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UST President Appointed to US President’s Committee

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୽ড়ऋᏰዩຟۏ

The Triumph of China’s Deep-Sea Research:

Dayang Yihao

σࢷΙဴᏄΨॳ᜵Ӓ෫

10 Questions on IAS for Prof Angelina Yee

յ࣢ੵఀ௲๎ଽं଱Ϊ୰

Bulking Up Our Research Muscle

ॷ෫ऋσᓓ़ݍंـ଱ऋंΨ໔Ϛᘞֵσ

Front and Center ఼ЫᢊϞऍ

UST President Appointed to US President’s Committee ੭ࠜզ၃ޠᖔग़ᗁ೚܎ԇऎ஼ਛॊᐯጨໞ܎

Kellogg-HKUST EMBA Program We are Number One

൶ः੾ ˕ ॊЂ ņŎŃł ᎝຀ԑಧ೐Ϙġ

Another Bumper Crop of HKUST Graduates at the 15th

Congregationȶ᝸ఋ୼঳ȷ˕ġୃॊЂ೐ϩУܨಲ྽ۏᚃ

Face to Faceġġᇄյ࣢ੵΙৰၗ

10 Questions on IAS for Prof Angelina Yee

ִड઴ిఱຍ୼ु୰ϩய

Local ॷ෫˕רঈޟড়

Bank Leader Shares Secrets of Success ġࣟ౻ᏂሃॊЂӠжڳڰ྽՘ґঋഥ

Not Your Average Marathon - HKUST Helps Set Finswim Guinness Record ॊЂਰӠணሃፙൄᝓާѵध॔ᔂ

National ઠ୽˕רঈޟਲ਼ Bulking Up Our Research Muscle শสॊЂᔒॻތुٿ୰ॊुϧ༓Йᙝ״Ђ

The Triumph of China’s Deep-Sea Research: Dayang Yihao Sails into the Hearts of Hong Kong Public

ЂࣶϘၳᐃϧল᝴ԑส

Peering into the Mysteries of Space

ॊЂ՘ӲКѕġġణ૶щߩླྀ૪

Largest Chinese Search Engine Woos HKUST Talents պ࢘ۖॊЂِȶلȷ

Between Universities and Across the Straits: Greater- China Students Forge Closer Ties via Computer Contest یܫϬԳЂᐯӠ຀Ցന঍ѧᘈҐ௻Тஜӹࣹ

Global жࣨ˕רঈޟჲ

Welcoming an Old Friend from afar - Lord Wilson

ॊЂԓሃᎎࡴࠫᐙᖑຕ፡

A Meeting of Bioinformatics Mavens պ֜൤ՋӠߏࠫਿॊᐯਛ༳༰ॊЂ

Boeing Picks HKUST to Develop Wireless Technologies

ॊЂऎޯরࢉᑟु๴๑።ც഼ୈڀ೚

In the UST Family σড়৳ϱፙȶσড়ȷ The Opportunities and Challenges of HKUST’s Undergraduate Education - An Interview with Prof Tam Kar-yan, Dean of Undergraduate Education

ӎॊӠిசࠜᝌᄜԯᅰ᎘ӎॊӠిڈߞࡵᑟሃࣄᐼ

Eureka!ĮOur Search & Research

໰ᚘቁġġЈήҩ˕ऋंԙݎ

Paper-like Foldable Electronic Displays: What Next?

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Prof Oscar Au Turns Mobile Phones into Media Center Ђిఱु๴ȶᔌڗ㨙௲ȷණᢜКѕ

Raising the Bar άΰΙቹዂ

HKUST Professor Hailed as “One of the Best Scholars Studying China”

דᑍৣిఱജ᠖ऎȶ൰ҍК஼யᛟ௞ਛȷ

The Only Local to Win the 2007 DuPont Award דࣸ༟ిఱᖔ஼ቫȶنڣՐቅిఱȷᅷ቟

HKUST Social Psychologist Wins Distinguished Scientist Aw

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hanks to HKUST for an Online Interactive

Journal Ranking System ॊЂϠ՘ґु๴ᇨϯงҏవԩڀ೚

Our Budding Scientist ॊुྲٽ୼ᔅሹ Congratulations! Fellowships and Honors

਽໲ԺԩॊЂిఱᖔ୰Ѐᅷ቟

On Our Green, Green Campus ਮ༪ΙΠٱ University Appointments Ђᐯԇۻ

A Fertile Marriage: Interdisciplinary Bio-med Program is Born ನᐯ୰యҍႭᐯॊ᎝຀

Shining a Light on Unsung Heroes ॊЂࠑෳࠧిुᚚ৶ Stanford Publishes Joint Case Studies with HKUST

ЂሃҫМᇊᐯӠȶѕ֕ຕ෿ȷຕ༰՘੩

Bright Student Ideas for Big Firms on Mainland Logistics

ॊЂӠබаԳߏࣹ྽ឥ঍

Cultural Diversity Cooks Up Culinary Delights Ꭻћмġġᕀग़঴

A Campus that Hears Itself: Bonding Through Podcasts

ॊЂਰӠϘᄘᇨϯዃያไۧ

SAC Reopens with a New Face ሬћ֋ᐯКѕবሻϘྲ

A Summer to Remember for Students from the World ver ஼ቫᐯӠԴॊЂอჅ᝱؞ߞก஄

2 Orientations, 400 New Faces ی༵ࠓྲࣿஜȂұպ௺ࠦ࣋૯ᗚ In Memoriam ఔ݇ӀܪӃНిఱ

In Memory of Ge Wei-wei ఔ݇ၩ➗➗Ԣᐯ

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resident Paul Chu has been appointed by the President of the United States to the President’s Committee on the National Medal of Science, which selects and recommends to the US President the recipients of the highest honor for scientific achievement in the United States.

Established in 1959 by the US Congress and considered the US equivalence of the Nobel Prize, the National Medal of Science is annually awarded by the American Presi- dent to outstanding scientists who have made significant advancements in knowledge in the fields of physics, biology, mathematics, engineering, sociology and other behavioral sciences. The President’s Committee compris- es 12 members who are outstanding scientists in the natural and social science disciplines.

In accepting the appointment, which runs until December 2009, Prof Chu said that he was “deeply honored to be given the opportunity to play a part in recommending recipients from among the best scientists in the US.”

Prof Chu is himself a past recipient of the National Medal of Science in 1988 for his scientific breakthrough in high temperature super-conductivity. He was also named the Best Researcher in the United States by US News and World Report in 1990.

Out of a total 425 National Medal of Science laureates, nine are of Chinese descent, including Prof Chu, Chen- ning Yang (1986); Yuan-tseh Li (1986); the “Founder of Modern Biomechanics” Yuan-cheng B Fung (2000);

winner of the Fields Medal Shing-tung Yau (1997); the

“Father of Molecular Beam Epitaxy” Alfred Y Cho (1993);

one of the greatest structural engineers of his time Tung- yin Lin (1986); a leading differential geometer of the twentieth century Shiing-shen Chern (1975); and the

“First Lady of Physics” Chien-shiung Wu (1975).

Ђ੭ࠜզ၃ޠిఱ൵ࠕᖔग़஼ᗁ೚ҿઅ܎ԇऎग़஼஼ਛ

ॊᐯጨໞ኶܎৶ྻ܎৶ȂԇงϬՐ֌ ijııĺ ՐܺȄ

ग़஼஼ਛॊᐯጨ࣏ग़஼ॊᐯधߞ൵୼ᅷ᠖Ȃգȶग़஼ᓚړᆬጨȷ НᇍȄႍጨُՐӤग़஼ᗁ೚ჴఱПग़஼஼аȂԴߏನȃӠߏȃ ዴᐯȃЍ຀ȃߤྻॊᐯݕێҁ֖ऎॊᐯۍ۞໸՘බߞϠЀȄ

