HKUST Genesis = 同創, Volume 4, Number 7

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Common Sense About Sexual Harassment

by Prof. Peter N. Dobson, Jr.

Director of Planning & Co-ordination

We have recently had our first public complaints about behaviour on the HKUST campus that can be called sexual harassment. It would be inappropriate to discuss the facts or merits of these complaints in the pages of Genesis, but some general comments on the potentially explosive issues involved are in or-der. In past years

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I have se巴na university campus divided against itself in controversy surrounding charges of sexual harassment, and I have seen sev-eral careers sid巴tracked, if not ruined. Understand-ing the issues and implications, and the application of a little common sense,

can help us avoid the worst of these problems.

Sexual harassment can take many forms. At its simplest, it is behaviour concerning sexual matters that is felt to be off；白IS

A person off巴nd巴din thi s way may feel violated or

ev巴n threat巴ned,and soci-ety has increasingly taken the view that the offend-ing party does not have the right to continue the behaviour once the fact that it offends becomes known to him (or her).

One of the important things to und巴rstandabout sexual harassment is that the intent matters less than the effect of the behav-iour. When you offend someone, your behaviour is offensive wheth巴rornot

that was your intention. When a person finds your behaviour offensive or

threatening in a sexual w呵， you have sexually harassed that person.

Of course, if a person does something without knowing that it is o旺ensive,this fact may excuse the behaviour up to the point where he finds out that he

haso丘ended.But it is no justification for continuin

th巴 sam巴 behaviour.Once someone has discovered that his actions are causing another person to feel this kind of distress, future conduct of the same kind is deliberate sexual harassm巳ntand inexcusable.

So, one commonsense guideline to follow for those who find they hav巳 inadvertently been the cause of another person

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s fe巳lingof sexual

harass-ment is to apologise for

th巳 behaviour, and to make sure it does not happen again. Moreover, wh巴n apologising they should not make so much of their intentions that they se巳mto be blaming the person they offended for being too sensitive. They may well know many other people who would not be o宜endedby the same conduct, but that does not make the o缸ens巴

any less real or the stand-ards of those offended any less valid.

Another form of sexual harassment occurs when someone in a posi-tion of respect or author-ity uses it in an attempt to

巳ncourage, elicit, or in some cases coerce mtI-macy with a person in a

subordinat巴 position.This can occur betwe巴n a

SU-pervisor and an employee or between a teacher and a student. Coll巴ges and universities have had more than their share of

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on page 3) An Internal Communication

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Inside ...

P.2; Sta旺 Introductions P.3: Internet Services HKUST Mascot P.4: News in Chinese P.5: Popular Science Lecture Exchange Square P.6: Catering Social Club P.7: Graphically Speaking Video Spotlight On the Light Side P.8:

HKUST Souvenirs Announcements Advertisements Home A宜airs

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Bl"ian Cheng Fung-sang, Student Counsellor. Born 29 May in HK; mar-ried. Graduated from U. Saskatch-ewan with a BEng

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worked as a civil engineer for five years, then resumed full-time studies, earning a BA in Psy-chology from U. Alberta and an MEd in Counselling Psychology from U.

British Columbia.

Back in HK in 1987, Mr Cheng worked as a counsellor at Baptist College until joining HKUST in October 1992. Here, h巴 is establishing SAO's placement service. Business is slow at the moment, as HKUST’s only graduates are master’s students, but Mr Cheng is laying the foundation for a comprehensive service.

In addition to listening to music and travelling, Mr Cheng spends much of his spare time in community service一－particu

larly in giving seminars at the Canadian CoOllllission for those about to emigrate.

Carman Yau Lai-kuen, EOII. Born 14 February in HK

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single. Graduated from HKU with a BA, majori時 m

Chinese Literature and minoring in psychology. She has worked as a mar-keting officer for the HK Arts Centre and for a travel ag巴ncy. MsYaujoined HKUST in November 1992. Here she is responsible for student financial as-sistance, for the administration of the Medical Centre and Dental Clinic, and for various SAO publi

-cations.

