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| New council
members appointed
Three leading members of the business and professional communities have
been appointed by the Chief Executive to the Council of City University
of Hong Kong (CityU) for a term of three years, with effect from 1 January
2008. The three new external Council members are: Mr Joseph Lee
Chung-tak, Group Chairman, Wofoo Plastics & Chemicals Group;
Mr Armstrong Lee Hon-cheung, Director, Worldwide Consulting
Group Co. Ltd.; and Mr Yeung Ka-sing, Chairman of the
Hong Kong Housing Society.
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| Language
immersion
To enhance students' global perspective and strengthen their mastery of
the English language, CityU is introducing a Cultural and Language Immersion
Scheme to develop students' intercultural awareness and English language
skills through academic and social service engagement in an overseas English-speaking
environment. Staff and students from the English Language Centre who were
involved in the pilot-phase during the Christmas Break will share their
experience at the February 18 information session at Mult-media Conference
Room, 3.30pm 5.30pm.
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| Library
forum
Dr Jerry Yu Jer-tsang and Professor Steve Ching
Hsiang-hoo, Chief Information Officer and University Librarian
respectively, will host a library forum at 3pm on 19 February at the Reading/Seminar
Room at the Library to update users on the progress of the library renovation
project and the users' general feedback. The architect of the project
will also outline the approach of the next renovation stage to be carried
out during the next summer break.
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| City Cultural
Salon
Some 40 people, including those from local higher institutions, and arts
and culture fans, attended the City Cultural Salon, "The cultural
meaning of Cantonese Opera", organised by the Cultural and Sports
Committee on 30 January. Mr Yuen Siu-fai, a celebrated
Cantonese opera actor, shared with the audience his experiences and thoughts
on Cantonese opera.
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| Moviemaker
bags Asian film award
The Backpacker, a movie produced by Ryan Chan Hon-yan,
a recent graduate from the School of Creative Media, won an Outstanding
Award at "The 4th FUTURE VISION-Asian International Youth Film Festival",
which was held in Beijing in October 2007. The theme of the festival was
"Human Nature", and there were more than 600 entries from
across Asia, including Hong Kong, mainland China, Korea and Japan, from
which 12 works were awarded the Outstanding Award. Ryan was the only winner
from Hong Kong.
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| Students
power to award
CityU students received six honours at the Hong Kong Information and Communications
Technology (HKICT) Awards; Gold and Bronze Awards for Best Innovation
and Research (College and Undergraduates), and three Certificates of Merit.
River Li Tin-ho and Andrew Leung Siu-wai of
the Department of Electronic Engineering won the Gold Award and the Certificate
of Merit (Best Social Responsibility) for an energy-efficient burn-in
system for power supplies.
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| FSE Alumni
Achievement Award
Nominations for the first FSE Alumni Achievement Award will be closed
on 1 March 2008. CityU students, staff and alumni are encouraged to recommend
outstanding graduates of Science and Engineering programmes (part-time
or full-time) to contest the award. In establishing the award, the Faculty
publicly recognises the achievements of its alumni and strengthens the
relationship between them. Details of the award are available at www.ncm2.xyz/fse/alumni/
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Essay competition
SThe Chinese Civilisation Centre is organising an essay competition on
Chinese cultural retrospection to encourage CityU students to re-examine
the relationship between Chinese culture and modern life and to be more
aware of the continuity of Chinese culture. Students may join the competition
by submitting an essay under the main theme of "Chinese cultural
retrospection by CityU students" by 5 May 2008. The competition is
open for all full-time bachelor and associate degrees students. Details
can be found at www.ncm2.xyz/cciv.
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| New Year
staff party
The Year of the Rat Chinese New Year Party for all University staff will
be held on Friday, 15 February. A buffet lunch will be held from 11.30am
12.45pm in the Multi-purpose Rooms. The celebration programme will then
be staged from 12.45pm 2.30pm in the Chan Tai Ho Multi-purpose Hall.
Chinese handicraft stalls will also be set up along the covered walkway
near University Circle.
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