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The Technology Transfer Office introduced the latest developments in RFID technology to local industrialists at a recent forum entitled RFID: New technological driver for the coming decades.
General education courses should provide students with the learning that they need and should reinforce fundamental educational values, says Professor Harry Lewis, former Dean of Harvard College and a respected commentator on curriculum reform.
A survey conducted by the Language Information Sciences Research Centre at CityU has identified five new Chinese phrases stemming from hot topics in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Beijing and Shanghai during 2006.
As cost-conscious consumers, we are all deeply interested in knowing how far we can stretch our dollars-and whether we are getting value for all the money we are spending.
The ceremonial banging of a gong by CityU President Professor H K Chang and Professor Wang Gungwu heralded the official opening of Hong Kong's first formal institute dedicated to research on Southeast Asia on 27 February. Guests, including the Consuls-General of Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Singapore and Myanmar, and the Deputy Commissioner of the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, packed the SCOPE Lecture Theatre for the inauguration of the Southeast Asia Research Centre (SEARC).
The "age wave" has already hit Hong Kong. Government statistics show that the population ratio of those who are aged 65 and above, currently 11%, will rise rapidly. The average life span will also be considerably extended. Most people will probably have 10 or even 20 more years to live after retirement, assuming the retiring age to be 60. These two demographic changes in combination are set to have a profound impact upon individuals, families and society.