For fun, Ms Yau reads fiction, watches films, and particu-larly enjoys the challe時巴 and adventure of “independent and

budget’,travelling.

Derek C.C. Lee, EOII. Born 6 No-vember in HK; married. Graduated from HKU with a BA and a double

m句 orin Economics and Philosophy. His first job was as Assistant Manager at Citibank. After a little more than a year he left to take up a teaching pos i-tion in a secondary school and to work on an MSocSci (Economics) part-time atHKU.

Mr Lee joined HKUST in July 1992. Here he helps manage catering facilities, student career services, and one of the four UG halls.

Squash is a favourite pastim巴 ofMr Lee; he also enjoys cycling, travelling, and watching films.

Samuel Ho Mun-yin, Student Coun-sellor. Born 22 October in E到主； m缸， ried. Graduat巳d from HKU with a BSocSci in Psychology and an MSocSci in Clinical Psychology. He is a Reg is-tered Clinical Psychologist in HK, and knows Chinese sign language. Before his Master

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s degree, Mr Ho worked as

a market research 巴xecutivefor a com-mercial firm and as a counsellor at

HKU and City Poly. After, he worked as a clinical psychologist in a pediatric cancer ward of the Prince of Wales Hospital and,

during that time, helped found the Children’s Cancer

Founda-t1on.

Mr Ho joined HKUST in August 1992. Here he is establis h-ing the student counsellh-ing service, which involves both indi-vidual and career couns巳llingas well as running self- improve-ment programmes.

Ceramics is Mr Ho's favourite pastime. Stephen Ma Fook-tong, Student Af

-fairs Officer. Born 26 November in HK;married, with one son 11 years old and one daught巳r6 years old. Gradu-ated from CUHK with a BSocSci, hav-ing majored in Sociology. He has also earned an MSocSci (Urban Studies) from HKU and a Dip. Management Studies from HK Poly, and is a Certi-fied Management Accountant in Canada.

Mr Ma has worked in a wide range of jobs from Publicity

O旺icerfor the HK Red Cross to Assistant Registrar at CUHK to accountant for a retail company in Canada. He joined HK.UST in November 1992. Here he helps manage the resi-dents halls and the catering services. In his spare time, Mr Ma swims, plays tennis, and enjoys travelling.

Angela Ho Tai-ping, EOII. Born 10 February in HK

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single. Graduated from CUHK with a BA in English, minoring in Journalism and Communications. After graduation, Ms Ho worked for the Consumer Council as a Consumer Ad

-vice officer, receiving complaints, giv-ing advice, and organisgiv-ing exhibitions and training camps.

Ms Ho joined HKUST in August

1992. H巳reher main responsibilities concern administration of the two postgraduate halls, of which she is the Residential Manager of one.

As for her spare tim巴，“Fishingis my compulsory hobby, because my boyfriend likes to fish’”she explains.

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July 1993

Internet services to improve for campus

and become available to the public

In a cooperative v巳nturedubbed

“Supernet

”,the Sino Soft-ware Research Centre (SSRC), the newly-formed UST R&D Corporation and CCST are working to improve networking services on campus and to make these services available to the

g巴neralpublic for the first time in HK.

Many campus computer network users ar巴 alreadyfamiliar with the Internet-the world-wide computer n巴twork which

enables advanced digital communications among more than 8

million individuals at over 8,000 organisations. Its services

include electronic mail, file transfer （叮P), interactive logins

(TEL阻T), library catalog access, bulletin board (USE悶.T),

and resource discovery (Archi巴， WAIS). Newer and better

services are being added all the time, making th巴 Interneta vital research and communications tool.

