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Four grants of over HK$1 million each were awarded to CityU in the latest round of Research Grants Council (RGC) applications. Three projects are related to linguistics and language information sciences, while the fourth is about marine biology.
Mr Charles Wong, Director of CityU's School of Continuing and Professional Education, is on the 2003 Chief Executive Honours List published by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on 1 July.
Mr Charles Wong, Director of CityU's School of Continuing and Professional Education, is on the 2003 Chief Executive Honours List published by the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on 1 July.
With plenty of buzz over Bluetooth wireless technology and mobile systems in our technology-driven lives, CityU's Department of Electronic Engineering seized the opportunity last week to promote its own power electronics and wireless communications developments at the Hong Kong Information Infrastructure Expo.
E-business education in Hong Kong has moved to another level with the formation of a strategic alliance between CityU's Faculty of Business and SAP, the world's largest provider of enterprise software solutions, and the largest software supplier globally.
Contemporary Chinese culture was put under the microscope, dissected, and found to be in reasonably good health heading into the next 100 years by Professor Liu Zai-fu, a Visiting Professor at CityU's Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics.
The inaugural CityU Distinguished Lecture, Prospects for Chinese Culture in the 21st Century, struck a sympathetic chord in an audience that has often struggled with the clash of Western and Chinese traditions.
The opening of the Admiralty Learning Centre will enhance City University's position as a "staunch supporter and one of the key providers of life-long education" in Hong Kong, said Mrs Fanny Law, Secretary for Education and Manpower at the opening ceremony on 9 February. The University's School of Continuing and Professional Education has set up the new centre on HK Island to meet the ever-increasing demand for continuing education in the knowledge-based economy.
If you're thinking of applying for admission to one of CityU's postgraduate programmes, you'll be happy to know that the application process just got easier. Beginning 15 February, the CityU prospectus website will include a feature that allows the submission of online applications. Currently the site offers downloadable applications.
Five of the region's most prominent citizens have been appointed to the Council of CityU, effective 1 January 2001. The appointments, for terms ranging from two to three years, were made by Chief Executive Mr Tung Chee-hwa.