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Professor Way Kuo, President of CityU, talked about the relationship between teaching and research at a seminar - "Teaching and Research: Dispelling Common Misconceptions”, organised by Tsinghua Alumni Association of Hong Kong on 23 April.
CityU hosted an international conference on mediation on 15 and 16 April. Representatives from professional law organisations and authorities from all parts of the world shared their views on the global development of mediation.
Consumer confidence levels rose slightly in Hong Kong in the first quarter of 2009, placing it behind Beijing but above Macau and Taiwan, according to a survey conducted by CityU.
In commemoration of its Silver Jubilee and the 20th anniversary of the Department of Applied Social Studies, CityU organised an International Symposium on Preventing Offending and Reducing Re-offending on 15 April.
Mr Daniel R Fung, Senior Counsel of the Hong Kong Bar, delivered a School of Law lecture reviewing the role of Hong Kong in China’s legal modernisation.
Professor Way Kuo, University President, outlined his views on internationalisation at a Taiwan forum organised by CommonWealth Magazine, alongside other university presidents, government and entrepreneurial representatives on 8 April.
The School of Law and the Commonwealth Legal Education Association held the global business law education conference, "Teaching Law in the Modern Global Business Environment", at CityU from 31 March to 2 April.
Medical representatives from the government, Legco and academia, gathered May 22 to discuss the need for the establishment of a regional disease surveillance centre in the territory to tackle the spread of infectious disease. The forum, "Lifting Hong Kong's Regional Status: The Establishment of a Regional Disease Surveillance Centre," was organized by CityU's APEC Study Centre.
Kudos go to researchers in the Departments of Biology and Chemistry (BCH), Computer Engineering and Information Technology (IT), Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management (MEEM), Information Systems (IS) and Building and Construction (BC) and the Division of Commerce (CM) who have been awarded external grants worth totaling 13.8 million for various research projects/ proposals on drug development, smart-card technology, SME competitiveness, and building and construction, respectively.