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Professor Way Kuo addressed the Second Forum on Future Development of China on 30 October, citing investment in new scientific areas, in particular energy and zoonosis, as a top priority to support sustained development in China and around the world.
"Electronic products in the early stage are not very reliable!” “The reliability of space-shuttle’s space missions calls for significant improvement!” “The reliability of human beings is extremely low!” These are reliability analysis statements made by Professor Way Kuo, President of CityU.
Professor Kuo addressed the Beijing-Hong Kong University Presidents' Forum on 13 June, outlining strategies for better academic cooperation in science and technology so as to initiate a regional mechanism for further globalisation in higher education.
Professor Way Kuo, President of CityU, talked about the relationship between teaching and research at a seminar - "Teaching and Research: Dispelling Common Misconceptions”, organised by Tsinghua Alumni Association of Hong Kong on 23 April.
Professor Way Kuo, University President, outlined his views on internationalisation at a Taiwan forum organised by CommonWealth Magazine, alongside other university presidents, government and entrepreneurial representatives on 8 April.
Professor Jacques Livage of Collège de France, Paris, delivered a lecture in the France-Hong Kong Distinguished Lecture Series on “soft chemistry”, which allows the low temperature formation of glasses and ceramics.
The opening ceremony for the Wind Tunnel Facility of CityU was held on 4 December. The facility will enhance CityU’s research in wind engineering and improve urban development planning and the environment in Hong Kong.
University President, Professor Way Kuo, and Professor Stephen Toope, President and Vice-Chancellor, University of British Columbia, both spoke at 2008 CASE Asia-Pacific Advancement Conference on 3 December, discussing educational advancement.
The School of Law hosted a talk on 19 November entitled “Current International Situation and Chinese Diplomacy” featuring as speaker Mr Zhan Yongxin, Deputy Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the PRC in the HKSAR.
Renowned mathematical physicist Professor Sir Michael Berry, Melville Wills Professor of Physics (Emeritus) from the Department of Physics at the University of Bristol, UK, delivered a fascinating physics lecture at CityU on 7 November.