tree to brighten up the gloom at the top of the escalators near the academic concourse. Poinsettias to adorn the piazza and fairy lights on the ficus trees in the Atrium certainly add to the festive spir址．So, orice we are all in the party mood, with the hard work of exams, essays and assignments nearly
over for this semest巴rat least, what will be on offer in the way of entertainment?
As usuat many departments and administrative o丘iceswill be organizing their ciwn celebrations. The biggest of these is likely to be EMO’s lunchtime ’Fun Day
’
on 21 December, with many of EM。這 300-plusstaff taking part. With a trophy at stak巴， thecompetition in the tug-of-war and the tele:match games will be fierce.For many smaller departments, lunchtime parties with food, games, and lucky draws will be the main celebration.
But there is a party that is open to every member of staff, and their families- the Social Club
’
s Chrishnas Party on Friday, 21 De-cember. "The Social Club Chrishnas Party has become one of our University traditions over the past few years’but this is the first year we've been able to hold it on campus," says Kin Lai Lam (EMO), chairman of the Social Club. A Western and Chinese-style buffet in the ground-floor sta丘 restaurant w山 befollowed by party games, karaoke, and lucky draws.Details of how to obtain tickets are posted on the Electronic Notice Board.
HKUST
’
s students are certainly not going to be left out of the festivities. On the last night of the semeste1~ 21 Decembe1~ the Eco-nomics Students’
Society has org位吐zeda Chris出msParty Cruisearound Hong Kong Island. On the same night, the Mathematics Stu-dents’Society will hold a Chris出1as Ball.
The Dance Society is putting on a joint Chrishnas Ball at the Telford Garden Sport World Complex on Christmas Day and being guest per-formers on 26 December at Danser de Joie at the s位nevenue, organized by the Mechanical Engineering Stu-dents
’
Association, the Management Students’
Association and two shi-dent associations from CityU and PolyU.M
icrosoft
’
s Bill Gates to Talk at HKUST
B ill Gates, the fouworld's ］叮gest produc巴rof computer sofh<'at'巴
,
Microsoft, will speak at HKUST on his compa-ny’s role in education and plans for the Asian market on 15 December at 2:30 p.m. at the S.H.
Ho Sports Hall.
After the speech, the man Fortu11e magazine has called the world
’
s richest will meet with the university vice chancellors and presidents.Due to the limited sea也可 ofthe S. H. Ho Sports Hall and in the interest of fairness, each of Hong Kong’s tertiary institutions has been apportioned tickets for studen帖， facultyand ad-minis仕ators.A group of Form 7 students has also been invited.
The campus committee organizing Mr. Gates' visit will distribute the 25 tickets avail able to staff. The HKUST Students’Union is re
sponsible for distribut-ing the 100 tickets for students.
All other students and staff 缸Einvited to hear Mr. Gates’talk in Lecture Theatres A, B 缸1dC, where video link-ups will o丘ers油mlt紅海－ ous viewing.
’,Bill Gates started
lusb的inesswhen he was still at school. I 也ink students would like to know his business s廿at egy and !us keys to success," says Henry Hui, one of the students on the organizing commit-tee.’,I would also like to know how he is going to deal with intellechial copyr地htproblems in the world, especially in China.’,
This is Mr. Gates' first official visit to Hong Kong. On 14 December, he will discuss some of Microsoft’s latest de velopments 也1doutline his view on ’可stemsStrategy and Vision for the Road Ahead" with 3,000 business and IT people at the Hong Kong Converν tion and Exhibition Centre.
HKUST is incorporating Win-dows 吭， Microsoft’snewest opera t凶g system, into its computer network,
making HKUST the largest Windows 95 site in Hong Kong.
During !us two-day visit, Mr. Gates will also address a gala Asia Society function and launch his new book, T/Je Road A/Jead. Proceeds from his visit will be donated to selected Hong Kong muversities.
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Oscar-winning Animator to
Speak
lifeblood of the awesomedino-saurs in the 1993 blockbuster film
Jurassic Pnrk.
Students will have a chance to learn more about this exciting 自eldfrom world-renowned direc-tor and.animator John Lasseter.
He will give a seminar on
℃reating Memorable Characters
with Computers’,on We出esday, 13 December at 3 pm 趴 Lecture
Thea甘EA.
