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Executive Tung ζhee Hwa desc「lbedthe past yea 「 as"ve「ydt仟︱ ζult"du 「ing a 「ecenttrip to New Zealand. UST stude『itsalso have 「nixed feelings towa「dsthe past year. Genesis talked with some of them as they 「eflectedon the first anniversary of the establishment of HKSAR. Jackie Tang Kwok Fai (ECON, MSc) thinks
China has honored its pledge to implement the
“
one country, two月ystems”、policy'in Hong Kong. To Jack峙， publiclife after July 1997 seems unchanged.“
I see no "big differ-ence apart from the change of nati"onal emblems.in front of government buildings and the hoisting of the national flag at lJST's north gate.’,On the economic· side,-he ismore critical:“The economic outlook is not very promising as 可ongKong
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s competi-tiveness seems to be declining compared with other Asian neighbors.”
Relating his knowledge to Hong I(ong's P!esent circum-stances, Ja宇kieis initiating a research project on the·unemployment problem.“I want to
study the effect of the credit crunch on unemployment. The government’
s high interest policy has tightened bank loans, slowin~ down economic activities and lead-ing to a high unemployment rate;' he said. Speaking with hindsight, Joyce Tsui Sze Wan (ACCT, 2) thought people were beingoverly optimistic when Hong Kong
returned to China last
}
uly. Today, she still looks forward to a better tomorrow, but with tempered optimism.“
I believe Hong Kong people are very resilier哎， overcomingevery difficulty in tough times;’she said.An early bird in.the long queue of job-seekers
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Joyce is attending an options course, par-ticipating in a career workshop and look-ing ahead to the GMAT examination in preparation for entering the highly com-petitive job market.“
I'm not worried about my future. I’II do my best;’she said. Mai·cus Wu Chi Wai (PHYS, 2) had not realized that it had been a whole year since Hong Kong’
s return to China. "Hong Kong is st山 whatit used to be. We enjoy freedom of speech, and theJiberals are free to criti cize the government;' he said. MarcusZhou Feizhou (SOSC, PhD)
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It has been two years since I came to UST to do a PhD. Here I have experienced the return of Hong Korig to China. I can deeply feel the slight anxiety and feeling of resignation among my Hong Kong friends and class-mates. Students on the ChineseMainland shared similar feelings after 1989. But n0,w you hardly see any signs of resig-nation or indifference among students on the Mainland. When compared with Hong Kong students, they are more aggressive in seizing every possible chance to change · their life, keeping politics at a certain dis
tance. The changes in Hong Kong before and after.its return to China are not greater than the changes on the Chinese Mainland before and after 1989, and no matter what, its prospect for political construction is more promising. I think political idealiza-tion is most easily found. among students and young people, particularly when they are at the juncture of great historical events.
B呵， whatreally pushes history ahead may not be strong political participation. Keep-'ing a rational detachment will do more
good to both personal life and the building up of Hong Kong
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attributes the economic down turn to external for℃es, and says,
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I see no significant change in my life, and I am going to pur-sue my goal as planne缸， hesaid. When he graduates in Decem-ber, he plans to enter a post-graduate program in electronic engineering.．一
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呵，IItell them Hong Kong has been doing fine· since its return to China;’Bernard.said. On July l, he observed the hoisting of national flag at Tiananmen Square and celebrated the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR witlr Mainland students. 、.. 『，，＆、《 J
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5 .-r E ﹒《戶、 虎 山 叫 到＠ m tcdAn hH 悶 7 ． nuJ 刷 UECJ 尸 UAum EH -M 恥的到 ＋L心叫 e AHXUHU < UnrnHMBernard Cheung Kwok Yin (MECH, 1) had a special·experience. of the first anniversary of the establishment of the Hong Kong SAR.
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special 叭叭叭i川ful tools for<level-oping a new generation of biose.nsors and other biomolecular devices was inaugurated on 15
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une.The new laboratot弘 calledSiGNAL, or the Sino German Nano Analytical Lab, was opened by Prof Chia-Wei Woo, President of HKUST, ;ind Mr Wolfgang Gerz, German Consul-General in Hong Kong. The laboratory is a key component of the German Center in HKUST's Europe Institute.
