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eaching 圳 research
universi『naythi 『1kthis a contradiction in te『ms ’ butif research is the lifeblood of HKUST, teaching is its soul. Re-searchers and their students are both scholars; learn-ing is what they are both about. A research university at its best provides a unique atmosphere for learning
;
one in which students are immersed in the larger search for knowledge and truth - where they are keenly aware that they are in the company of some of the world
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s finest minds probing the deepest ques-tions about the universe and our place in it.Our students have been central to all of our planning despite the emphasis we had to place on research in building this new university. But good teaching does not happen just because we want it, and even good teaching can be improved. With the excellent sta此 we have made in attracting a distin-guished faculty and building highly competitive re-search programs, it is now time that we reaffirm the importance that we assign to our teaching mission.
Prof. S.D. Kung, Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Aca-demic Affairs, is spreading the word that one of his major goals for this academic year is encouraging and rewarding good teaching. He already has started making visits to classrooms to gain perspective on how we are An Internal Communication
Excellence in Teaching
doing and in what ways we can improve.
“
This is not for the purpose of assessing individual teachers’”says Prof. Kung.
“I
want to take a look at the whole picture - the classroom environment, length of the lectures, size of the class, how the students respond and so on.“
I will have a lot to say about teaching this year, and I plan to make sure that teaching quality is carefully considered in reviews of faculty pe斤orm ance’”he continues.“But there
is only so much that can be done top-down. With the help of the Deans, the most importantthing I can do is to create a climate in which the grassroots efforts of the faculty in theDepa悅mentsare suppo同ed and encouraged.’,
In the meantime, the University will, for the first time, be awarding the Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching
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see also article on p.4) at Congregation on November 4. It is fitting that this take place at the ceremony honoring the first under-graduate class of HKUST, and it reminds us that excellent teaching already is a pa內 ofthe scene at HKUST. Our goal for the future? To make teaching of this quality a commonplace pa忱。f our students' experience.Dr. Lian Yi Zheng,
Joseph, recipient of 的e
Michael G. Gale Medal
for Distinguished Teaching
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Pers。nnel:
l<eeping Up With Hl<USTs
Gr。wingStaff
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ant a 仰b
change at HKUST?H帥 a q叫ion 伽圳ourann叫 leaveorm帥al b叫its? N叫 to
findout 伽州aff
evaluations? The Pe『so 『mel Office is the place. It is here where recruitment of staff, organization of benefits and
maintenance of policies are done. The Pe『sonnelOffice staff wo『kwith potential, current and past employees of HKUST
on an hourly basis, so they get an overall view of the inner workings of the University. l<ARAOl<E used to be Alice Wat's favorite pastime, until her
daughter was born at the end of July.
“
I haven’t had much time forkaraoke since she came’”Alice says. As personal secretary to the di rec-tor, Alice
’
s duties include taking phone messages and keeping the director’
s appointments.“
It's basically doing the boss' assignments’”she says.Alice has bee『1with personnel since December 1989 ('‘l am one of the firs t
batch of e『nployees.’’
her previous position with Chinese U 『li
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versity. Commuting home to Shatin gives Alice time to read novels and short essays.
Her favorite thing about working at HKUST is that as person-nel staff, Alice helps facilitate staff in other departments, espe-cially newcomers.
“
I also learn more in this work than in an academic department;
I get a fuller picture of the organization’”Alice says.
THE BEST DEALS are in Causeway Bay and TST, says Polly Tse, who loves to shop. She also spends time reading magazines and newspapers.
But it
’
s being with her three-month”。Idson in Tsuen Wan that Polly enjoys most.
In the benefits section of pe『son
n訓， Polly deals mainly with leave of term A staff. She started in the recruitment section of personnel in September 1992 after working with Government, but moved to benefits about one year ago.
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In my daily wo耿， lget to talk with many colleagues,'’she says.IF YOU'RE LOOl<ING to sell LP records (pa吋icularlycl甜” sical music), Hazel Ng wants to talk with you.“This is my mission with my husband: collecting LP 『ecords ，＇’ Hazelsays.
Her job mission is to recruit non-academic staff: technicians, computer officers, research staff ..
She
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s been with personnel for about one year.Travel is among her favorite things. Hazel visited Europe for her honey -moon last year, including England, France, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein. She liked Italy the most, though.
“
The people and atmos-phere are very light and happy. I like just to sit in Florence and watch the people,’,she says.
Hazel also enjoys reading Japanese and Chinese writers in
pa『ticular.
