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The Court, the supreme advisory body of City University of Hong Kong (CityU), held its third meeting on 8 December, focusing on progress in priority areas identified last year by the Council.
CityU welcomed an array of international health experts at the One-Health International Workshop, which examines the links between animal and human health and the importance of building a quality veterinary infrastructure to prevent zoonoses.
Professor Way Kuo addressed the 2009 BOAO Youth Forum held at the Hong Kong Convention Centre, analysing the importance of cultural exchange and development to the internationalisation of higher education.
Professor Way Kuo delivered a talk at the annual seminar of a professional teaching body Education Convergence, on 4 December, to share the results of his study on the relationship between teaching and research.
CityU held its Silver Jubilee Anniversary Banquet on 6 December, bringing together 900 friends, supporters, alumni, students and staff.
The Council approved the new five-year strategic plan of CityU, entitled “Excellence in Research and Professional Education”, at its meeting on 26 November 2009.
Professor Way Kuo was named by the International Academy for Quality as an Academician Emeritus. He was also invited to attend the 7th China Shanghai International Symposium on Quality and the Forum of International Academy for Quality.
CityU President, Professor H K Chang, and Professor Zhu Qingshi, President of the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), signed a Memorandum of Understanding, 13 June, to jointly establish a high level, joint research centre in Suzhou. The Centre will advance CityU’s research base into the booming Yangtze River Delta environs.
Some 50 pieces of Chinese painting and calligraphy by Hong Kong artist Mr King Chia-lun are on display at the CityU Gallery 17 to 24 June.
CityU President Professor H K Chang and Deputy President Professor David Tong led a delegation of 13 staff members to Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, 7 June, to renew academic exchange agreement and to explore opportunities for multifaceted collaboration. The delegation received a warm welcome from a 22 staff member group led by Professor Zhang Junsheng and Professor Pan Yunhe, Chancellor and President, respectively, of the Zhejiang University.