Those who use Internet on campus will also be aware of the problems-particularly of slow response time. This sluggishn巴SS

aris巴s because all 巴ight local tertiary educational institutions

share a single 64 kilobits per second (kbps) data line from HK to the US. Such a line has the capacity to transmit the equivalent of about two typewritten pages per second, yet it has virtually reached capacity-in use nearly 24 hours per day. This

ex-tremely heavy load makes the link sluggish and sometimes even

unusable for many applications. This poor quality of access to the Internet has threatened the productivity of many UST sta釘

members whose work depends on good communications with colleagues around the world.

To remedy this problem, Supernet is commissioning a n巴W

64 kbps line to the US. This line will not be shared, and initially will only handle tra血cfrom the UST campus. Furthermore, the line will be routed via trans-oceanic fibre optic cables rather than satellite link as is currently the case. As a result, once this new circuit is in place, campus users should notice a significant

improvement in response time, transfer rat巴， and reliability.

Additional bandwidth will be provided when necessary. Bob Coggeshall, manager of the project, estimates that the new line

Sexual Harassment

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lems with sexual harassment, and much of it has involved faculty

and students.

University faculty, especially those n巴Wto the profession and hence only a few y巴arsolder than some of their studen俗，donot often think of the teacher-student relationship in terms of power

and authority. But the power is there, and a student who s巴巴ms

to be a willing recipient of the advances of a teacher may be influenced by factors other than personal attraction. The student may, at first, be more afraid of the consequences of rej 巴cting

those advances than of the consequences of accepting th巴m.But

the student may later regret that initial response and the teacher involved can becom巳 thesubject of a charge of sexual

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will be in service by early August.

The Supernet project also intends to become a Commercial Internet Provider for Hong Kong, making Internet access avail-able outside tertiary institutions for the first time in Hong Kong.

HKUST mascot

christened

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Apollo

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Invoking the spirit of exploration and the mystique of ancient mythology,“Apollo" is the name ofHKUST

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s new mascot. In an unveiling ceremony on 22 April, the Vice-Chancellor and President introduced HKUST to its mascot, a robot designed in

the shape of the logo. The four-foot-tall robot has a transparent plastic globe for a

“head

”,computer circuits for internal organs, and wheels for feet. Researchers and students in the Computer

Science Departm巴nt are its

“teachers

”, using it to investigate various aspects of artificial motion and vision.

But even during childhood, a robot-cum-mascot needs a

nam巴， and th巳 ceremonyalso marked the beginning of a naming contest. Entries from students and sta在werecollected in a sealed box. After the deadline, the box was opened, the names w巴re

compiled alphabetically in a list, and th巳 list was circulated among the selection panel (which included Vice-Chancellor and President Woo and Students Union Chairman Sea此in). After three secret ballots, the name Apollo emerged as the clear

winner.

Th巴 name “Apoll。” wasthe brainchild of Dr Steven Kong (OP A), who also won a previous HKUST naming contest-for the internal newsletter, known ever since as Genesis. Steven says

he chose the name for two reasons: first, because of the rising sun in the logo;and second, because of th巴 USApollo space

pro-gramm巴 whichtook man to the moon in 1960.

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Like the sun,

HKUST is rising;like the space programm巴， HKUSTis aiming to push back frontiers’” Steven says.

In Greek mythology, Apollo was the son of Zeus and wielded

the power of the sun as giver of light and life. He was the god of justice and masculin巴 beauty,divine patron of th巴 arts,leader of the muses, god of music and poetry, and a healer.

ment - one that will have considerable credibility despite the apparent consent granted early in the r巴lationship.

A second commonsense guideline, then, applies to those who may have to deal with complaints of sexual harassment and their

consequences. It is simple: take them seriously. If these matters

are treated with und巴rstandingand sensitivity, with respect for the reputations and privacy of both the accusers and those

accused, a climate can be cr巴atedin which sexual harassment is

rare and handled appropriately when it does occur.

Finally, the most important way to head off future problems is to make it clear from the start that sexual harassment will not be tolerated at this Univ巴rsity.Education and conciliation should

play them吋 orrole in correcting problems. But all students and

all members of the staff need to know that sanctions are available

and will be used, if necessary, to protect them from sexual harassment.