THREE MONTHS NEW to HKUST, Melody Chung pre -pares committee papers, coordinates payments, and recruits
E02s and academic staff for the schools of Engineering and Humanities.
In her free time, Melody travels around Southeast Asia, Europe and the West Cost of the United States. She
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s been to Britain (where she lived with her husband for two years), France, Switzerland, Aust「ia and Belgium.Married for nearly five years
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Melody enjoys hiking. Her favoritehiking spot is the Shing Mun Rese『voirin the New Territories. She also reads, but she says
,“
I read nothing serious because I have to read a lot of documents at work.’,Movie-goingis another way Melody spends he『 freetime. The last movie she saw was
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Four Weddings and a Funeral," and she says she loved it.AUTUMN is Peon Kwok
’
s favorite season because“
theUniversity sights are very good then.’,On the more practical
side, Peon says that summers are too hot, and winters are too cold, so autumn suits her just fine.
Peon also enjoys boating, which she
’
s done in Indonesia. “The Chinese translates to bananaboat’” she laughs. Japan, Thailand and China are stamped in her pass
-po 吋， and Peon liked Japan best,
『nainlyfor the quality of shopping it offered.
Living in Shau Kei Wan with her parents, Peon spends time listening to music.
“
I like Cantonese pop over the other 仰estern］’” shesays.Peon
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s new-found love is tennis.“
Playing tennis is now my favorite,'’she says. She attended a tennis course sponsored bySAO last month, and now she borrows friends
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equipment so she can play.She
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s been with the policy & general section of personnel, where she provides secretary se『vicesto the personnel man-ager, for about a year and a half.QUESTIONS? ANSWERS!
圓
Why
can't the buses leave in the evenithey are full? Many people walk all the way up the hill, only to find that their bus is full. Full buses should be allowed to leave early so that other buses can move down so staff can find their bus more quickly.
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George
M.Seo址（GACO）：“Thereusedt伽two 喇ed
issues that affected the HK UST bus service: disto「tedevening
travel pa吐erns, which made it difficult for regular users to
secure a seat, and, because of this, an increasing incidence of staff leaving their desks before 5:15 p.m.
To
solve theseproblems, the Administration, on advice from the Staff Bus
User Group, introduced User Identity Cards that, used with
daily tickets, ensure that regular users are given priority in
boarding buses. User Identity Card holders may board buses
from 5:15 to 5:25 p.m. (Monday to Friday) and 12 to 12:10
p.m. (Saturday). Daily ticket holders may board the buses five
minutes before departure. This system was implemented
from 8 June 1994 and has proven most effective. The buses
may not leave until 5:30 p.m. to avoid any possibility of an
accident.
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困
A『e 枷e plans 圳…epa『at
for faculty from students?
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Pet
and CIL」b Facilities Management Co『n 『nittee）：‘The「e a『
e
p「esentlyno plans to have a dining facility that exclL』desany
category of members of the Unive「sitycommunity. Staff can, and do, use the dining facilities on LG5 and LG?, which are
intended primarily for student use;similarly, students use the
facilities on LG1, which were designed with staff in mind.
Provision has been made during the peak hour for a reserved section for staff in the cafeteria;this could be extended to a
staff-only restriction for a limited time period in the future, if
necessary. However, the basic policy is to try make all dining
facilities available to all members of the University community
and to try to use differential pricing rathe『 thanrestrictions to
encourage use of pa吋icularvenues by the intended groups.
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Wha 篩 bein呵g
bl』
on the 2/F near lifts 27-28?
f f lMike Hudson
（凹0）：“The
con叫ion
of the MaterialsCharacterisation and Preparation Centre is complete in that
area.
Language Learning in Any
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ith i
ts 峭的ly
comple-ment of 303 class-hours in
English for Academic
Pur-poses for 1,341 first-year
un-dergraduates, and 18
class-hours for 69 postgraduates,
as well as 27 class-hours in
Putonghua for 204 students, the Language Centre is run”
ning at full steam to provide a
pan-university service in
es-sential language inst『uction.
Classroom instruction is complemented by the service of
the English Writing Cent陀， apersonalized consultancy provision
for all students. Appointments can be made via e-mail (lcewc).
The EWC also provides a 『egular series of wo『kshops and
seminars. Inquiries may be directed to the Language Centre
’
SGeneral Office (room 3396, lift 17).
