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The public forum on "Direct Election for LegCo in 2008", held at the Purple Zone of the University Concourse on 25 November, aroused a heated discussion on political development of Hong Kong. The forum was a highlight of the Hong Kong Week, 24-28 November, organized by a group of third-year Applied Social Studies students.
As Ms Caroline Hu Yee-man, a student in the School of Creative Media (SCM), rides through the city of Hong Kong on a ding ding (tram), memories and reflections are captured in her nine-minute experimental film, ReMembrance, which won her the Best Experimental Award in the 6th New York University International Student Film Festival (ISFF).
A new, fast-track, graduate-entry Juris Doctor (JD) programme and a restructured four-year Bachelor of Laws (LLB) programme for the 2004-05 academic year have been launched. These initiatives answer recommendations raised in a 2001 report on legal education reform in Hong Kong and cater to growing aspirations among non-law graduates to enter the legal profession.
A PhD student in the Department of Biology and Chemistry has won the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Europe (SETAC) Young Scientist Award for the best oral presentation at the SETAC Europe 12th Annual Meeting in May.
Eight CityU students who excelled in Korean language studies were awarded scholarships and study grants at the first Korean Scholarships Presentation Ceremony organized by the Division of Language Studies on 10 June.
In an effort to bring Pearl River Delta region students closer together, CityU students organized this year's student leadership conference under the "linking student leaders in the Pearl River Delta" theme.
The Senate at its meeting in March endorsed a comprehensive quality assurance framework for the University. Developed and proposed by CityU's Quality Assurance Committee (QAC), this framework is known as 3Ps: principles, policies and practices.