ໞ኶܎৶ྻԒգ IJij ԩ՘৶Ȃԑൊऎग़஼ॊᐯधфЍ຀ध൵൤

Ջߞ௞ਛᐯ߰Ȅզిఱᅆᖔҿઅᗁ೚܎ԇऎໞ܎ࠑӯȂȶग़

஼஼ਛॊᐯጨዾራϞᜆϯॊᐯణ૶୼ਪߞ൰ҍ՘බȂاକ௉ண ሃໞ኶Ѝ֯ȂᅁԴಎྏᅷܶȄȷ

զిఱݺ IJĺĺĹ Րᖔჴग़஼஼ਛॊᐯጨȄҁӺݺ IJĺĺı ՐᖔȮग़

஼ྲᇷфѵधඡᐱȯĩŖŔġ ŏŦŸŴġ Ţůťġ ŘŰųŭťġ œŦűŰųŵĪȶग़஼൵ڸु

ٿ৶ȷᅷ᠖Ȅग़஼஼ਛॊᐯጨ֋ IJĺĶĺ Ր՘ӲѽڽȂԒգ ĵijĶ

֜൰ҍॊᐯਛᖔթઅᅷȂێКϝ֜ऎົϠȂҒࣁզిఱȃ࿅੎

ᄾిఱȞIJĺĹķȟȃقቈৰిఱȞIJĺĹķȟȃ຾ԩӠߏϧᐯфӠߏЍ

຀ᐯਛ༾Ю࿆ిఱȞijıııȟȃᖔዴᐯध൵୼ᅷ᠖໱ᆬବጨఀѹ Ѹ՘੼ిఱ ĩIJĺĺĸȟȃജ᠖ऎȶжЄᬛҳܼНѭȷߞ۞ѽ۶ి

ఱȞIJĺĺĴȟȃգȶည҃൵൰ҍຕᅹЍ຀ਰȷНᇍߞޒԢ߆ిఱ ȞIJĺĹķȟȃ຾ԩྋᒕжව֣ዴᐯਛ൘षڗిఱȞIJĺĸĶȟфȶߏನ

೐ϘшϠȷדஉ༯ిఱȞIJĺĸĶȟȄ ġ

UST President Appointed to

US President’s Committee

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F r o n t & C e n t e r

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he Chief Executive of HKSAR Donald Tsang, along with other top officials and prominent community leaders, joined the HKUST to celebrate the world No 1 ranking for the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program at a party held on December 11, 2007.

The Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA Program is a partner- ship between the HKUST Business School and the Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.

Established a decade ago, the program ranks No 1 in the world in Financial Times EMBA global rankings 2007. This is the first time a Hong Kong-based program has topped an international ranking chart.

Also presiding at the ceremony was the Secretary for Education Michael Suen, the Secretary for Financial Serv- ices and the Treasury Prof K C Chan, HKUST Council Chairman Dr John Chan, former Council Chairman Dr Vincent Lo, Donor of the “HKUST Lee Shau Kee Cam- pus” Dr Lee Shau Kee, and other senior University exec- utives. The celebration, held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Central, was attended by 400 guests.

The Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program first entered the Financial Times global rankings in 2003 and placed 9th that year. In addition to the top overall ranking, the pro- gram is also listed No 1 for “work experience” of its participants, No 2 in “international facul- ty” and No 3 in “international students”.

There are 17 nationalities represented in the current class of the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program and over 50% of the students are based outside of Hong Kong.

Another program, the full-time MBA program, has been ranked by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), for a second year, as No 1 in Asia and Australia.

One of the important parameters for assessment in the EIU rankings is the programs’ value creation for its participants.

Among the world’s top 100 MBA programs in the list EIU produces annu- ally, 49 are from North America, 40 from Europe and 11 from Asia and Australia.

The HKUST MBA program places 20th on the overall list.

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Beaming with delight, our Chief Excutive and HKUST Chancellor Donald Tsang

enters the celebration venue accompanied by Council Chairman John Chan (2nd from left), President Paul Chu (right) and Kellogg-EMBA Program Director Prof Steven DeKrey ฅપ঵фॊЂᆾရԴ੭ၭྻѹਯ൘૟ᑨൾЀġĩҽϟġĪȃզ၃ޠ੭ࠜġĩҠĪȃ

Kellogg - HKUST EMBA Program

We are Number One

൶ः੾ɯॊЂġ ņŎŃł ^{ġ᎝຀ԑಧ೐Ϙġ}

สપ஡֖ࣆࠜܡฅ፹ᡋȂijııĸՐIJijѡIJIJџ஌Ԣࣆܹѹঋ ܡ৶фЍ஥धታഞȂሃॊЂታᐱኸф൶ः੾ᇒನᐯ୰ߞ

҃ࠑϘԢዉૡ൶ः੾˕ॊЂ ņŎŃł ᎝຀ԩԕԑಧవԩ೐ϘȄ ġ

൶ः੾˕ ॊЂ ņŎŃł ᎝຀ӤॊЂ஥ᐯ୰ሃ֘ҔЂᐯ൶ः੾ᇒ ನᐯ୰ԪᓱȄႍ᎝຀ݺ IJı ࡈ൹ᓱѽڽȂϘߡಎۦԧधՀໞȂ ڭᅷ๳Ȯࠛᓉ੡ඡȯijııĸ Ր࢘ ņŎŃł ᎝຀ԑಧవԩᅳࡄক֜

၉Ȅႍ᎝຀࣏ӎส༟ᓱߞ᎝຀Ȃ঵ը᠚ڗ஼ቫૺవԩᅳᅳ঵Ȅ ġ

Ђྻᄜሼ୵Ϟฅ፹ᡋҳȂᘘգిڈ؊؊ࠜਗށෳȃॊЂ੭ၭྻ

ѹਯ൘૟ᑨൾЀȃ୑၃ڰசф਱ச؊؊ࠜ൘ਛ௻ిఱȃ੕ᝑ ȶقԏ௄੭ཀྵȷߞقԏ௄ൾЀȃࡈԇॊЂ੭ၭྻѹਯᜲ௵ငൾ ЀфॊЂታᐱኸȄዉૡࣿஜݺКᖖұܞ୧ܸᗝ֖Ȃۖ໲ᄜሼॗ

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൶ः੾ɯॊЂ ņŎŃł ᎝຀ݺ ijııĴ Ր঵ը᠚ڗȮࠛᓉ੡ඡȯԑಧ వԩᅳ೐ϝ֜ȄێࢢዴՐȂێవԩ൙᠈ᜆпȂݺ ijııĵ Րԩԕ

೐бȂijııĶ Րԩԕ೐ϟȂijııķ Րԩԕ೐ϬȂԓݺ ijııĸ Րᅷ๳

వԩᅳ঵Ȅ ġ

୵ᗁవԩҳȂႍ᎝຀ݺێ৒ᡝϠЀߞȶЍ֯၃ᢚȷవԩ೐Ϙȇ ݺȶిఱ஼ቫм०฀ȷవԩ೐ϟфݺȶ஼ቫᐯӠȷవԩ೐ϬȄ ġ

ႍ᎝຀ݺ IJĺĺĹ Ր୓༟ᓱȂ࣏Ϙ༵෤ԪК֘ᇟິߞᑾપԪᓱ᎝

຀Ȃऎڲࣷ஼ቫૺЖ࠷෩ڻ൵ᔹٽߞᇒನిڈȄႍ᎝຀ऎง IJķ ৎѡȂԒգ ijĹ ࠝ᎝Ȃُѡیৎ۹Ӑϯ᎝ȂڭӤ൶ः੾ሃॊ

Ђ஥ᐯ୰Ӏжఱ᎝ᚚசȄ ġ

ӎܨබᡝ൶ः੾˕ ॊЂ ņŎŃł ᎝຀ߞᐯӠ०฀ԺЮмȂҒࣁ IJĸ ৎ஼ឱϠЀȂێК჈У՘ݺশสѽҳԳ஡Ѝ֯Ȅ

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Dr Lee Shau-kee (right), former Council Chairman Dr Vincent Lo (2nd from right) and Business School’s Acting Dean Prof Leonard Cheng exchange greetings at the party.

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၌ನ஥ᐯ୰୰ࠜᏑ஼ᆔిఱԴዉૡྻϯඈहെ

While HKUST’s Kellogg-HKUST EMBA program tops the world ranking chart, its MBA program is No 1 in Asia - a sound cause for celebration

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ϘН᏶ȂॊЂԑџۘЍ஥ᇒನᇇЀ᎝຀Ȃ ϵ֜ԕڲࣷᅳ঵Ȃૌ࣏ҞඈҞ໲

F r o n t & C e n t e r

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ovember is an especially meaningful month on the university calendar. It is the month of congre- gation. This year, the graduation ceremonies took place on the 7th, 8th and 9th. And this year, the Honora- ble Donald Tsang, Chief Executive of the HKSAR Govern- ment presided over the final day proceedings, conferring honorary doctorates on the celebrated Chinese novelist Prof Louis Cha, legendary educational philanthropist and entrepreneur Dr William Mong Man-wai, and Nobel Laureate in Chemistry Prof K Barry Sharpless.

A total of 1,862 students received their bachelor diplo- mas, while 1,317 earned their master degrees, and 149 receiving their doctorates. The campus was a sea of happy faces, as parents mingled with guests, students and their teachers. The atmosphere was solemn yet festive.

Of the three recipients, Prof Cha is a household name whose novels have followed the Chinese diaspora to the four corners of the earth. His was a rare achievement for a man of letters. Dr William Mong, a Hong Kong hero from zero for his merchandising miracle and generosity in supporting educational causes, is legendary for his

product design improvements and consumer service.

Prof Sharpless’ research was considered among the most important in the last 50 years, opening up the field in drug safety and efficacy. All three have made a differ- ence to our lives.

