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The Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in HKSAR shares his ideas on the risks and challenges of China, in a talk entitled “Current International Situation and China’s Foreign Policy”.
Hong Kong’s GDP will grow by 5.1% this year, say researchers at CityU. The data was submitted to the United Nations’ publication World Economic Outlook.
One of the world’s most respected mathematicians presents new research into understanding and predicting how peptides bind and the potential benefit in the fight against diseases such as cancer and HIV.
Overall consumer confidence in the first quarter of 2011 has dropped in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, according to a recent survey conducted by CityU.
SMEs (small and medium-sized enterprises) tend to seek short-term survival strategies in an economic downturn. However, such strategies are not good enough to support a business in the long term.
Medical staff wears protective face masks and gowns when working in wards for highly infectious diseases such as SARS. But how can a virus be prevented from transferring from the clothing into the public? And how can we ensure that medical staff will not contract a virus as the clothing is removed? An "air shower" facility currently under development by the Department of Building and Construction (BC) may provide a solution.
Hong Kong people are more likely to work overtime without complaint than people in Shanghai and Taipei, but they derive less sense of pride from their work, a recent CityU survey showed. The researchers warn that the lack of appreciation Hong Kong people receive for their work might impair their competitiveness in the long term, though they a enjoy competitive edge in the short term, thanks to their willingness to work long hours.
Professor Michael Yang of the Biology and Chemistry Department led a CityU research team to discover an anti-fibrosis and anti-cancer compound called "Fibroscutum" it was announced 3 July. The research project, based on experiments with Wei Jia, an existing Class 1 drug in China, was commissioned by LifeTec Group Limited (LifeTec).
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.