In 1988, Mr. Lasseter won
anAcad-emyAw缸·dfor best animated short
film
for Tin Toy, the first computer-animated film to win an Oscar. Walt Disney Pic-tures is producing his latest film, Toy Sta旬， whichis the first film to be totally animated by computer. It will be 時， leased in Hong Kong over the ChineseNew Year.
“
Computers are not getting rid ofthe human element in film-making,’,
says Dr. Avi Nain1曲， anassistant pro-fessor of computer science.’,Com put-ers provide us with the tools to take us
where we haven
’
t been before. Thecomputer can give life-like flair to
irn-ages, but you still need human input to
1'1:£:°于 1.
Corned，旬nTimAl/en 伊es 棚rthe Toy Story sc.即twith di，時ctor
品hnLasseter.
create the character."
At HKUST, computer science stu -dents can explore the power of today
’
ssoftware. In the Graphics and Music
Experimentation Room (GAME) in the
Computer Science Department, they have access to the same software used to animate Jurassic Pnrk
’
s dinosaurs. Re-sear℃h in the GAME Room aims toad-vance the state-of-the-art in h·aditional
computer
.graphics, scientific
visu叫iza tion, image-quality evaluation and computer music.’,We created the GAME room in response to Hong Kong
’
s very real need for competent computergraph-ics programmers and animators,'’says Dr. Naiman, co-director of the fac山ty.
Man and Nature Inspire Artist
.A
classical h·aining in Chinese lit-erature, p也n也宅， andca血graphyisirn-mediately evident in the work of
American-based artist Hon Ching Le巴，
which will be featured in an exhibition
in the Exposition Hall A1mex from 4 to 10 December.
Mr. Lee has studied, worked and
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21 a
exhibited in Europe, Japan, ChiI
and 趴roughout th巴 U.S.since leav-ing Hong Kong over 35 years ago.
But his work is st山 fir‘r
his e缸lystudies under such prom i - nentar‘tists as Luis Chan, M. T. Kan and L. S. Wong.
On show at the exhibition will be photographs of sculphue and original pr扭扭， includingetchings,
lithographs, relief prints and
monoprints. Viewers will sense the themes of man and nah1re that per-meate the artist
’
s work.Visitors to the Exposition Hall proper will also catch the
conclud-ing days of an exhibition by the Young Artists Association. Featuring
installation and mixed-media works by 12 local artists, the exhibition, entitled
Pre '97 Special Arts Zo1惚， willalso run
until 10 December.
Both e沿世bitionsare free of charge. Opening times 缸e1 -5 pm, Tue -Fri,
lOam“ 6 pm, Sat & Sun.
Staff and Students to
Select
Caterer for LG5 and LG7
S taff and 伽tents werer它centlysun吋ed 伽叫1e
food, services and prices tl1ey would like to see at tl1e
LGS and LG7 outlets.
This all-campus questionnaire was drawn up by the working group ch缸，gedwith selec也1ga caterer for
the LGS and LG7 student canteens. The group, com-prised of seven staff members and folU' students, will
use the results to help determine tl1e future clitection of services.
Cafe de Coral is fue present caterer. Its 自ve-year
conh·act ends 30 June 1996. The tender exercise for the new con加ct 恥吐11open in January wifu advertisements
in the local press, and close in March. This gives the University suf自cienttime to prepare for a new conh·act.
The ，九＇orkinggroup, whim was appointed by tl1e VP-AB, is ultimately responsible for assessing tl1e bids and recommending a ne~你caterer. It is taking its respon-sib山tyvery seriously.
In order to make an informed decision, the group
Students voice their op仰的nson campus food. has visited student and staff canteens at Chinese and
City Universities as well as catering outlets at a typical
new town housing estate.
"The purpose of tl1ese吋sitsis not to explore which
is a suitable catere1/' says group secretary 恥1rs.Bonnie
L. S. Cheng (SAO).’,I have learned a lot from tl1ese v區－ its. I used to look at catering from a cons山ner’s perspec-tive only. But the operator
’
s management skills,de位白ness,organization 也1dabili句Fto respond to new
suggestions are key 切趴Eprovision of a good catering service.’,
Doris To Yuen Yee is a student member of the
work-ing group who has learned that the standards of the HKUST operation compare favorably to fuose elsewhere.
