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News in ChineseServing the Campus
he Campus Services Office (CSO) is now up and running and ready for action. Headed by Vivien Cheung and assisted by Derek Sit, Anna Yeung, the office is set up as a focal point to co-ordinate on-campus suppo付1ngservices.
The main priority of the Office is to take charge of the administration and management of staff cater-ing. Their first mission was to work with the staff catering committee to find the most suitable caterers to run the staff restaurants and the coffee shop. Eventually the Office will also take care of the daily monitoring and supervision of these outlets.
A dietician by training, Ms Cheung is particu-larly interested in catering.
“The Catering and
Club Needs (CCN) survey showed that people here a「e really interested in nutrition’”says Ms Cheung.“
We had many requests to「 vegetarianfood, for no MSG, and for less oil to be used in cooking. We have taken all these requests to the caterers and when the G/F Staff Restaurant re-opens with a new caterer on February 14, they will be put into practice.”
To help the caterers to increase their repe 付oire of vegetarian dishes, Ms Cheung will be inviting staff members to submit their own recipes.
“
We want to keep people involved in catering,'’
she says.“In future
I may be also offering to prepare a nutritional analysis of recipes that are submitted.
”
Conference co-ordination is another duty of the Campus Services Office. They provide a“one”stop
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service to organisers of conferences, dealing with the various functional departments that are involved -ETC for equipment, and ARR for room bookings 一 on their behalf, and organising any refreshments that might be necessary.
They also manage the Visitors' Centre, the VIP Visitors' Lodge and the Junior Research Staff Quar-te悶， handling applications for accommodation, or -ganising the housekeeping, and checking visitors in and out.
Another area of responsibility is to oversee the
management and administration of on-campus com-mercial outlets, such as the bookshop and the supermarket.
“
We are exploring the possibility of setting up a Users' Forum which would hold regular meetings to discuss issues and devise constructive action plans for these outlets. Then I can bring any ideas that arise to the attention of the shop managers during my monthly meetings with them’” says Ms Cheung.Vivien Cheung and Derek Sit oversee the management of on-campus commercial
outlets.
In addition to these duties the Office also provides suppo付 to staff residing on campus by identifying their welfare interests and liaising with the relevant offices to try to meet their needs. Ms Cheung quotes a recent request for a bus service to take campus residents to fresh food markets as an exam
-pie of this area of work. “I am acting on their behalf," she says.“Although I do not actually take the decision of whether or not the service will be provided, I take care of the liaison.
”
Summing up the role of the Campus Services Office, Ian Macpherson, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Ad -ministration and Business says,“I hope that the work of this office will contribute to the enhancement of the overall quality of life on campus.
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he HKUST RandD Corporation now has funding it needs in order to do business. On November 7, 1993 the University Council approved an interest bearing loan of five million dollars to provide operating funds to the Corporation for an initial three-year period.The tasks the Corporation has set itself are far reaching. It actively seeks to identify commercial and industrial needs in Hong Kong toward which research and develop『nent e衍。此scan be productively directed. It negotiates commercial agreements such as consultancy agreements, product development contracts, and facility licensing agreements. It markets the University
’
s intellectual prope此y,acting as agent for licenses and agreements based on the University’
s patents and copyrights, and it offers professional training programmes to keep working engineers,scientists and managers abreast of the latest developments in science and technology.
In keeping with the University
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s pro-active approach, the Corporation had already begun its work several months before funding was finalised. Its first patent on diamond thin films, the work of Professor Hiraoka of the Chemistry Department, was filed in June 1993. In Octobe「 therefollowed a Machine VisionBusiness
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Workshop run by faculty from the Computer Science Depart-ment. The next month saw the launch, in conjunction with the Sino Software Research Centre (SSRC), of Hong Kong SuperNet.
“
Our biggest task is to get Hong Kong interested in technol. ogy. We need to teach money makers here to think long-term. We need to reach out to small businesses and show them just how technology can help them’”says Professor Gareth Thomas,Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation and Director of HK UST
’
s Technology Transfer Centre.“
We must also promote awareness of global oppo叫unities and challenges, and not become too provincial in outlook.”
Professor Thomas is critical of what he calls the aspirin approach to research.
“
If we have a headache we shouldn't just take an aspirin to make it go away. We should ask ourselves the question, 'Why did the headache occur in t.he first pl卸的，Research is all about finding answers to the fundamental ques-tion, ‘why?’, and then to find the solution is usually not very difficult
,'’
he says.To achieve its extensive goals the Corporation cannot work in isolation.