Over the next teq to twenty ye司rs,the use of custom-designed sensors to detect biochemical changes at the molecular and submolecular levels is expected to have far-reaching consequences
in medical，的wironmentaland industrial appl_ications.
At SiGNAL, German and Chinese.academic and industrial part-ners will work together to develop innovati而 biosensorsfor use in
Hong Kong, the Chinese mainland and the Asia Pacific region. Already in
development are sensors for monitor-ing organic pollution in seawater and the physical training of athletes.
Quick and reliable sensors to detect the onset of a heart attack, the presence of dangerous bacteria such as E. coli and Salmonella or the use of illicit drugs are also being developed.
The new laboratory is housed in,
HKUST's Department of Chemistry and is led by Prof Reinhard Renne berg, former head of the Department of Immunosensors at the Fraunhofer Institute of Chemical and Biosensors in
Mue的t凹， German于
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From left, President Woo, Prof Gunther Seliger, Vice-Pr的identof the Technical University of Berlin,Mr Gerz and Prof Renneberg.
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We have the finest state-of-the art equipment and very strong partners bringing real strength to our research;' says Prof Renneberg .2
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English Update
To minimize confusion caused by the use of alternate English spellings on campus, it has been felt for some time that the University as an institution
should eventually adopt consistent spellings in names of carnpus entities, including those of departments, pro-grams, institutes, centers and other facilities. Beginning in 1998-99, an attempt will be made to spell all cam-pus names in a consistent manner in
University publications, using the so called American system. For the guid-ance of staff, an updated list of standard terminology and titles will be available from OPA in tl1e fall semester.
Spellings in use on Universit ｝「
stationery and busin巳ss cards will be updated gradually, as current stocks are depleted. Campus signage
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,rill also be updated gradually, ac\'.ording to need. The University’
s need for stylistic consistency does not, of course, restrictindividual language use or preferences.
In a culturally diverse community, it is or other special circumstances, office
hoped that matters of individual taste space may be granted by the relevant and style can continue to be exempt department.
from dispute.
Emeritus Professors
Congratulations to Emeritus Professors Hiroyuki Hiraoka- (Chemistry), Din孔I
Hsieh (Mathematics), and Chih-Kang Shen (Civil Engineering) for reaching the safe harbor of tetirement and becoming the first three members of UST
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s academic staff to be honored with the Emeritus ti_tle.Created by the Council in 1996, the Emer_itus title is awarded to selected
ac♀demic staff members or academic administrative officers upon their retirement" from University service. Emeritus staff continue to enjoy certain benefits and privileges, including ai1 email account and access to library and sports facilities, campus parking and other amenities. If tl1ere ar己continuing
projects supported by research grants,
Best Papers
Dr Annamma Joy (MARK) received the Award of Excellence presented by the
Canadian Journal of Ad'111inistrative Sciences for her contribution in the
·study of ethnicity. Her ~ap宇ron the measurements and evaluation of ethnic-ity, co-authored with other resear℃hers,
was recognized as the best paper in
1997. Dr Joy has also been named a member of the Advisory Council for the Association of Consumer Research from 1998 to 2000.
. Dr Douglas B. Rigby (CIVL) was given tl1e Award for Significant Paper by the International Association for Computer Methods and Advances in Geomechanics (IACMAG) for his study in the
“Implementation of Hierarchical
Single Surface Models in Finite Element Procedure”.Fashion
Statement
ftg:::,'.
tele丸rision shm> really rang abell with me. The popular
stand-up comic remarked that his father
had become a l也1dof fashion museum, wearing clothes'that were identical to
those he had worn 30 years previously.
