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Professor Sritawat Kitipornchai, Head of the Department of Building and Construction, has been elected Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering in recognition of his achievements in structural engineering and solid mechanics.
A distinguished lecture was given by one of the world’s most original and prolific researchers in bio-organic chemistry, Professor Wong Chi-huey, President of the Academia Sinica, Taiwan on 11 November, looking at the significance of protein glycosylation in identifying new cancer biomarkers for diagnosis and drug discovery.
The environment was given the good news and the bad news at a Pearl River Delta and Yangtze River Delta Distinguished Lecture delivered by world-renowned economist and Honorary Professor at CityU, Professor Gregory Chow.
Dead Slowly, a film directed by Miss Rita Hui Nga-shu, a CityU Instructor at the School of Creative Media, has become the first Hong Kong film selected to compete for the New Currents Award at the 14th Pusan International Film Festival.
CityU conferred honorary doctoral degrees upon five outstanding persons in recognition of their significant contribution to the well-being of society at the Honorary Awards Ceremony held on 10 November.
Professor Yang Tong, Professor Leung Kwok and Professor Cheng Sheung-tak were awarded the CityU Research Excellence Awards 2009 for their outstanding research achievements.
CityU is hosting an academician conference “Energy and Environment: Crisis, Opportunities and Challenges” on 5-6 November, bringing together distinguished world academicians to offer new insights into the formulation of future energy and environmental policies.
The Chinese Civilisation Centre, Division of Building Science and Technology and the Library have co-organised the month-long "Discovery of the Architectural and Cultural Values of Chinese Bridges Exhibition".
CityU held the “Heaven, Earth, Man” Silver Jubilee Anniversary Concert on 31 October. More than 1,000 students, staff, alumni and friends of CityU celebrated the University’s 25th anniversary amid joyful tunes.
The Symposium on Internationalisation was held at CityU on 31 October to enhance awareness and seek support from university academic and administrative staff in promoting and sustaining internationalisation.