What's Inside
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Staff Profiles3
O&A Dragons Place4
Summer Camp5
Tall< of the CampusOn the Light Side
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Staff Notes Home Affairs Video Spotlight Announcements7
News in Chinese8
News in Chinese An Internal CommunicationHl<UST Bids Farewell to Founding Administrator
m
n July 5, Ian Macpherson will walk out of hissixth-floor office for the last time as Vice-President for Administration and Business. With him will go the photo of him and Prince Charles at HKUST's Foun-dation Stone Ceremony, which has stood proudly on his bookshelf since that bright day in November 1989. With him, too, will go the countless memories of his nine years of intense involvement with the University.
Mr. Macpherson was the first person to begin working on creating the University out of an idea. He was the Secretary for Transport when the Governor at the time, Sir Edward Youde, asked him to be secretary-general to the planning committee for a third university, one emphasizing science, technol -ogy and management.
"When I was asked, the first thing I said was you have got to be making a mistake!" he says, pointing out that his extensive civil service background had included a stint in Africa, a posting as a Regional Secretary in the New Territories, involvement with Customs and Excise, but no direct experience in education.
"My perception of a modern, technological uni -versity was limited. I was at Merton College of Ox -ford. It had lovely centuries-old quadrangles with no · hot and cold water. You had to walk across two quadrangles to reach the nearest bath. It was very romantic," he says, chuckling.
But hardly a blueprint for Hong Kong's new technological university.
"Computer networks, sophisticated labs, e-mail, even air-conditioning were a bit on the new side," Mr. Macpherson says with subtle, characteristic irony.
Fortunately, Governor Youde turned a deaf ear to Mr. Macpherson's protests. What was needed at the time and what Mr. Macpherson had in abundance was the ability to put a team of capable people together and help lead them toward their stated objective: building a university. These attributes have been put to full use at the planning, building and opening stages of HKUST's short history.
Mr. Macpherson says it seems like yesterday when his work began.
"We started in 1986 in two rooms in the United Centre in Admiralty. There were three or four of us seconded from Government," he recalls. 'Then we grew too big for that and moved to St. Johns Building. My office there was the very same room I had occupied as Secretary for Transport."
When staff and subsequently faculty numbers outgrew that space, they moved again to the World Shipping Centre in Harbour City, where they occupied three floors until Au -gust 1991, when they took possession of the new campus.
"Controlled panic was how I would describe that move," Mr. Macpherson says. "Three weeks before, it looked totally impossi-ble for us to move in; there were 2,000 workmen on the site."
Mr. Macpherson says the time is right for a change in administration. "I think the start-up period is over. We'll be at steady-state in a couple of years from now. We started so quickly. Building, recruit -ment of staff, registration of students were all so rapid that we were making policy by the seat of our pants, day by day. Some policies were good, some were not so good."
He looks forward to a summer cruise in Alaska and then his return to Hong Kong and a new chal -lenge. He will be working with his wife, Ophelia Cheung, as strategic consultants and lobbyists. He fully intends to witness the handover of sovereignty in 1997 - "My second experience at decolonizing after Africa and one I wouldn't miss for anything."
Mr. Macpherson says his years at HKUST have been rewarding, exhausting, and always a privilege. "How can you not be proud to be involved in creating something so wonderful?"
STAFF PROFILES
Educational Technology Centre's Graphics Unit
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n introduction of Mike 0. T. Fok could easily begin and end with the story of her English and Chinese names as there is a lot to tell. For starters, Mike is not short for her English name, Michaela, but rather an English take on her very feminine Chi-nese nickname, Xiao Mei Mei. The Graphics Design Officer says most people do not even know her Chinese given name, Oi To, and even fewer can write its characters, which total 60-odd strokes.Mike is the public face of the busy Graphics Unit. She talks with "users" (any-one who approaches ETC for help) about what they need in the way of printed materials to promote their department or a particular event. "I suggest ways users can convey their message more efficiently, economically and, of course, more beautifully." She then briefs the designers on the project or sometimes takes on the job herself.
Joseph S. W. Cheng brings nearly 13 years of technical experience and a keen sense of responsibility to his job as Technician in charge of photo processing.
Before joining UST in July 1992, Joseph worked both in the commercial photography field and as a clinical pho-tographer in a local hospital, where he became proficient at photomicrography. He is expanding his knowledge of making photographs of microscopic images in his
work with faculty who use powerful electron microscopes. Joseph says he rarely travels abroad because it requires too much time away from his job. UST's only photolab technician, Joseph says the thought of work piling up during a long absence squelches his wanderlust.