Also honored was Prof Pak-wo Leung, Associate Profes- sor of Physics, for the quality of his teaching and pastoral care. He received HKUST’s highest accolade in teaching, the Michael G Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching.

This year’s Stephen Cheong Kam-chuen Medal for Distin- guished Service to the Student Body went to Enrico Li Lok-wai , President of the 14th Session of Students’ Un- ion. Under his leadership, a series of forums on campus life and current affairs were organized, widening the hori- zons of the students. Through him, visits were also or- ganized to other university campuses in Asia as part of student cultural outreach and exchange.

The University also honored outstanding teachers in the secondary sector. The late Mr Francis Kong, a former English teacher of Wah Yan College for 45 years, was named “My Most Influential Teacher”, as was Miss Leung Siu-yan, a teacher of World and Chinese History at Car- mel Pak U Secondary School. Awardees are chosen by students in the graduating class from full-time teachers with a strong positive impact on their lives and studies.

In his congregation address, Prof Paul Chu exhorted the students to live life with passion, and settle for nothing but the best.

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Another Bumper Crop of HKUST Graduates at the

15th Congregation

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ୃॊЂ೐ϩУܨಲ྽ۏᚃ

་ IJIJ ѡȂᗝ֖ಲ྽ۏᚃߞџЄྔڽྔࠕȂԧಲ྽Ԣᐯߞ ѕఐϵྔڽྔᒸᐬȂׅϧᡝ੩Ȃೣݺۤఀཪᆕ՘ލȄЫ ՐȞ೐ IJĶ ܨȟᐯ֜ჴఱۏᚃݺ ijııĸ Ր IJIJ ѡ ĸ џ֌ ĺ џᗝ֖Ȃ Ђᐯᆾရᅱশสપ஡֖ࣆࠜܡฅ፹ᡋѹࢺ೐ϬчߞჴఱۏᚃȂ ڭᓐ֋ჴఱᅷ᠖ൾЀᐯ֜П຾ԩЈሲਛࣤډ㑫ిఱȃిڈྎຠ ਛфࠫᒸ༰ᄥѹਯላӔஈൾЀȂѽфᓚړᆬмᐯጨఀѹਆ෼෻

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྽Ӡᖔჴఱᐯ֜Ȅಲ྽Ԣᐯ्୓ಲ྽ടȃᕛϯұўලȂሃѭӓ ۶ᓐϠԴ੭ཀྵݮ࿰઻݇Ȃҁেবϯ޾୓ߞ૯ਟȇѭӓᓐވᗚϯ ᆕႶߞඈ੆Ȃ҄ॊЂ੭ཀྵࣶ࿕ϘѯඈઈȂұ഍ൌऻۖϘ௺௺ᅆ ڰ྽۶ࡈ൉҇ᆕࠫѕߞՐࠦবыȄ

ЫՐᖔჴఱᅷ᠖ൾЀᐯ֜ߞϬ֜൰ҍϠЀġĮġ຾ԩЈሲਛࣤډ㑫

ిఱȂҁߞຊԩȶࠛ௶ȷਛཇїᑍȇҁݙዤ኷ߞޠ࠯ЈሲȂ ҪঋգົϠߞԳўȂබգҁߞЈሲȄഺ๫՘බȂᅁ

ऎћᐪݙځڍȂૌҞᓜȶᑾَޠޒȷȄిڈྎຠ ਛላӔஈൾЀߞϘӠӺ҇ᆕཇ܈ȄҁӨјᒸ ਛȂ၃஥७නȂ๒ࢢ԰㖝ߤྻȄԴҁڰ྽ᐬ୽

ࠐงȂҁੋ຾ݙ҃ನߞც༺➝Ȃുਛുїయ

ᏚȇऎϞᢰҾӔᅆഺৎც༺➝ྲಯࡡ࢙ӲࠫѕȂҁ־ҍѕ໗Ȃ د᜷ၖݸ་༺➝Ȃ׈ਯ๓༺Ȃᢰ਷਷п୓ߞ༺শȂ๴෭ѧतኃ

ࢆཇՄೀـգੜߞࠫއϧȄᓚړᆬмᐯጨఀѹਆ෼෻ిఱȂԴ ȶжЄຕᅹТऎᝡᄊȷߞुٿȂऎ᜽ߏՂةӠ૵ȃة߆૵фѕ

ᡙ᜽ߏຈߞԪ՘Ѝ྽Ȃ༟ݤϞϘৎुٿྲታாȄ

୵ϞϬ֜ᅷ᠖ൾЀҳȂฅપ঵ѹࢺߞჴఱۏᚃညчȂᘘգұ֜

൰ҍϠЀᖔჴఱઅᅷȂҒࣁߏನڀ஘ిఱֱౖ۶ൾЀȂᖔჴॊ

Ђ൵୼ᅷ᠖ߞȶߦఽ۞໸ిᐯއசጨൢȷȃ೐ IJĵ ܨॊЂᐯӠ

ྻྻࠜقᓚমԢᐯᖔჴȶ௺ᡥࣵ۞໸ᐯӠއசጨൢȷȃϝᔷົ

Х੩୰ԇిॻћॊ჈ ĵĶ ႶߞЏࣇկН༘ցਰȂфঘ௜ࣦࠥК ᐯᑢҫॊցਰౖьᑷȂԢᖔჴȶا൵ྰۂߞցਰጨȷȄഺৎጨ Ӥಲ྽Ԣᐯ෩ԩԴКᐯ੡งȂᅆҁেߞᐯ೫۶՘ࠜ֯ҍుচ ߞКᐯցਰȂЫՐऎ೐ϟܨȄ

Դಲ྽ۏᚃϯȂ੭ࠜզ၃ޠిఱᄁᔽԢᐯȶԑϧӠࣿȃጤྑ

ϠӠȃᆽְݙକȄᜃݱশสȃᜃݱчϭȄՂթȂְྻހ঵ᘮ

َȂڕఀـቈȷȄ

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1. IAS has been up and running for a year-and-a-half.

What has been achieved so far?

After the first elation of winning UGC backing for IAS, we were fielding multiple issues at the same time. UGC gave us half the construction cost and some seed funding;

the rest had to be raised. We have raised $55m in con- struction cost from Hong Kong Jockey Club and reached one-third of our $1.5 billion endowment goal with the support of generous private donors. We have built up a stellar International Advisory Committee with 11 Nobel laureates, one Fields Medalist, one

Turin Prizewinner, and other lumina- ries. We have organized over 30 public talks and seminars and conducted several highly successful workshops, conferences, and seminar series. We have recruited prominent scientists to commit to regular visits at IAS to work with our faculty in exciting new areas.

We have established a joint lab with Paul Schimmel of Scripps to do discov- ery research with a joint venture with an affiliated pharmaceutical company.

We have obtained agreement from

UC Santa Barbara’s Shuji Nakamura to set up a joint lab here as well. For the short time we have been in exis- tence, that’s not a bad record.

2. What is the planned establishment for IAS? When will IAS be in full strength and be fully operational?

The planned establishment is 10 permanent members, 20 visiting members, all of whom giants in their fields, 40 associate members who are very accomplished scien- tists based in Hong Kong and the region, and 60 fellows who are promising stars of the future. That means a full establishment of 130, which we plan to achieve in 10 years from our inception, in 2016.

3. What are some of the most pressing issues for IAS in the coming 12 months?

We need to work extremely hard on recruiting both per-

continue to build up joint labs and research groups with eminent scientific centers around the world. Last but not least, we will continue to raise funds for our endowment that will support world-class scholarship.

4. What do you expect IAS to achieve in 5 years’

time?

In 5 years’ time the new IAS building will be sitting atop the hill and inhabited by some glorious minds and buzzing with intellectual activity. I have every confidence we will have recruited 20 or more members, permanent and visit- ing combined, each with a cluster of scientific activity carried out with faculty in Hong Kong. Each cluster will have fellows, postdocs and graduate students working together. There will be a wealth of workshops and confer- ences and abundant opportunities for informal interactions. We will have more outreach programs for the gener- al public, undergraduates and high school students. Call it an intellectual utopia, but I do believe science is of fundamental importance to progress in human society.

5. IAS members are mostly specialists in science, medicine and physiology. In what ways they could help spearhead scientific discoveries in some of the latest knowledge areas, say, environment, computer science, or space science?

I don’t think we’ve consciously limited our membership or activities to exclude environmental science, computer science or space science. All the events and member- ships are by nomination by anyone in the university com- munity, and we’re certainly open to nominations by academics in our sister institutions. We have had some talks and visits by computer scientists; we had a cosmol- ogist talk about the origin of the universe and we’re hav- ing an astronaut talk to us about view of the world from space. We also had some economists give talks. We did have a proposal to invite an environmentalist, and that

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there be in IAS?

This being a university of science and technology, we are obliged to live up to our mission of furthering the study of science first and foremost. We cannot be everything to everyone all at once and must choose our steps care- fully. Having said that, I believe humanities and social sci- ence play an indispensable role in any intellectual pursuit.