“
We need the suppo川 ofthe whole University if we are to succeed’”says Professor Thomas.Help Yourself to a New Language
ame any language and the chances are that the Language Centre
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s Self Access Centre (Room 3018, Lift 2) will have, or is about to obtain, the materials necessary to learn it.“
We have most Linguaphone courses in stock. In addition to m司or Euro-pean and_ East Asian languages, these include la『1guageslike Arabic, Hindi and Swahili’”says Richard Pemberton, a Senior
Instructor at the Language Centre.
English 』 Putonghua and Japanese 』 however, are the Ian
-guages which figure most prominently at the Centre, and all possible aids to study, from simple grammatical exercises to state-of-the-art interactive CD ROMs are available to speed the self motivated learner towards fluency in them.
Language consultants are on hand from 12 noon to 6 p.m.,
Monday to Friday, to introduce the wealth of material that is available. They are also prepared to help users to assess their language needs and to suggest materials at the Centre they can use to remedy any perceived language weaknesses.
By keying into the computerised catalogue a student is given an on-screen summary of all the materials available on any language area he or she might wish to practise. Request prepositions, for examp峙，and, after the user specifies which
area of prepositional usage is required, a list of relevant materials comes up on screen.
To
help students navigate the wealth of English language teaching books that are available, books at the Centre have been divided up according to the language skills they target in each chapter. The stud♀nt is thus spared the time and effort of consulting a number of books one by one.Lovers of hi-tech will find the Centre
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s Multi Media Sectionpa吋iculq.r(yenthralling. An AV Computer Laboratory equipped
with 18 Macintosh computers with in-built CD ROMs is available for use either as a classroom, with a teacher in control, or as a self access resource. Outside the Laboratory are three PCs, all of which will soon be equipped with Laser Disc Players and CD ROMs. These are primarily for use with interactive video pack-ages and Computer Assisted Language Learning (CALL) ex-ercises such as Storyboard.
Advanced students can also learn a lot by watching videos in the language which they are learning. Without subtitles they are forced to listen for themselves, aided by visual clues and carried along b~ the plot. The Self Acces_s Centre has a variety of videos pa叫cularlysuited to this purpose.
At the moment the Centre is still building up its stocks. Shelves are still half empty and there is scope for new develop
-ment. But even at this early stage there is more than enough to keep the dedicated scholar busy.
The Self Access Centre is open Monday to Friday from 9 a. m to 8 p.m. and from 9 a.m. to 12 noon on Saturdays.
QUESTIONS? ANSWERS!
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Why are there so many secu的 guardson cam-pus? Furthermore, why are there two sorts一inbrown uniforms and blue uniforms?困
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co 「1trolaccess to the Campus and various University build-ings
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to monitor areas requiring special attention, control vehicles and keys, and deal with emergencies. Some control points such as the Campus entrance are double manned, and others such as academic building and qua門ersare single manned. Some pa門sare manned continuously while others are manned on a daytime or night time basis only.
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The number of guards is not excessive although some-times this may appear to be so in the Atrium because of the frequent flow of uniformed personnel to the nearby Security Control Centre.
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The difference in colour of uniform is explained by the factthat most of the routine guard duties are contracted out to a contractor whose uniforms are brown, while the blue uni
-formed guards are employees of the University engaged largely on more difficult or sensitive operations as well as manning the 24 hour Security Control Centre."
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Will HKUST叫a州州州ceofposti酬a何
who work in service centres such as EMO or Fi
-nance to different sections of their own offices? This would be a very good way 。fallowing staff to diversify their experience and knowledge, and get to know the workings of their whole department.
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within a department is entirely at the discretion of individualDepa付ment Heads. Where the smooth operation of the department will not be affected, job rotation among staff members within a depa「tmentwill always be supp。此ed and encouraged.
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EXCHANGE SQUARE
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cientific Liberty vs
M。ralRe
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ponsibjfity
o good-do no harm
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was the theme of the International Symposium on Biotechnology and Ethics (Bioethics) held at HKUST on November 26 and 27. During the two days, over one hundred people came to witness fifteen internationally respected professors attempting to balance the ideals of scientific liberty and moral responsibility.Prof. Darryl Macer from the University of Tsukuba, Japan, defined bioethics as the
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study of decision .making in questions of life.”