The shy, smiling Alan Y. L. Yip is the Unit's "computer man". He spends both his days and his evenings coaxing the machines to cooperate. Lunch time is also often spent fiddling with a
colleague's recalcitrant computer. During working hours, Alan can be found using state-of-the-artcomputertech -nology to create montage slides, which are compilations of text, graphics, photos, or any kind of image. Faculty use the slides to illustrate lectures.
For the past five years, Alan has spent two to three evenings a week studying at the Technical Council for a higher certificate in Computer-Aided-Engineering.
A sportsman, Alan enjoys hiking and cycling in Sai Kung and throughout the New Territories.
A recent promotion to Senior Technician will mean that more people will have the pleasure of meeting Vanaie S. F. Liu. In her new post, Vanaie will be talking directly with faculty and
staff about their promotional materials in addition to designing the projects.
In the three years she has been with the Graphics Unit, Vanaie has cre-ated eye-catching posters, banners, books, and the like, of UST events.
Friends both real and imaginary surround Vanaie while she works. Pho-tos are artfully displayed above her desk and a row of sweet sculptured animals made by Vanaie watch her work from atop her computer monitor.
A keen tennis player, Vanaie can be seen on the campus courts nearly every weekend. But do not look for her until sunset as she avoids the bright sun and the damaging spots and wrinkles it can produce. "I hate suntans!"
Bonnie S. M. Lai wishes Hong Kong could adopt the more relaxed approach to life that she has experienced in her travels and during her schooling in Europe.
"People in Europe take time to develop their interests and their own personality. In Hong Kong I am always too busy, going out with my friends to dinner, karaoke or movies. There's not enough time to sleep!"
Bonnie is a graphics designer, re-sponsible for creating images of H KUST that will draw people to its many pro-grams and events.
Before joining ETC two years ago, Bonnie worked in an advertising agency and a public relations firm. She prefers
the team spirit of the University to the cut-throat competitive-ness of the commercial world.
When she does find time, Bonnie enjoys gardening and Chinese cooking. Her sage advice to anyone who's had a bad day at the office: "Go home and chop vegetables!"
What strikes the visitor to the ETC Print Shop is its orderliness. Every piece of paper seems in its place. Consider -ing that more than 1 million sheets are printed every month, that is no small feat.
Reprographics Officer Kenny W. K. Fong is the man in charge. Under his direction for the past four years, the Print Shop has grown from one copy machine in a 65-square -meter space to 30 machines, including an offset color printing press, in a gleam-ing 280-square-meter space.
Kenny has been in the printing busi -ness for 17 years, nine of them at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Playing mahjong with his wife and her family and watching Jackie Chan movies are favorite diversions from the daily deadline pressure of the print shop.
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How many days of annual leave should a staff member clear every year?m
Sylvia Lee (PO): "Page 65 of thePersonnel Manual sets out the
regula-tions on leave for Academic and Equiv
a-lent Administrative Staff. All earned an
-nual leave (six weeks for one complete
year) must be taken during the leave
year. However, if permission is obtained from the relevant ap
-proving authority, up to two weeks of
an-nual leave may be
ac-cumulated each year.
This means that the minimum leave period
to be taken within a
leave year is four
Years of Services
1 to< 3 years 3 to< 4 years 4 to< 5 years 5 years or more
weeks which shall be forfeited if not taken.
The leave is to be taken at most in two periods. Staff members with their leave years ending in May, June, July or
Au-gust may defer taking their leave up to
the end of September of the same year.
For Executive, Clerical, Secretarial,
Technical and Ancillary Grades Staff,
they should also take their annual leave
during the leave year. Subject to their
Head of Department's approval, they may accumulate their untaken leave up to the
permitted maximum. Staff members are
QUESTIONS? ANSWERS!
however required to take a minimum
number of days of their annual leave each year, the period of which varies according to the years of service, and part of the leave should be taken on a
consecutive basis as shown in the ta-ble below. This arrangement is to take
into account the requirements of the Employment Ordinance. For details,
staff members may refer to pages
69-71 and 80 of the manual."
