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Dr Nicholas Thomas, Associate Professor in the Department of Asian and International Studies, has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Public Health.
Outstanding faculty members at CityU were recognised by RGC at an Awards Presentation Ceremony on 24 November for their distinguished research achievements and significant contributions to higher education.
Dr Börje Ljunggren, former Swedish Ambassador to China and Vietnam, delivered a lecture on China’s economic rise and US pivot to Asia at CityU on 27 February.
Professor Aziz Al-Azmeh of the Central European University delivered a lecture on classical Arabic civilisation at CityU on 19 December, the first in the Introduction to World Civilisations lecture series.
Students at CityU will be able to study and share knowledge anytime, anywhere under an innovative mobile-learning scheme offering access to hundreds of iPad and the iPod Touch.
Mr Edward Yau Tang-wah, Secretary for the Environment of the HKSAR Government, delivered a talk entitled “Hong Kong - A Green City?” on 17 September, analysing the environmental status in Hong Kong. The talk is organised as part of a new multi-disciplinary programme offered by CityU.
The Department of Chinese, Translation and Linguistics is holding “Chinese Week 2008” from 11 March to 14 March with seminars, performances and game booths to promote Chinese language and literature.
CityU has launched the Putonghua Salon to provide students with a relaxing environment to learn and practise Putonghua.
CityU will offer a new General Education course on “Identity and Citizenship in a Globalised World” in Semester B 2007-08 to engage students in learning and debates about rights and duties that come with citizenship.
CityU has developed a web-based multimedia interactive course for the self-learning of Putonghua through the application of tone graph software. The course is available now for primary and secondary school students to use online.