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to 19 July.
Science Summer Camp
The Biology, Chemistry and Physics Depart
-ments have organized summer camps over the last few}rears. However, the Biochemistry and Mathematics Departments have been less
active in this respect. So the Science School Students' Association decided to organize a Science Summer Camp encompassing all five departments of the School.
The Science Summer Camp Organizing
Committee was formed by representatives from each departmental student society. Or
ganizing Committee Chairman, second-year Physics student Lui Kwan-Lun, said,“Our Committee, which is responsible for running the Camp, has 14 members. In addition, we have 34 students serving as team leaders尸
The theme of the Summer Camp is
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sci -ence popularization'.' Lui said, "The theme is• Orientation for the Engineering Camp quite abstract and represents a goal which is
not easy to achieve. Our primary aim is to arouse participants
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interest in science subjectsand encourage them to consider pursuing a science program at college.’,
The Committee sent invitation letters to all secondary schools in Hong Kong and asked each of them to nominate four students to join the Camp. Response was overwhelr扑
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t-est model of PCs m 出eir hall room. Hands-on workshops on Internet tools and software were also provided.
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• Active participation in group games ing and applications from more than 100 schools were received. They finally selected
200 participants at random.
Lui stated that’的 thiswas the first time they had organized such a large camp, they
did not have the benefit of any previous
experience. In addition, since the Camp was organized by a student society, the resources
were lin1ited. He said,“Our budget was small. We had to rely on fees collected from p位ticip也1ts
and sponsorship offered by the Office ofUniver
sity Development 也1dPublic Affairs:' The Summer Camp turned out to be a great success. Lui was happy to see that the participants took part in every activity, particularly the group games. They followed出erules and played fa凶手
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Many participants told us出ey made many friends in the Camp and they got a good taste of campus life;' said Lui.Engineering Summer Camp
The objective of th 叫ear's En-gineering Summer Camp was to offer Form 6 participants an opportunity to experience the won-der of information technology on HKUST's
highly computerized campus.
The Engineering School received some 520 applications and 138 participants were selected. During their stay at HKUST, they competed for IT excellence in a design project. To win the contest, they had to surf the World Wide Web for clues, and produce a one-minute video on“love”,“competitions in life”
Other Camps
Besides these two camps, the Physics Depart
-ment organized a new Summer School from 5 to9 J凶手Forty-fivetop students received le
c-tures from professors of that Department. Topics included astronomy, cosmology, chance and probab山tytheory, Chinese Nobel laureates, quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, local research, special relativity
and wave theory.
Meanwhile from 25 to 31 Jul}.r, some 40 students from the Chinese Mainland, Taiwan, Japan and Korea came to HKUST for the
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'AEARU Student Camp”,whose theme was centered on the development of IT in the newmillennium.
Between 6 and 9 August, the Center for the Arts w山 organizethe
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Black Box Camp-Art and Technology Camp 1999’,.About 100 Form 4 to Form 7 students and 30 teachers will together to examine the relationship be-tween technology and the arts.
Research Funding Competitions .. ... .. ... 2 A Letter from VP RD ...……... 2 [hemical Exchange Prog『am... .. ... 3 Internship Oppo『！unities ... 3 Facelift fo「 ARR..刊，...”，... 4 Learning English in High Gea『... .. ... 4 New Council Membe『s... ... ... 4
HKUST Wins Bi~ in
Research Funding Competitions
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n this year沾 comp叫iti 叩cal ter tiar}r institutions for Research Grants Council (RGC) Competitive Earmarked Research Grants, The Hong
Kong University of Science and
Technology has once again achieved the highest success rate of 57%. The University submitted 242 proposals, among which 138 proposals successfully
received RGC funding. This is way above the average success rate (39%) among all local institutions, calculated on the basis of 578 successful proposals among a grand total of 1,496 submitted.
This year, the RGC awarded a total of HK$325 million, of which 24% (HK$76.6 million) was given to HKUST.
This HK$76.6 million represents 33 句也
of the total amount HK UST applied for (HK$235.2 million).