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香港科技大學主辦

海南現代化與台灣發展經驗研討會香港科技大學社會科學部主辦的《海南現代化與台灣發展經驗》研討會於六月廿七至廿八日舉行。來自中國大陸、台灣省、海南省、香港及海外的學者聚首一堂，探討海南省在現代化的過程中，台灣的發展經驗有那些值得借鑑。研討會的組織者、科大人文社會科學學院院長齊錯生教授表示－「香港科技大學與海南省將建立長遠的合作閱（系，科大將為海南省的發展培養人才。海南省要更好的發展起來，可以倍鑑其他地方的經驗。同樣是海島的台灣省，她的經驗既有值得借鑑的地方，也有可供反思之處。我們組織這個研討會，就是希望通過對比，探討海南省在發展過程中，台灣有那些發展經驗值得採納，那些彎路可以避免。」齊錫生教授說：「四十年代的台灣省，就像現在的海南島﹔現在的海南島就像剛起步的台灣省。無論是地理環境、位置、面積、人口或農業，兩者都有相似的地方，唯一最大分別是人民的教育水平。」研討會廿七日上午九時在演講廢 G 揭幕，由校長吳家瑋教授及齊錫生教授致詞。研討議題包括《經濟中國的前景》，《體制改革與海南現代化》，《台灣的發展經驗》等。

香港科技大學為海南省主辦

決策層行政官員培訓班香港科技大學為海南省開辦的「海南省決策層行政官員赴港培訓班」’於六月二十日至七月四日舉辦第一期課程。根據香港科技大學與海南省國際人才交流協會簽署的協議，香港科技大學將在三年內為海南省舉辦六期課程，培訓該省一百八十位決策層行政官員，每期約三十人。海南省委托科大承辦這個培訓班，旨在為海南省決策層行政幹部提供學習機會，通過在香港上課和參觀，有系統地探討香港政府的宏觀決策和行為，考察香港政府架構中具代表性的機關和設施，及加強對市場經濟的認識。其中包括探討港府政策，如何在經濟領域發揮作用，及香港如何成為國際金融中心等問題。參加培訓班的學員主要是海南省黨政機關的處級以上幹部和各市縣班子的領導成員。負責課程的導師包括科大的教授講師及校外專家。上課形式包括講學、討論、及實地參觀。培訓班的主要負責人齊錫生教授表示，為保証這個培訓班能夠發揮實效，科大十分重視培訓班的跟進工作。在培訓班結束後，科大的專家和學者會到海南島探訪學員，了解培訓能否促進他們的日常工作，從而總結經驗，獲取反饋，把培訓班辦得更完善。齊錫生教授表示，南中國的發展是科大的關注重點，海南省既屬於南中國，而目前受到的關注尚不足夠。此外，海南省又是內陸省份包括廣西、雲南、貴州、四川等地一個出海口岸。海南省的發展，能促進西南地區的發展。他說：「科大已組成一個關注海南省發展的小組，研究在海南省的建設和發展過程中，科大如何提供協助。」科大校長吳家瑋教授表示：「科大的使命是為香港及其鄰區的經濟和社會發展作出貢獻。香港的鄰區必須包括正在急速起飛的廣東省，和潛力雄厚的海南省。培訓班是科大面對海南省的服務之一。」他又說：「此外，闇繞著環境保護，科大的同仁們願意在工業發展、城鎮規劃、熱帶農業、海洋生產、社會研究、經濟管理、全民教育等各方面出一把力。通過這些工作，將與海南省的問友們彼此學習，增加了解和實際合作經驗。這樣，科大也會為香港的工商業界和市民在海南省鋪路，有利於香港人日後在海南省大舉發展事業。」