Since I am probably not much
younger th司nJerry Seinfeld
’
s father, Iwondered if the same might be true of
me. Sure enough, I realized 出atwhen I
was back in the U.S. a month or so ago,
I went to the same area in the same Sears store where I had been shopping for
pants for the past 25 years. Following an
intense search, I managed to find two pairs of casual pants, one brown and
one blue, that were as near as I could 自1d
to the ones I had been-buying there since time immemorial. I also reafized that I
found my ideal shoes in about 1985, and kept buying 出Eexact same shoe Lintil
the company that made them went out of business. Fortunately, I have found an almost identical model made by some-one else.
I am not sure whether this is simply because it makes shopping easier to
know what you are looking for, or a case of a pattern being frozen in. Perhaps it is a phenomenon like speech, where
until an age sometime in the early teens
ON THE LIGHT SIDE
anyone can leal'11 to speak another
language with a native-speaker's pronunciation. But after that, the speech
patterns are frozen in, and the best most
of us can ever do is to speak other
languages with an accent. By analogy,
maybe sometime between our mid-30s
and mid-40s our fashion sense gets
frozen in, and we can no longer wear foreign (i.e., newer) fashions without an accent (i.e., looking and feeling strange).
I think college professors may be
especially at risk here, because of the tendency of the young academic to
follow the fashions of his even yo1Jnger students. So there is a chance they will
get frozen into· a fashion that the
students themselves ，心.rilloutgrow.Jf this
is the case, then years from now we will see quite old professors wearing really baggy shorts and enormous tennis
shoes, with their baseball caps on
backwards.
If this Ia.st sounds intolerant, I guess
it is the obvious case of the older generation thinking the preferred dress
of the younger looks pretty dumb. I
recently asked my son why people
thought they looked cool when they
obviously looked ridiculous. He an-swered by suggesting the origin of the latest trend in youthful attire, illustrated
in the accompanying cartoon.
Johnny! You
caη ’tgo
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out with
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stupid!
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thinks it
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stupid
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@UBC
Julie Chow Man Yi is a second-year accounting student. She spent the
spring semester as an exc_hange student at the Universi吵 ofBritish Columbia, where she experienced a· most unfo,get-table Valentine
’
s Day.I
…n 訓 th
British Columbia for almost three months already. Life here is really new and exciting for me.Canadians have a significantly
different li長stylethan people in Hong
Kong. They understand how to
"enjoy’,their lives. People here get
used to a simple lifestyle. They work
five days.a week, nine hours a day.
They do not go in for much
“
nightlife”
and entertainment. Sports and
spend-ing time with their family are what they are most interested in doing.
People here work much slower
than in Hong Kong, and that causes
me to feel annoyed sometimes
.
How-ever, when the}F areatwod<,theyworJ.(W﹞10leheartedl﹜凡 Itl咀nkthis is wh1「 yml
find that bus driver ba叫cers,waiter s and salespeople are all amiable and courteous-they serve you from their heart.
One of the mos 仁 impres·sive
events I have experienced here is 、
Valentine’s Day. Despite their heavy
workload, the boys from a boys' dor-mitory decorated our dordor-mitory (a
girls' dormitory), including the
wom凹，swashroom, with ail kinds of
funny and intriguing things at mid-night just to astonish us on the next
morning, Each of us found a
heart-shaped bag containing heart-shaped
candies and chocolate outside the
door of our room too! Moreover, a
boy and a girl who live in different dormitories but have the same room
number are called
“
brother’,and“
sister'.Academically, classes here are more or less the same as tl1ose we have
in Hong Kong, except that the profes-sors are eager to encourage students
to participate in classes and students are also enthusiastic about asking
questions and voicing opinions.
Students here know how to arrange
their time-they usually relax on .
Friday nights and on Saturdays. But
tl1ey study hard on Sundays. I st山 feel
I have much to learn from tl1em.
Students Sharpen Skills at
Pathfinde
.
rs Workshops
f
o,thethe annual Pathfinders Job Search Orientation, organized by the Career Center in early June, found it
“extreme
}}F useful." S直idone student,“
We learned a lot about the job hunting process. The employers’
panel sessionwas very helpful, 的 werethe comments on my application
letter and resume in the interview:’
The Pathfinders career education program began in
1994 in an attempt to give students an opportunity to
interact directly with prospective employers. Toward this
end, each year
’
s Interview Practicum is conducted as atrain-ing workshop where job seekers not only prepare an
application letter and resume for written comments, but also undergo a mock job interview where they receive
immediate feedback about their performance.