Every attempt will be made to introduce human and social concerns in IAS activities. We have invited econo- mists to give talks and we should certainly expand our definition of IAS, including the notion of what constitutes science. Our ultimate goal is to include humanities and social science members. My dream is to have resident philosophers, writers and performing arts groups at the IAS, experimenting with different art forms through new technology and ever more sophisticated ways of thinking about life and connecting with people. But that’s a dream Ȍ

7. How are you going to champion collaborative projects across disciplines and institutions?

In our selection of projects, we prioritize those that bring together disciplines and institutions. The advanced mate- rials workshop co-sponsored with UC Santa Barbara is one such example, in which physicists, chemists, chemi- cal and electrical engineers from different parts of the world participated. The condensed matter physics work- shop was co-sponsored with HKU. The joint lab with Scripps involves biochemists, mathematicians and computer scientists. We hope to have many more such proposals and will certainly support those co-sponsored by our University and our sister institutions, both here and abroad.

8. It is proclaimed that IAS is for Hong Kong and the region, not just for HKUST. What is being done in that direction?

We are in the process of setting up a Consultative Committee that will include prominent academics from our sister institutions in Hong Kong, from whose input we hope to benefit. We will do everything we can to encourage joint projects across institutions. We have

discussed ways of exchange and interaction with China’s most gifted scientists with the mainland’s Ministry of Science and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Center for Advanced Study at Tsinghua, Zhejiang Univer- sity and other institutions. IAS will serve as a platform for regional, national and international research collaboration and exchange by facilitating and setting up mechanisms for such activity.

9. IAS’ Distinguished Lectures are all very academic.

How are you going to “excite public interest in the latest discoveries”?

Yes, they are all academic but some are delivered with a more general audience in mind. I hope to maintain an even better balance. But the initiative has to come from faculty. We call on you to help us think of ways to foster interdisciplinary studies and promote public interest.

10. How does it feel for a humanities professor to take up the hot seat of IAS Executive Director which is very much science-focused?

Well, it feels like a voyage into the unknown - wonderfully exciting, and frightfully scary. IAS was not an instantly popular idea, so sometimes the journey feels solitary.

There is so much to do, so much to learn. I challenge myself to at least understand the concerns of scientists.

I am always in awe of immense talent but I’m not intimi- dated by scientists, and I don’t believe in caging our minds. I enjoy talking to scientists for the different per- spectives they bring and for the common links at deeper levels. Scientists are after all human, and literature, which is the field I’m in, is beautifully concentrated expressions of humanity. That’s why sometimes I feel I have a great connection with scientists, especially those who have a broad view of the humanity of the projects they are engaged in and the very human context in which they work.

IJįġଽं଱ϐԙҳٮၼհΙԑјȂџ֏ፙΙή ڗҬࠉ࣏Хޟώհ໌৤ ŀ

తۖЂᐯిڈႤׄ܎৶ྻ ĩŖňńĪ ႤׄࢢȂᒸᐬ ϞϘୱЄȂӲے຾ј഍ನԺўবࢧቮႋٙߞய ᛟȄ Ŗňń ෩ڻϘҗ୼ु୰ߞ࢙ᒝ໱фుஜ໱ ļġ ێ᏶໱ӡܥ࢞ឯ༰ȄاেЏంশสᘈ୺ྻឯఀ

ĶĭĶıı ေЮ࢙ᒝ໱ȂᘘգӔ༡ྎຠਛᅘූႋ

ᡃ Ȃ ᗁԒ੕ᝑ Ķ ኆЮȂႿӫዾឯภᛝϬжН ϘȄاে࢙ӲϞϘৎ࣐ૺߞ஼ቫᠪய܎৶ྻȂ

՘৶Ғࣁ IJIJ ԩᓚړᆬጨఀѹȃϘ֜ໄᆬଲጨ

ఀѹȃϘ֜ᄦᢸጨఀѹфێҁ຾ԩᐯ߰Ȅاে

ೡᚐϞ Ĵı Ժඞг༟ᗾਲ਼фु୅ྻȂවৎЍ֯

תȃྻ៉фु୅ྻڀԕȂ࢝ۦᡌࠓȄԺ֜஼ቫ ߢԩॊᐯਛȂЏຍЯܠงڽണ୼ु୰Ȃ۶اে

ߞిᚚ৶ڭ߷Ѝ֯ȂϘ୓యਣՋᇑॊुȄҩ ҳȂग़஼ ŔŤųŪűűŴġ œŦŴŦŢųŤũġ ŊůŴŵŪŵŶŵŦ ߞ őŢŶŭġ ŔŤũŪŮŮŦŭ ిఱ۶اেᗑј࢙Ӳᅁᢚ࢈ȂԢ੡۶ Ϙਛᛁ᜽гҦభიȂ༟ਣु๴Ѝ֯ȄҐՍЂᐯ ၐඟࠁࠁж੭ġ ŔũŶūŪġ ŏŢŬŢŮŶųŢġ ϵӇᇖԴഺႆԒ Ԣ࢙Ӳᅁᢚ࢈ȄԴ๺๺ߞϘՐԺНаȂգഺዹ ߞ՘ᖻඏȂᇖ࣏ЙᓾאȄ

ġġ

ijįġଽं଱Ⴑॎޟღ໥ଲৠ࢐ࣥቄ ŀġձঈޟఀ

ंΡষࣥቄਢঐܣ༓ׇ౳ٮӒ७׹Σώհ ŀ ࢷاেߞന঍Ȃ୼ु୰ߞᗁᢜᄥ༤Ғࣁ IJı ֜

ࠜᏸిఱȃijı ֜ണயిఱȂഺڱൌ࣏Ђਰȇġ ĵı ֜ࢉਲ਼ిఱȂൌ࣏஡аۤఀ஼ቫݚሮߞ۞

໸ॊᐯਛȇѽф ķı ֜࿂ۍᐯങጕᎳߞࠦՐु

ٿ৶Ȅᄥ༤Ԓ঍ IJĴı ϠȂჰ঍ݺ IJı Րаȃ׈

ijıIJķġՐႿۖӫዾȄ ġġ

Ĵįġଽं଱ӵҐپ IJij Тϛ஠७ᖝ঺ٲശफ़ϸޟ

୰ᚠ ŀ

اেӅ༷ᆽ൵Ђߞׅϧݢၑᐯ߰۶ुٿ৶Ȃ ġ ๑ᎢࠜᏸݕണயԪ֯Ȃൌౕؓҁে۶ӎԳᐯ߰

գᇦ௜ߞТஜȄاে௟ា᠈ሃԑಧ൰ҍߞॊु

КѕԪ֯Ȃ࢙ӲᗑԪᅁᢚ࢈фुٿЈೡȄԢ

੡Ȃاে௟ា᠈ឯ༰Ⴄࠛڽњࢺاেѵधૺ

ߞुٿ༵ӫȄ ġġ

ĵįġௌႱ෈ଽं଱ӵϤԑࡣོԤࣥቄԙ൷ ŀ УՐࢢȂྲߞ୼ु୰Ђጁ௟ᢪӲݺ੭ཀྵߞЋ

൤Ȃ࣏ৎЋށѪٽȂॻ༯༳༰Ȃӹࣹࣿጐᔛ ᗄߞՀԳўȄاಎࠫاেҞѽݢདྷۖ ijı ֜ݕ

۶ӎԳߞిुϠ৶ȂҒࣁిఱȃൾЀࢢुٿ৶ фुٿӠڭ߷Ѝ֯Ȅاে௟ᗝᓱϘڀԕߞЍ֯

תфྻ៉Ȃᢰᔝၝ൵ՀߞϠణ૶൵ᗞಎߞய ᛟȄاেᘘঋԨҳऎϘଠҾӔȃЂᐯӠф୼

КӠȂՉవـԺॊ෼ᗾਲ਼ȄఋҞѽሲȂഺ࣏

ȶᐯങન՛ڣȷȂ֭اಎࠫȂॊثᅆݺϠ᝷ߤ

ྻ་َȂ࣏֌ᝯদঋߞȄ ġġ

Ķįġଽं଱ԙষӻ࣏ऋᏰȃᚂᏰЅҡ౩ᏰП७ޟ டড়ȄтঈࡩኺӵΙٲശཱིޟޣᜋሴ୿Ȃឋԃ ᕗცȃႫသऋᏰܖЊުऋᏰП७࿋ऋᏰี౪ޟ ӑᎢ ŀ

اেڭЙےྍد՘৶ݕࣿஜ؊নݺࣙڱᐯॊփ వӋᖖᄩȃცၝݕщߩॊᐯȄاেᡌࠓԢڰে

ᕒՓᓰᝊϠᓴȃ෩ҍࣿஜфुٿ༵ӫߞ࢙៉Ȅ ġ اেᗝᓱϞϘڱცၝᐯߞᆊᗾфണய ļġ ᎛ჅՆ ܣᐯਛᗾՆܣ୓࿚Ȃᘘᘛ᎛ϞщߩϠ᎘ᏍႼщ ߩߞྏۦȄᘘգϘڱ၃ᕻᐯᗾਲ਼Ȅاে঍ᄑ᎛