科大數學系開設科學計算課程

問題。計算方法的策劃需要嚴謹的數學訓練，主要在偏微分方程和數值分析方面﹔而實際的計算工作則要求學生對電腦程序優及修及們與到程選學他目得課中化，題將學域論題生數領理問文學科科、際論的十工學實業程約及力決畢課成科動解的這」完理構來分信。要在結算學

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我受生學力科當。

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。補求士外，略完門識還後學此程領要專認士業理。課。能需的的博畢項程門等生中修本權，此課專學學年選基字練讀腦科物使學所有郭訓就電三生為三生計的科至學第學設良五兩數在該課學算科計在學算 MW1 封削項學－手無 T 設仔

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SE 曰迋學鄭大也很斗科本港項香此程及工程領域日益增長的重要性。「一向以來，實驗和理論是研究科學技術的兩大方法，但過去二十年，科學計算逐漸成為第三種方法，」科大數學系教授許為厚說：「舉例來說，現時飛機設計工程師已普遍利用計算流體動力學來設計飛機。」科大數學系講師郭宇權博士亦表示，修讀此科的學生，將學習如何策劃及應用計算方法，來解決科學和工程方面的實際

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July 1993

Popular Science Lecture:

Nutritional Aspects

of Edible

Oils

byRaymondS.C. Wo，嗨， SeniorLecturer in Biochemist,y 2:30-4:00 p.m., Saturday, 17 July

Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum, 2 Science Museum Rd,

Tsimsh αtsuiEast

Language: Cantonese, with English terms

HKUSTfaculty αre αgain this year delivering a series of popular science lectures at the Hong Kong Science Museum. Ju紗，s lecture is the third in the series, with three more planned for August, November and December. All the lectures are free and

open to the public.

Fats and oils are an essential part of our diet. They supply energy, provide nutrition, and tantalize our taste buds with rich flavour. As society becomes more prosperous and afflue肘， so

our food becomes more rich-with increasing amounts of fat and oil. But this increased consumption has been linked to obesity,

heart disease and possibly cancer. Consumers are now concerned

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with the type of fats and oils they consum巴 and their qualities with regard to promoting health and longevity.

This lecture will examin巴 thenutritional qualities of various edible oils and consider which ar巴 mostsuitable for our modern lifestyles. 普及料學講座：食油與營養香港科技大學生物化學系高級講師王仕中博士 t 月十 t 日星期六下午二時三十分至四時香港抖學館演講~ 脂肪和泊是我們自常主要食糧，既可提供能量及營養，其濃郁味道亦足以引人垂誕。隨著社會日益繁榮富裕，我們的食物也越加充足，而吃進體內的脂肪和泊也相應增加。這種趨勢與肥胖、心臨疾病、甚至癌症也甚有關係 o 為求長壽及身體健康，消費者已開始對食泊的種類和質素越來越關注。這個講座將會介紹不同種類食泊的營養價值，亦會探討那種食油最適合現代人的生活方式。

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也求英語一分鐘數學系郭宇權博士正確意思是「模糊」，例如數學的一個分支是如zzylogic ，中文是模糊邏措。有位英語教學專家每週數次在電視台用一分鐘講授英語的特點，節目內容很有啟發性。在與大學生的接觸中，我也注意到他們幾個常犯的錯誤，在此敢於越姐代疤，與各教職同工談談。由於我是教授數學的，常常要用上微分的名詞如 differentiation, differential ，我發現，超過百份之八十的學生都把 di叮叮ential唸成 di-fan so ﹔另外線性代數常用的名詞「基J ’英

語是 basis ’複詞是 bases ，學生都把 basis唸成 base ’雖然 base與

basis 的復詞同是 bases ，但肯定兩字的讀音是不一樣。以上兩例，我也注意很大部份的中學教學老師都同樣唸錯。語吉雖是約定俗成，但英語的讀音不是香港人所能影響的，誤音只引來笑柄。科大同學從港大同學學會了 freshm個一詞，他們的意思是新生即一年級同學﹔此一詞是美國大學流行的，美國大學一、二、三、四級學生的僅稱分別為 freshman,sophomore,junior及 senior。由於我們科大是三年制，這樣硬搬過來好像不大對稱，還有，懂用 freshman一詞的同學，並不一定懂 sophomore ’

