HKUST Genesis = 同創, Volume 3, Number 11

Abstract

[evdate 1992-12-15] 同創 Genesis The Hong Kong University of Science and technology volume 3 Number 11 December 1992 An internal communication

What's inside

P.2: Staff Introductions

P.3: Phase II Catering Committee Shopping Survey Results Questions & Answers

P.4: News in Chinese

P.5: Popular Science Lecture

OPA Luncheon Lecture

P.6: Exchange Square HKUST in Action ETC Open House

P.7: Graphically Speaking Video of the Month On the Light Side

P.8: Announcements Advertisement Administration Circulars Restaurant Promotions Home Affairs

Information centre to meet visitor's needs From 1 December, visitors to campus, whether on official business or casual tour, have a place to get their bearings, ask questions, collect information, and buy a souvenir or two. The new glass-fronted Information Centre, located on the Piazza between the Security Office and the banks, has been outfitted for two functions: providing information about the University, and selling University souvenirs.

While HKUST's staff and student population has been growing so has the number of visitors to campus. Estimates vary. EMO counts an average of 1,000 people on coaches arriving on Sundays; adding walk-in visitors and coaches throughout the week, an estimate of about 3,000 visitors per week seems reasonable. Perhaps half of the visitors come in organised groups; the rest are casual visitors, coming by car or public transport.

Group visits are coordinated by OPA. All groups are asked to book their visit in advance, so that parking and bus entry can be arranged and so that the number of visitors on campus at any time can be limited to 700. For Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays, only morning bookings are accepted because afternoon is the peak period for casual visitors. Steve Kong of OPA hastens to add that this is the current situation; when the University has expanded into Phase II with its public parking lot and greater open areas--the situation may be reviewed.

Until now, there has been no convenient way to disseminate information about the University to casual visitors. The Information Centre will fill this need, providing both a focal meeting point for tours, and a sort of service and orientation centre for individual visitors. The Office of Public Affairs (OPA) has been working with EMO on the design and development of the space, and OPA will oversee the running of the Centre.

Physically, the Information Centre covers a floor area of some 40 sq m. The facilities include a reception desk, a continuous video containing a brief history and factual description of the University, souvenir displays, a small office, and storage area. (Room 3022, which has been the temporary shop for HKUST souvenirs, has been permanently closed; all items are now available in the Centre.)

The receptionist in the Centre will handle all general enquiries about the University--enquiries by telephone, by fax or in person. In addition, the receptionist will coordinate and manage all group visits and the Information Centre will become the assembly point for all guided visits. Due to limited resources, only VIP visitors and special groups receive guided tours; the printed material and video are designed to provide the information most visitors will need.

The Information Centre will be open every day of the week: 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday; 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday; and 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Sunday.

Opening Celebration Lucky Draw

In honour of its opening, the Information Centre is offering a special promotion to staff: Anyone purchasing merchandise worth more than $50 during its first three days (i.e., 1 Dec.-3 Dec.) will have the chance to enter a coupon for a Lucky Draw. Prizes will be merchandise from the shop valued from $4-150. The Lucky Draw will be held on Friday, 4 December at 1 p.m. in the Centre.

Expansion to Phase II begins 1 December

Construction of Phase II is on schedule. The contractor will begin handing over the buildings on 30 November; the hand-over period will stretch over six weeks, as staff and student residences, sports facilities, and academic facilities are ready. According to EMO, most areas will be available for use at the commencement of the spring semester on 15 February.

Between now and then, however, much furnishing work needs to be done. After the contractor hands over the structure, internal decoration will begin: laying carpet, fitting lecture seating, moving in furniture and installing equipment. Then moving from Phase I to Phase II, a procedure known as "decanting" will begin, sometime in January according to EMO. Most laboratories and some offices will move in a sequence yet to be determined.

The sports facilities will be handed over in early December. It will then be up to SAO to get them ready for use.

As for staff housing, both junior and senior staff quarters will be handed over in mid December. Internal work will then begin, e.g., installing appliances, painting, and moving in furniture, before staff can move in. Applications for senior staff residences are all in, and points have been calculated. The allocation exercise should be finished in early December--certainly before the 15th,{????}promises Mr Hudson (Director, EMO).