Minimum no. of days No. of days of of annual leave annual leave which which must be taken must be taken on a each year consecutive basis
7 4
8 5
9 6
10 7
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With the start of construction on the new graduate residences and University Centre, traffic on the 'back road' of the campus has increased steadily. Isn't ittimefor EMO to try to regulate the unsightly and now haz-ardous sprawl caused by staff mem-bers struggling to fit cars into non-existent parking spaces along the Phase II academic building facing the sea?a
Mike Hudson (DEMO): "TheUni-versity has an adequate number of des-ignated parking spaces available to meet current demand. Unfortunately, it appears that staff are unwilling to walk the rela-tively short distance from such places to their workplace and insist on parking in
undesignated places. The worst exam
-ple of this is in the area on the seaward side of the academic building.
Our main concern has been from the aspect of safety rather than aesthetics. The area in question is a designated fire
path for use by fire engines and it has been necessary to erect temporary bar-riers along part of one side of the road in order to prevent inconsiderate drivers from parking on both sides of the
path-way and in front of the fire hydrants.
The situation is aggravated by the architect's treatment oflhe curbline which is curved rather than straight and parallel
to the building.
During the coming summer vaca -tion, we have scheduled the
straighten-ing of the curb and a slight widening of the pathway which will permit orderly
parking along one side whilst maintain
-ing an adequate width for fire engines.
We will then mark parking spaces and
control access to the area once the des
-ignated spaces are full."
A Place and a Photo
Finish for Hl<UST Dragon Boat Teams
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hough not finalists, the HKUST staffDragon Boat team took pride in the fact that both TVB and Cable TV featured their
amazingly close race during its selective coverage of the 2 June Dragon Boat
events. The photo finish left the 23 partici
-pants with a hunger to win next year. Thanks to donations of about $12,000
from a variety of people on campus, the Social Club is half
-way to its goal of purchasing a
20-person dragon boat. Three cheers for the HKUST male students, who were first runners-up in the Student Championship of the
Hong Kong International
Dragon Boat Competion
held on 11 June in Tsim
Sha Tsui. This is the sec
-ond time the male
stu-dents have placed as first
runners-up in the inter
Summer Camps and Courses Attract Students
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um mer '95 at HKUST is notthe "lazy, hazy, crazy" summer Nat King Cole sang about. Well, maybe hazy and crazy, but definitely not lazy! The campus promises to be a busy place for both HKUST students taking summer courses and Hong Kong secondary students getting ataste of university life at innovative summer camps that have been organized for the first time.
Last year, the Computer Science Department offered third-year students who had failed core course COMP371 a chance to re-take it during the summer session. "We wanted to give those students a chance to graduate on time with their fellow classmates," says Department Head Vincent Y. S. Shen.
Instead of restricting enrollment to only students repeating a course, the Department opened the registration to all second-year students.
"The response was overwhelming," Prof. Shen says. So much so that Prof. Shen expects summer courses to become a permanentfeature of the academic calendar and one that will expand to include other departments. This year, a total of 134 students are enrolled in either COMP371 or one of two electives. Classes, which are offered at no additional charge, began 20 June.
Dean of Engineering Ping K. Ko says faculty mem-bers also like the idea of teaching a summer class as it gives them more time for research during the regular semester.
Prof. Ko is encouraging all Engineering departments to offer summer courses.
"This way we give stu-dents the option of doing a three-year degree program over eight or nine semes-ters, which is equivalent to a
four-year program," he says, adding that the Engineering School's Advisory Committees have been recommending a four-year program.
Summer camps for top secondary students begin 4July,when more than 200 Form 6 science students will arrive for the Engineering Summer Camp for Honour Students.
The School of Engineering received an overwhelming number of applications from 82 secondary schools for the six-day event, which includes career talks by representatives from Motorola Semiconductor HK Ltd., the Provisional Airport Authority and the Envi-ronmental Protection De-partment, as well as field trips to the territory's key engineering projects, in
-cluding the Lantau Fixed Crossing-Tsing Ma Bridge.
On July 14, the School of Business and Management will greet 147 Form 6 students and 10 secondary school teachers to a three-day camp whose theme is "Exploring Business Studies". Tours of campus facilities, informal meetings with SBM faculty and fun activities have been planned.
The Physics Department will entertain nearly 400 Form 4 and Form 6 students in 10 three-day sessions from 17 July to 19 August.
To
strengthen links with local secondary schools, physics teachers have also been invited to attend two Saturday sessions. "Physics is a fundamental science which helps to developa
person's creativity and powers of reasoning. The objective of the Summer Camp is to involve the participants in stimulating activi-ties that will help them realize that doing physics can also be fun,as well as exciting," says Prof. Nelson Cue, the Physics Depart-ment Head. ~
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What Lurl<s in Local Waters?