．．．諸有關名詞。我曾向他們表示，最好還是用 year on巴 student 較妥切。另一普遍的錯誤是臼zzy這詞，以往港大同學流行用 fuzzy 代表「線座頭」，同學問愛罵別人為「fuzzy 鬼」。但 fuzzy 的在校園中，同學張貼海報介紹一些交流活動，他們把「交流」譯為 interflow 。在 t 十年代，我輩搞同類活動時也用上同一譯詞。但後來被美國朋友指正 inte也ow絕不包含「交流」這個意思。我曾翻看 Webster字典，字典說 interflow是屬於不常用的名詞，意思是 toflow in or between ﹔但中國出版的漢英詞典（商務， 1982 年版）把「交流」譯為 exchange interflow 或 interchange ，更有趣的，港大一份名為「交流」的刊物，英文的名稱竟是 InterflowO把「流」譯成 flow ，類似在電影「秋天的童話」中，周潮發把「黃牛」說成 YellowCow 。以上僅是個人的一些觀察，相信各同事運會發現更多「以訛傳言It 」的錯誤。

The writer, Dr Y.K. Kwok (MATH), points out inaccu司

racies in English pronunciation and usage which HKUST

students consistently make. Virtually all students, for

example, mispronounce

“

differential" and

“

basis”;they misuse the word

“

fuzzy

”,

misapply the terτn “freshman” and use “interflow”一－wrongly一－asa synonym for

“

ex-change". Som巴 ofthese mistak巴scan b巴 tracedback to high school teachers. While any living language changes with common practice, HK people cannot expect to have this sort of influence一一they ar巴 simplywrong.

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Campus Services Office and SCCFM

Committee to handle catering

In the future staff cat巴ringwill be jointly managed by a new

offic巴，knownas the Campus Services Office (CSO) and a new committee, the S徊在 Catering& Club Facilities Management Committee (SCCFMC).

The CSO will look after not only sta佐 catering, but also conference facilities and arrangements, the Visitors' Centre, th巳

Guest Lodg巴， and future staff club facilities. This Office will have a Manager at AS level, an EOI, an EOII, and support cl巳rical sta匠， forwhich interviews of shortlisted applicants have already begun. The CSO will report directly to th巴 PVC-AB.

The SCCFMCwill comprise 13 members, appointed for two-year terms (except students, who will serve one-two-year terms), as follows:

*

Chairman﹔ Pet巴rChow (IAO)

*

Four acad巳micstaff, one from each School:

Science : Y.K. Kwok

Engineering : Dekai Wu

B&M : Seshan Ramaswami

H&SS : Edward Tu

*

Five non-academic staff:

Angela Castro (ETC), Vincent Cheung (PVC-AA Office), Timothy Ho (ETC), Margaret Chow (EMO), Cartman Chan

（叮C)

*

Chairman of the Social Club (ex officio): Peter Dobson (PCO)

*

One student representative to be selected by the Students Union

* Manager of the CSO (Secretary)

The Committee

’

s primary mission will be to advis巴 the PVC-AB on policies relating to the provision and management of University staff catering and club facilities, to work with the Manager of the CSO on catering matters, and to monitor th巴

catering service in general.

The Committee met for the first time on 29 June. Re tendering for the G/F Sta宜 Restaurantand new tendering for the Phase II Coffee Shop were at the top of the agenda.

Jo

in th

e f

u

n

!

The Social Club is a voluntary organisation which aims to provide oppo 內unitiesfor fun and games among staff and their families. Each year the Club sponsors a wide range of activities, including boat trips, athletic contests, holiday dinners, and tours, and co-sponsors HKUST

’

s participation in the Dragon Boat Races. In addition it arranges member discounts at various retail and wholesale stores. (For full details, see the ENB).