Committee seeks to establish club to manage staff catering

After a meeting of staff concerned about staff food service on campus, a committee has been formed to consider the matter. The committee first aims to make recommendations to the PVC-AB branch on management of the Staff Restaurant when the current caterer's contract ends on 1 October 1993. A second goal is to consider establishing a University Staff Club by early 1993 to help implementing its recommendations. It is possible that this Club, through one of its subcommittees, will manage staff catering facilities on campus.

Some 20 staff and faculty attended the meeting on 11 November, organised by SAO and led by its Director, Luke Wong. He began by describing plans for the catering facilities on LG5 and LG7. Both will be managed by Cafe de Coral until 1996, according to the original 5-year contract. LG7 food service will continue in its present form--with some improvement of the acoustics, Mr Wong promises. Next year, LG5 will offer slightly more expensive food, in a cafeteria and full-service restaurant. Hence, the revamped staff restaurant can extend the range of food available at the upper end of the market.

It was explained that staff can improve food service in their restaurant through two approaches: They may form a committee to advise the PVC-AB branch, which maintains responsibility for the outlet through one of its units; or they may form a club which itself takes over the management of the outlet. Arrangements at other local tertiary institutions differ. At HKU, the 1,000-member Senior Common Roomoffers subscriptions and operates catering outlets and social facilities; the University provides one EO-grade staff to help in the administration. At City Poly, there is no club but a number of restaurants--including what is reputed to be the most successful Chinese restaurant on any HK tertiary campus. At CUHK, there is no central co-ordination, but each college has a club which manages catering service.

At the conclusion of the meeting, it was decided to form a committee to investigate and consider staff preferences, with a view toward establishing a club which would then manage the restaurant. Angela Castro (ETC) agreed to be the convenor; after an "allstaff" e-mail canvassing support, 18 staff have joined the committee. Mrs Castro sees the first task of the committee as surveying the views and needs of staff in order to make preliminary recommendations to the PVC-AB Branch.

The committee met for the first time on 27 November. Future meetings of the committee will be announced, and all staff members are welcome to attend.

Shoppers want greater variety, more fresh foods in campus mini-store

The results of last month's shopping survey have been compiled and confirm expectations. Shoppers, both those living on campus and those simply working here, want greater variety, particularly of fresh fruits, vegetables, and meats.

Of the 42 surveys returned, approximately half came from people living on campus, half from people off campus. They agreed that convenience was more important than low price, and they would like regular, fixed deliveries of fresh produce. Those living on campus wanted more household goods and chilled meats, and they would like the Park'n Shop to be open longer hours. Those living off campus wanted more soups and noodles, and generally were satisfied with the current open hours (9 a.m.-7 p.m

The survey was designed by an informal committee under the auspices of the AB branch. The next step will be a limited survey of the students. Subsequently, probably in January, the committee will set up a meeting with a representative of Park'n Shop to discuss the results of the surveys.

Stuart Kiang, Senior Public Affairs Officer. Born 21 August in Shanghai (and moved to the US at age 2); married. Graduated from Yale with a BA in English; from UC Berkeley with an MA also in English.

Since graduating from Berkeley, Mr Kiang has worked primarily in the field of scholarly publishing. For more than ten years he was an editor at the University of Hawaii Press, specialising in books on Asian literature and philosophy. Subsequently he became publications director for the School of Hawaiian, Asian & Pacific Studies at UH.

Mr Kiang joined HKUST in July (1992). Here his role, he says, is 烠o ensure that the University's publications in English adequately reflect its true excellence as a university.

In his leisure time, Mr Kiang "Likes to do nothing"

Shirley Luk Tsang, Shop Manager. Born 17 December in HK; married with a 4-year old daughter and a 2-year old son. Graduated from high school in Canada; from Dalhousie U. (Halifax) with a BS in Computer Science.

After graduation, Mrs Tsang worked as a computer programmer for her alma mater. She then moved with her husband to Philadelphia where she worked as the manager of a computer company. Later they returned to Halifax, and she became the operations manager of a company setting up franchised restaurants.