ᖖᄩᐯਛۖॊЂѹᗾȂഺᘘԴឯᄑНКȄՂލ اে݆ರϞఋѕӫКߞታாȂᡌࠓఋ෩ྍڍȄ

ķįġଽं଱஠ొᇐ঺ٲΡМऋЅޥོऋᏰϱৠ ŀ

֯ऎϘݙއசߤྻȃைᏳϠЖȃႃ҇শส୼ຈ

ిڈНЙږߞॊثЂᐯȂاেӅ༷঵Ԑدদᙇ ݸԴॊثўবȄاেЙҞକϘϭЄববৌۖȂ ঋգ঍ᄑԳȃࢷൊබ઱Գ༟ਣЍ֯ȄاԢ੡ϵ ಎࠫϠћфߤྻॊᐯ࣏Ϡ᝷ߢᝊୠِКЙҞݕ

૿ߞ௄ӎኊৃȄاে௟ԴࣿஜКᐐҞକᝯަϠ ћфߤॊўবȄاে᎛Ⴥ၃ᕻᐯਛڽᆊᗾȂؓ

ౕ་ϘَدॊЂ୼ु୰ߞܠ֜ȃत֌ᅆॊᐯߞ ನႋᙖਣȃܼ֩Ȃ൵ೣܼᢦϠћфߤྻॊᐯߞ ϠЖȄاߞᄱྐ࣏ȂೣգϘчȂॊЂ୼ຈु

ٿ୰Ȃྻգࢥྐਛȃ֯ਛфࠑᆊ᜹ങᄥᢜ་

ᏸȂৄׄྲࢥᇯྲثങȂѽـಎᚿـᚳනߞ

؛ՑȂࠑႿҁেᅆϠӠߞႚ៖ȂҐ௻ϠሃϠН ༡ߞᗑᜭȄഺ࣏ϘৎᄱġȌȌ

ĸįġଽं଱஠ԃդкᏲၮᏰऋЅၮ଱ਮޟӫհ

໶Ҭȉ

ࣄᓴ༵ӫ੡ȂاেᔹԐᓴᑄҞຕԪЙԢᐯॊȃ ЙԢᑟᅹϧ༓ߞ༵ӫȄሃҐՍЂᐯၐඟࠁࠁж ੭ԪᓱߞԐ་لਫ਼ु୅ྻȂ࠮࣏ϘৎՀڼЄȂ བྷ༰ϞѵधԧԳߞߏನᐯȃмᐯȃмᐯфცЄ Ѝ຀ᐯਛȄاেฅሃশสЂᐯԪᓱ۽ᅗߏನ

࢈ȂدӠмȃዴᐯф঍ᇖᑟॊᐯᇢԪԴϘ୓Ȅ اেౕؓయ֖ـԺ᝷֬঍ᄑȂڭ௟ԑϧњࢺॊ

Ђሃ஼аҳᗑ៳୰੭ߞԪ༵֯ӫȄ

ĹįġᐃᆎȂଽं଱ޟ݈୛ᄇຫ࢐ॷ෫Ѕڏں᜞Ӵ

ୢȂՄߨ༉࣏ऋσ݈୛Ȅӵ೻П७Ȃଽं଱ୈ

Οࣥቄώհȉ

اেӒឯ൯നӲᓙ႙܎৶ྻȂכૼӎสЂᐯߞ Ϙࣹᐯ߰Ȃౕؓҁে۝ׄ୼ु୰ ˕ ϵ׈࣏শ ส୼ॊث˕ ߞ๴ਣȄاে௟ᇐϧయஜ୰੭༡ ߞԪ֯ȄاেӺᗑᜭϞаԳॊثൊȃК஼ॊᐯ

୰ȃ౻ົ୼ຈुٿКѕȃકկЂᐯфێҁ୰

੭Ȃణ୅Ղ֣ሃаԳ൵ᔹٽߞॊᐯਛӹࣹԪ

֯Ȅ൅Ⴥ࢙ӲգੜߞᑟۘȂڹ୼ु୰՘ऎԳ

஡ȃ஼ਛф஼ቫुٿԪ֯ሃӹࣹߞӀҭȂయਣ ԧ᝷ॊुࣿஜȂއசߤྻȄ

ĺįġଽंـ଱ޟȶറюᏰΡᖿ৴فӖȷ഍࡞ȶᏰ

೚ȷȄௌ҈ᆗԃդᐭีϴಀᄇശཱིऋंี৤ޟ ᑹ፸ȉ

ॊЂ୼ຈुٿ୰ߞȶ൰ҍᐯϠᗾਲ਼ȷ࣏࢝Ɇᐯ ങɇȂ֭գЙь࣏ಎϢ౺ҍߞॊ෼ᗾਲ਼Ȅاؓ

ౕ௟ڽକஇـԺـՀȄഺ঵ԐঋॊЂిुϠ৶ ళۤѹஜȄԴթȂاে۲ᣰЂਛԒᓖឥຉȂϘ

୓ඵِـՀߞўޱڽ࠳་ႭᐯॊुٿȂ෩пг

ಿᅆॊुߞᝯަ۶ᒸᎷȄ

IJıįġௌհ࣏ΡМऋᏰఀ௲ᐊӈ୏१ܻऋᏰޟଽ

ं଱՗ࢇᖂຘȂԤࣥቄཐڧȉ

ྏះබᄊ঳݀܈ಳߞɆ݃ڣɇȂ࣊ᒸᐬەᑬȂϫ գᙇɆҞݏɇȄ୼ु୰ߞ᎚ӠЙ࣏Ӳےۤఀዃ޾

ሮԢȂݙѽഺ੠຀գ੡࣏ܝඏߞȄঋஇߞڰ ఐȃঋᐯߞތ֘щԺϞȄاᅆ֋Ўߞঋِ࣏Ȃ

֌ьঋᖢႋॊᐯߞᝯᜃȄاϘߡᅆчЖᑖ࿕ߞ ϠᆕѕྰदȂ֭ڭЙݏॊᐯਛȄॊᐯਛϵ࣏

ϠȄاᐯߞ࣏ћᐯȂᝯѕߞ࣏Ϡݑ൵ग़൵ᑧᖺ ߞࠑႿȂփاంЙሮऎࢥྐᕕۦۖူᔈȄاඈ ᡌᖢႋЙԢߞᣍᙇȂႿۖـಎኸߞԒኀȄاះ

ఀ֋Ў۶ॊᐯਛȂэێڤڱۍգዃᘮ໛ൎȃϫ ᅆॊुߞϠћᖖᄩգ຾ዃൾᝯᜃߞॊᐯਛȂգ

຾࢝ಎߞᗑᜭȄ ġ୓ፅഺ࣏اߞୠِȄ

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Bank Leader Shares Secrets of Success

ࣟ౻ᏂሃॊЂӠжڳڰ྽՘ґঋഥ

r Raymond Or, Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive of Hang Seng Bank, a legend in the local banking industry for 30 years, is equally celebrated for his positive attitude and work ethics. At the Confluence Agora in September 2007, he shared his life les- sons with 400 HKUST students.

The Confluence Agora is a regular event organized by the Student Affairs Office of HKUST, bringing business and social leaders to share their invaluable life and work experiences with our students. Prof Yuk-shan Wong, Vice-President for Admin- istration and Business and host of the meeting, was most gratified by the attend- ance of over 400 participants and the eager questions from the floor.

One question of particular interest to the students was: How to land a job in a big corporation? Mr Or listed out not only the usual prerequisites that employers desire:

communication skills, presentation skills and critical thinking abilities, but also pointed out that being “team players”

was more important and valued than being “star staff”.

Mr Or had another piece of advice to local students: While it is true that graduates

from the Mainland with their Putonghua proficiency were in great demand by local companies seeking to further their busi- ness on the Mainland, local students should approach the competition from Mainland graduates positively because o p p o r tu n i t i e s we r e e m e r g i n g w i t h Mainland’s economic growth. As local graduates grew in their presentation, communication and English language skills, employers’ confidence in local recruits would also grow.

Getting hired is only the first step. Getting ahead is the next big thing. In Mr Or’s view, an employee might not get a promo- tion just by working hard. Good timing and good interpersonal relations all factored in a promotion. The point he wished to un- derscore is that in his own case, his friendly and positive attitude helped him climb up the ladder of success. He said:

“I have no enemies but friends. I am not a calculating person. I simply treat any task beyond the call of duty as a chance to perform and increase my experiences.”

