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Professor (Chair) Li Ping has been invited, together with 13 respected institutions and companies from around the world, to join a European Commission-funded international research project on future mobile communication systems.
CityU is hosting the Foundations of Computational Mathematics conference, the largest mathematics conference yet to be staged at the University.
Professor Cheng Hsiao, Honorary Professor, Department of Economics and Finance, delivered a distinguished lecture on 5 June, evaluating the economic impact of CEPA on Hong Kong.
CityU hosted the “Public Forum on Hong Kong Healthcare Reform” to generate more diverse healthcare policy views and enrich the policy-making process on 5 June.
CityU and the Chinese University of Hong Kong organised an e-book international conference on 3 June to enable librarians from Hong Kong and the region to exchange ideas on purchasing and using this electronic educational resource.
Student Leadership Conference 2008 brings together at CityU 150 students from renowned worldwide universities to help forge the next generation of corporate and community leaders.
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).