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The School of Law hosted a talk on 30 October entitled "Application of Treaties in Chinese Domestic Law" featuring as speaker Professor Rao Geping, Director of the International Law Institute of Peking University.
Nobel Laureate, Chair Professor-at-Large at City University of Hong Kong, Professor Jean-Marie Lehn, of Collège de France, delivered a series of lectures to Department of Biology and Chemistry staff and students on 29 October.
Dr Peter Tse from MEEM has been commissioned by Syncrude Canada, the world's largest oil sand corporation, to develop a monitoring system for its oil sand pumps
The School of Law is staging a conference entitled "Constitutionalism in China in the past 100 years and its future". Renowned speakers from overseas, mainland China and Hong Kong have been invited to discuss constitutionalism and related issues in China.
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.