In addition, the Language Centre offers extra-curricular
courses for staff and postgraduates in Cantonese (for speakers
of Chinese and of other languages), and Putonghua (for speakers
of Cantonese and of other languages). Coordinating the
Cen-tre's Chinese language provision is Keith Tong, principal author
of Colloquial Cantonese, a course book used widely in Hong
Kong, and selling well in Europe and the United States.
Vous desirez apprendre le frangais? Pas de probleme! The Language Centre has entered
into an agreement with the lnstitut Franco-Chinois
de Hong Kong for the provision of beginners' courses in French: so far there are 25 students following these courses, taught on campus by ILC sta仟．
The Self-Access Centre (room 3016, lift 2), open on weekdays from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., offers
a variety of opportunities for self-study in a mul
-titude of languages, from Arabic to Vietnamese. The SAC is equipped with a wide selection of
language learning facilities, including textbooks, worksheets, audio and video cassettes, PC and Macintosh software,
CD-RO Ms, satellite television ... and the amazing "VisiPitch’,
ma-chine for practicing tone contrasts in Chinese!
Next semester, there
will be more English, as well
as Business Communica
-tion, Technical
Communi-cation, more Putonghua,
Cantonese and French
again, Japanese, and more
and more ... Watch this
New Medals
t。 beAwarded at
Congregati。nI]
ive deserving faculty andgra叫tes
will receive one of threenew medals to be awarded at Congregation. The medals celebrate distinguished teaching, outstanding academic per-formance and contribution to student services. These recipients
are the first to receive the 『nedals.
Gold Medal for Distinguished Teaching
The Michael G. Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching will be awarded annually to one member of the teaching staff. The
medal was established by the University Council in 1994 to commemorate the distinguished service of the Founding Coun -cil Member Mr. Michael G. Gale. Funds for the award, which
includes the gold medal, are from Mr. Gale's colleagues on the Council and f『omHongkong Telecom, his forme『 employer.
The Vice－巴Chancellor will present the gold medal to Dr. LtAN
Yi Zheng, Joseph, from the De -pa此mentof Economics.
The committee
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s recommen -dation to Senate read, in pa此，“It was clear to the committee that Dr. Lian is a very gifted and motivated teacher. He is devoted to his stu-dents and their well-being, and this has been reflected in the response from his students. He has inspired enthusiasm in his students and continues to give of his time and energies unselfishly to ensure his students have the best possible chance to learn and develop. He has shown continued pursuit of excellence in his teaching and has been active in curriculum development.”
This year, seventeen faculty were nominated, and the selection committee collected for consideration large files of each member
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s teaching practices and evaluations. Theevalu-ation process included categorizing, assessing, sho吋listingand finalizing the nominees.
All teaching staff at the University are eligible for the award,
from professors to language center teachers.
Three Undergraduates Earn Top Honors
The Hong Kong University of Sci
-ence and Technology Academic Achievement Medal was established to recognize undergraduates who have
achieved outstanding academic per” formance during their university careers.
A bronze 『nedal will be awarded.
All names of students who meet the requirement of at least 10.75 (about an A) in their final CGA (cumulative grade average) will be. selected automatically for consideration by the Senate Committee on Undergraduate Studies. The Senate approved the names of three undergraduates this year. The number of awards may vary from year to year, but at least one will be awarded each
year at the Congregation. The medals will be presented by the
Deans.
The first three students to receive this medal are CHAN Kwok
Leung, BSc in Physics, School of Science
;
WONG Uk, BEng in Computer Science, School of Engineering;
and HAR Hing Chi, BBAin Accounting, School of Business and Management. The award
also will be listed on their transcript. For Service to Students
The Stephen Cheong Kam-Chuen Medal for Distinguished Service to the Student Body will be presented by Mrs. Joan Cheong to Mr. Sear﹜ L例， thefirst president of the Students' Union. Mr. Lin used his energy, commitment, im
-agination and common sense to create
and form effective student government at HKUST.
This medal was established by the University Council in
1993 in memory of The Honourable Stephen Cheong Kam -chuen, founding council member and distinguished public serv-ant. It is awarded to the graduating student who best exemplifies
the qualities of caring, constructive and dedicated leadership for which Stephen Cheong is remembered.
Hl(UST Organizes EEE
Worl<sh。p回
KUST，枷g叫ti
the IEE ！三HongKong Section, has organized an EEE workshop, the 1994 Hong Kong International Workshop on New Directions of Control and Manufacturing (HKIWNDCM
’
94). UST’
s Dr. Xi-Ren Cao, an EEE reader, is chairman of the workshop.The workshop will provide a forum for worldwide researchers
and practitioners to discuss new trends in the fields of control
and manufacturing, as well as to disseminate new ideas and technologies in these fields through Hong Kong, China and East Asia.