An innovation in this year's Pathfipders program was
the participation of UST alumni who were able to speak
about their own e可eriencesin job seeking an4_job ent印
Dubbed Honorary Advisors fo.r Career Education
(Hon.ACE) by the Career Center, these alumni 叮，vorkin companies that are major recruiters of our graduates, and
出eyare eager to share their experience with their younger
brothers and sisters. They are undoubtedly good
pathfmd-ers and role models;’said Brian Cheng, s1udent counselor
at 吐1eCareer Center.
令
This year’s panel discussion by prospective
employers-a highlight of the program-focused on how students can e叫1ancetheir﹒ employab且1tyintoday
’
Skeenly competitive job market. "Local graduates have
to compete with graduates returning from foreign
countries, as well as those coming from the mainland;’ said Stephen Lau, a partner at Ernst and Young. The panelists agreed that st~1dents should work on improv-ing their language proficiency in order to be more
com-petitive. Knowledge enrichment beyond competence in
a single specialty is also considered to be an asset by
today
’
s corporate human resource executives.• The panel discussion by prospective employers gave students
a realistic view of today's job market. Nearly 150 students took
pa的 inthe two-day workshops organized by the Career.Center.
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Summer 恤eis alsthat half of the swimming pool is closed because of a shortage
of lifeguards. Why can
’
t SAO employ more lifeguards?A
KennyChm川 SAO ：“恥urr叫跆guardestabthat 、、，henall posts are filled and when staff deplo}•ment is normal, the pool can be kept at full operation at all times. This April, staff turnover coupled with some sick leaves did affect the normal operation of the pool. Partial closure of the pool was necessary so that swimmers could still enjoy the pool facility without compromising safe作
There is a legal requirement stipulating the minimum number of dut}
,
li 跆gua油 duringopeni1
of adhering to the legal requirement, we have to ensure that the pool is reasonably safe for our swimmers. Conti1igency plans taking into account the number of swimmers and their competence in the ，、rater,the usage pattern of the pool at di在erenthours, and lighting conditions in reiation to manning level are being made. and implemented whenever necessary. \,Vhile maintain-ing normal operation of the pool is our top concern, we also ,yish to make use of sta旺 resources E在ectivelyand efficiently.”
4
Q
.
Wou心ep叫efor the University's central 州one system to provide a voice messaging facility, instead ofindividual departments purchasing answering machines ?
A 加叫心T ‘‘T …叫elephones}stem ( is an old mod巴1(production ceased by mid-1996) chosen and
purchased back in mid-1991 by the Hong Kong Jockey Club. Although the
system is able to provide basic voice telephone functions, its technology is over.IO years old. \•Vhile it does come with a voice-mail message system, it is inconvenient to ope1前eand has limited storage capacit弘 leadingto prob-!ems like overflowing aild loss of messages. Upgrade possibilities have been considered, but an add-on solution would not support the‘boss-secretar
}
ffeature. A PABX system replacement would cost in the region of HK$4.5 mill,ion, which is una仟ordablewithin our current budget situation. I'm afraid
u、
departments ，、rillneed to bear with the desktop answering machine solution for the time being, but CCST will continue to discuss with PABX vendors possible ways to provide voice messaging to UST’,
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Campus Calendar
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Until 15 July
Poetry and Painting: Cheung Ping's
World of Photography UST Library Exhibition 、 13-24 July Physics Summer Cilmp 、 、 UST campus
.