Dr. Yvonne Sadovy, a lecturer in fish biology at Hong Kong Univer-sity's Department of Ecology and Biodiversity and a member of the Government's Shark Attack Response Group, answered our ques-tions about the recent shark killings that have terrorized Hong Kong and, in particular, Sai Kung and Clear Water Bay, the area where three people were mauled to death in early June.
What kind of shark is attacking?
Based on the information we have, and this is only a
'might be', one good possibility is a tiger shark. The reason I say that is due to its estimated size, the way in which the animal moves and the fact that its natural range includes Hong
Kong and this region.
How many sharks are there, how big and how old are
they?
I went up in the Government Flying Service Helicopter on Wednesday, 14 June, the day after the third deadly attack, and again on Thursday the 15th. On both days, I saw two sharks outside the shark exclusion nets at Clear Water Bay. Based
on the distance the sharks were from some boys not too far away, and knowing that distance, I estimate one shark was about 4 meters long, the other approximately 5 meters. If the sharks are tigers, they would be roughly 20 years old.
We have a Dragon Boat team that is now questioning the safety of practicing in the open waters facing our campus? Are they overreacting?
I would support their fear. Until we know more about these sharks, people should be very careful.
Why do people react so strongly to shark attacks?
This year's attacks are extremely unusual for Hong Kong. It may not happen again for many years. There were no confirmed attacks in Hong Kong, for example, between 1979 and 1991, yet since 1991, five attacks have been confirmed. Statistically, when compared to many other dangers, the risk of a shark attack is extremely low, but people everywhere in every culture respond strongly to a shark attack. There are many reasons. Certainly films like Jaws, which depicts a rogue shark seeking out man, feed our fears. Many people feel that we have conquered nature and made it safe for us. The
sea is an alien environment, and I personally believe we must respect it and its inhabitants. If we are going to live in a balanced way with nature, we must accept certain facts. I also think that the media concentrate only on the biggest, most dangerous sharks. Of the 300-plus known species, only a very few are potentially dangerous. They are in no way representa-tive of all sharks.
When will the sharks leave the area?
The Attack Response Group is now looking at oceano-graphic and climatological data and the incidence of shark attacks in Hong Kong to see if there are any correlations between the physical data and the shark's length of stay. We hope to be able to determine very soon why they come when they do and how long they can be expected to stay.
ON THE
LIGHT SIDE
Its
Bacl< ... .
he folks who put this rag together have told me they have
received a lot (well, a few, anyway) requests for "On the Light Side" to reappear. This may say more about how interesting the rest of Genesis is than how great my column was, but that's for you to
judge.
I was reluctant to get back into this business for two reasons. First of all, it takes time to come up with ideas and then transform
them into deathless prose, and time is not something my job leaves
me with a great deal of on my hands. Second, while the column
tends to be based on making fun of things people do - and thus
making the butt of my humour feel abused - I am not such a good sport when they abuse me in return.
To
help solve the first problem, my editors have agreed to letme use some vintage articles from old issues of Genesis as a way
of cutting down on the need to write new ones. We have grown fast, so many of the staff have not seen the golden oldies. Since there
was often a topical context, I will usually provide a brief annotation
to explain it. If you are one of those who have seen all the old
columns, maybe it's time to start thinking about retirement. I know
I am.
At least this approach is politically correct. Genesis may not
yet be printed on recycled paper, but it will have recycled humour. That's a start - not enough to satisfy the greenies, but a start. Speaking of which, doesn't it strike you as odd thatthe Government spends money to produce TV ads to exhort us to do things like take
our own grocery bags to the store, clean up the harbour, prevent the slopes from washing away, and straighten out the traffic mess? Perhaps this is not merely a case of an agency with too few
ideas and too much money to spend, but rather an ingenious contribution to public policy. In the future, when there are com
-plaints about polluted water or gridlock on the roads, the
bureau-crats can say "Well, we told the public not to do it. It's not our fault they didn't listen!"
This notion has endless possibilities. For example, the restau
-rant can post signs saying "Enjoy your lunch" and answer your
complaints about the food by pointing out that you failed to follow
instructions. Airlines who advertise "Fly with us and arrive on time"
can argue that arriving on time is your responsibility - they aren't
guaranteeing the plane will get there the same time as you do. And,
of course, you will have no excuse at all to feel depressed if you have the misfortune of meeting someone who says "Have a nice
day."