Finally, Mr Or reminded the students that books were not the only source of knowl- edge. They should try to learn from real life situations. He offered an example from his own experience, “When I was a loan m a n a g e r m e e t i n g with entrepreneurs from different indus- tries, I used to learn from them. For ex- ample, a leader in the garment industry t o l d m e a l o t o f t h i n g s a b o u t t h e quota issue and the process of opera- tions, which I could n o t l e a r n f r o m books.” This is the voice of experience

from someone who has mastered the lessons of life and turned them into factors of career success.

Ӡ቙֖஘ѹਯ৘֖ࣆᗁ໗ࣟ౻ᏂȂԴ቙

֖धЍ֯჈ Ĵı ՐȂ՘බЙϲȄҁጤ႕ظ Ϣȃᒕ࿂་ۤߞЍ֯ᅗ࢘Ȃऎ჈ ĵıı ֜ҍਯ ȶ۞ᎰབྷȷߞॊЂᐯӠȂᑘӲϞᐯ೫ᅳዹȄ

ȶ۞ᎰབྷȷӤॊЂᐯӠڰச഍ѹᓱȂዃᘛ஥धታ ഞȃ௞྽ᇟॻۖॊЂȂሃᐯӠжڳភ໳ߞЍ֯

۶ϠӠ၃ᢚȄࣟԐӠᖔᘛݺ ijııĸ Ր ĺ ѡ IJı џ ڽۖॊЂሃᐯӠྻবȂڭӤॊЂ஘੭ࠜȞ֖ࣆȟ ཀӜЋిఱᑉԇѹࢺȄཀిఱࠑӯȂഺըᇸྻ

ᐯӠணሃϠዴतԺȂփѷᒕ࿂෩யȂхᕕ҄Ϡ ᄁህȄ

ሃྻԢᐯϩжᝯަЂԋ྽ၑӡಲ྽Ӡߞ࿤ࡋȄ

ࣟԐӠ൅ᠨȂЂԋ྽ࠧ௱দ໛ᕕወ߰ߞ࿛഼۶ ࠑႿثҼȂѽфᑾӲࢥւକϧȂԢᐯܢԴഺව ўবϭґшȄҁႃ҇ȂЂгҦӺদ໛ᚚ৶༡ߞ ТहԪ֯۶ᄥ༤ᇟૠȂЙྻےྍ໗ைȶށ࣐ᄌ

৶ȷȄ

ജயфӎԳሃаԳಲ྽ӠН༡ߞж־੡Ȃҁࢽ ҍȂӎԳгҦ຾দ༟ݤаԳҾඞȄԯթȂڽ֋

аԳߞᐯӠȂӤݺକሲࣹ׀෼഼႖Ȃգहᅆߞ ᔹཕȄЙჅȂҁᄁᔽӎԳಲ྽Ӡѽᒕ࿂ᅗ࢘Ȃ বᅆឮߋȄᔌ຾শส၃ᕻЙᙝ๴ਣȂۖ഍ൌ࣏

බ྽۶๴ਣᑟྻȂҐϯࠕՐӎԳಲ྽ӠߞࠑႿ କϧфॻሬѪӀЙᙝ෩пȂࣇթӎԳӠߞබ྽

ࡈ฀ȂЪ๒ጄᣍȄ

ࣟԐӠࢽҍȂඏᐴڙൻЍ֯ЙϘܠ௲ڽ੢пᑟ

ྻȂᘘঋҐϯډՀߞϠቫᝯ࠼фᏋည੡ᑟȄಲ

྽ӠׅϧЍ֯ȂҞኧҐЍ֯၃ᢚȂӺྻ៏ۤϯ ҦߞࠫԇȄҁሮऎ႕ᕗфЙ঍ႵߞЍ֯ᅗ࢘Ȃ գׄ੢пȇҁሲȈȶاϘԨЙྻᑘዲȂҪྻዃ ຕຠ፡ȄԢ੡ȂاЙྻѝѝ঍ႵȂ׈ڹϯҦঋ اஇ௯֜ѽҳߞЍ֯ȂاൌྻᆽϧஇՀȄȷ

ࣟԐӠϫ෩ᓹԢᐯȂ੩ӎڭࠧறϘߞߢᝊڽ

࿚ȂاেᕕంӠࣿК٢ۤྲߢᝊȄҁ൅ᠨȈ ȶညՐاԴࠫ໷ൊЍ֯Ȃሃᅁ྽ਛతៈ੡Ȃᗁ ඈᡌԨҁে᎛ిȂᢰاఀۖЙьం੩ӎϯᐯЙ

ۖߞߢᝊȂڼՂশส૱ᚐ྽धᑾգߞ୨ᛝய ᛟȂѽфێҁ֖྽ߞ྽சႻ֯ߢᝊຈȄȷ

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L o c a l ^ॷ_෫ Įרঈޟ

Raymond Or’s secrets of success get Prof Wong Yuk-shan’s attention

ࣟ౻ᏂġĩҽĪġᖽগ՘ґঋഥȂཀӜЋిఱࣾօ਽ᡘ

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ore than 50 HKUST students, alumni and staff members took part in a “100,000m Finswim- ming World Record Event” co-organized by HKUST and the Hong Kong Underwater Association and set an official Guinness World Record.

Organised to raise funds for the Community Chest and as a prelude to the 10th Asia Finswimming Champion- ship, the overnight marathon finswim relay took place at HKUST’s outdoor swimming pool on 11-12 September 2007.

Despite the unsocial hours of the event, which ran non-stop from 2 pm 11 Septem- ber to 1 pm 12 September, many staff members participated in the event with their families. Prof Bert Shi from Depart- ment of Electronic and Computer Engi- neering, for example, joined with his wife Ophelia and their son Elliot. Prof H S Kwok from the same department, pitched in with his son Eric and daughter Janet.

“Its fun!” said Prof Kwok when asked why he joined. What delighted Prof Kwok most was his discovery that “my daugh- ter has so much inner energy. I was expecting her to do 400m but she clocked up 1200m.”

HKUST as a co-organizer of the event is grateful to its team of witnesses - Prof Zhang Xixiang from Physics

Department, Dr Joseph Kwan and Y M Li from Health, Safety and Environment Office, Lam Kin Lai from Facili- ties Management Office and four Sai Kung District Coun- cil Members. They braved the occasional rainstorms and dutifully observed their duties of up to 4 hours - some in the middle of the night. Hats off to them!

Involving a total of 150 participants, the event has raised more than HK $80,000 for the Community Chest. The created record has been sent to the Guinness World Record Association for an official entry into the World Guinness

Book of Record.

สॊثЂᐯॗ Ķı ԩਰӠȂணҐ IJı ေ ռᝓާతϧࣿஜȂ՘ґፙൄϞϘ༵ѵ ध॔ᔂȄ

ഺ༵ԩऎȶϩေռᝓާѵध॔ᔂȷߞಽڰȂ ӤশสጕѪᗁྻфॊЂԪᓱȂӤ ijııĸ Ր ĺ ѡ IJIJ ֌ IJij џϭоȂϘാیчȂ഼ਞႿӌԴ

ॊЂ࢈ҳหާհᗝ֖Ȅ

ᘵ๒ൊԊணҐ߰Ӆ༷ᅤག୓ؖ་֖ᝓާతϧȂ ࡒ๑ྫҁেணሃߞጤఐȄЙьցਰـȶݳٷ

௲ЃȷȂ៸ԢਛϠϘ୓ணሃȄՂცЄф঍ᇖᑟ Ѝ຀ᐯڀࣉጋށిఱȂҁሃ܍Є ŐűũŦŭŪŢ фۊ Є ņŭŭŪŰŵ ϘԢணҐȇԢϘᐯڀߞോઔࡱిఱȂ Ӻ௲ԢۊЄ ņųŪŤ фЃۊ ŋŢůŦŵ ኅኅᠩᕕȄ