17-21 'JulyEngineering Summer Camp UST campus
19-25July
HKUST Handball Invitational Tournament 1998
24-26 July
Youth Literary Arts Camp UST campus
29 July
Payday
30 J uly-1 August Chemistry Summer Camp
UST campus 3-7 August Youth Arts Camp
UST campus
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活動
詩與畫：張平的道影世界 展期至 7 月15 日 圖書館畫廊 物理學夏令營 7 月13 至 24 日 科大校園 1998榮譽學生工科夏令營 7 月17 日至 21 日 科大校園 科大大學生手球邀請賽 7月 19 日至 25 日 青年文學營 7 月 24 日至 26 日 科大校園 發工資日 7月 29 日 化學夏令營 7 月 30 日至 8 月 1 日 科大校園 青年華街營 8 月 3 至 7 日 科大校園Home Affa
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• HO Tak Kwai (CHEM) announces the
birth of CHEE Ho Yin on JO March 1998.
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LAU Pui Sang (ATC) announces出Ebirthof LAU Kai Ho Brian on 8 May 1998.
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教職
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消息
﹒化學系何德貴於1998 年 3 月10日誕下男嬰， 取名池j告賢。 ﹒應用技術中心劉培生的兒子劉集激於1998 年 5 月 8 日出生。 GENESIS, 8 July 1998 區團星噩噩噩﹒沒有幹事的學生會
侯玉燕當學生會會長這一年不無遺憾一後 繼無人。第六屆學生會幹事會！I寄懸空一 年，最快也得明年二月才會有接班人。 侯玉燕說．“沒人‘上莊’（組聞出任學生會 幹事）我覺f射良心痛。學生會是一項薪火相傳的事業，現在突然沒人接棒，我
們
過
去一年的努力 ，好像是自費了 。” 一年多前，學生會也面臨著同 樣危機，那時候玉燕是福利秘書， 不忍見學生會無人‘上莊’ ，毅然擔 當重任，接下棒來。今年，危機再 現， 她卻是無可奈何了。 她說﹒：“沒有學生會外代表科 大的同學， 也就少了一把聲音為同學爭取權 益，監督校政 ， 向外發表意見。” 她又說．“這是學生會發展的必經階竄。科 大學生會只有短短五年歷史，缺乏傳統，加上 大學生普遍對學生會事務持冷感態度 3 空莊是 大勢所趨。” 從一年級加入學生會委員會工作， 出任福 利秘書以至學生會會長，侯玉燕發現處理人際 闌帳，是一項極不容易的事情。她要在幹寧、 同學、老師、校方及外界不間的觀點中找一個 平衡點》殊不簡單。還記得在回歸前夕 3她要 加強同學對九七的關注，與學聯保持聯絡， 回 應傳媒的提間 ，非常緊張。為了在校園外牆噴 • n 恤‘且，－－于ι一一一一一 上民主女神像 及安放國蕩之 柱，她不斷與 校 jJ 交涉。 繁重的會 務以外，侯玉 燕不忘學習。她
從不臨急抱
佛腳，堅持白天搞活動晚上除書。她以甲等榮 譽的成績畢業，在學業及課外活動上，均表現 出色。自七月起 ，她開展專業的第r步3在安 建信諮詢公司出任分析員。 她說，“在學生會工作這些日子，我對自己 有更深入的I認識，我知道自己的優點，也了解 自己的不足。現在回想起來 ，如果再有機會2 其實應該可以處理得更好。”﹔