’,HKUST provides tl1e caterer witl1 a large space,
組－conditioning,adequate water supply, equipment and storeroom，＂如包， Tosays, adding’’,At CU, fuere is no proper place to store drinking glasses."
Students actively sh位·ed their views on LGS 也.1d
LG7 services at a student fo1urn on catering organized by Ms. To on 23 November. Most comp！祖祖dabout the quality of food presently on o丘er.Chemical engineering
student Tsui Chi Ketmg shared the results of his own survey. From fue 100 or so questionnaires he has col-lected to date, most students would prefer a greater cl1oice of foods, like Japanese, 111位 orVietnamese. Mr.
Tsui suggested turning LGS and LG7 泊tqa food plaza.
Ms. To echoed SAO Director Luke Wong
’
swelcome of all suggestions, but she pointed out tl1e constraint of only one kitchen for ilie two c祖1teens.r e1 rl•l lh'l tlll d: I :II .，~，，，，』 I~
What have you found difficult
about 時，turning
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o
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g Kong?
Dr. l<evin LEE, BIOL
came 3~ months ago from the U.K.
’,While I feel q叫teat home ahead其 thereare some swprising
’,It has also been very hard for me to let my 14-year-old
daugh-ter go back I hadn
’
t anticipated the pr由lemsthat she encountered, looking Chinese but not spe也ingthe language. She had a hard 出1eadjusting so she’s back in the States now.’,
aspects to 山ein Hong Kong. Because of the business culture and the population density that you are aware of before arriving, you have the expectation of a very hectic pace of life. But I find the physical pa♀e q凶teslow and I find a lot of bureaucracy here. People have a very
cautious approach to things and I
’
m吋us出gto that.
Dr. Marl< DEFOND, ACCT came 5 months ago from the U.S.
'1t'sfunn
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r, the things that seemed so sc位ybefore the fact-coming to aα4仙re 也atwas
totally unfamiliai; wonder切gif my wife and
sons would like it, settling 趴 professionally 祉Ithese fears were completely tmfmmded.
We'retak趴g Mand訂mclasses, we want to do some h·aveling and we're lo吋ngit!
勻，vefound teaching rewarding but quite difficult. One problem is that it is h組·d to gauge the students' scientific background, what they aheady know. And then th凹的 the
language problem. A lot of time I find that key words are not
under-stood. As a res叫t,I have, on occasion, waffled on for 20 minutes without realising the students are totally lost.’,
’,But things we found out after the fact have
proved d且α，tlt.Like the weather I didn't think the weather would be a big deal, but it w的 akiller. And missing farnil于 Beforewecaine,I 也ought no big deal, but that's been more di血cultthan I expected.’,
Dr. Angelina C. C. YEE, HUMA
returned 10 months ago from U.S., away for over 20 years Dr. Roger S. I<. CHENG, ELEC
’,I’ve been swprised by how conse1vative people still are. I
ex-pected Hong Kong to be much more like the U.S., but it is more con-se1vative in many ways, especially attitudes towards women, towards
returned 2.J,已 monthsago from the U.S且， awayfor 12 years
’,The weather was q叫te di血cultto start
with, because we arrived at the end of Au-gust. My wife knew it was going tQ be hot and hwnid, but nothing could prepare her for it-I think you have _to experience the hwnidity to really get as巴nseof what it
’
slike.social needs and towards dissenting voices.
Hong Kong has also become very
crowded and it’sdi的cultto find space, space to feel or to think, to individuate. I like feel”
ing accepted 血unediatel多 feelingthat
peo-ple 紅enot looking at me as a s仕angerfor once, but on the other hand I do feel that you
need some sort of detachment to be a good
social or cultural critic.
