HKUST Genesis = 同創, Volume 3, Number 10

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THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Volume 3 Number 10 November 1992

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Kong 1989-1992"

to mark the start of Photo Festival '92

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The HKUST Arts Endowment Committee and PAO will present an exhibition of photographs entitled "Images of Hong Kong 1989-1992" in the Atrium from 17 November to 12 December. The exhibition comprises some40 photographs taken by local photojournalists during the past three years

depicting prominent historical events from the June 4 rallies in 1989 to the arrival of Governor Patten in July. Reuters photographer Bobby Yip, one of the

participating photojourqalists, describes the exhibit as a means to "arouse the interest of the HKUST community in photojournalism, and to help it under-stand how photojournalists use a momentary image to record an event which may cover weeks or months."

The photo exhibition is part of the HKUST

Students' Photographic Society's Photo Festival '92. Other events in,_!!le festival include seminars, a photo contest, and a publication. The photocontest, on the theme "The colour and shape of the HKUST campus", is open to the

-public (see page 7).

The Arts Endowment Committee,

chaired by Dr Simon Kwan; seeks to enhance cultural appreciation at

HK UST by supporting arts-related ac-tivities on campus. The Committee will

also sponsor _an exhibition of paper sculptures by Freeman,Lau to be mounted in the University Library Gal-lery at the end of November. Commit-tee members are Dr Priscilla Chung, Prof. Din Yu Hsieh, Prof. Hsu Hong, Mr Andrew Nowak-Solinski, and ~r Danny Yung (Secretary).

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FEATURE

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Questions & Answers

(English) Catering P.4:

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Photo Contest On the Light Side

P.8: -Announcements Administration Circulafs Home Affairs Advertisements

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Staff Introductions

November 1992

Peter Chow, Internal Auditor,

Inter-nal-Audit Office. Born 25 January in

HK; married with one daughter. Mr Chow gracluated from the Teesside Polytechnic (UK) with a Di-ploma in Management Studies, and later from U. Aston in Binningbam with an MSc in Systems Analysis. After returning to Hong Kong, be joined Price Waterhouse and worked in the

Audit 3!)d Management Consulting Departments for five years.

He then moved into the commercial sector, working as an internal auditor for a number of different organisations, but primarily in the service industry working for hotels such as the Southern Pacific Hotel Group in Australia.

Until joining HKUST, international travelling was a way of

life for Mr Chow, as bis job required visiting different hotels in

the regions. He particularly enjoyed meeting people and

expe-,,riencing life in different cultures. And be still counts travelling

as bis favourite leisure activity. _

AtHKUST, Mr Chow is almost as new as the office be leads.

He reports directly to VC/P. The objective of the Internal Audit Office is to provide feedback and consultation to management in areas of internal controls, with emphasis in effectiveness, efficiency, and accountability. "We are basically a service centre. Our job is to assist academics, managers and adminis-trators as constructive, helpful partners to ensure that the control

processes are reliable and efficient," said Mr Chow.

Chris Mong, Associate Director, Fi-nance Office. Born 7 February in Guangzhou; married with two

teen-age children, one boy and one girl._

Mr Mong graduated from CUHK

with a BSc in Physics and later from HKU with an MPhil in Engineering. He is a member of the UK'Cbartered Institute of Management Accountants

(CIMA),and of the Australian Society

of Certified Practising Accountants.

After earning bis first degree, Mr Mong took up a job in the

HK

Governme11t which involved management services work

and needed an understanding of accounting. He undertook an

accountancy course, and earned the CIMA qualification. He

continued with the Government in various positions, finally leaving as CbiefTreasury Accountant in 1984 when be migrated

to Australia. There be joined the Queensland Electricity

Commission.

Mr Mong returned to HK this year to take up the new post of

Associate Director in the Finance Office. Broadly, be sees

bis-and the Finance Office's-role as that of belpin~ University staff achieve their goals with the resources available. "Tradi-tionally, people think of accountants as people who pay bills, audit accounts, and file taxes. But this is only a small part of what we do. Our major role should be to participate and provide advice in financial management."