Pro. Joel Zimbelman from the Centre for Applied Ethics,· Hong Kong Baptist College, stated that the Technological Im-perative was based upon the presupposition that,“if something is technologically feasible, it is desirable
.'’
Prof. Po Tien, repre-senting the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, mentioned his virus-resistant plants as an example of this. Although the plants were applauded by farmers because they increased productivity, there were risks, he pointed out, associated with releasing genetically engineered plants, such as the spread of transgen by pollen, the escape of antibiotic resistant genes, contamination, and the possibility of transgenic plants spreading like weeds.
Prof. Phil Berea no from the University of Washington pointed out that while the products of genetic engineering were being evaluated, the processes were not, and that adequate ecological assessments were not being pe斤ormedprior to the release of genetically modified organisms.“Technocratic arrogance, not democratic decision making is involved here’”he said.
Prof. Darryl Macer felt that there ought to be universal bioethics.
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Ordinary people have the ability to balance the benefits and risks of science and technology and show signifi-cant discretion over therapeutic and cosmetic applications of
gene therapy
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he said. The only problem he admitted was that the notion of universal bioethics assumes that people are basi司cally the same.
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My research surveys have shown that there can be a diversity of responses due to such variables as culture and religion.”
A member of the audience added that there were also problems associated with seeking opinions upon topics from those lacking in knowledge of the subject.Prof. Zimbelman suggested that large multi-disciplinary teams that included scientists were the answer.
“
There needs to be discussion and agreement. We need to get consensus and then put it to policy,'’
he said.“
Technocrats ought to be subject to the implementation of a number of policy guidelines and procedures that constrain biotechnology research and assure ongoing technology assessment.”Prof. Joel Zimbelman defines technology assessment as“
a
comprehensive approach to the analysis of the efficacy of a technology that considers all possible and probable, present and future, intended and unintended effects of technology on society.
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an Macphe「son ’ the
Pro-Vice-Chan-cellor of the Administ『ative Branch, is keen to keep the administration of HKUST in touch with the people that it serves. Helen Wong, his EA, is doing all she can to help him.
“
I have my regular duties as Mr Macpherson’
s Staff Officer, but I also have another ro悟， andthat is to help improvecommunications between faculty and the administration. I act as a so付 of one司stop
problem-solving-shop
,
'’
she says."Say someone has problems with
appointment passage or leave passage allowances. Do they go to the Personnel Office, or the Finance Office or to the Purchasing Office? The first step, of course, is to ask their Office Manager.
They are well informed about administra-tive procedures and should be able to direct them to the appropriate administra-tive department. But if their problems are not able to be addressed fully, I am here as a next step
,
'’
she explains.By dealing with the problems indi-viduals are having in navigating the ad
-ministration, Mrs Wong learns of weak spots in procedu 『es,and is able to bring these to the attention of the department heads concerned.
“
I am very impressed by the helpful-ness and reasonablehelpful-ness of our depart-mentheads’”she says. “I was afraid they might view me as a busybody or a whinging gossip monger. But as it turns out they welcome feedback on their procedures, and they do all they can to improve them.”
As well as dealing with finite prob
-lems people are having with the adminis
-PEOPLE AT Hl<UST
tration, Mrs Wong also lends a sympa-thetic ear to faculty and staff who want to air a general grievance.
Asked if she enjoys her role Mrs Wong replies
,
“
What gives me satisfac-tion is establishing rapp。此 withpeople. I see them realising that I'm not taking sides, and that I am able to understand their concerns and find a solution for them.”
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gene『allyrecognised that Russian scien-tists lead the field. Here to share his expertise in this area is Professor
Vyacheslav V. Sazonov of the Moscow
State University, who began his one year
term as Visiting Professor in the Manage
-ment Depa叫mentof the School of
Busi-ness and Management in October 1993.
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Probability studies the laws ofran-domness
,'’
explains Professor Sazonov.“
Even something as haphazard as theHang Seng index, can, within certain lim-its, be predicted using our methods."
Professor Sazonov
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s main interest is stochastic analysis. The applications of this area of research to business and management situations and economic problems are growing increasingly appar-entas 『noreand more researchers devote themselves to this expanding field.Modern methods of stochastic analy
-sis, Professor Sazonov suggests, are pa付icularly relevant to Hong Kong and other South East Asian countries where economic growth needs to be proceed within rationalised guidelines if it is to
continue to burgeon.