Another thing we notice is the rudeness of A圍蝠Em[ ::,....
people. When my wife takes ow· sons out d三盡軍區B!!l'L」E
with the stroller, people in the U.S. would always hold doors open for you, but here only a few people do. But things 缸ebetter than before, at least people queue for the bus now!’,
Not Availabl
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in Any
Stor
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ON THE LIGHT SIDE
Ihavenotm伽n叫of
a secret of my shame-ful habit of watching television. Indeed, given thequ祉ityof programn油1gin Hong Kong it is ahabit that can hardly be a source of pride. To make a bad situation worse, the local TV scene
has been invaded in the past ye叮叮趴robylong shrill commercials,advertising items that you can buy by phoning operators who ar腎、tandingby" wai出gfor your calls. To encourage the viewer
to phone in, these products 訂ealleged to be
una-vailable in any store. In my vie1悅 thisis their one great virtue, since I am not about to figure out which number to call and whose E叮rencyI
an1 supposed to be using to pay with. GENESIS, 6 Dec 1995
Alas, along with their other advertising cl剋ms，也isone proved to be false. I was shop
-ping for something else in a Watso的 recent泓
and there w且sa whole display of products’,JUSt
as advertised on TV." Having been lulled into a 削sesense of sec山ity,Iwas not prep缸吋 forth妞， and s以 htmdredhours of exposure to the h缸，d sell kicked in:
I am now the owner of two,tubs of a stain
remover that, on TV, seems to work like magic.
But I guess it W筋 themagic of special effects,
When I tried it on a co征ees凶non our rug, it did
a f到rjob of clearling up 血ebackground around
the stain so that it shows up better. Otherwise, it
seems to be a bit less effective than club soda. I
also got a kit that claims to produce whiter teeth in 20 rni111.1tes. The instructions say to repeat the
20 minute application three 也nesevery night for
S以 weeks,being careful not to get it on your
gunis. Then do the same for your lower teeth. I
have no pl紅isto do any of th函， buthave propped
趴epackage under the bathroom mirror to 凹，
mind me of my folly.
And then there is the Pillow from Hell. I
don
’
tknowwhyl W副1tedone, s趴ceit promisedto cure backaches that I didn't have. At least not tmtil I started using this p山ow.I was pretty
per-sistent, since I wanted something good to come
of my moment of weakness at Watson’s. I was sure I would eventually get used to i七 and any-way those lower back p但nsI had in the mom ing could have been caused by any出ng. In the ads, one fellow claimed he took his special pι
low with llin1 everywhere he went. But when I took a 仕iprecently, I decided 出atbringing the
p山owalong was beyond the call of duty.
Be-sides, I needed room for shirts and w1de1wear and the like. Lo and behold, a single night of sleepingwi甘1a normal pillow and my backache
disappeared.
Well, the ads con出ueon the tu快， andI wonder sometimes what disaster would have
struck had I bought something really dangerous like a slicer or a set of knives. One thing I have learned about the bene自tspromised for these
products. 甘1eyare not axailable in any store.
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Love,
Peace and a Lot of Heavy Rock Mus
i
c
Let's Dance!
I-I
ey man! Want to getdown to the latest indie
grooves and hard rock?
Then check out the Phase
III lawn area on Sunday, 10
December, when the Love
and Peace Festival, one of the most exciting
band-show extravaganzas ever to hit Hong Kong, will
ex-plode into students'
con-sciousness and hit the airwaves.
Commercial Radio 2
(CR2), the main movers and
sponsors behind the event, will als_o
broad-cast highlights from the concert the following week.
How did HKUST come to be hosting such
an event? According to Robin Szeto,
Presi-dent of the Band Society, they first got
in-volved this summer when CR2 let the eight local tertiary institutions in on their plans for a big, student-only bandshow.
"We all thought this was a good thing
"Part of the reason why
we were succe'ssful in
get-ting this was because of the prompt action of SAO. I got the proposal to the SAO and they said 'Okay, let's do it' and the CU guys were still
waiting· for their universi!
ty' s reaction. SAO have been very supportive from the be-ginning."
Although CR2 have done the bulk of the organ-izing, the Band Society have
had their work cut out·with
the internal organization, liaising between CR2 and the University, getting University approval and coordinating with the
other institutes.
The mini stage will feature more "cutting edge" performers and drama. Talks by groups such as Amnesty International, Green Power and Aids Concern will expand the love and
peace theme. Bands from all eight of the tertiary
institutions will also be strutting their stuff,
in-cluding HKUST' s hom~-grown talents, ERA and
Origin.
In the workshops, students can have a go at playing instruments with professionals or just chill out in the cyber cafe.