I have some ideas on how the administration can use this idea to blame all the University's problems on you, dear reader - but
STAFF NOTES
Promotions and Regradings
Mr. Davy CHAN to Computer Officer in the Department of Computer
Sci-ence.
Miss Margaret S. C. CHAU to Executive Officer I in the Dean of
Engineer-ing
’
s O何ice.Mr. Raymond M. B. CHAU to Senior Computer Office『 inthe Centre of
Computing Services & Telecommunications.
Ms. Sin Yee CHEr、JG to Personal Secretary I in the General Administration & Committees Office.
Mr. Yiu Fai LA1 to Computer Officer in the Centre of Computing Services
& Telecommunications.
Ms. Joyce P. S. LEUNG to Part-time Demonstrator in the Division of
So-cial Science.
Ms. Wai Ping LEUNG to Assistant Health & Safety Officer I in the Safety and Environmental Protection Office.
Miss Vanaie S. F. Liu to Senior Technician in the Educational Technol-ogy Centre.
Mr. Steven K. W. WONG to Senior Artisan in the Office of Laboratory
Services.
M『.Elton K. H. Wu to Senior Technician in the Department of
Mechani-cal Engineering.
HOME AFFAIRS
Dr. Andrew CARVERHILL (FINA) announces the birth of Belinda Sarah
CARVERHILL on 21 March 1995.
Mr. Simon LEUNG Chi Fai (SAO) announces the bi「thof LEUNG Yat Hung
on 6 April 1995.
M『.Walter Ho Chi Ming (PHYS) announces the bi巾 ofHo Pui Yan on
28 April 1995.
Mr. TANG Chan Ming (EMO) announces the bi付hof TANG Tsz Hong on
20 May 1995.
Ms. Mary C. NEWMAN (OPA) announces the birth of Andrew James Lloyd NEWMAN on 26 May 1995.
Ms. Theresa Lo (CCST) announces her marriage to Charles Tze Kin KWAN on 12 March 1995.
Mr. l..Au Kwong Yuen (ELEC) announces his marriage to CHAN How Ying on 23 March 1995.
VIDEO SPOTLIGHT
Patrick Chu, head of the Library's Media Resources section, reviews his choice from the Library’s latest video acquisitions.
RETRACING HISTORY
{
GBBR477 1993 vols.1-5)This must be the most exciting way to learn history - to relive it. In this series, host Tim Severin and his crew retrace five of the
epochal voyages of the past，『ecreating from the best available
evi-dence the experiences of ancient travelers.
Fo『 example,THE BRENDAN VOYAGE is a medieval epic of the Irish monk who sailed in a leather boat across the Atlantic and landed in
Newfoundland in the 6th centu巾， 1,000years before Columbus! Other
trips are: THE SINBAD VOYAGE (made in a ship tied togethe『 with400 miles of coconut rope); THE JASON VOYAGE (with the crew rowing a
20-oar replica of a Bronze Age galley);THE CRUSADE (a 2,500-mile
trip by horse to Jerusalem);and IN SEARCH OF GENGHIS KHAN. - 5
X 54 minutes, NTSC.
Salaries will be paid on Thursday 27 July.
SOUVENIR ~擇，也 INFORMATION
SHOP ＼＼’山J)JJ CENTRE
The Information Centre sells a wide range of HKUST sou
-venirs. It is open Monday to Saturday from 9 am to 5 pm
;
Sundays & Public Holidays from 9:30 am to 5 pm.Special
Sa 』e
(50-80°/o 。ff)
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Departments and offices that wish to have official orde『spaid by internal cash transfer should contact Shirley at 6315.