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Yuk-Shee Chan, Professor and Head of the Department of Finance and Eco-nomics; Chairman of the Faculty of the School of Business and Management Born 18 August in Hainan; married, with two children, aged 11 and 2.

Professor Chan received bis early education in Hong Kong, and gradu-ated from CUHK with 1st Class Honours. He subsequently attended

UC Berkeley, where be earned an MBA, MA in Economics, and a PhD in Finance and Economics. Upon graduation, be took up an Assistant Professorship of Finance at the Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University. He joined U. Southern California in 1986 as Associate Professor of Finance and Business Economics and was promoted to full professor three years later. In 1990, be was named the Justin Dart Term Professor of Finance.

Professor Chan joined HKUST in 1990 as Deputy Head and Professor of Finance and Economics. In bis new position as Chairman of the Faculty, bis responsibilities will expand to

-include SB&M faculty recruitment, PhD programmes, and the

coordination of curriculum development for BBNMBA

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grammes. He described bis new responsibilities as "challenging ·

and rewarding" and feels that "there is a sense of mission"

working at HKUST. Outside the University, Prof~ssor Chan was recently ~ppointed a director of the Hong Kong Securities

Clearing Co:Ltd by the Financial Secretary, a role be welcomes

as a public service to the community.

For leisure, Professor Chan enjoys reading and travelling.

Sheridan Titman, Professor in the DepartmentofFinance; Vice-Chairman

of the Faculty of

the

School ofB usiness

and Management. Born 23 May in Denver, Colorado (USA); married with three sons, aged 5 years, 4 years, and 7 months.

Professor Titman received a-Bs in

Management Science from the Univer-sity of Colorado at Boulder and an MS

and PliD in Economics from Carnegie-Mellon University. He bas been on the faculty of UCLA since 1980. In 1988-89, while on leave from UCLA, be served as Special Assistant to the Assistant Secretary of the US Treasury.

Professor Titman bas been involved with HKUST's School of B usiriess and Management since 1990, when the joint agree-ment between HKUST's SB&M and UCLA's Anderson Graduate School of Management was signed. Al first, be assisted the School in recruiting its initial faculty; in August this year be joined HKUST as a full-time faculty member. In bis new position as Vice-Chairman of the Faculty, be will be

primarily involved in recruitment for the School and in

developing joint programmes with UCLA.

Professor Titman spends bis spare time exploring HK yVith bis kids.

November

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QUESTIONS?

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O Ev,ery flat in the Junior Staff Quarters has a function key -on the interph-one which supposedly alerts the guard in the control room in an emergency. But it appears that the guard room is always locked and never has a guardin it; does that mean the function key, has no use?

According to Mike Hudson, DirectorofEstates Management, the alarm function keys fitted on the door phones in both JSQ and SSQ are not operational. In the JSQ, the Jockey Club did not provide the necessary wiring; in SSQ the keys were immobilised following an enormous number of false alarms when residents mistakenly tried to use the function key to release the block entrance door lock. Both JSQ and SSQ have alternative panic alarm systems.

O Staff who are required to work'shifts are eligible to live in staff quarters. Now, however, there are not enough quarters for all those who work shifts. Would it be possible for two shift-workers (particularly two single people) to share one

flat? '

Mike Hudson reports that sharing is indeed possible and is already happening. "Two departments, in addition to EMO, have established shared quarters where as m~y as four stafflive

together. [As for future allocations] it will be up to the depart-ments concerned if ~ey wish to adopt this arrangement-in the allocation of Phase II quarters."

O Could the area designated for Phase III Junior Staff Quarters be used for recreational purposes until construc-tion begins? Could the area be planted with gr~ or trees rather than leaving it empty?

Mike Hudson replies that this is possible, but depends on when construction of Phase III is scheduled, which in turn depends on funding. "By the middle of next year we should have an idea of the timing [for Phase III]. If it looks as though the JSQ Phase III block will be delayed, then EMO will come up with a scheme to grass the area and plant some trees."