The Social Club is a registered society governed by a Management Committee elected by members. To join, fill out the form below and send it to Chairman Peter Dobson (Planning and Co-ordination) or Vice-Chairman K. L. Lam (EMO). They will send you an invoice for the annual dues of $30 for the year 1 April 1993 to 31 March 1994.

Nan可e

Department

Phone ext. E-mail address

口 lam willing to help organise events.

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July 1993

of

7

ON THE

LIGHT SIDE

Knives

and Forks

In my last column, I discussed how not too宜endWesterners who persist in believing that they can eat with chopsticks.

It occurred to me that most Chinese hosts are merely trying to be helpful when they suggest the use of a knife and fork,

and so it would be nice if I supplemented my pr巴vious advic巴 withsome tips on how to tell whether guests want to try their luck or not. One of the best clues is how they hold their chopsticks. 匠， aftera fairly long interval, they are still holding one in each hand, chances are they are not really adept at eating with them. Another somewhat more subtle clue is to notice if they are closely examining the writing on th巳 pap巴r cov巴的 thatmany restaurants put on their chopsticks. In the US a lot of Chin巳ser巴staurantsuse covers that have instructions for using chopsticks printed on them. Anyone desp巴rateenough to hope they can learn how to use chopsticks this w呵，probablywould prefer not to.

The inverse problem - using knives and forks in a

West巴rnrestaurant- is complicated by the fact that few, if any, Westerners have any better idea of what to do than their Asian guests. Dining at home is simple enough: a dinner plate usually has a fork, knif，巴， andspoon in reason-able proximity, and the functions of each ar巴 notdifficult to ascertain. In a restaurant, however, there may be a row of three or more forks on one side of the plat巴，several

knives and spoons on the oth巴r, and a horizontal row of

similar implements at the top.

An interesting form of nativ巴 danceoccurs after the food is ordered. The waiter or waitress will often remove some

of the impl巴ments and bring others. For example，江 the

diner orders soup a perfectly usable spoon may be replaced by a di宜erentspoon that one must suppos巴 issomehow superior for the purpose of soup drinking. Ordering fish may result in being supplied with a kn証ethat won't cut anything and a fork that won't stab anything.

As for which implement to use, th巴re seems to be a consensus that they should be picked up in the order from outside in. I have sometimes wondered what will happen if the two sides get out of sync, but have decided the

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E-mail GENESIS

Genesis now has its own e-mail account. All submissions

toG閃閃is whichm凹的 advertisem凹的， announcem凹的，

articles, and contributions t。“Exchange Squar巴”－may

now be sent directly to e-mail addr巴ss,GENESIS. Please get them in before the 20th of the month for inclusion in the following month

’

s issue.

LOST PROPERTY

Have you lost anything on th巴 campus?

During the past two years the Security Control Office has accumulated a variety of unclaimed items. It is now necessary to dispose of them. If you have lost anything, please come check our collection at the S巴curityControl Office (G舟， Piazza). All items unclaimed by 1 August will be donated to charity.

Announcements

• Salaries will b巴 paidon 28 July.

• HK voter registration forms are available in the Student Canteen.

• The Self-Access Language Learning Centre is now on its summer schedul巴， openingfrom 12 - 4 p.m. on W巴巴kdays.

• Concerning th巳 staffdental scheme, the Main T巴nderBoard will ren巴wthe University

’

s contract with Bayley and Jackson (B&J). Switching to Well-Being Services (WBS) was con-sidered, but after staff representative visited WBS and oth巳r

staff submitted comments in writing, it was decided to trust our teeth to B&J for one more year.

.

The Badminton Club welcomes all sta在 tojoin their r巴gular

practices on Wednesday evenin軒， 6-8p.m., in the S.H. Ho Sports Hall. For further information, contact Mr Mok Kwok-wah (PO) on Ext. 6583.