Ten eminent scientists and engineers in control and
manu-facturing will deliver keynote speeches. These speakers
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sent the Royal Swedish Academy of Enginee『ingSciences, the National Academy of Engineering (USA), the Royal Society of Canada, the Academy of Science of China and the National Science Foundation (NSF) of the United States.
The workshop also will include contributed papers from around the world to a panel discussion. Attendees will include researchers and scholars from China, including the secretary of
the Chinese Association of Automation and the former president
of the Chinese Academy of Space Technology.
The workshop will be held at the Victoria Hotel from Novembe「
c。lumbia
Astronaut Shares
Space
Experience
with Hl<UST
E
『 Le『oy
Chia one of seven astro nauts on the Colt』mbia mission in July’
spoke to a fl」 IIhouse on Monday 10 Octo-ber. Sponsored by the Office of Public
Affairs, Dr. Chiao shared slides and a video of the two-week space voyage to an
audi-ence of students, faculty and sta仟． More than 80 experiments were con”
ducted during the trip, he said, mainly in life and material science.
Goldfish, newts and fruit flies were among the experimental paraphernalia. The goldfish swam in circles, sideways,
upsidedown
;
theydidn’
t adapt well, Dr. Chiao said. But the effect on the newts was 『ninimal,and the fruit flies simply gave up flying for walking.The Columbia orbited 296 km above the earth, completing 236 orbits and traveling 6.1 million miles. The trip was the longest shuttle mission to date, and it took place on the 25th anniversary
of Neil Armstrong
’
s walk on the moon. The crew, which included the first Japanese woman in space, even held a ceremony using a plaque commemorating Armstrong's walk.From the shuttle, Dr. Chiao and the crew could see hurricane
Amelia (they took pictures right down the eye), smoke trails from burning rain forests
in South America, lights from cities, as well
as lightening and meteors.“It's an experi
-ence to watch meteors from above,'
’
Dr. Chiao said.They spotted Australia and the areas
around Bosnia and Rwanda.
“
From upthere’” he said
,“
I could not distinguish between the peaceful and troubled places of the world.“
The trip gave me a greater appreciation for life and the state of the world.'’
Requirements to be a NASA astronaut, Dr. Chiao said, include U.S. citizenship, degrees in science or engineering and a research background. Another way is to be a space 悶，
searcher
;
NASA occasionally sends independent researchers on missions to conduct their own experiments.Dr. Chiao's background includes a BS from the University of California at Berkeley, and an MS and PhD from the University of California at Santa Barbara, all in Chemical Engineering.
NASA selected him as an astronaut in 1990
;
he was mission specialist on the Columbia.Bi訓。gy
Swims Ahead of the Competition in Annual Meet
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heDe帥nent
of Biologypla叫 as
OverallChampion at the 2nd Annual Aquatic Meet of HKUST,
held at an all-day meet on Sunday 9 October at the HKUST swimming pool.
Trophies also were awarded in a number of other categories: Men
’
s Overall Champion to the Department of Computer Science;
Women’
s Over -all Champion to the Department of Marketing;
Men’
s Individual Champion to CHAN Wai Kuen (Biochem-ist巾， year3);Women
’
s Individual Champion to LAM2
Man Sum (Biology, year 1 ); and Staff Relay to the Department
of Biology.
The first three places in all individual events were awa『ded
medals. Officiated by PVC-AA and PVC-AB, the meet included both undergraduate and graduate students, as well as staff. Events
were held for individuals and departmental teams, and a staff relay was organized for departmental groups.
Organized by the Water Sports Club, a
students' club affiliated with the HKUST Stu-dents' Union, the meet was subsidized by SAO.
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Other sponsors included the Bank of China, Kappa Sports Wear and Cafe De Coral.The first meet was held last year, when the Department of Marketing placed as Overall Champion.
Everything y。uEver Wanted t。 l{nowab。utBuilding a University ••. and a Whole L。t M。re
自
l『 S叫uen
Cht』ng
and five colleagueCouncil commissioned the W『iting of Building the Future: The
Controversial Construction of the Campus of the Hong Kong
University of Science and Technology, due to have been 『e
leased by Longman Asia at the end of October.
Professor Anthony Walker, Chair of Surveying for the
De-pa叫mentof Surveying at Hong Kong University, authored the
book.