In Russia, too, these methods are being applied as a new generation of business people, educated in several newly founded business schools and business-orientated universities through
-out Russia, put the ideas they have learnt into practice.
According to Professor Sazonov, the
changes in the economy, politics and
so-ciety of Russia are reflected in the subject choices of its students.
“
In the past it wasprestigious to work in the defence indus
-try, and research centred on the advance-ment of the military and its armaadvance-ments. But this has all changed. Now the best students are going to law school, or are
learning medicine and business’”he says.
Collaboration between HKUST and Russian scientists is a strong possibility “Russia maintains a strong basis in theory and science
,
'
’
says Professor Sazonov,“
but as yet it must import structure and practical knowledge from countries expe-rienced in the running of a market economy. I see this as an excellent basisfor co-operation between Hong Kong and
Russia. We have specialists in, for exam
-pie, the theory of statistics and economics while Hong Kong has the experience to say how these theories can best be ap
-plied. In fact we are now thinking of estab-lishing direct links between HKUST and the Russian Academy of Sciences"
Asked if life on campus in Moscow differs from life on campus at HKUST,
Professor Sazonov replies
,“
The di付erences are not great. But, compared to
HKUST
’
s Congregation last October,graduation ceremonies in Russia are a lot simpler!”
TALK OF THE CAMPUS
Its
N。tEasy Be
i
ng Green
by Maureen Brown
over. You
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re in the toilet en-gaged in one of humankind
’
s uni-versa I activities: the debate over whether to use the electric hand dryer or paper towels. Which is kinder to the environment? The burning of fossil fu~ls for electricity or the cutting down of forests AND the burning of fossil fuels?2:30 pm. It's off to another depa此mental meeting. Your colleagues are all lined up around the table. Before them are freshly printed copies of depa「tment e-mails (minutes from previous meetings, departmental notices, agenda…). You feel a bit negligent. All you
’
ve brought is a copy of the agenda. You lean towards one of your colleagues,“You don’
t really need to print all those e-mails, do you?”“You
’
re not one of those environmentalists, are y'ou?”he barks back.Are you a would-be greenie sometimes thwarted by un -green technology and reluctant colleagues? Any suggestions for making UST greener？ 巳mailGENESIS if you have.
SOCIAL CLUB
The 1993 C
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m
as Banquet and Bash
by Wendy Chan
December 8 might seem too early to celebrate Christ -mas, but it ce 「tainlywasn’tfor the 141 facul句，staff,and their families who gathered at the La Plantation Coffee Shop of the Regal Airport Hotel that night. Turkey and good friends added to the festive mood.
Our magician friend Declan did not fail to amaze us with his old tricks. Nor did our colleagues of the AA Branch, who beat the AB branch in a quiz contest, with their knowledge of everything on campus. As in previous years
’
the highlight of the evening was the lucky draw. More than forty prizes were awarded. After much pleading and nagging, Jack Lau, our master of ce『emonies, finally got his pay for the night: a $1,000 cash coupon. Fred Castro won a round-trip ticket to Cebu without much effort, and our French faculty uttered a hearty “『nerci beaucoup”
for the grand prize of a $2,000 travel coupon.All the fun notwithstanding, the evening was also sen
-timent訓，asour Chairman Peter Dobson bid farewell to our colleagues who will be retiring in the New Year - Donald George, Ian MacPherson, and Thomas Stelson 一 our
English, American, and Canadian
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gentlemen'’,as he referred to them.Well, not everything was pe巾ct.The seating was less than desirable, with some of our colleagues tucked away in distant corners of the room, and others not able to get the table they wanted. Pa 「ticipation might have been more enthusiastic with a selection of less sombre Christmas carols, i.e. baby tunes like "Jingle Bells
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or“
Frosty the Snowman.”