On top of our success in RGC's Com-petitive Earmarked Research Grants, the University also received HK$66 million for 10 research and development propos-als in the latest round of competitions for grants from the Industrial Support Fund
(ISF) managed by the Industry
Department.
To apply for the ISF, a tertiary insti-tution must seek at least 10% matching funding from its partners in the corre-sponding industry. HKUST
’
s success un-derpins its strong link with the industrial sector.
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A Letter from th
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VP
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RD
Dear Friends at HKUST,How are you enjoying the summer? I hope you are all ready for another exciting year to begin.
You must have heard a lot of talk re-cently about turning Hong Kong into a
technology-based, high value-added
economy. The final report of the Commis-sion on Innovation and Technology has stimulated much discussion in the community, as have the Cyberport, silicon harbor, the Hong Kong Science Pad仁， and the many
“
Ports”
being discussed in the news media. If only half of these ventures materializ巴， theHong Kong economy will have quite a different complexion in ten years. To me, it all sounds very encouraging!If you want to be part of this effort in building a better future for Hong Kong, you can make a start right here at HKUST. As you may already know, the University has recently launched two new initiatives to stimulate closer university-industry col-laboration and to assist members of the University when they want to venture into “h 卜 tech” business.
These are the HKUST Faculty Entrepre neurship Pt.ogram (FEP) and the HKUST Venture Capital Fund (VCF).
The FEP is open to all members of the University: faculty, staff, and students. The program gives their
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start up”
or"fledgling’,technology based company the University's blessing, assistance and support, and also makes the University a joint-venture part-ner in the compan）九
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I MU U ρLCd mrm 的stream industrial technology based on our research, or for direct participation in a commercialization project. Our fund is small, but it can be used to attract further external funding. The Innovation and Technology Fund to be set up by the HKSAR and other private venture capital funds are potential sources of support.
You may ask how you can gain access to these programs. All you need to do is to visit the RD homepage 1vwiv.ust.hkl
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P olicies andProcedures". Not only that, Tony Eastham
(AVP-RD), Keith 叭Thite-Hunt (COO,
RandD Corp), Matthew Yuen (DTTC), David Young (DATC) and myself will be happy to discuss any potential projects with you.
The road from university research to commercial success is long and tortuous.
Every success that I lmow of involves a great deal more perspiration than inspiration. I hope the University can make the route a little bit easier for our members and keep them company as they toil and sweat.
Lastly, I should emphasize that, while we are offering these programs to assist our members in their efforts in applied resear℃h and technology transfer, the University re-mains as committed as ever to excellent teaching and research. It is through the combined efforts of teaching, research and interaction with the community that we can nurture world class students and make out Uni\ ersity world class. In a knowledge based economy, technology creates wealth. And it is the people with the knowledge, aptitude, and the dedication that can gen erate and apply technology for the benefit of society.
Yours,
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:ike to get the chemicals for},our research pr句ectsfree?The Chemical Exchange Pro
gram operated by the Safety and
Environ-mental Protection Office (SEPO) offers HKUST researchers the opportunity of
ac-quiring chemicals without spending a
cent-an appealing offer in today's budget-cutting
environment.
“
In addition to 也edirect opportunity toaccess a free stock of pure chemicals, HKUST
researchers can also help minimize wastage;’
said Dr Peter Swearengen, SEPO's
Environ-mental Protection Engineer.
How the Program Works
HKUST researchers looking for free
chemicals or who want to get rid of the
rea-gents they no longer need, can access the
Chemical Exchange Program through SEPO's
web page (the link of the Program is 的中：／／
www.ab.ust.hk/sepo/chemhome.htm ). There
are two buttons on the Program's web page labeled
“
The List" and“
Submit Chemicals". The fu:st button brings to users a list ofchemi-cals available free of charge. The other button
enables researchers to post the chemicals they
no longer need.
When the user clicks on the chemical on
the list of available reagents, a request form
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in-formation w山 besent to the Assistant Health
and Safety Officer Edmond Cheng. He will
check whether the person mal<ing the request
has the right to acquire the chemical. Once
confirmed, Edmond will contact the person
who posted the chemical and arrange for the transfer.