O Whatever happened to the plans for the Social Club to help develop some staff amenities on LG4?

Peter Dobson, President of the Social Club, replies: "These plans had to be put on hold, as the LG4 space was needed for temporary office accommodation prior to the opening of Phase II. We will get back to this as soon as the situation regarding eventual use of the space is sorted out."

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Meeting called to discuss future catering facilities for staff

AU tho1se interested in the future of staff food outlets on campus are invited to meet to discuss options:

J)ate: Venue:

1-2 p.m., Wednesday, 11 November Function Room I of the Staff Restaurant.

/ According to current plans, student food-service will expand significantly in the coming academic year (1993-94), with three

- 1 outlets operating on LGS and LG7. Student Canteen on LG7: As now, this will be a fast-food, self-service facility serving

predominantly Chinese food at low cost at approximately $15/meal; Cafeteria on LGS: This will provide self-service W estem-style food at $20-30/meal; Restaurant on LGS: This will provide table service and a Western and Chinese menu at $30-50/meal.

But the future of the existing Staff Restaurant is yet to be determined. Cafe de Coral's contract for the Restaurant expires on 2 October 1993. After that, a self-governing organisatiol! of staff could manage the facility, as occurs at other l~al universities. In addition, the space (originally the student canteen) on LG 1 could be made available to staff to be developed for leisure use.

All colleagues who are interested in being directly involved in the operation of these facilities on G/F and LG 1 are invited to meet and discuss the matter. Please fill in the slip below and send it in advance to Mr Derek Lee, SAO.

Staff Catering Meeting

I will attend the meeting on 11 November.

I will NOT attend the meeting, but I DO wish to be involved in the operation of catering facillties for staff.

Signature: - -- -- - -- - - Name:

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N。vember1992 問： 創為興建一般職員宿舍的第三期工地，可否考 單皆無用，而男行裝設 7 緊急警告系統。 虛作文廣用途，并栽種草和樹等值物？ 答： 校產管理處處長克遜表示這是可能的，但需要 問： 原則上，領輪更工作的職員都可以入住職員宿 棍乎第三期工程的開展日期，而這又要視乎財 舍。由於現時并無足夠宿位，可否考慮由兩位 政狀況。他說：「明年中，說們便會知道第三 輸更工作的單身職員合用一個單位？ 期工程的具體開展日期。如果一般職員宿舍的 答： 克遜表示這是完全可行的。事實上，校產管理 工程會推遲，校產管理處會在該工地栽種草樹 處與及兩個其他部門已在實行這個方法，有的 等檀惕。」 單位甚至由多達四位聽員共用。至於第二期宿 舍的分配情況，則須由個別部門根攝具體情況 問： 一般職員宿舍的每個單位都備有對講擻，遇有 而定。 緊急事情，住客可按鈕通知控制室的守衛。但 似乎更房從來都是鎖著的，裡面也沒有守衛。 問： 請問教職員聯誼會有甚麼計劃發展位於LC泌的教 itJ問那個緊急按鈕單是否形同虛設？ 職員文康設施？ 答： 克遜表示，一般職員宿舍及高級教職員宿舍的 答： 教職員聯誼會主席杜家磊教授表示，有關計劃 緊急按鈕.均未能接作。一般職員宿舍的緊急 需要暫時擱置，因為位於 LG4 的地方在第二期 按鈕製由於馬會并未裝上電線，因此未能使用 工程交予大學使用前，將暫時用作臨時辦公室 ﹔而高級教職員宿舍的緊急按鈕學更出現種種 。待將來該處地方能夠臆空出來，說們再作計 失控問題，因此在這兩種宿舍安裝的緊急按鈕 割。