And the turkey looked like a chicken. But to the volunteers who organized the pa川y,a big“
thank you’,from all of us is due. Have a wonderful year ahead!1993 Staff Tab
l
e Tenn
i
s Tournament
by Steve Kong
Twenty-nine men and ten women competed in the 1993 Staff Table Tennis Tournament. After fierce com-petition, the Mathematics Department made a clean sweep of the Men
’
s top three positions with Weiping Li, who finished second last year, winning his first table tennis title at HKUST. In the Women’
s Tournament, Debbie Mak of the GAC Office was champion once again, her third title in four years.The results of the tournament were as follows:
Men
’
s Women’
s1. Weiping Li (Maths) 1. Debbie Mak (GAC) 2. Kunrui Yu (Maths) 2. Li Sik Hueng (EMO) 3. Y.K. Kwok (Maths) 3. Emma Fung (EMO)
SHO~
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PING FOR HKUST
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The Information Office sells a wide range of HKUST souvenirs. It is
open Monday-Saturday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sunday, 9.30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. Prices listed here reflect the discount which is available to
staff and students on items at the shop.
Now in stock is an interesting selection of new clothing and
souvenir items: 96% lambswool cardigans and pullovers in red,
blue, purpl巴， ivoryor green;Cotton sweat shirts in blue, ivory or grey;
Cotton tracksuits in blue, yellow, grey or ivory; Coffee mugs; Polo
long-sleeved shirts in a choice of five colours.
Clothing comes in five sizes for adults. Cotton sweatshirts also come
in three children's sizes. Many other items are also availabl巴，
Christmas Lucky Draw Winners
1st prize E,velyn Au 6th prize Kam Lai Fong
2nd prize Ip Yuk Hing 7th prize Lo Chuen Yin
3rd prize Kwong Wai Kuen 8th prize Rita Lau
4th prize Wong Lai Fan 9th prize Lun Chi Man
5th prize Susana Li 10th prize S.W. Chan
STAFF NOTES
Promotions
Ms NG Mei Ling to PSI in the Department of Biology Ms CHAN Yuen Lee to Clerk I in the Department of Computer
Science
Ms LI Wing Yee to Clerk I in the Estates Management Office
Ms Miranda YM LO to Clerk 11 in the Estates Management Office
Ms Wai Yi POON to EOI in the Language Centre
Ms Chelsia SH TAM to Clerk I in the Depa付mentof Physics
Mr Kenny KW CHOW to Sr PE Offr in the Student Affairs Office
VIDEO SPOTLIGHT
EINSTEIN: HOW I SEE THE WORLD (OC16.日A111991)
Described as
“
one of the most astonishing and poeticcompressions of grand ideas ever managed in one hour'', this
video portrait is as much about the humanity of Albert Einstein
as it is about his legendary accomplishments. Experience the
charm and compassion of the world’s most famous Nobel
Prize-winner, and learn how he became one of the most eloquent
advocates for peace. To see the world through the eyes of
Einstein is to see some of the 20th century’s most impo口ant
events from a unique perspective.-NTSC, 60 mins, color w/
black & white footage.
TIME OUT FOR ENGLISH
In a New York restaurant
Customers who find our waitresses uncivil ought to see the manager.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Salaries will be paid on 27 January.
Appeal for Help. Mr Wai Sek Keung, a driv.er in GACO, is
suffering from a serious illness and is now undergoing treatment in
hospital. In a desperate bid to improve his condition he has decided
to also try Chinese medicine. The expenses for this are not covered
by the medical insurance scheme, and his financial needs are
therefore becoming dire. If you would like to help Mr Wai, please credit your donation directly to his account: Hang Seng Bank A/C
No. 361-8-000834 or issue a crossed cheque to Wai Sek Keung.
Cheques will be collected by Josephine Lau. Call her on Ext. 6333
for details.
UAC Minutes will now be posted on the Electronic Noticeboard,
in a folder named UAC. Minutes will remain posted until six months
after the meeting date.
Soccer Club practice now takes place every Saturday from 12
noon to 2 p.m. at the Astroturf.
ADVERTISEMENTS
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auto-matic, power-steering, power window, power lock, remote side
-mirror, air conditioned, stereo radio/casset怡， $20,000. Call M F
Leung on Ext. 7329.
HOME AFFAIRS
LOYil」－ Man(CHEM) announces the bi付hof LO Ho-Ching on 31
October.
CHOW Po Wah (EMO) announces the birth of CHOW Hei Tung on
2 November.
l(UNG Siu Lun (EMO) announces the bi 叫hof KUNG Hiu Tung on
12 November.
CHENG Chi Wing (EMO) announces the bi 付hof CHENG Cheuk
Chi on 13 November.
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'..'IManaging Editor Sabine Harris · Editor Maria Hackett
Design 品 Production Timothy Ngan, Catherine Tse, Jackson Choi
Photography Bobby Sham, Lam Siu-Kei Genesis is published by the Office of Public Affairs.