The nearly 300-page book features forewards by Lord
Wilson of Tillyhorn and Sir Sze-yuen Chung. The book is a tell”
all from consultations regarding the University
’
s development through the design development, cost increases, project man-agement to lessons to be learned from the enti 『eexperience.PVC-AB Ian MacPherson says that about 1,500 copies will be printed. The books should be available through local book -stores. Mr. MacPherson says that the entire book was commis-sioned, financed and published outside of the University.
SOUVENIR
SHOP
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INFORMATION
CENTRE
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X'mas
Shopping
聖誕購物在科大
Come and visit the University's Souvenir shop for your X'mas shopping this year. Our specially designed UST souvenirs are perfect gifts for your friends and relatives this X'mas season. Gift items include a key chain, fountain pens, ball pens, paper weights and many more.
New Arrival:
X'mas card designed with holiday spirit and 6 beautiful campus aerial shots. 精美校園聖誕時
1995 Lunar Calendar designed with the most beautiful campus aerial shots. 一九九五年掛曆
Genuine Leather Executive Organizer with Multipurpose
refil-lable planner (Size 10cm x 14.5cm）真皮記事組合冊
Wool Felt HKUST pennant 5 pieces of 4
”
X 6”
felt pennants link together to represent the University and the schools.科大絨毛紀念旗，代表大學及四學院 （4 x 6吋）
Umbrella Navy blue with gold logo with the University's name in both Chinese and English. 藍色雨傘
Women's and Men's watches with metal case and blue leather
strap. 新款男女裝手錶 Coming in December
The following items will be available at the shop in early Decem-ber. New designed items include a co仔eemug, 100% silk ladies
scarf, windbreaker, sweat shirts.
STAFF NOTES
Prom。tionsMr. Lam Chi KwoNG to Senio『 Attendentin the Student Affai『SOffice.
Ms. Amanda W.M. LEUNG to Clerical Assistant in the Student Affairs
Office.
Mr. Lui Shing Tak to Senior Technician in the Depa付mentof Civil & Structural Engineering.
Mr. Raymond W.M. TANG to Purchasing Officer in the Purchasing
Office.
Ms. Priscilla L.S. WoNG to EOI in the Department of Mathematics. Ms. Patsy W.H. WoNG to Cle『kI in the Mechanical Workshop.
Appointments
Prof. Shain-dow KuNG, PVC/AA, has been appointed by the Gover-no『 as a member of the Town Planning Appeal Board for two
years from 1 October 1994.
HOME AFFAIRS
Dr. Pamela A. DREW (COMP) announces the bi 「th of Seth Drew COGGESHALL on 21 September 1994.
Ms. CHAN Yuk Han (PO) announces the bi此hof LA1 Chun Hei on 23
September 1994.
D『.Ab『aham(Avi) NAIMAN (COMP) announces his marriage to Judy HE1CKLEN on 5 September 1994.
Ms. CHAN Tung Na (DSCI) announces her marriage to TAM Cheuk San
John on 6 Septembe『 1994.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
Salaries will be paid on November 28.
RESTAURANT UP~A!E
The G/F Staff Restau『antwill reopen in early November with a new look. Campus Services reports that there will be about 370 seats with five private rooms, separated by movable pa此itions.
The restaurant will serve Chinese lunch and dinner only, includ
-ing dim sum, f『iednoodles and made-to-order dishes. Prices will be similar to the previous menu.
About 30 percent of seating capacity will be available for
reser-vations. Private reservations may be made with the restaurant;official
『eservationsmay be made with Campus Services.
VIDEO
SPOTLIGHT
Patrick Chu, Head of the Library
‘
s Media Resources Section, reviews hischoice from the Library
‘
s latest video acquisitions.FLEX
MAGAZINE
(GV508.F554 1993 v. 1-10)
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techniques and an up-close, personal look into the muscle pumping
world of professional body building. 10 pa付s,30 mins. each. NTSC.
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TIME OUT FOR ENGLISH
Two signs from a Majorcan shop entrance:
English well talking. Here speeching American.
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GENESIS
IManag的gEditor Mary C. Newman
Chinese Editor Regina Chow · Design 品 Product的n Howard Chan
Pho的graphy Ng Cheuk-Wah
Genesis is published by the Office of Public Affairs and p『intedby ETC.
。 1994by The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
All 『ightsreserved.
Contributions from all staff are welcome. Deadline for submission is the 14th of each month. Send to e-mail address GENESIS.
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