“
We deliberately prevent the two partiesfrom contacting each other directly because
some hazardous chemicals are restricted by
law and not everybody is allowed to hold
them;' said Edmond Cheng.
Similarly, when a researcher fills out tl1e
submission form to post a chemical, Edmond
will check if that chemical is allowed to be
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web.
The Program was launched in mid 1997.
In 1998, 148 items were posted on the
Pro-gram's page and 45 of them ( amounting to 167
liters and 峙，000grams of chemicals) were
given away. In tl1e first half of 1999, there were
124 items posted on the Program's page with
9 of them given away.
“
The chemicals most activel} exchanged出roughthe program are common solvents;’
said Edmond.
If the person who has posted a chemical
for exchange later decides not to wait for
recipients, they can contact SEPO to arrange
for disposal.
Looking Out For
Internship Opportunities
wish to sacr i自cequalit下 Ifwe recommend
too many students to join the internship
program without careful screening and
matching, and it turns out that only a few of them perform well, then gradually we will
lose our credibility;' she said.
couple of years has put pressure
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jobs, particularl
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F if they are looking forsomething beyond financial reward, such
as internship training in a profession that
they wish to pursue after completing their
university education. Professor Anne Tsui,
Head of the Management of Organizations Department (MGTO), has tried out a new
approach and successfully helped tl1ree stL卜
dents secure their internship.
She identified these opportunities
through her personal netvv0rk of corporate
friends.
“
Many companies are willing tohelp local universities to train their students
because they look at it as a kind of
com-GENES 眩， 4August 1 999
munity service. However, they don
’
t wantto waste their time and resources on
train-ing summer jobbers who are actually not
interested in the profession;' said Prof Tsui.
That
’
s why personal relationshipsworks. When employers trust the faculty
members they know, they can rely on their recommendations and therefore are will-ing to offer more internship opportunities
to students of their university.
The three MGTO students obtained in
-ternship offers from The Walt Disney
Stu-dio Asia Pacific, Sun Microsystems of
California, and Jardine Fleming.
“
'Although we could find only threeinternships this year, I think this is a good
start. We start small, because we do not
If they work well, summer interns can
also help keep their employers enthusiastic
about providing more internship offers in
the future.
Prof Tsui suggested that they should
show a high level of motivation in their job
and should try to do their very best in every
task assigned to them because at the end of the day every assignment has learning
op-portunities in it.
In addition, they should maintain a
proactive mindset to observe how people in
-teract with each other in their worl史， and
how they make decisions.
“
Internship is important to MGTO students because the value of a real worl<ing en
vironrnent goes far beyond textbook
learning;' said Prof Tsui.
Face
li
ft for ARR
The curtain has been lifted to reveal ex-actly what has been going on in the area out
-side the entrance to the Academic Concourse.
Admissions, Registration & Records Office
(ARR) has had a delightful facelift.
“
We are an office whose mission is toserve both the internal and external
publics-the HKUST community and prospective
students. Yet in the past, we were practically
invisible to most people and we did not have
a suitable public area to meet and serve those
seeking information or service from us;’said
ARR Director Mr Robert Brashear.
“
Now, ARR is very visible and, we hope,welcoming. Even visiting prospective
stu-dents and their families, who are not at all
fa-m 山arwith the campus, should be able to find us easily
.'’
“
We will also have a suitable place to serveour customers
:’
said Mr Brashear.“
Those justneeding forms or publications can walk in
and get them without having to queue up
be-hind other students. Students who have
prob-lems or issues that they would prefer to discuss in private can easily be taken to a quiet place
away from the curious eyes of others." From tin1e to time, the ARR Office is
vis-ited by small groups of secondary school
stu-dents who are interested in learning more
about UST and its programs. The ARR sta在
had to look for an unoccupied classroom to
entertain them. However, as the University
classrooms are heavily ut山zed,it is often hard
to find an available classroom. Now, there is
an area in the new extension to serve small groups of students and visitors.