。1994by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.
Printed on recycled pape「 All rights 「eserved.
Cont「ibutionsfrom all staff are welcome. Deadline fo「 submissionis the 20th of each month. Send to e-mail add「essGENESIS.
答問
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保安人員穿的制服有兩種色一棕色和藍色？固
盧文士先生（校產管理處）回答 「保安人員的
後來工作的，他們執行常規的保安工作，而穿藍 色制服的則是學校的職員，主要是執行較困難的 或有機密性的任務，並要安排二十四小時都有人 值班的保安中心的人員。 人數是由下列的需要確定的 － 管轄校園和各大樓---
的入口，監視需要特別注意的地段 ，管轄車輛和 缸:'.iJ科技大學以後會不會採用這樣的做法：將某些部 鑰匙，以及對付堅急情況。有些管轄點，如校園 門，例如校產管理處或財務處的工作人員，安排 入口處，設兩個保安人員 ， 而其他一些點，如學 術大樓和宿舍區則只安排個。有些地方需要二 十四小時值班 1 有些地方則只設日班或只設夜 班。 「保安人員並不多，但有些時侯在大堂好像頭得 有太多的保安人員，這是因為穿著制服的保安人 員經常出入大堂附近的緣故。關於制服顏色的不 同，情況是這樣的，穿棕色串I］服的人員是簽合同 到該部門的其他崗位，這是讓工作人員獲得多種 經驗和多種知識，并且熟悉部門各項工作的好辦 法。閻
明處）臨：一個部門的分工完全是由該部
門主管全權安排的。在不影響本部門正常工作的 情況下，工作人員的崗位輪換永遠會獲支持鼓勵 的。 康體會活動 江少鳴 聖誕晚會一九九三年教職員冥冥球大賽
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Prof. Gary J. Shiflet, Visiting Professo「， PHYS
9:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m.
Lecture Theatre H Organiser: PHYS
· into: Jacma Said, Ext. 7501
4 January
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1) BINF Seminar
“An Implementation of LPFORM”
Dr Pai-Chun Ma, Dept of Business Administra.
lion, College of Business &Economics, University of Delaware
10:30 a.m. -11 :30 a.m. Room 3311 (Lifts 17 & 18)
。「ganiser: BINF
Info: Ext. 7633
2) CS Seminar
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A Practical Theory of Programming’,Prof. Eric C.R. Hehner, Dept of Computer Science, University of Toronto
3:00 p.m. -4:00 p.m.
Lecture Theatre F (near Lifts 25 & 26) Organiser: COMP
Info: Ext. 7008
3) Special Mathematics Colloquium
“How An Applied Mathematician Can Succeed in the World of Finance ”
Dr. Philip K. H. Ma, Assistant Vice-President, Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Lecture Theatre G Organise「： MATH
Info: Janet Wo呵，Ext.7428
Unless oJherwise specified, all events will be conducted in English
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4:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m. Lecture Theatre G Organiser: PHYS Info: Jacma Said, Ext. 7501
Unless otherwise specified, all events will be conducted in English
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1) Management Seminar
“Acquisition Behavior, Strategic Resource Commitments and the Pe「formanceof Acquiring Firms ’,
Mr Mark Sirower
10:30 a.m. -12 noon Room 4505 (Lifts 25 & 26) Organiser: MGMT Info: Alice, Ext. 7722
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1) ELEC Seminar
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11 :00 a.m. -12:00 noon Room 2463 {Lifts 25 & 26)
Organiser: ELEC
Info: General Office, Ext. 7040
2) Biochemistry Seminar
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Human Immune Response Against Dengue& Respiratory Syncytial Viruses ”
Prof. Robe付 Ande「son,Dept of Mic「obiology
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2:00 p.m. Lecture Theat「eG
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1) BINF Seminar
“Legacy Systems: Practices and Promises ’,
Dr Tung X. Bui, BINF
2:30 p.m. -3:30 p.m.
Room 3306 (Lifts 17 & 18)
Organiser: BINF Info: Ext. 7633
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1) CCST Software Workshop
“Introduction to SAS Programming”
M「 Ron Cha「1,Technical Specialist, SAS
Institute Ltd. 2:30 p.m. -5:00 p.m. Room 4580 0「ganiser:-CCST Info: Anna, Ext. 6189