「下次到香港，一定再來科大」

中國奧運還獎運動員訪問科大記趣 十多名中國奧運獲獎運動員於十月三日上午訪 問香港科技大學，他們對科大各項設施均感興趣， 並十台砍賞科大融洽的師生關係。部份運動員還希 望有極會能到科大唸書，過鍾年校園生活。 當日天朗氣糟，十多名運動員在領隊、教練和 工作人員陪同下，一早便到達大學的進口廣場。校 長吳家瑋親自迎接他們，並領運動員到體育館，與 大批在站等候的科大同學和教職員認識。來訪科大 的運動員全部為本屆奧運獎牌得主，他們包括柳青 ‘鄭秀琳、李永波、陳躍玲、黃志紅、曲雲霞、王 蓮夫、張山、張小冬、路華利及主小竹。 吳校長在歡迎致辭上說，今次來科大套觀的其 中兩位運動員，八年前在洛杉磁奧運會上己當會面 ，想不到八年後的今天在香港重竅，非常高興。其 校長的歡迎辭尚未說完，教職員和同學們已急不及 待走到運動員跟前，請他們在紀念特刊上簽名留念 。今屆奧運射擊（雙向飛碟）金牌得主張山說，科 大的朋友都恨實在惰，校園又漂亮，他說自己唸書到 初中便停學接受射擊訓線，故有極會也希望到科大 唸書。奧運男子雙打羽毛球錦牌得主李永按也有此 願望，但他說可惜科大沒有開設體育專抖。 不知是否有太多人簽名留念，運動員己認知自 己的相片在紀念特刊的那一頁出現，風帆賽銀牌縛 主張小冬見到一位小朋友拿著特刊手忙腳亂地翻專 她的相片時，爽快地說：「在第四十t 頁」 這邊忙著簽名留念，那邊籃球場兩名中國奧運 籃球隊成員柳青和鄭秀琳加入籃球友誼賽戰圈，各 助一方，互有攻守，喝采聲此起很落。與此同時， 旁邊的羽毛球塌上，奧運羽毛球銅牌得主事永故與 科大羽毛球隊切種球墓，球隊一位學生隊員說，季 的扣設快、動、恨，擋無可擋。科大羽毛球隊經過 今次切種後，相信撞益良多。 各運動員在表演賽後，參觀了校園各處，還在 教職員聲屬用膳，至下午一時許才離開，臨行前張

山還說，下次到香港，一定再來科大。

From July through December, HKUST faculty are delivering a series of free popular science lectures at the Hong Kong Science Museum. In the upcoming lecture on 29 November, Professor C.K. SHEN (Civil and Structural Engineering) will describe the role of civil engineering in the development of Hong Kong's infrastructure; a preview-appears below. The lecture will be in English; questions will be accepted in English or Mandarin.

Infrastructure Development in Hong Kong

Lecture by CK. Shen (HeadXivil and Structural Engineering) 11 :00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Sunday, 29 November

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

Hong Kong owes its success as one of the major economic and trade centres of the world to many factors-not least of all, to its modem infrastructure which includes its port facilities and transportation system. To maintain Hong Kong's economic vitality and to improve the living environment of its people, further comprehensive infrastructure planning and development is imperative. Civil engineering will play an important role in the planning, design and construction of future infrastructure development projects.

But infrastructure planning is not an engineering exercise alone. It involves consideration of social and environmental factors such as the impacts on society, on the natural environment, and on political and economic stabi_lity. And it requires a regional approach. A sensible, rational plan should take into consideration the economic growth, the resource sharing, and the transportation network of the entire South China region of which Hong Kong is a part.

Hence, the education of the next generation of civil engi-neers, as leaders in infrastructure planning and development, is

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an important task for the tertiary institutions of Hong Kong. These engineers must know their own discipline thoroughly and must understand the many facets of the projects they will undertake. In his talk, Professor Shen will explain the different discipli!les in civil engineering and give his thoughts on the mission and challenges of the future civil engineers of Hong Kong in infrastructure planning and development.