Mrs Tsang returned to HK in May (1992) and joined HKUST two months later. Here, as manager of the souvenir shop, she is responsible for every aspect of its operation--from product sourcing to management to sales.

In her leisure time, Mrs Tsang enjoys reading magazines and swimming. One of her greatest--simple--pleasures is walking through the HKUST campus at night.

Regina Chow, Assistant Public Affairs Officer. Born 31 March in HK; single. Graduated from HKU with a BA in English Studies and Comparative Literature; from CUHK with an MA in Translation.

After graduating from HKU, Ms Chow joined Government as a Commission Against Corruption officer in the ICAC. After three years there, she worked briefly as a journalist for RTHK.

Ms Chow joined HKUST in August (1992). Here her responsibilities focus on visitor programmes and information. She currently handles tour arrangements, and is developing outreach programmes and written materials.

In her spare time, Ms Chow watches films, travels, and reads. Her favourite food when she was a kid was strawberries.

Cheng King-hung, Senior Public Affairs Officer. Born 20 August in HK; married with a son. Graduated from Southern Illinois University (SIU) with a BSc in Film and Television Communications; from CUHK with an MPhil in Communications; and from the Chu Hai Research Institute for Chinese Literature and History with a PhD in Chinese History. Since returning to HK, Mr Cheng has worked briefly as a script writer, as Information Officer for GIS (for nearly ten years), and as a manager in Media and Community Affairs for KCRC.

Mr Cheng joined HKUST on 2 November 1992. He sees his position here as an opportunity to build a strong, positive relationship between the University and the media.

In his spare time, Mr Cheng devotes time to his family, enjoys watching films, and enjoys active involvement in media research and training--teaching evening courses, participating in conferences, and writing papers.

Emeline M. Yong, EO II. Born 4 July in Los Angeles; single. Graduated from UCLA with a BA in Linguistics; from U. Southern California with an MSEd.

After earning her bachelor's degree, Ms Yong worked briefly as a job counsellor until coming to Hong Kong as an On-Site Coordinator of the Ohio U. External Students Program here. Ms Yong joined HKUST in August (1992). In OPA she is involved in fundraising: maintaining the database for University-wide donations, soliciting and supporting scholarship donations, and pursuing prospects for potential cooperative projects between industry and the R&D branch.

In her spare time, Ms Yong plays the guitar, plays tennis, and participates in her church's activities. "Mainly, I just like to have a good time," she says.

Louis Ting Wing-ka, Public Affairs Officer. Born 8 July in HK; single. Graduated from CUHK with a BSc in Physics.

After leaving CUHK, Mr Ting taught secondary school science for a year before becoming a journalist. He worked first for Ta Kung Pao newspaper as a science editor and general reporter for three years. He then joined the HK Economic Times as political editor and, most recently, he was a correspondent for Yazhou Zhoukan, a Time-Warner Chinese publication comparable to Asia Week.

Mr Ting joined HKUST in June (1992). Here he is involved with media liaison, both English and Chinese, contributes to Genesis and organises special events of OPA.

In his spare time, Mr Ting enjoys driving along scenic country roads.

Questions? answers! DARR wrote to the staff applicants for admission to UG courses of the University that "a decision will be made at the meeting scheduled for 9 October 1992" and "I will write to you again in due course when the situation becomes clearer" What is the situation now?

Fred Castro, Director of ARR, replies that the University Council's standing Committee has considered the issue and made some decisions in its meeting on 13 November. An announcement will be made when the administrative procedures for implementing the new policies have also been decided. This announcement is expected in early January, " Hopefully in time for staff to register for classes in the spring semester," he adds.

Since July, HKUST faculty have been delivering a series of popular science lectures at the Hong Kong Science Museum. In the upcoming and final lecture, Dr I-Hsun NI (Biology) will describe the complexities of managing marine biological resources; a summary appears below. The lecture will be given in English; questions will be accepted in English, Mandarin or Cantonese. Admission is free, and the public is welcome.