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b開 鼓聲響， 船槳齊飛 ！ 科大男于龍舟隊在 財甘f:E 六月底的國際龍舟邀請賽中連奪兩獎，先贏學 生組亞軍，再在24 支決賽隊伍的金碗賽中取得亞軍。,.,
科大健兒早於五月底的西貢龍舟賽中奪取三獎。 由教職員及校友組成的女子隊在入人小龍賽榮獲E 軍，在 20人中龍賽贏得季軍﹔學生男子隊則在小龍賽 獲季軍。女于隊隊長 C
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er 說：“其實我
們
八個人一
直沒有機會一起練習，但我們都很努力， 門志高昂。” 咄咄閻嘲「咕： _., .... ,A ,'.J.旬，包、－ .. 科大龍舟隊 28(1條好漢展示實力。5
可－團撞撞藍圖
龔家高家的兒女們
寸長﹔1-l- 、 高兩個家庭的六位孩子都在科大讀 7這書。他們不約而同選擇科大 ，不為追 隨兄姐的決定 ，只為在這所風景↑合人，設備 先進的大學培養興趣， 增長知識。 樂家是一個會計家庭。大姐志芬是 96 年 會計學系畢業生 3老二志超今年畢業3 即將 在德勤會計師行工作 ，小弟志旗九月升二年 級 2 讀的還是會計 。獎志超說 ： “其他大學 也開辦了會計課程3但我對科大情有獨鍾， 因為科大提倡通識教育，在專業的會計知識 以外 ， 我還可以選修不同的學科 ， 拓寬棍 野。” 獎志超最難忘二年級時選修了社會 科學一門香港土 地及環境 iE! 策的學科。 沒有測驗， 沒有考試 ， H在一要求是提 交一份研究出 售公屋政策失 敗原因的報告。 欒志超與同學以 藍回興田祁為研 究對象，查資料 3 訪問居民 ，分析結7 誓：L
高家三兄妹也在科 大l唸書。 與獎家不間的 是 ，高家三兄妹的興趣 各異 1日住皆與工程結 下不解緣： 老大高振 漢去年在土木及結構工程學系畢業
i ：
老
果 ， 樂在其中 。那 時， 出售公屋政策尚 A 樂家大姐與志超（右）及志旗。 二高振權在電機及 置于工程學系唸三 年級－， 成績卓 越，老么高凱菌 是機械工程學系一年級生
，
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究可為政府的決策提供參考。獎志超說 ， “我很高興可以研究一個與香港社會有密切 關係的課題。，，獎志超班的同學一共訪問了 七個屋都共1,350 位居民 ， 了解他們對出售 公屋的意見。 ’ 獎志旗步姐姐及哥哥的復塵 ，主要還是 為了興趣。志超及志旗對會計的興趣始於中 間 ，二人同於觀塘瑪利諾書院畢業。 姐姐既做了先行者 ，兩位弟弟的路也許 會走得容易一點。志超在選科及擇業時，姐 姐給他不少意見。志旗決定是否入讀科大 時，志超也一盡哥哥及師兄的責任 2分析利害
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‘ 高凱茵、振權 及振漢與父母 同登長城做好 漠。 高振權說 ． “我們沒有受哥哥的影響， 只是大家的興趣都在工科，科大是學習技術 知識的好地方 ，所以我們不約而同以科大為 首盤。” 高振權自中學時代已是一名優異生。他 成功的座右銘是﹒不經一番寒徹骨 ，明II得梅 花撲鼻香？在科大待了差不多三年 ，最叫他 難忘的是在實驗室不眠不休的日于’。 他說：
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了再幹，累了便睡 3就像去露營一樣1。” 這些快樂的回憶還會延續下去， 因為高 振權已報讀科大的研究生課程。他曾到美國 密蘇里大學當交換生 ，心願是到美國攻讀博 士課程。 ~－ C'al 司:i,••:m.111•－圓圓圓Managing Editor Jacky Tsang Design & Production Timothy Ngan
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中德合建生物技俯實驗室