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OF THE
TIMES
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Open 7 days a week and weekends
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答問
自
教職員工每年應銷多少祥和
人事處李潘笑慧回覆 “人事手冊第六十五頁頁lj 明教 學及同級行政人員放假的有關規定。該等教職員須在 年內放完所有有薪假期（一年為六星期） 。不過，固
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v
設’大學‘後院，的交通日漸頻繁。有部分員工死命把車 子擠進第二期教學大樓肉海的 s無形停車場，，既不雅 觀，又險象橫生 。校產管理處是否應該整頓一下這個 混亂的局面？ 在獲得有關部門的允許下 ，每年可累積長達兩星期的---
年假。換吉之 ， 教職員每年最少必須放四星期年假， 重重重 校產管理處處長克遜回覆 “大學指定的泊車位足以 否則年假會自動取消。教職員最多可分兩次放年假。 應付現時的需求。不幸地，大部分員工似乎寧願把車 年假年度於五月、六月、吃二月或八月結束的人員則可 泊在非指定地區，而不願步行小段路到工作的地點。 選擇延至同年九月底前才清假。 至於行政、文書、秘書、技術員職級及初級員 工， 他們也需在一年內把年假放完。如獲部門主管批 准， 他們可將未放的年假累積至指定的最高數目。不 過， 員工每年仍需放 定日數的年假，多少按服務年 期而定 ﹔ 但需要連續放部分年假（詳見附表） 服務年期 每年必須放的年假數目 每年必須連續放的年假數目 一至三年以下 4三天 四天 三至四年以下 ）＼：天 五天 四至五年以下 九天 六天 五年或以上 十天 t二天 教學大樓向海一面的情況就是個例子。 我們首要關注的是安全 1 而非美觀。該地區為指 定的消防車輛通道 1 所以需要在路的一旁豎起臨時障 礙物，以防止不為他人著想的司機在路的兩旁或消防 桂前泊車。加上路緣的設計乃圓線形，與大樓平行， 而非直線形 ， 令上述情況更為糟糕。 我們已計劃在暑假拉直路緣，並會稍微擴闊路面 ， 以容許車子在路旁整齊泊放 ， 也為消防車輛預留足夠 的闊度。下一步則是標示泊車位，並在指定泊位額滿 時控制車輛的進出。”科大院系暑期班及夏令營吸引莘莘學子
國
云夏日炎炎正好眠
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，青山綠水中的科大校園在暑假期間
並非懶洋洋，而是幹勁充沛、活力十足。活動其中的除了有修讀 暑期課程的科大學生之外， 更有對大學生活躍躍欲試的中學同學。 科大多個學系種此炎夏舉辦不少具創意的夏令營 ，讓中學生親身 體驗大學校園生活和加深對科大的 7 解。 計算機科學系曾於去年夏天開辦為期五姐的暑期課程， 讓一科主科不及格的三年級本科生有機會重讀課程。該系 系主任沈運申教授表示 ﹒ “我們希望能夠給予同學多一次 機會 2 讓他們可與同班同學一齊畢業。” 今年暑假 ， 該系更放寬只有重讀生才可修讀的規限， 所有二年級本科生也可報讀。 “反應非常熱烈。”沈教授 如是說。他更預期課程將會年年舉辦，而其他學系也會作 出類似安排。今年報讀這些免費課程的學生共一百三十四 人 ， 開課日期為六月二十日。 工學院院長高秉強教授認為教研人員也喜歡在暑假期間教學， 樂得在正常學期裡省出多些時間做研究工作。高教授鼓勵工學院 所有其他學系也開辦暑期課程。“這樣學生便可選擇將三年學位 課程分八至九個學期完成 ， 這就相等於四年的課程。’， 他更表示 工學院諮詢委員會已建議開辦四年制課程。 逾三百位中六理科學生將會在t月四日參加自工學院舉辦的 “榮譽學生工科夏令營” 。中學生對是次夏令營反應非常熱烈 ， 大會收到數百份申請 ， 分別來自全港八十二間中學。在六天的營 舍生活中 ， 參加者可實地考察青馬大橋等本港主要的工程建設。 此外，臨時機場管理局、環境保護署及萬力半導體香港有限公司 的代表將向參加者講解工學院畢業生的就業前景。 工商管理學院亦不 甘後人，該院將於t二月 十四日邀請一百四十才二 位中六同學及十位教師 參與為期三天、以 “商 學探素，， 為題的夏令 營。屆時參加者在參觀 校園設施之餘，將有機 會參與饒有趣味的活動 和與商學院的教研人員傾談 ， 從中加深對科大的認識。 科大物理系亦會於t月十t 日至八月十九日舉辦十節每節為 期三天的夏令營 ， 已有接近四百位中四及中六學生報名參加。為 加強與中學的聯繫 ， 物理系將會安排兩個過六早上邀請中學物理 科教師到科大了解該系的最新發展。 物理系系主任陳顯邦教授認為物理學是一門幫助發展創意及 思考的基礎科學。是決夏令營旨在通過一些富廠發性的活動 ， 讓 參加者認識到物理學是 門有趣及刺激的學科。．．、－., •• ,.,_. 軍喔，l董事，‘’
