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CityU will offer a new General Education course “Chinese Cultural Heritage in Modern Perspective” in Semester B 2007-08 to help students learn more about the essence of Chinese cultural heritage.
The new General Education (GE) courses that form part of the new four-year degree structure focus on three divisional areas of study, namely the arts and humanities; different societies, social and business organisations; and science and technology.
The Department of Accountancy hosted an inauguration ceremony and dinner for its Executive Mentoring Scheme on 16 November. About 30 business executives met the accounting students to start the year-long mentoring programme.
Twelve students have been selected as guest hosts on the Metro Showbiz channel's Staircase to Success this semester through a student DJ internship programme.
A base station antenna project presented by Mr Steven Yang at the Institution of Electrical Engineers in Hong Kong (IEE) in the Young Members Section (YMS), on 27 July, has won him the championship in the undergraduate category. Other CityU students who received prizes in the event include Mr Liu Yang Fan and Mr Kenji Yum, who clinched the championship in the postgraduate division with their group project on compact microstrip resonant cells. Mr Francis Kwong was the first runner-up.
On 29 July, when Ng Cheuk-wah and Hui Kit-no, two information technology majors, presented their supply management software in Shenzhen at Astec Electronics Co Ltd, a partner in CityU's Industrial Attachment Scheme (IAS), they got a unanimous thumbs-up. Astec's senior management expressed keen interest in using as well as selling the product.
Golden trophy in hand, Francis Kwong, BSc (Hons) from the Department of Computer Science (CS), grinned from ear to ear as he stood before the photographers. On 27 July, his four years of enthusiastic study cumulated in a surprising feat — winning First Runner-up at the Institution of Electrical Engineers Hong Kong (IEE) Young Members Section (YMS) Contest 2003.
Representing Hong Kong in the 37th WorldSkills Competition held 19-22 June in Switzerland, CityU BEng (Hons) graduate, Mr Steward Yeung achieved the status of "Excellent," following quickly on the heels of becoming Champion in the Hong Kong Youth Skill Competition organized by the Vocational Training Council (VTC) in 2002.