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The Economic Potential of the Pearl River Delta

Lecture by Mr Gordon Y.S. WU, Managing Director, Hopewell Holdings Ltd

5-7 p.m., Thursday, 5 November Lecture Theatre B

This lecture offers a rare opportunity to hear a brilliantly successful pioneer in the opening of South China to economic development reflect on his vision/or the future of the Pearl River Delta. It initiates a series of lectures which the Office of Public Affairs and Division of Social Science are jointly organising. The lectures will discuss current affairs from a local perspective and will take place every two months. All staff are welcome. This lecture will be given in English, and questions will be entertained in English or Cantonese. A brief biography of Mr Wu appears below. r

Mr Gordon Wu Ying Sheung is the Managing Director of one of the largest property development groups in Hong Kong. For the past two decades, he has played an important role in infrastructure development in Hong Kong and South China.

Mr Wu received his BS in Civil Engineering from Princeton University in 1958. Four years later, he joined his father in creating a family company named Central Enterprises which embarked on real estate development in Hong Kong. Hopewell Construction Co. was created to undertake the family company's construction projects and the firm of Gordon Wu & Associates, the design and engineering duties. Past and current Hopewell projects include Hopewell Centre (HK), the China Hotel (Guangzhou), the Frontier Custom Complex (Shenzhen), two Shajiao power stations, the G-S-Z Superhighway, and the Bangkok Elevated Railway and Road. Throughout his lify, Mr Wu has been active in philanthropic and community activities. He was appointed to the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in 1982, was decorated-by the King of Belgium in 1985, named an "Honorary Citizen" of Guangzhou in 1990, and named "Businessman of the Year" in Hong Kong in 1991.

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Staff bus fares to increase

After considering the current average cost of public

- transportation and the rising unit cost of coach rentals, the Staff

Bus User Group has advised that with effect from 1 December,

fares should increase as follows:

Routes

New fare

Island A, Island B, Tsuen Wan, Tai Wai, Shatin ... $10 Hunghom, Mei Foo ... $7.50

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The staff bus service is subsidized by the University by more than 50% of the cost of running the service. Despite this, the

University has been able to maintain the same ticket prices for

more than one year. The service started with four routes and has now reached seven routes, with demand for seats still increasing. Unfortunately, ~ause of an increase in coach rental charges of approximately 13.5% from 1 December, increasing bus fares has become necessary.

In arriving at the new fare structure, acc.9unt has been taken

of the need to stabilize the level of subsidy, to maintain fares

competitive with the average cost of public transportation tn the

campus, and to continue to provide a service that is convenient

and comfortable.

Unused coupons of the old '7.WUe can be exchanged for new bus coupons by paying the additional increase in cost This

exchange will

be

possible once only throu~h Office Managers at

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November 1992

the time of the normal purchase of staff bus tickets for December, which will be in mid-November.

If any further information is needed, please contact Ms

Shirley Conway (GAC, Ext 6326) or Ms Josephine Lau (GAC, Ext. 6333).

Campus Shopping Surv.ey: Join

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Prompted by repeated COJ!lplaints about what the Park'n Shop on campus does and does not stock, thePVC(AB) 's Office called together an informal group to discuss the food/shopping needs of the campus community on 7 October. The group comprised six people, representing staff, students, and residents. The main concerns were lack of fresh fruits and vegetables,

irregular deliveries, and failure of the mini-store to carry specials

offered at larg~r outlets of the chain. After some discussion, it

was-decided the best approach would be to first survey the habits

and needs of the consumers, and then to present the results of the

survey to a representative of Park' n Shop direct! y responsible for

provisioning the campus outlet

Accordingly, all staff are requested to complete the following

questionnaire and to send it by internal mail to: Candy Scalberg,

PVC(AB) Office.

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addition, anyone who would l~e"to join the

committee should indicate this on their questionnaire, or call Candy directly (Ext. 6152).

Deadline for returning questionnaires: 10 November.

SHOPPING SURVEY

1. Are you a Student Staff Member? (Please circle one.)

2. Do you live on campus?

3. Do you buy mostly Chinese food Western food? (Please circle one.) 4. _How often do you shop at the campus Park'n Shop?

5. Approximately how much money do you spend per week at the campus Park'n Shop?

6. What do you buy at the campus Park'n Shop?, , -7. What ott'ler Items would you buy if the-y were sold?-Please be very sp_ecific-e.g., write "bananas; fresh fish"; don't write ''fresh food".

