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A group of CityU faculty and students have assessed the carbon footprint of Shek Kip Mei residents and suggested actions to reduce carbon emissions.
Four social scientists and a cultural historian at CityU have secured HK$1.87 million in research grants from Hong Kong, the UK and Taiwan research funding bodies.
The Academy of Korean Studies has awarded Professor Philip J Ivanhoe and Dr Kim Sung-moon of the Department of Public and Social Administration a US$1.3 million grant for an unprecedented study on Korean philosophy.
Hong Kong people favour building more public housing and giving more subsidies to public housing, according to a survey conducted by CityU.
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.
More than 100 scholars from mainland China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau and beyond are congregating at CityU to exchange ideas on public administration in a rapidly changing world.
The Department of Public and Social Administration at CityU organised an International Peer Review Conference on “China’s Provincial Environmental Performance Index” from 18 - 19 May to discuss the development of an environmental performance index in China
CityU hosted a roundtable forum to promote discussion on the issue of poverty in Hong Kong on 23 February. Speakers included local and overseas academics, Government officials and representatives from social services and policy research organisations.
CityU will offer a new General Education course on "Rational Thinking and Creative Ideas" in Semester B 2007-08 to enhance students' abilities to think rationally and creatively.
About 40 international and local experts in bioethics are participating in a three-day workshop co-organised by CityU from 6-8 December to explore critical issues relating to human nature amid the rapid development of biotechnologies in the 21st century.