In order to minimize the disruption
caused to the Office's daily operations and the
University community, ARR has to meet a
number of challenges. “叭月1ilesummer is 出e
best time, from the point of view of the
Uni-versity community at large, for a
construc-tion project like th時， itis just about ARR
’
sbusiest period;'Mr Brashear said. "ARR staff,
who have had to work through their busiest
period around the construction, have had a
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rom 19川川心u-dents who have just completed
ei-ther Form 4 or Form 6 benefitted
from a two-week intensive English
pro-gram in a university environment. Called
“
English Plus Summer School”,the program was designed and run by the
HKUST Language Center to prepares仇1dents
for their up-coming public examinations in
English Language.
“
While we made it explicit to everybodythat the program is very much examination
oriented, we also hoped that the participants
w山 geta lot more out of it than just high
marks;’said Liza Wu, a coordinator for
the program.
“
Apart from giving classroomtuition, we also provided the students
with full access to all the language learn-ing facilities that we tal<e pride in-such
as our state-of-the-art language labo
-ratories and Self Access Center. We also
showed them English films, and en-couraged them to make full use of the
Language Center
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s Auto LANGprogram, as well as the Library and A
various sports facilities;' Liza said.
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Said sixth former Joyce Lung,‘'The d吐11g
I particular lil<e about the cours巴 isthe int i
macy l】et\九reenthe teachers and the student s.
As the class here is much smaller than my class
in secondary school, there is much more
op-portunity for interaction
.'
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Another student, Mandy Woo, said, "Apart from brushing up my skills in
express-ing myself in English, I also value the
expo-sure to peers from other secondary schools.
The broadening of my social horizon will be
useful to my planned studies in
communica-tion and future career as a journalist.
'’
Mock oral exam in progress-videotaped for critque.
very hectic summer. I 出a叫＜them for their
pa-tience and cooperation.''
ARR has worked closely with the Estate Management Office to find ways of
minimiz-ing disturbance and inconvenience to others.
The operations that would cause the biggest
nuisance, such as demolishing the walls, were
scheduled on weekends and most of the work was carried out shortly after the end of the
spring semester.
“
For those who were inadvertently affected, we appreciate your
forbearance. Fortunately, we have received
remarkably few complaints through the
course of the pr吋ect;’ saidMr Brashear.
“
Theysay you have to break a few eggs to make an omelet, well, the eggs we broke required some
pretty big equipment.
“
I also want to express my gratitude to theOffice of University Development and Public
Affairs for sharing their reception area with us;’he said.
“
It is hard to see how we couldhave completed this project without use of
their rec叩tionarea.
”
He believes that the renovation is not only
good news for the ARR staff, students and
visito悶， butalso a boost to 出EUniversity as a
whole.Hesa峙，“Inmost cases,ARR is the first
official face 出atthe University presents to
pro-spective and new students. Our new face
cer-tainly is more inviting and open.''
校董會消息 香港特別行政區政府在 1999 年7 月 16 日的《憲報》中， 公佈委任及再委任六 位人士為科大校董 ，自 1999年8月 1 日 起，任期3年。郭緝光女士、黃至剛博 士、及王英偉先生獲再度委任 ，陳有 慶博士 、陸恭蕙議員、 及吳清輝議員 則獲委任為校董會新成員 。
Council News
The Government Gazette issued on
16
July1999
announced the appointments and 「eappointments lo the HKUST Council lo a three
year lerm commencing on
1
Augusl1999.
Ms Ruth l<uok, Dr Lawrence T. Wong, and
Mr Willred Wong Ying-wai were re appoinled
Dr Robin Chan Yau-hing, JP, lhe Honourable
Christine Loh Kung wai. and Prof日ssorlhe
Honourable Ng Chi 口日，faiwere appointed new
Council members.