"In terms of the number of people, this will not be the biggest event of its kind in Hong
Kong. But in terms of the variety and the
interactivity and the technology, I guess this is the most exciting event that I've ever been in-volved in organizing," says Mr. Wong.
T
he
lunch time crowd was inspired tomove to the groove during the final
perform-ance on 9 November of "Mass Dperform-ance '95", a
joint-school effort involving more than 100
students from the dance societies ofHKUST, Baptist, Chinese, City and Polytechnic
Uni-versities.
HKUST Dance Society and a coordinator of
Mass Dance '95.
HKUST dancers performed two origi-nal routines they had been rehearsing since August. Freshmen danced a jazz number
entitled "Scream", and the Dance Society's
First Dancing Team debuted a hip-hop piece called "It's All Good".
' because there is seldom such a big
organiza-tion in Hong Kong supporting this kind of
activity. All the guys wanted to le_t it happen
in their university, but after about a week I think only three of us offered to hold this
show and our main competitor was CUHK. We got it!
On the day, the main stage will feature Anthony Wong, Tats Lau, William So Wing Hong, COBRA, Anodize, Black and Blue, Zen, and many others. But, according to CR2 DJ Wong Chi Chung, the show will be distinctive because of the more experimental activi-ties taking place on the mini
stage and the workshop
booths. HKUST's ERA will perform at the Love and Peace Festival.
"Each university dance society has one to two representatives to form an executive committee for this program, which aimed to promote dance among university students,"
says Alex Lee, the external secretary of the
The dance societies are also organizing a joint Christmas Ball and a Dance lnterflow
Camp. (See the UST Calendar on p. 6 for
details.)
Employers Rate HKUST Grads
'
Wo.rk
Performance
W hat are the strengths and weaknesses of
HKUST graduates in the world of work? To find out,
the Careers Centre asked employers of 1994
gradu-ates to score the new recruits' performance. The
companies, which include auditing firms, secondary
schools and mass media groups, employ 74 former
students. In commenting on HKUST graduates,
com-panies said they are: "industrious and keen to work";
"lively and energetic"; and worthy of "priority of
application".
At the same time, the companies had some criti-cisms to offer, including: "practical experience and
related knowledge are insufficient"; "cannot foresee
their future linking with career shift to China
-reluctant to work under China's environment"; "Eng-lish proficiency is poor".
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Outstanding Service Awards Recognize Students
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Dedication
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o you know students. who devote their spare time toserving their fellow students or the community?, Do you think
they deserve some recognition for all their hard work? Then why not nominate them for an Outstanding Service Award?
This year, 20 Outstanding Service Awards of $5,000 each
will be made by the Committee on Outstanding Service Awards, with funding through the Innova-tions Fund.
According to HKUST alumnus Roger Yu, a
winner of the award in·1994, the idea behind the
awards is to encourage students to participate in
community service activities. "The awards can
also act as some kind of reward for students and show them that what they have done in the past is right," explains Roger.
As 1995-1996 chairman of the Hong Kong Outstanding Tertiary Students' Services Association (HKOTSSA), formed by recipients of the award, Roger will be sitting on one of two
five-member selection panels that will sift through applications and
interview short-listed candidates early next year.
. "The awards are made on the basis of the student's
per-formance in academic work, service to the community and
GENESIS, 6 Dec 1995 GENESIS, 6 Dec 1995
volunteer background in school and university," says Roger.
"They have to be dedicated to serving the community and other
people."
Other criteria for the award include proven leadership and
organizational abilities and active participation in
extra-curricu-lar activities. Sounds like a pretty tall order. But
organizers are confident that there are 20
full-time undergraduate students among the eight
local tertiary institutions who will fulfill all these criteria.
Idy Lai (SAO), secretary of the selection
com-mittee for the awards, emphasized that the award.
isn't only about service to the outside
commu-nity. "It can also mean service to the student
community, so leaders of student societies can also apply," she
says.
As well as receiving the award money, all award winners will be invited to join HKOTSSA, and "help with its mission to
help the needy in the community," says Miss Lai.
There's still time to submit an application-but hurry,
nomi-nation forms, available from Miss Lai at SAO, must be returned to SAO by 9 December.