ജயфऎ֣ஜ৶ԑਛணሃ੡ȂോిఱᚎփᇟԳ԰ຍȈȶԯऎە ᑬȃգᎷȄȷணҐഺ༵ࣿஜȂϵऎോిఱ௲ڽȶྍҳᢘඈȷȂҁ

๴಩Ѓۊ ŋŢůŦŵ ১ڽढ़ϧᢘϠȄȶا১ڽҪงౕՁҞѽห ĵıı ռȂࢨਫ਼Ձܧ๒؆՘Ϟ IJijıı ռȊȷ

ഺ༵ࣿஜ୵ϞఀۖЙьॊЂਰӠணሃҳȂᘘఀۖԺԩԢ ڰᄀϧњࢺȂ၍சऎЂྻ֯ڍᝋϠȂҒࣁߏನڀ௺֘ೇ

ిఱȃஉ௵ȃՉԑфᖖᄩ഍ᝯា૟ൾЀфقؠᆕȃ੭ཀྵ നࣉᇒನ഍ޒ஀ᚃфұԩ֘୒஡஡៉৶Ȅᘵ๒ည౎գව ୱলࠥȂ֭ҁেிࢺ؆՘ԇசȂއசᇟૠҞᄜȊ

ാԢॊЂਰӠ Ķı ϠԴаȂഺ༵ࣿஜԒգ IJĶı ϠணሃȂ Ӻऎгૈࠛឯఀ໹ჅϣေЮຠภȄশสጕѪᗁྻЏቍӹ Ӧ᎛Ȃدഺ༵Ӥশสፙൄߞᝓާ॔ᔂȂԕϢஉϧЀѵध

॔ᔂȄ

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L o c a l ॷ෫Įרঈޟ

Prof Bert Shi (center) with his wife Ophelia and their son Elliot

ࣉጋށిఱ ĩ К Ī ሃ܍Є ŐűũŦŭŪŢġ фۊЄ ņŭŭŪŰŵ ϘԢணҐ Prof Tam Kar-yan,

new Dean of Undergraduate Education (4th from left) at the press conference

ྲԇӎॊӠిசࠜ

ᝌᄜԯిఱġĩҽұĪ

៷ݺୃ߰ݢ࢞ྻϯ

Not Your Average Marathon

HKUST Helps Set Finswim Guinness Record

ॊЂਰӠணሃፙൄᝓާѵध॔ᔂ

N a t i o n a l ^ઠ_୽ Įרঈޟ

he research capability of HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School takes a major quantum jump in September with the opening of four research centers and a reading and activity room.

Since the opening of the Graduate School in January 2007, six research centers and two central research facilities have become operational, with research proj- ect applications already in the pipeline and submitted to various government departments concerned. To date, 12 research centers and facilities have opened their doors, including the follow- ing four new research centers:

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Speaking at the opening ceremony on 6 September 2007, Prof Yu Tongxi briefed

the VIPs from across China and Hong Kong on the progress of the graduate school and noted that campus planning is now complete and construction was ex- pected to commence early next year.

The graduate school’s research capabilities in advanced materials, biomedical technol- ogies and environmental protection will spearhead technological advancement in the Pearl River Delta region.

Dignitaries officiating at the opening cere- mony included senior Chinese Govern- ment officials as well as Chairman of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation Timothy Fok;

Managing Director of the Fok Ying Tung Foundation Ian Fok; Chairman of the Fok Ying Tung Ming Yuan Development Com- pany Ltd Ho Ming-sze; HKUST President Paul ChuΙand Dean of the HKUST Fok Ying Tung Graduate School Prof Tongxi Yu.

ݺዃՍࡑْߞশสॊثЂᐯᔒॻތुٿ

୰ᜦَॼ״๴ਣȄႍ୰ұݙྲुٿКѕ фᏦ᠓ࣿஜ࢈Ȃݺ ijııĸ Ր ĺ ѡ ķ џᗝ֖༟ᅌ ۏᚃȂዾራॊЂᔒॻތुٿ୰ߞॊुϧ༓Йᙝ

״ЂȄ

ݺ˴ѡϯ՟༟ᅌߞұݙुٿКѕж־ऎȈ

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ഺұݙྲुٿКѕߞ՘ӲȂ௟་Ϙَ෩пॊЂ ԴԐ་لਫ਼ȃӠߏᛁᖚфᖖᄩ࠲᠕Ϭৎታாа ߞᕕӡुٿϧ༓Ȃ་փయஜ઴ϬڎԳ஡ߞثങ

൹ྲȄ

୰ִࠜԢؓిఱ൅ᠨȂुٿ୰ྲ੭஡ߞന঍ᄦ Џࠐَ؆՘Ȃჰ঍ҞݺށՐஜЍȄॊЂᔒॻތ

ुٿ୰֋ ijııĸ Ր IJ ѡ༟ᅌѽڽȂЏգбݙुٿ КѕфیৎКҴुٿനࣉȂӒԴႻ֯ȄᗑԢྲ

՘ӲߞұৎКѕȂुٿ୰಩Ԓգ IJij ৎुٿК ѕ۶നࣉȄ

ྲुٿКѕ༟ᅌᚃѹᚃᄜሼҒࣁȈዃތषϠӔ ࣆܹสᑫᓱг࢈஘ѹԇޒচшȃዃՍҾॊث؊

஘؊ࠜЕᙃоȃዃՍҾࡑْ஡ϠӔࣆܹ௱ச஘

஡ࠜኒઔᕾȃᔒॻތ௄ࠛྻѹਯᔒᏩᏨȃᔒॻ ތ௄ࠛྻၭڰࠜᔒᏩᐰȃᔒॻތቛ࿚๴ਣգন гҦၭڰ֣ቛࢥȃॊЂ੭ࠜզ၃ޠిఱфॊЂ ᔒॻތुٿ୰୰ִࠜԢؓిఱຈȄ

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Bulking Up Our Research Muscle

শสॊЂᔒॻތुٿ୰ॊुϧ༓Йᙝ״Ђ

KUST brings to the people of Hong Kong an eye- opening event - a rare official visit to our city by Dayang Yihao, China’s most advanced deep-sea research vessel.

The vessel’s 4-day visit in August 2007 attracted a total of 6000 eager visitors with its groundbreaking scientific finds and sophisticated oceanic research equipment.

News media was also gung-ho about this visit, making it the focal event of the summer holidays.

The visit was jointly organized by the State Oceanic Administration of People’s Republic of China, China Ocean Mineral Resources R&D Association, and HKUST’s Coastal Marine Laboratory. It also received the generous sponsorship of China National Offshore Oil Cor- poration Limited (CNOOC), Harbour City and Habitu Restaurant at Harbour City.

Aimed at raising public interest in marine research and stirring a great sense of pride in the scientific advances of the Motherland, the on-board displays featured the first-ever scientific discovery of hydrothermal vent by the vessel after its 220-day circumnavigation of the globe.

The on-board tours of the vessel were oversubscribed by 10 times on the very first day of on-line registration. On the day of its arrival, Dayang Yihao received a stirring wel- come at the Ocean Terminal, where it was docked from 10 to13 August. Inclement weather did not dampen the spirits of hundreds of flag-waving school children as they helped welcome Dayang Yihao to the terminal. Adding much to the festive atmosphere was the superb police band with its rousing marches. Dayang Yihao was heralded into the harbor by a ceremonial fireboat with its spectacular water fountain.

Speaking at the welcoming ceremony, HKUST President Paul Chu said, “The enormous popularity of this scientific vessel with members of the Hong Kong community is very encouraging. Dayang Yihao represents the triumph of China’s deep-sea research.”

Other dignitaries also spoke eloquently of the meaning of this visit. They included Secretary for Education Michael Suen , Deputy Director of the State Oceanic Administra- tion Wang Fei, and the Captain of the vessel Zhen Sung- gang. Other officiating guests added greater importance to the occasion, including Deputy Director of the Liaison Office of Central People’s Government in Hong Kong Zheng Kunsheng and HKUST Council Chairman Dr John Chan.

“As we celebrate the 10th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China, CNOOC is very proud to participate in this significant event as the Title Sponsor. Our Company believes it’s vital for us to carry out its social responsibili- ty and make progress together with the society. Through cooperation with the circles of education, science and technology, we hope to gain broad support from various parties to facilitate the future exploration of the ocean,”

commented Fu Cheng-yu, Chief Executive Officer of CNOOC.

The kick-off event was also widely covered by the Main- land media whose representatives came to Hong Kong specifically for this occasion. Bad weather did not deter a large number of visitors from joining the vessel’s on-board tours. This in itself was triumph of another kind.