國際語言學者匯聚科大研討聞方宮發展
五十多位來自中國內地香港台灣 日本、新加坡和美國的學者腎、首科大 校園，參加6月 23至25 日舉行的第六屆“間方 吉國際研討會＂， 一起採討問方吉研究的發 展 ，彼此交流研究心得。這一屆研討會是由 科大人文社會科學學院與香港中文大學中國 文化研究所合辦。 科大人文社會科學學院院長丁邦新教授 指出，這一屆“閩方吉國際研討會”最有意義 的是促成了兩岸關心問語發展的學者共月2一 堂 ，交流研究的成果，而科大能夠成為東道 主 3 實在倍感榮幸。他說 。 “雖然現代的通 台灣學者的研究重點之一是探討語吉的 今天的問語和吳語額得非常不同 3但語 層次 3 注意方吉間的接觸， 較著重於正在演 吉學者發現，兩種主盲都是從古江東方語發 化中的語吉特徵。 展出來的 。不過 3 吳語後來接受了北古官話 語吉和方盲會隨著時問、 地理和社會文 的影響，而間語則保存若干南方方吉的特 化環境的發展變化而不斷演變 z 例 如從福建移居到香港和北美的人 ， 他們在當地居住了一股時間後 ， 昕 說的問語或多或少會受當地文化昕 影響，另一方面 3 移居美國數十年 的老華僑所說的問話 3 也會與移居 當地祇有數年的人有既不同。 丁教授說，“這改研討會讓兩地國盟國
訊科技已經相當發達 5 兩岸從事間語研究的 學者領會到不同的研究方法》相信 學者都可以利用資訊網絡互通音訊，但如果 一定會對日後的研究工作帶來幫 ... 這一屆“間方言國際研討會”最有意義的是促成了兩岸 能夠讓他們面對面接觸，必定可以擦出更多 助。” 關心問話發展的學者共眾一堂，交流研究的成果。 火花。”這屆研討會分別有的位來自內地和9 位來自台灣的學者參加 。 丁教授指出 3 內地學者朋觀察的語吉演 變大都已盤成型。 例如 ，他們會探討問 jf吉 和其他地區的方育之間的關係、間方盲的聲 韻和其他特徵、及考證本字的方法等。 這一屆研討會的另一個特色是有關吳語 （上海話）與間語的關係 。丁教授在柏克萊加 州大學工作期間 3 曾主持一個有關吳間方吉 關憬的研究小姐，經過四年多的研究 ，有關 的研究工作快要結束，所以他們希望在這吹 研討會上向其他學者報告他們的研究成果。 色3兩種方吉接受了不同層吹的演變後 ， 差 距越拉越大 3 成了今天表面上毫不相同的情 況。 丁邦新教授說，“探討吳語和間語的演 變歷程，對我們了解兩地方吉的發展有很大 的幫助。”互相抵碼一五校劍手齊
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科大劍擊學會在7月 3 日及4 日在校園舉 辦首屆“聯校劍擊首︱︱練營 來自香港科技大學、香港大學、香港理工大 學、香港城市大學、及嶺南學院的同學參 加 i 其中 15位是科大創擊學會成員 。 訓練營是為對劍擊已有基本認識的同學 上選舉行營火會和糖水會﹔第二天的活動則 以花劍比賽為主。杜綺故指出 ，他們選擇祇 進行花劍比賽 3 除了是因為時問有限3 無法 搧jjj:太多賽事之夕︱、 3還因為花劍涉及的技巧 和要求比較多，例如創手必須先取待主動 權 3才可以在刺中對于後得分。 因此3 花劍 而設 3 目標是幫助他們進一步提高這項運動 較適合他們進行練習賽。 的技巧。 科大創擊學會外務副會長杜綺放 科大在比賽中取得很好的成績。男子花 說。“我們也希望通過這訓練營3促進各院 創賽中 ，科大取得冠、亞、和F役軍 3 季軍則 校劍擊學會的友誼。” 由理工大學奪得 ﹔女于花劍賽的冠軍由理工 第一天的活動包括重創和花劍訓練 ， 晚 大學奪得 ，科大則囊括亞、季、和毆軍。 杜綺紋說． “我們在第二天的比賽活動 中尤其獲益良多。我們過去一年的練習可以 說是閉門造車》臨陣應瑩的技巧非常缺乏。 今狀是他們第一故與校外劍手交鋒 ，有機會 觀摩其他院校代表的技巧和招數，實在大開 眼界。” 這訓練營也幫助參加者為七月底舉行的 ... 科大﹔在訓練營的練習比賽中取縛很好的成績。 “港i區杯劍擊邀請賽’，作好準備。這項賽事是 GENESIS, 4 August 1999 科大創擊學會舉辦的最大型活動，屆時， 參 加這吹訓練營的五所大專院校的創手將會迎 戰上海大學和上海金融高等專科學校的過江 猛將。校園活動