8. Where else do you shop for food and for what items?

9. What is more important to you, low price or convenience? (Please circle one.) 10. What hours would you like the campus Park'n Shop to be open?

-Please add any other comments or suggestions you would like to make.

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Funny Money

The,-discussion about the U.S. budget deficit in the Presidential election campaign has started me thinking about the budget process at the root of the problem. There are two basic systems from which to start: centralised budget control and decentralised budget control. And the people involved fall into two basic categories: the pro-gramme managers, and the financial managers.

In a centralised budget control system, when the programme managers have a need to spend money they ask the financial managers, who review their requests and either approve or deny them. For the programme folk, there are both advantages and disadvantages. The advan-tage is that there is no fixed limit on their spending. The disadvantage is that the process depends on their having-to persuade people who know less about their real needs than they do that a particular request is legitimate and impor-tant enough to fund.

In a decentralisedsystem, each programme manager is given a budget ceiling and allowed to decide for himself or herself how best to spend it The advantage here is that decisions, made by those with the appropriate expertise, can be implemented more rapidly. The disadvantage is that the money can run out before the programme manager accomplishes eve~ing he or she would like to do.

There are two hybrids that are less commonly used. The first lets the programme-people decide on

expendi-I tures, but without fixed budget limits. This is essentially

the system used by-the US Government, although the "programme people" work through surrogates known as lobbyists and Congressmen. It predictably leads to large deficits, and is probably only practical for use by anational go~emment, which can print its own money.

The second hybrid gives the programme people fixed budget limits, but still requires them to justify every expenditure to the finance managers. Such a system, were it ever to be adopted, would be characterised by chronic surpluses. Of course, I can't imagine that any organisation would adopt such a silly way to manage its money! Can

you?

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Announcements

• Salaries will be paid on 26 November.

• The University Women's Group will meet on Thursday, 5

November, from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in the home of Dr Priscilla

Chung (Tower IV, Flat 9A). The agenda includes informal

soc~sing and updates on special interest sections.

'The UWG meets regularly on the first Thursday of each

( month during the academic year. All female members of staff

and wives of s.taff-whether living on campus or not-are

welcome to join. Annual membership fee is $100 ($50 for six months). For further information contact UWG Chairman Candy Scalberg (Ext. 6152; e-mail ABCANDY) or Lily

Hsieh (Ext 8173).

• The HKUST Badminton Open 1992, an all- ' campus competition sponsored by the

Bad-minton Club, will begin 18 November. There

will be men and women's, singles and team

competitions. Registratiod fee is $20 for Club 1_{W!_Mlllt}

members and $30 for non-members.

To register-or to get more infofl!lation ab;ut the Club and

its

regular practices-contact Mr Mok (Ext. 6583).

• Visitor accommodation is available in the University's

Visitor Centre (G/F, Towers I & II). The 20

rooms-including singles, doubles, and suites-are available and are furnished to hotel standard. They !l)ay be booked for official

visitors or personal guests. For details abqut the· bookings,

contact Mrs Emma Fung (Ext 6434); to see the_ rooms,

contact Ms Anny Yeung of the Housing Office in tower II (Ext. 8283).

• HK UST souv.enirs are available for sale in PAO' s temporary shop localed in Room 3022 (access via Lift 2; turn right on the

3/F). The shop is open t:p staff and students, 10 a.m.-12 noon,

Monday-Friday. The following souvenirs are on display and

sale. All items of clothing come in five sizes (s,m,l,xl,xxl):

NEW: Postcards: Set of 4, views of sundial, MCPC, atriwn; bird's-eye view of campus. $16.

NEW: Umbrellas: Blue with gold print or gold with blue

print; ,cane style with curved wooden handle, automatic

spring expansion. $40.

OTHER ITEMS: Windbreaker, Sweatshirts, Polo T-shirts, Men's tie, Ladies' scarf, Ballpoint pen, Fountain

pen, Note cards,

Building a University

(book).