N a t i o n a l

ઠ୽Įרঈޟ

The Triumph of China’s Deep-Sea Research:

Dayang Yihao Sails into the Hearts of Hong Kong Public

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An official welcome for Dayang Yihao

ॊЂታᐱኸȃᗑԢ

஼ਛઔࣶ؊фપ஡

ࣆܹ҃ࠑԨЂࣶϘၳ

෭ј७ྍ

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஼൵Ԑ་ߞಎઔւᅅ೺ ˕ ЂࣶϘၳᕕᘛݺ ijııĸ Ր Ĺ ѡ ണสұчȄണสง༡Ȃ঵࢘Ԩгಿ༟ݸȂᢰশสҾӔϯ

೺ணᣍȂڭԨҾӔਣӯ ijijı чᖖಧւᅅݙۤఀߞॊुॎ૔۶Ԑ

་ణเന൯Ȅ

ЂࣶϘၳ၃Ⴥ ijijı чߞᖖಧւᅅࢢȂԴԞࣶ࢘๴಩ۍգ࿂୼ॊ

ᐯኊৃߞጤ౵ೄ஡ȂऎК஼ߞ঵ը๴಩Ȅ

ЂࣶϘၳᐃϧল᝴ԑสȂݺг༟૶ۤ๳೺ணᣍࠝೈ঵чȂЏᔂ

ఀ໹ᛝ IJı ঺Ӧ᎛Ȃ๳೺ணᣍߞҾӔ჈ ķııı ԩȄ

ЫըЂࣶϘၳണสȂӤॊЂȃ஼ਛઔࣶ؊фК஼Ђࣶ۝ྻԪ ᓱȂ՞Դ෩пгಿᅆಎઔुٿߞᒸᎷȂڭᢰгಿሮᝊК஼Դಎ ઔւᅅϯݙۤఀߞॊु՘බȂࣿஜڭఀۖК஼ઔࣶӮ޵գনг

ҦࡄԩᝒׄȂઔสࡱ෩ڻ೺୸ஃ޿ඞԳфઔสࡱġʼnŢţŪŵŶġᔠᣇᒴ

঴ᝒׄȄ

ЂࣶϘၳݺ Ĺ ѡ IJı џ᮳สညчȂۦۖጤધᡌࠓȄ჈պԩڗ्

ۘއߞЈᐯӠȂኅ༰ઔႻፅᔝȂ෭ஜ஼ᅮȇӤ Ķı Ϡೡ՘ߞ់

ᅅ቙ጄ༤Ȃ୼ࡶᡌࠓᆇաȂ҄಩ඞઈޤـҐጤધȄ՝ϯ IJı ੡ ധȂЂࣶϘၳᏺϢઔႻፅᔝȂӤઐڨ೺᠕ଝȂڭԴ೺ی੟ኡਡ ѪࣗѽӯᡌࠓȄ

ॊЂ੭ࠜզ၃ޠిఱԴ७ᡌࠓ᝜੡Ȃྏᘁ஼ਛઔࣶ؊ȃК஼Ђ

ࣶ۝ྻȃѽфЂࣶϘၳԑᢜ೺৶фॊᐯਛߞᄀϧњࢺȂ࠳՘Ђ

ࣶϘၳണสН੠Ȅզ੭ࠜࠑӯȈȶгಿᅆЂࣶϘၳണสхᕕጤ ધȂх࣍ҍҾӔࠧ௱฽ౕϘလҹߞЛࠚȂ۶ϞႋҹԴಎઔւᅅ ߞ൰ҍॊु՘බȄȷ

ԴᡌࠓኇՑϯ७᝜ߞᄜሼȂᘘҒࣁশสપ஡ࣆܹిڈ؊ਗށෳ

؊ࠜȃ஼ਛઔࣶ؊஘؊ࠜ৘Ђࣶ۝ྻನڰࠜѳ঳ȃЂࣶϘၳ೺

ࠜᆶޗ௯ȃКҴࣆܹᏸสᗑປᓱг࢈Ꮡ܄Ӡ஘ѹԇфॊЂ੭ၭ

ྻѹਯ൘૟ᑨൾЀຈȂҁেӺऎѹᚃᄜሼȄ

Кઔ޵գনгҦᗁ၃ನ൮՘ӜࠑӯȈȶᏋৃশสዉૡ԰ᙩ૟஼ġ IJı ༉ՐȂКઔ޵କ՘ऎЂࣶϘၳണสࣿஜߞࡄԩᝒׄᑟᅹȂ

ྏۖϩжᅷܶȄاেहࠫȂኹ֖гӔയԇȂሃ੡ڭ་ȂᅆгҦ ߞࢺ᠈๴ਣȂϩжদঋȄሃిڈधȃॊᐯध࠲ࢺᇦ௜ᗑᜭȂ௟

գׄاে༟๴ઔࣶႤ࿚Ȅȷ

ЂࣶϘၳണสఀۖӎԳȃаԳфઔҳཇණዃ޾ඡႽȂЂࣶϘၳ

Դઔܺጤ౵ೄ஡ߞॎ૔ݑॊᐯ๴಩Ȃـ՘ऎཇණߞ๏ᙇȄᘵ๒ ЂࣶϘၳണสง༡ትলᡚสȂգᝯઔࣶᗾਲ਼ࣿஜജঝۤઐȂ֭

๑ྫгಿ๳೺ணᣍߞጤఐȄҾӔᅆݺକ௉ࠕ໼ᛓऻۖጤ౵ೄ஡

ߞឩӮዹӎȂྏۖࠧ௱ൟ᠙Ȅ

ЂࣶϘၳᐃϧল᝴ԑส

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Over a hundred school children waving in Dayang Yihao Ⴥպᐯຆ෭ህ஼ᅮȂ૯ࠓЂࣶϘၳ

Peering into the Mysteries of Space

ॊЂ՘ӲКѕġġణ૶щߩླྀ૪

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N a t i o n a l ઠ୽Įרঈޟ

The Center’s committee members, from left:

Professors Michael K Y Wong, Fung Chi-hung, Xu Kun, Chan Kwing-lam, Lau Kai-hon, Pong Ting-chuen and Zhang Limin

The University’s satellite high resolution picture transmittion station

ॊЂᎎ࣐୼ႋ໪ᄦѯ త՜૭

KUST Prof Chan Kwing-lam, one of the five local scientists involved in China’s lunar probe project, has recently spearheaded the setting up of a space research center at the University.

As a first-ever research center for space science in Hong Kong, the Center for Space Science Research will be the focal point for researchers across disciplines to decipher the mystery of the space and develop their interest or knowledge in space science - a field that studies planets, their moons, and the interplanetary space environment.

“Science in space is a new undertaking in China. There is a need of more participants in the field. The Center will help develop local capability in lunar and planetar y research and assist China in space science research and data analysis,” said Prof Chan.

Apart from providing intensive research opportunities for postgraduate, postdoctoral, or visiting researchers, it will also run outreach programs to popularize science in general and space science in particular. “If possible, we would like to join hands with other departments or facul- ties to run interdisciplinary programs for our students.”

Prof Chan said.

The Center’s Committee is blessed by a team of experi- enced researchers from different sci-

ence and engineering departments (Institute for the Environment, Civil Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Mathematics, Physics) including: Professors Fung Chi-hung, Lau Kai-hon, Ng Tai-kai, Pong Ting- chuen, Wong K Y Michael, Xu Kun, and Zhang Limin.

Their expertise covers theoretical phys- ics, applied mathematics, computer vision, aeronautics, astronautics, and rock and soil mechanics.

Ђᕕዴᐯిఱ൘ऑޒߞ্៉Ȃ൵ࠕ՘ӲϞȶॊЂщߩॊ

ᐯुٿКѕȷȄ

൘ిఱ࣏У֜ᕕᘛணሃК஼ȶᄶਔϘၳȷణѡЍ຀ዴᑂжޘЍ

֯ߞӎԳᐯ߰НϘȄ

ॊЂщߩॊᐯुٿКѕȂ࣏ӎส঵ਛѽщߩॊᐯऎुٿদᙇߞ

ॊुКѕȄКѕౕؓ෩ڻᑟྻȂᢰЙԢᐯॊߞुٿ৶ȂѽႭᐯ

ॊߞ؛ՑȂϘ୓ణ૶щߩߞླྀ૪ȂҐಎᅆщߩॊᐯߞᒸᎷ۶ሮ ᝊȄщߩॊᐯ࣏Ϙࠝुٿᎎ࣐ȃ֖࣐ф࣐ቫߩ༡ߞᐯயȄ

ȶщߩॊᐯߞुٿԴК஼࣏ྲᒸڰߏȂቮঋـԺϠணሃȄКѕ

ౕؓை୊ـԺంڰᎎ࣐ф֖࣐ुٿߞϠЖȂᢰҁেணሃК஼ߞ щߩॊᐯुٿȂ۝ׄዴᑂжޘЍ֯Ȅȷ൘ిఱࠑӯȄ

Кѕ୵ϞऎुٿӠȃൾЀࢢुٿ৶фۖണᐯ߰Ȃ෩ڻಎϢణٿ щߩߢᝊߞᑟྻҳȂӺྻᗝᓱԧᇌҳਣ᎝຀Ȃدॊᐯфщߩॊ

ᐯ෼фмȄ൘ిఱࠑӯȈȶاেӺౕؓ൅ჅഺৎКѕȂሃێҁ ᐯڀ៸јԪᓱႭᐯॊ᎝຀Ȅȷ

ॊЂщߩॊᐯुٿКѕ၃Џ՘ӲϞ܎৶ྻȂ՘৶࣏ڽ֋ЙԢߞ

ॊᐯфЍ຀ᐯڀġ ĩ ᖖᄩुٿݙȃϿѢЍ຀ȃ঍ᇖᑟॊᐯфЍ

຀ȃዴᐯȃߏನᐯڀ Ī ߞిुϠ৶Ȃڭԧգ௞ࠜȂҒࣁిఱ

༾ؠ༯ȃኒుᆔȃדЂ๝ȃᜀᄀԑȃѳ஼ᙓȃ਷ݿф௺׀ӔȄ

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