;

con”

V巳nient transport to UST

;

with sports activities available. $13,500/month. For d巴tails,call Winnie (Ext. 7354/7369) or E-mail CHWINNIW.

• Car for sale. 1992 Sunny. 1,500cc engine; golden

;

with 4 doors, central locks, electric windows;auto-transmission, in excellent condition. $98,000. Please e-mail GACHUNG.

• Flat for rent. City One, Shatin, 16舟， 872sq ft with three rooms including a master bedroom with bathroom. Fur-nished. Available in August at $16,000/month. Please con-tact King on Ext. 6305 or e-mail P AKING.

Home Affairs

• Hui Fong (MCPC) announces th巳 birthof Wong Po-yu on 12 April. Dinner Special Turkey $2.35 Chicken or Beef $2.25 Children $2.00 紛紛紛努紛紛彷微

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Genesis Supplement _出且且~ 1 July (Thursday) 2 July (Friday) 10 July (Satur曲的 15 July (Th叮吋ay) 17 July (Satur由y) Accounting Seminar Titl臼： Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

”

Accounting Brain Storm for Hong Kong Town and Gown -Episode 1: Fads, Fashion

and Foundations in Accounting Education

”

Prof. Joel Demski 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Lee Wing Tat Lecture TheatreιT D)

ACCT

Juno Tung, Ext. 7555

Marketing Seminar Titles: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

”A Cross-Cultural Study of Interpersonal Information Seeking and Giving Behaviour"

Dr Philip Parker, Associate Professor of Marketing，必﹔SEAD

10:30 a.m.” 12:00 noon

Rm 3301 (Lifts 17 & 18)

MKT

K.Y. Lee, Ext. 7711

Varsity Competition in Electronic Design

1992

/9

3 -

Final Submission

Time: Venue: Organiser: Sponsor: Info: 10: 15 a.m. -3:40 p.m.

Academic Concourse (outside Citibank Lecture Th闊的）

10: 15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. -Display of electronic models & evaluation by judging panel

from 8 tertiary institutions; Lecture Theatre D

2:00p.m.” 3:40 p.m. -Demons甘ationof elec住onic models by finalists

RC

Zonta Club of the New Territories RC, Ext. 6924

1)

Biochemistry Seminar Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

”

Regulation of Developmental and Behaviourial Plasticity by Prot巳inKinase C Subtypes

and Subs凶tes"

Dr Fwu-Shan Sheu, Dept of Health and Human Services, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland

2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Lecture Th臼treG (near Lifts 25 & 26)

BICH

Dr Jim Hackett, Ext. 7292

2)

Accounting Seminar Title: S阱aker: Time: Venue: Info:

”

Accounting Brain Storm for Hong Kong Town and Gown -Episode 2: Change of

Accounting Education and Practice for the 21st Century"

Prof. Katherine Schipper

4:00 p.m. -6:00 p.m.

Lee Wing Tat Lecture Th巳atre(LTD)

Juno Tung, Ext. 7555 Popular Science Lecture Series

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Language: Organisers: Admission:

’,Nutritional Aspects of Edible Oils"

Dr Raymond S.C. Wong (BIC昀

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Lecture Hall, HK Science Museum Cantonese, with English terminology OPA, HK Science Museum

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19 July _{Workshop on Manufacturing Systems}

加fonday)

Venue: Rms 6545 & 6546 (via Lifts 27 & 28) to

23 July Organiser: School of Engin臼ring (Friday) Info: David Yu, Ext. 6956

Marketing Seminar

21 July Title:

”

Transference of Marketing Activities to Foreign Markets: Cross-National Differences" Speaker: Prof. Gerald Albaum, Visiting Professor of Marketing ( Professor of Marketing, 仰f吋n品也y)

University of Oregon) Time: 2:30 p.m. -4:00 p.m. Venue: Rm 7332 (Lifts 13 to 15) Organiser: h在KT

Info: K. Y. Lee, Ext. 7711