-Departments and Offices which would like to make

official orders to be paid-by internal cash transfer should

contact Mrs Shirley Luk (Ext 6305 or e-mail PALUK).

November 1992

Administration Circulars

Subsistence Allowance,

Fina~cial Circ. 6/92

Employment of Part-Time Student Helpers,

Personnel Circ. 16/92

Typhoon and]{ainstorm Warning ~gements,

Administrative Circ. 3192

Home Affairs

-• Leung Chi-keµng (EMO) announces his marriage to Daisy

Liu Yuen-yee on 17 September.

Advertisements

• Car for sale: 1981 Honda'Accord, 4-door automatic runs

well; reliable transportation. _!>rice negotiabl~.' Call Eric' (Ext

6481) or Pa~e 1128633-9040.

• Flat for rent: Laguna City, near Lam Tin MTR station. 861

sq ft, 22/F with southeast ex1>9sure, ocean view, 3 bedrooms;

very quiet and conv,enient Available immediately at $12,000/

month. Please call Shirley (Ext. 8254).

• Flat for sale: Sai Kung. 1/F, Pak Wai Tsuen (near Marina Cove). 628 sq ft, 2 bedrooms, quiet, convenient with 24-hour

mini-bus to Choi Hung M1R. House two years old, in good

condition. HK$1,790,900. Please call Gloria (Ext. 6837). • Flat for sale or short-term lease: Shaukeiwan Plaza. New

2-bedroom" unit, 461 sq ft on 17

IF

with eastern aspect, qu~t

mountain view & swimming pool. Near Shaukeiwan M1R &

all.amenities. Available immediately for lease, for 6 months

or less at $6~500/month, or for sale at $1,750,000. Please call

Kelly (Ext. 7532) if interested.

-• Flat for rent: Mount Parker Lodge, Quarry Bay, near Nan

Fung and Kornhill. 688 sq ft, 3 bedrooms with air-con. Green

mountain view, quiet; convenient to markets, public library,

restaurants, City Plaza, M1R. Available immediately at

$11',000/month. Contact Gene (Ext. 6728 or e-mail

LBGENEHO).

Notice in a Tokyo bar:

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• Minibus 12A (Sai Kung-HKUST) has added an additional ~

trip during lunch time, and has revised the schedule as _

follows:

-Leaving HKUST: 12:15, 12:40, 1:05, 1:25 p.m.

Leaving Sai Kung: 12:40, 1:05, 1:35, 1:45 p.m.

Special cocktails for the ladles with nuts.

29 Oct (Thursday) to 6Nov (Friday) 2Nov (Monday) 3 Nov (Tuesday) 4Nov

CW

ednesday) 5Nov (Thursday)

Exhibition

Title: Venue: Organiser: Info:

Seminar

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

"An Exhibit on Hong Kong Postgraduate Education: Leaming for the Future" LG 1 (Multi-purpose Sports Hall Lobby Gallery)

OPA

Regina Chow, Ext. 6308

"Synthesis and Properties of Non-planar Porphyrin Systems"

Prof. Kevin Smith, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis 3:00 p.m.

Room 2407, 2/F (Lifts 17 to 18) CHEM

Dr Ian Williams, Ext. 7384

1) Seminar on Pure Mathematics

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

"Values of the Riemann zeta-function on the Critical Line" Dr K.M. Tsang, Department of Mathematics, HKU 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.

Room 3417 (Lifts 17 to 18) MATH

Odissa Wong, Ext. 7440

2) Seminar on Scientific Computation

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organisers: Info:

"Finding the Extreme Eigenstates of a Huge Hermitian Matrix on a CM-2" Dr Pak-Wo Leung, PHYS

4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Room 3417 (Lifts 17 to 18) MATH,MECH

Odissa Wong, Ext. 7440

1) Seminar

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

"Synthesis of Tetrapyrrole Photosensitisers for use in Photodynamic Therapy of Tumors" Prof. Kevin Smith, Department of Chemistry, University of California, Davis

3:00 p.m.