Q
What University insurancecov-erage is available for students?
A
Norman Ngai (DF): "All HKUSTstudents are covered under a policy (Stu-dent Group Personal Acci(Stu-dent) for per-sonal accident arising from participation in or attendance at any course or activity organized, or supervised, or sponsored by the Universij:y. The maximum benefit
for each student for each incident is
$25,000. The insurance premium is borne by the University.
"To supplement the 'Student
Group Personal Accident Policy', the Finance Office has been working with an insurance company to provide a set
of optional insurance plans at privileged
rates to be paid by those students who
would like additional coverage. The plans include a choice of maximum
benefits of $250,000, $500,000 and
$1,000,000 with or without hospital cash
benefit. A cover for a maximum benefit
of $250,000 without hospital cash
ben-efit costs an annual premiumof$83. The
cover is 24-hour and worldwide. It is
expected that the plans will be launched in early 1996.
"In addition, the University has
taken up an insurance policy to cover its
legal liability for damages in respect of accidental bodily injury, (including death) to a third party, which includes
students, and accidental property dam-ages to a third party happening in con-nection with or arising from operation
of the University's business and where
the University is found in law to be negligent."
Q
I love to go fishing down at thewaterfront by the swimming pool at
HKUST. I have a question that I hope
somebody can answer: Are the fish that I catch within the UST waterfront safe to eat?
A
Dr. Joseph Kwan (DSEPO): "Weare not sure if anyone has actually
analyzed the fish caught near our
cam-pus to determine if they are suitable for
consumption. However, HKUST is
lo-cated.in the Porter Clove Water Quality·
Control Zone. According to the Environ-mental Protection Department, Porter
Clove enjoys much better water quality
than some other control zones. Monthly seawater quality monitoring performed by SEPO also indicates all parameters to be within regulatory standards. Besides,
there is fish-farming in nearby areas."
E-mnil your q11estio11s to genesis or fnx them to 2358 0537.
UST Calendar
22 November - 10 December 1995Pre '97 Special Arts Zone University Exposition Hall
4-10 December 1995 Recent Works of Lee Hon Ching
University Exposition Hall Foyer
11 December 1995, 2:30 to 5 pm Colloquium on Information Science:
A HKUST Library Series No. 2 Lecture Theatre F 21 December 1995, 6:30 to 9:30 pm
Social Club Christmas Party
G/F Staff Restaurant
(Please p山·chasetickets by 9 December)
21 December 1995
