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| Earthquake
project
A fundraising dinner held by the Department of Applied Social Studies'
Project Rebuild for the Sichuan Earthquake: Rebuilding Lives and Schools
raised an estimated $200,000 on 27 June at the CityU Shing Hin Chinese
Restaurant. The project has so far raised an estimated $300,000, which
will be handed to charity organisation Sowers Action. The money will go
towards building a pre-fabricated school in the earthquake-ravaged province.
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| New appointments
Dr Angel Lin Mei-yi, Associate Professor, has been appointed
as Acting Head of Department of English and Dr Joe He,
Associate Professor, as Acting Head of the new Department of Media and
Communication with effect from 1 July until further notice.
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| Staff Association
election
The CityU Staff Association election to choose 12 candidates for the Executive
Committee positions was held through a secret ballot on 26 June. Results
the of election were announced at the Annual General Meeting, with 91
votes cast and 12 candidates elected. The posts of Chairperson, Deputy
Chairperson, Vice-chairperson B and Treasurer were retained by the incumbents.
They are Dr John Tse Wing-ling, Department of Applied
Social Studies; Dr Robin Bradbeer, Department of Electronic
Engineering; Ms Freda Yu Chau-ngor, Library, and Dr
Yeung Lam-fat, Department of Electronic Engineering, respectively.
The post of Vice-chairperson A was won by Dr Eddie Yu Fu-keung,
Department of Management, and Vice-chairperson C by Mr Shea Koon-wah,
Division of Commerce.
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| CCIV 10th
anniversary
A two-day conference marking the 10th anniversary of the Chinese Civilisation
Centre (CCIV) is to be held from 2 July. The opening ceremony of the conference,
titled "Passing the Flame: Teaching and Learning of Chinese Civilisation",
was officiated by Wang Shiyu, National Class One Performer,
Professor H K Chang, Emeritus Professor of CityU, and
Professor Paul Lam Kwan-sing, Acting Vice-President (Undergraduate
Education) of CityU. Professor Jonathan Spence, the keynote
speaker, delivered a lecture. A launching ceremony of "The Kunqu
Educational Project", which is a key celebration activity, was also
held on the same day.
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| East Asian
Cinema
The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics (CTL) will organise
an international symposium on Cross-Cultural Perspectives on East Asian
Cinemas from 3 July to 4 July. Professor Paul Lam Kwan-sing,
Acting Vice-President (Undergraduate Education) and Professor
Jonathan Webster, Head, CTL, will deliver welcoming speeches,
while Professor (Chair) Zhang Longxi of CTL will give
an opening address. Guest speakers from Hong Kong, Taiwan, Canada, USA,
the Netherlands, Korea and elsewhere will discuss their experiences.
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| Cultural
salon
The Cultural and Sports Committee held the last City Cultural Salon of
this academic year on 24 June. Guest speaker Professor H K Chang,
former President of CityU, delivered a speech on the topic, "Nylonkong:
A Tale of Three Cities". Professor Chang discussed the challenges
facing Hong Kong in relation to a recent feature story in an international
news magazine that coined the term Nylonkong, to mean New York-London-Hong
Kong. Dr Norman Leung Nai-pang, University Pro-Chancellor;
Mr Chung Shui-ming, Council Chairman; Professor
Way Kuo, President of CityU, and Ms Elizabeth Wang Ming-chun,
Honorary Doctor of Letters, also took part in the function.
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| European
radio research
CityU is participating in a European Commission information and communication
technology research project with 13 universities, research institutions
and technology companies from across Europe, and Canada, in the Seventh
Framework Programme for Research of the European Commission. The project
has been granted funding of around £á4 million (HK$48 million) and will
combine wireless communications and navigation for the benefit of future
(fourth generation) mobile radio systems. The research team at CityU is
led by Professor (Chair) Li Ping of the Department of
Electronic Engineering.
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| Essay competition
The Chinese Civilisation Centre organised a prize presentation ceremony
for the essay competition on Chinese cultural retrospection on 26 June
that attracted more than 100 entries. Nine essays were selected from 15
finalists. School of Law student, Song Weiguang, was
the named competition champion; Xu Shen, Department of
Marketing, was runner-up and Chen Mengli, Department
of Mathematics, took third place.
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| Multimedia
exhibition
Around 60 graduates of the School of Creative Media (SCM) displayed 56
photography and multimedia works in the exhibition titled "Medialogue
2008: Upsilon" that ran from 24 June to 29 June. The opening ceremony
was officiated by Mr Tobias Berger, Executive Director
and Curator of Para/Site Art Space, Professor James Moy,
Dean of SCM, and Tina Lo Tin-fung, graduate student and
President of "Medialogue 2008: Upsilon".
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| External
appointments
Dr Robin Bradbeer, Associate Professor, Department of
Electronic Engineering, has been appointed as Adjunct Professor at University
of Southern Queensland, Australia, for three years until March 2011.
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