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協助創業人士實現理想
在 7月 7日 ， 咐間學香港科 士提供‘前培育，計剖 ， 因為他們的創業文化 了，也是一改值得學習的經驗。 技大學 、 香港大學和多家工商企業 已相當成熟。我們也聽過夕︱、閻有人在自己的 “要培養創業文化 3 我們的社會必須能 組成的“資訊科技企業家協會”，推出“資訊 車房開發產品J’錢教授說。“但香港卻沒有 夠接受失敗，”錢教授勘勉有意參加這項計 科技企業家計剖，’ 3 資助有意在資訊科技領 這種氣候。如果要但進這種創業的氣氛 3便 劃的創業人士說。 “就以美國矽谷來說2那 域上創業的人士（例如剛畢業的大學生），在 需要為有意創業的人士提供一定的支援，鼓 裡每 卡家公司中 ，祇有一家最終可以成功發 大學校園內把他們的構思落實成為可以商業 勵他們把創業意念付諸實行。” 展他們的業務 i 而那些成功的企業 3 其創辦 化的服務或產品。有意參加該計劃的創 人其實也可能經歷了數吹失敗。” 業人士已於7月下旬提交了申請書（創業 “資訊科技企業家協會”預計這計剖 人士仍可以隨時提交申請書） ， 入選者 對應屆畢業同學最具吸引力 ，尤其是三 必須在8 月中提交一份詳盡的計劃書， 年級學生及研究生，因為不少三年級本 而獲選接受資助的人士預計可以在9 月 科生的畢業研究習作 ， 以及研究生的計 初開始在他們選定的大學內進行研究和”
劃郁其有先進科技及商業價值。 開發工作。 “資訊科技企業家計劃”所提供的資 “資訊科技企業家協會”發起人之 助包括每月大約港幣12,000元的生活津 一、科大計算機科學系主任錢大康教授 貼及醫療保險 3 為期一年﹔另外還有港 指出 ，他們昕推出的計剖 ， 可以說是一 1/if 30,000元資助他們購置設備。參加這 項“前培育”的re-inc山atio吋計劃 3對象 • 錢大康教授指出 ，他們所推出的是一項“前培育”計 項計訓的人士必須找到一位在本港大專 是那些祇有初步產品構思的創業人士 ， 畫lj﹒對象是那些祇有初步產品精息的創業人士。 院校工作的教師或研究人員 ，擔任他們 如果他們在一年時間內 ，能夠發展出具 的導師。 有市場價值的服務或產品，便可以正式開設 錢教授進一步表示 3他們通過這項資 不過 ，錢教授強調3這項計割著重考慮 公司，並尋求其他工業培育計劃的資助去發 助計割，讓有意在資訊科技領域上創業的大 參加的項目是否其備商業價值。至於他們來 展他們的業務。 學畢業生在沒有後顧之憂的大學校間環境下 自那一所大學，以及他們選擇在那一昕大學 “很多國家根本不需要為有意創業的人 發展他們的創業構想 3 即使他們的嘗試失敗 進行開發研究 ，都並不重要。 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • e • • • • • • • • • • c.e • • • • •6