Mathematics Students’Society Ch 『istmasBall
21 December 1995, 7:30 to 11:30 pm Economics Students’Society Christmas Cruise Party
25 December 1995, 7 pm Dance Society Joint Christmas Ball
Telford Garden Sports World Complex 26 December 1995, 7:3日 pm Joint University Christmas Ball
Telford Garden Sports World Complex 26 28 J剖1Uary1996
Dance Society Joint lnterflow Camp
28 29 January 1996, 5 pm SAO/BSU Charity Concert
Atnum
29 January -2 February 1996
SAO/BSU Charity Sale
Academic Concourse
科大活動－覽表
十一月二十三日至十三月十日 前九t畫畫街特區 科大展覽廳 十二月四日至十日 利漢績作品履 科大展覽廳前廊 十二月十一日下午二時半至五時 科大圖書館第二屆信息科學研討會 梁日盛講堂（LTF) 十二月二十一日下午六時半至九時半 康體會聖誕聯歡會 教職員餐廳 （請於十二月九日前PJl票） 十二月二十一日 數學系學生會聖誕舞會 十二月二十一日晚上七時半至十一時半 經濟學系學生會聖誕遊船聯歡會 十二月二十五日晚上七時 舞蹈學會聯校聖誕舞會 九龍灣德福滾軸溜冰場 十二月二十六日晚上七時半 聯校聖誕舞會 九龍灣德福滾軸溜冰場 一九九六年月二十六至二十八日 舞蹈學會聯校交流嘗 一九九六年一月二十八至二十九日 學生事務處及商學院學生會合辦第款音樂會 大堂 一九九六年一月二十九日至二月二日 學生事務處及商學院學生會合辦義責 學術廊Announcements
Salary pay dates are: 21 D巴cember1995 and 29Janu缸y1996 月薪將於九五年卡二月二十一日及九六年一月二十九 日發放。 E圓圈藍望﹔通富起圓圓
工作小組為“食”奔走
云~進大學啦？大部份人
的首要關
注多
是那裡的東西好不好吃，貴不貴，衛不衛生等 等，但對新成立的LGS及LG7學生飯堂膳食承 辦商遴選工作小姐來說，飯堂卻不僅僅是一個 吃的地方 3 內裡原來大有文章。 由於大學與負責提供LGS及LG7學生飯堂 服務的大家樂集團的合約將於明年六月三十日 屆桶，大學讀於明年初刊登廣告招標，副校長 （行政及總務）遂成立一個LGS及LG7學生飯 堂膳食承辦商遴選工作小姐，就推薦 LGS 及 LG7學生飯堂膳食承辦商事宜向其提供意見。 該小組有成員十一人，主席為學生事務處 處長黃兆光，成員包括四名學生代表、三位職 員代表、校園服務處及採麟處的同事。 雖然現時距決定性的工作階段一一向校方 推薦新的膳食承辦商一一尚有一段時間，但小 姐已積極展開工作 3 巡迴參觀其他大學及大型 公共屋苑的食肆，以了解年青人的膳食和消費 模式取向 》並探討各院校及機構在膳食管理方 面遇到的問題。 為了諮詢問學對改善LGS及LG7學生飯堂 膳食服務的意見，學生會在十一月二十三日舉 辦了一個膳食論壇。發吉的同學多認為現時兩 所飯堂提供的膳食服務仍需極大的改善。 工作小組歡迎大家就學生飯堂的事宜踴躍 發表意見。現時，工作小組正在校園展開一項 問卷調查， 了解同學及大學教職員的消費模 式2他們對食物及服務的喜好、要求以及消費 意願等。 大學與大家樂的合約原於明年九月屆滿， 但大學與大家樂商討後，雙方均同意將限期推 前至六月底，讓新合約的承辦商可趁暑期的空 檔早作充足的準備。招標廣告將於一月份刊 登，五月截標。部門改組加強服務
自十一月九日起
，
大學鵬及委員會事務
處（GAC)將改組為顧問委員會、校董會及教務委 員會秘書處（CCSS）。 而原來由大學縮級委員會事務處負責的行 政工作》包括﹒郵.j巨白服務、文具添置、校車及租 用大學車輛等，將由校園服務處（CSO）接管。 副校長（行政及總務）執行助理黃陳靄玲表 示 ，是次改組，是為了更有效地分配工作 3 集中 資源，改善服務。 她解釋謂，大學總務及委員會事務處現時既 為大學法定組織服務，也處理郵遞及校車等事 宜，工作的分界並不清晰，另一方面3 隨著大學 SOUVENIR ｛~費，自 INFORMATION SHOP \l閉lfJJJ CENTREChristmas
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Draw!
聖誕幸運抽獎
1st Prize: University Ring Worth $1,500 2nd Prize: $200 gift coupon
3rd Prize: $100 gift coupon
How to Enter: A lucky-draw coupon for every $50 spent
Deadline: Noon 21 Dec. 1995 (Note Change)
凡在十二月二十一目中午前（新截止日期）購 物滿五十元以上者，均可參加幸運抽獎。抽獎 將於當日下午一時半舉行。頭獎獲贈價值 $1,500元名貴科大寶石介子一隻、二獎及三獎 均獲科大紀念品店現金購物禮券乙張。 顧問委員會的成立 3 以及大學的不斷發展，實有 需要設立一個專賣的部門，為法定？且織提供全面 的服務，以確保法定組織及其附屬委員會能順利 運作。 她又謂 3 在重新劃分工作安排後，校閻服務 處的職責將更為集中為大學提供全面的服務。 在改組後 3 原大學總務及委員會事務處署理 處長黃美玲會署理簡干翩起書處的處長一職，而校 園服務處經理的職位，則升格為校園服務處處 長，由原經理張蔡麗芬署:fJll.該職。 兩個部門的聯絡人及聯絡電話維持不變 3 而 電子郵遞地址稍後將作更改，屆時另行通知。 ~ Ma nag的gEditor Paulette Flahavin
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