Room 2400 (Lifts 17 to 18) CHEM

Dr Ian Williams, Ext. 7384

2) Seminar

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organisers: Info:

"Remote Sensing Research at NASA Langley Research Centre"

Dr William P.Chu, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Langley Research Centre 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.(Refreshment served from 3:30 p.m.)

Conference Hall, G/F Centenary Building, Royal Observatory, 134A Nathan Road, Kln RC, HK Meteorological Society RC, Ext. 6912

1) Physics Seminar

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

"Recent Development in Optical Storage Science & Technology"

Dr Takao Suzuki 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Room 3421 (Lifts 17 to 18) PHYS

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2)

Departmental Colloquium

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

"Ill-posed Problems and Chaos" Prof. D.Y. Hsieh, MATH 4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Room 3007 (Lifts 3 to 4) MATH

Grace Yeung, Ext. 7412

3) Public Affairs Lecture Series

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organisers: Info:

"The Economic Potential of Pearl River Delta"

Mr Gordon Y.S.Wu, Managing Director, Hopewell Holdings Limited 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

Lecture Theatre B (G017) OPA,SOSC

Louis Ting, Ext. 6307

1) Seminar

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

"An Improved Procedure for PERT Time Estimation" Dr Hong-Shiang Lau

10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon Room 3410

MGMT Ext. 7722

2) Distinguished Lectures

in

Engineering Series

&

International Science

Lecture Series

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organisers: Info:

Seminar

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

Seminar

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

"Computing, Communication and the Information Age" Prof. John E. Hopcroft, Cornell University

2:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. (Refreshment served at 2: 10 p.m.) Lecture Theatre A (G044)

SENG, CS, US Office of Naval Research and US Air Force Office of Scientific Research Bxt. 7008

"Some Recent Extensions to Executable Modeling Language"

Dr Hemant K. Bhargava, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Room 2399

BINF

Winnie Chan, Ext. 7655

"Global Changes and Natural Disasters" Dr Paul Kilho Park

11 :30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Room 3396 (Lifts 17 to 18) RC

14 Nov (Saturday) 17 Nov (Tuesday) to 12Dec (Saturday) 19 Nov (Thursday) 20Nov (Friday) 27 Nov (Friday) 29 Nov (Sunday)

HUMA Seminar

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

"From Visual to Regional Culture: A Visual Anthropological Perspective"

Mr Cheung Chin-hung 2:30 p.m. -4:30 p.m. Room 7332

RUMA

Dr Chi-cheung Choi, Ext. 7766

Photographic Exhibition

Title: Time: Venue: Organisers: Info:

"Images of Hong Kong 1989-1992"

Reception: 17 Nov (Tuesday), 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Atrium

HKUST Students' Photographic Society, HKUST Arts Endowment Committee & OPA Louis Ting, Ext. 6307

Physics Seminar

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

Seminar

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

Seminar

Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Info:

"Non-Destructive Scientific Studies on Chinese Porcelains"

Prof. Choon-Teck Yap 3:00 p.m. -4:30 p.m.

Room 3421 (Lifts 17 to 18) PHYS

Terry Wong, Ext. 7502

"Organisations and Their Employees: Approaches to Managing Conflicting Objectives"

Dr Lyman W. Porter, HKU & UC Irvine 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Room 3410 MGMT Ext. 7722

"Numerical Shade Sorting"

Dr James Jarvis, Georgia Institute of Technology 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 noon

Room 3410 MGMT Ext. 7722

Popular Science Lecture Series

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

"Infrastructure Development in Hong Kong" Prof. C.K. Shen, Head of CIVL

11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.

Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum OP A, Hong Kong Science Museum

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Conference

&

Exhibition

30Nov (Monday) to 2Dec (W ednesclay) Title: Speaker: Time: Venue: Organiser: Sign-up: Admission: Info:

"New Information Technology '92 Conference and Exhibition" 46 papers to be presented

9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.

Lecture Theatre A; LG 1031 for exhibition Library

Though on-site registration is allowed, early registration with the Library is preferable A registration fee of $350 for the 3-day conference or $150 per day

Alice Ho, Ext. 6707

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