中德兩地的學者及工業家﹔︱寄攜手合作 ， 在新成立的中德納米分析實驗室創製 嶄新的生物傳感器。 該實驗室設於化學系，是科大歐洲研究 昕德國中心的一個重點項目 。實驗室於六月 中正式成立 ， 由德國駐港總領事葛斯先生 (Mr Wolfgang Gerz）及校長吳家瑋教授主 禮。 實驗室由化學系及化學工程學系任能博教授（ProfReinhard Renneberg）主管。任
教授來港前是德國明斯特弗勞赫費化學及生
物傳感器研究所免疫傳感器學系的系主任。 心肌模辜的新標記物 生物傳感技術的應用範圍廣泛 ，在醫學 上 ， 可為即時診斷疾病帶來曙光。在本港 ， 心臟病是癌症之外的第二殺手。可是大約半 數的初期心肌硬塞患者的心電圖都不能正確大約在發病後
的 1
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時
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檢查心肌模辜的生物傳感器
值。近年來 ，歐美醫學界已廣泛應用它來診 儘管如此3如果病人不到醫院就診，或去 斷心肌硬塞，並把它稱為心肌椏塞的生物標 記物。這種方法的準確度已遠高於心電圖， 可是仍不完美。 首先 ， 它的指示性不夠專 一 ． 急性骨，備肌肉損傷、慢性肌肉疼痛等都 會導致它的濃度增高 i 此外 ， 它速度不掏 快。 1994 年 荷蘭教授格 拉茲（J a n Glatz ）在心 肌中發現一 種脂肪散結 得太遲（這在本惜尤其普遍），這種方法也於事 無補。基於此，當時在德國的任能博教授一聽 到這一發現，就決定與格拉茲教授合作，共同 研製理想的裝置 ： 它可以在數分鐘肉完成ifllJ 定、準確、小型輕便、可在發病現場使用 。 任教授介紹說 3 經過兩年時 間，他們已經製造出可在 IO 至 15 分 E 鐘內 itt~出血中 FABP 濃度的裝置。 任教授說 ，他們正計劃把這種 裝置發展成便攜式的 FABP生物傳 感瓣。未來的產品僅有一張信用卡 大小，它的核心部份是表面帶著反 合蛋白（簡 ＝一一，；，；.，； .主4司董固＿...空前F 抗體識別劑的晶片p 當患者的血樣 ~－－－＇－＇·』j圓圓－－；－－－稱 FA
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由於體積 FABP ， 電子信號就會自動顯示 小，當細胞破裂時，它透過細胞膜出現在血 FABP的濃度 ，是否發生了心肌硬塞。如果 顯示病況。根據目前的醫學水平 ，僅在心肌 被中的速度相當快 ，在校塞發生的 IO至 20 將它與心電固結合使用，心肌硬塞患者可以 椏塞發作後的四至六小時之內進行急救，才 分鐘內，其濃度就呈現明顯的增加。任教授 百分之百地得以確診。不僅所有的病人可以 有可能收效 。 說﹒ “脂肪酸結合蛋白的利用是心肌桓塞診 得到妥當的治療 ，而且可節省經費和減少住 要製備即時診斷心肌極塞的生物傳感 斷1f面的一大革命。” , 院人蝕。 楞，先必須找出靈敏的生物化學標記物。任 格拉茲教授利用抗原技術加上酪顛色的 即時診斷疾病以外 ， 生物傳感技術也 能博教授介紹說，數十年前 ，生物化學家已 方法可以測出血液中 FABP 的濃度 ，在兩小 可用於快速測試污水 ，監察運動員在受訓 經發現 自當心肌細胞缺氧死亡時，有些臨及 時之內就司完成檢測的全過程。他用這種標 期間的身體狀況 ，檢驗大腸桿菌及沙門氏 蛋白質便會透過破裂的細胞膜 ，跑到血液中 記物檢測了數百位因胸痛去看醫生的病人， 菌等對人體有害的病菌及檢查違禁藥物的去
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rc司 夏日炎炎碧波暢泳此其時也。然而，惱人的是，大學游 R司 與其現時由個別學系自行購買電話錄音機，大學會否考 泳池因救生員短缺只能局部開放。大學能否多聘請救生員？ 慮在中央電話系統提供留吉服務？ 勻莘學生事務處周冠華君“按照現時救生員的攝＊~ ，如果 今夸計算及電訊中心盧志敏疆，．“大學現︱時使用的中央電話 沒有空缺，救生員的配置正常，游泳池可以全面開放。不過， 系統 (PABXl 為舊系統，於 91年中由香港賽馬會購入， 96 年中 今年四月，人手流失，加上救生員請病假，影響游泳池的正常 已停產。