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科大與德國拜耳化工公司（Bayer A咐 過幾年的緊密合作》已成功開發一些 其有潛質成為強力抗虐疾藥的活躍化合物。 一九九五年中 3 科大與拜耳公司簽訂協議 3 共同開發一種治療虐疾的前線藥物。初步的 工作重點是開發“青嵩素”的衍生品種。 青嵩素是從中國出產的植物“青窩”中提 ﹔揀出來的 3 這植物是一種用於治療發高燒的 傳統中藥。 瘡疾是世界上最活躍的熱帶寄生型疾 病。 除肺病外 ， 它亦是傳染病中的頭號殺 手。世界衛生組織估計 ，世界上有三至五億 人口（佔全球人口百分之五以上）受到瘡疾感 染， 而每年死於嬉疾的人約有200萬人。 中西治療方法 一九三凹年，拜耳公司首先合成了一種 叫氯哇（chloroquine）的化合物 。後來 ，更發 展成一種預防和治療撞疾最有效的藥物。很 不幸 ，權疾寄生蟲逐漸對這藥物產生抗藥 性。 同時3世界上至今還未出現對付薩疾的 有效疫苗。 在中國 ，有一種沿用了二千年的傳統草 藥， 叫“青蕾” ，可以治療瘡疾。七十年代初 期》 中國醫藥界更從青嵩提煉出“青嵩素＂， ︱隨後更成立了“青莒素研究小組，九並開發了 兩種衍生藥物青嵩唬酪（artesunatc）及甲基還•
同創 一九九九年八月四日 原育背棄（artemether）。到目前為止 3 有超過 200 萬病人接受過這兩種藥物，而它們的功 效暫時仍未建敵手。 目前 p 由青嵩素衍生物製成的藥物仍有 缺點。首先 3 它們在狗隻身上做的測試顯 示 p 狗隻的神經系統有中毒現象。雖然直至 目前為止尚未發現任何病人有這種徵狀，但 這些藥物在申請註冊方面仍會遭遇困難。因 此3任何開發的新藥必須在毒性測試中証明 對人類神經系統沒有不良影響。 現有的青嵩素衍生藥物的另一個缺點是 它們都不夠穩定 3 並會在人體內迅速分解。 因此 3 要根 i白嘉疾，這些藥物必須長時間連 續使用一通常要使用五至七天 3而在治療 稜期一般要與另一種藥物同時使用。可惜很 多病人都不遵醫囑，當他們發覺初期症狀消 失後 ， 往往堅持出院 ，疏忽按期跟進。這情 況尤以兒童為甚。 最新發展 世界各地的科學家都在努力開發育嵩素 的衍生物或類似物 ，務使這些藥物更活躍 、 半壽命更長 3 而對神經系統的毒性則更低 。 科大在這方面走在世界前惜。 科大的研究小姐由化學系的韓利強教授(Professor Richard Haynes）領導。他在青嵩
素的研究上是國際權威 3 他的小組目前正積 極開發新的青嵩素衍生品種 ，迎合研業市場 的需要。 “自1995年9月以來3 我們一直致力於改 變青首素的化學結梢。今天，我們已開發了 新的衍生品種 3 並在老鼠身上進行測試。結 果顯示這些新品種比測試中任何其他品種的 抗嬉疾藥物要活躍得多。下一步我們須要將 開發出來的化合物製成藥品 。在這過程中 ， 我們須要與拜耳公司合作，進行毒性測試以 及藥性測試，看看藥物在身體內的分佈情 況。毒性測試合格後 3我們首先用靈長類動 物測試， 再在人類身體上測試，最後會與其 他現有藥物作出比較。如果測試肯定地顯示 新藥比較優勝 2 拜耳﹔公司就會決定是否進行 生產及推廣工作。 “在現階段，我們在澳洲一家與拜耳公 司蠶約的測試中心進行靈長類 動物測試 3 初步結果令人鼓 舞﹔而為了保障我們的研究成 果 3 我們正通過科大申請六項 專利 J’韓利強教授說。 另一方面 ，拜耳公司除了在金錢上進行 貸助外 3 更不斷提供專家意見。他們的科學 家和行政人員定期來科大協助研究 ，而我們 開發的新品種亦不時運到拜耳公司測試。 同時拜耳亦資助我們制新一個實驗室 i 這實驗室將命名為“拜耳實驗室”。 “科大與拜耳公司的合作 ，是大學與工 業界之間建立長遠關係的 !J1!範。這種長遠承 擔，締造出豐碩成果 3而這正是香港繁榮發 展的基石 ，”韓利強教授說。