雖然該套系統能提供基本的電話服務 ，也能留日訊， 運作。為于讓泳客在安全的情況下繼續享用游詠泊的設施，局 但技術落後了十年，運作不便，記憶有限，常導致超負荷運 部封閉游詠1也是必要的 。 作 ，擅失口訊。我們曾考慮改進系統的可能性， 但附加裝置不 香港法例規定游跡？也須有一定數目的救生員當值才可開 具有z聯絡部門主管與秘書，的功能。如要更換系統需斥資 450 萬 放。在守法以外 ，我們必頌1確保游放池的安全。我們已制定應 港元，在現時的財政情況下並不可行。在這種情況下 ，各學系 變措施，在有需要的時候付諸實行。這些措施照顧到泳客的數 目及游術，游泳池在不同時駛的使用模式，照明系統及人手分 配等。我們首要關注自是維持游泳池的正常運作 3 但與此同 時，我們也希望能有效地運用人力資源。” 同會l 一九九八年t三月八日 只能繼續使用案頭電話錄音機，但計算及電訊中心會不斷與 PABX 供應商磋商如何提供留吉服務。’， （請將問題傳真至 2358 0537或電子郵件genesis。）7
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蝕的找到任何無奈或淡漠的心態，和香港。但現在你卻很難從內地學生中 學生相比，他們顯得更加野心勃勃，的共鳴。〈同章。訪問
去搜尋一切可能的機會來改變自己的 生活，而同時和政治保持一定的距了部份科大同學，他
離。香港在回歸前後的變化並不比肉 地在人九前後的變化更大 ，而且無論們對這一年有不同的
如何，香港的政治建設的前景遠比內 地好得多。 我想，政治上的理想化是感受一一
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一定
是對政治的強烈參與 ，保持一種理性 鄧國輝（經濟學理學碩士生）認為回區蟬，向論對個人
生括噩噩對香港
聾
歸後中國佫守承諾， 在香港施行“一︱
設都更有好處。”
國兩制”的政策。香港人的生活如 常做化他說：…建國 ‘ ’. .. 于華 張國賢（機械工程學系一年組）今年與築物門前改掛國徽及大學北間懸掛 THF HON(i KON(i UNIVERSITY OF SClfN(F I, lECHNO月。 科大老師丑十位科大學生在北京慶祝
國旗外，我看不出有甚麼不同。”在 回歸一周年。與他們同行的，還有二 經濟方面，他說， “香港的競爭力似乎落後 態度。 明年畢業時，她將加入求職大軍行 百多位中學生及七十多位大學生 。張國賢 於亞洲鄰國 ，經濟前景不容樂觀。”11,i: 鱷濟 列 ，為此 3 她已作好充份的準備， 參加職 說，“這是一個非常難得的經驗。去年我在 的他括學活用 ，正研究香港的失業問題。 業輔導及聯交易昕舉辦的期權課程，報考 。家觀看電視直播回歸儀式 3 今年則親往北 他說， “我要找出信貸緊縮與失業的關係。 Gi\ilAT 。她說：“我不會為前途擔心 3 我盡 京 ，會見國家領導人，與北大及清華的大 港府錯用高息政策，致鍾濟活動收縮，失 ’ 力做到最好。” 學生舉行座談會，很有意思。’，他會向肉地 業率高企。” 大學生介紹香港罔歸後的情況﹒“政權的轉 胡志偉（物理學系二年級）沒想到原來回歸 變以外，香港的變化不大，生活如常。‘一 徐詩韻（會計學系二年組）認為，港人在去 已是一整年。他說：“香港還是香港。我們 國兩制，在香港逐步實施 2 港人治港，並沒 年回歸時是過份樂觀了一點。不過，今天 享有吉論自由 3 民主派也可批評政府。”。 有出現原先人們憂慮的情況。最近立法局 她仍審慎樂觀地希望香港的明天會更好。 他認為香港經濟放緩是外圍因素使然 。 他 選舉投票率高達五成三 3 證明港人關心政 她說： “我相信香港人堅毅不屈、靈活善變 說 ！＇我的生活及計剖沒有受到太大的影 府事務。”七月一日當天，張國賢在天安門 的精神會帶領香港人渡過難關 。”雖然香港 響。畢業後我打算攻讀電子工程碩士學 廣場觀看升旗儀式，晚上則參加回歸的聯 已 經濟不景，但她抱持“既來之 ，則安之”的 位 ，繼續享受校園生活冶” 歡活動。