Marine Biological Resources Management: Triangle Among Fishes, Marine Mammals and Human Beings Lecture by I-Hsun Ni (Senior Lecturer, Biology) 11:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m., Sunday, 20 December Lecture Hall, Hong Kong Science Museum, 2 Science Rd, Tsimshatsui East

The management of marine biological resources is difficult because decisions must take into consideration the sometimes competing needs of different groups of people, as well as different organisms in the environment. The Newfoundland seal hunt is a good example of the complicated relationships involved. In this case, three human groups are involved: the general public, fishermen, and sealers; the issue is whether seals, as natural predators of fish, threaten the commercial fishing industry. On the one hand, the public seeks to conserve its natural resources, including populations of seals, but they also want to eat fish. Both fishermen and sealers want to earn a good livelihood. In the lecture, Dr Ni will explain the various aspects of the controversy. Do seals eat a substantial amount of commercial fish? Are seals important vectors in the transmission of parasites in desired market fish stocks? Do seals interfere with fishing activity, including damaging fishing gear and catches? As a fisheries manager or a politician, what would be your decision for managing these biological resources for the benefit of all?

OPA news OPA-DSS Media Luncheon Lecture Programme

Hong Kong Today

Mr Frank CHING, well-known author and commentator on local affairs, will speak to staff at an informal luncheon on campus, Wednesday, 2 December. The title of his talk, to be given in English, will be "Hong Kong Today." It will be combined with a self-paying luncheon in the 7/F Foyer (access by Lifts 13-15), beginning at 12:30 p.m. All members of staff are welcome; members of the local media will be attending as well. The price per person is $40. Those who would like to attend should reserve a seat by telephoning Mary (Ext. 6306) or by sending an e-mail to PAMARY.

Born in Hong Kong, Mr Ching has been a journalist for more than 20 years, working for the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, as a freelance writer, and now as Arts and Society Editor for the Far Eastern Economic Review. While with the Wall Street Journal, Mr Ching was its Peking correspondent, 1979-83, and became one of the first four American newspaper reporters to be based in China since 1949. During his stint in Beijing, he covered the emergence of China from the turmoil of the Cultural Revolution, the short-lived Democracy Wall movement, the opening to the outside world, the trial of the Gang of Four, and the strategic alignment with the US against the Soviet Union.

In addition to his professional work, Mr Ching has also been active in community affairs. In Hong Kong, he was a founding member of the Hong Kong Observers, the first political pressure group in the colony, aimed at making Government more responsive to the people.

Mr Ching is author of Ancestors: 900 Years in the Life of a Chinese Family, hailed as a Chinese Roots, as well as a number of political commentaries. He has also written important essays on the Basic Law of the HK Special Administrative Region, including "The Basic Law and Hong Kong

s Future" "Basic Law, Basic Questions" His most recent work, focusing on five generations of a prominent Hong Kong family that emigrated from China in the 19th century, is soon to be published.

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職員會 Angela Castro (ETC) 十八位同事

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On the light side Peter Dobson Chip Off the Old Block

It has been well over a year since the Phase I buildings were allegedly completed, and we are on the threshold of occupying Phase II. Nevertheless, there still seems to be a horde of workers correcting Phase I defects. Anyone with hearing has, by now, realised that the tools most effective in correcting defects are a hammer and a chisel. Apparently the major remaining defect with the Phase I construction is that there was a bit too much of it, and therefore it must be chipped away. Every day, at work or at home (if you live on campus) there is the ever present Tap tap TAP tap tap tap tap

Early in October, a group of us gathered during the holiday weekend for a day-and-a-half long meeting beginning on Sunday. We arrived feeling that peculiar mixture of martyrdom and self-importance that attaches to those whose work is required on what is a day of rest for ordinary mortals. However, any illusion of our exceptional status was dispelled by finding that our arrival had been preceded by a workman on the roof, armed with hammer and chisel, who had been tapping away at his appointed task for some time. As we tried tap to call TAP tap TAP the meeting tap tap TAP TAP to order, we realised that the workman's activities and ours were incompatible. Not to put too fine a point on it, we pulled rank and sent the poor fellow packing. No doubt he had to make up his chip quota on Tuesday by many hours of taptaptaptaptaptap-ing.

I must confess I am puzzled by the eternal need to chip away at the structure. Let's face it, if we still haven't got it smoothed and squared off after a year, we can just live with a few bumps and not-exactly right angles. On the other hand, the tapping may have nothing to do with defects, but rather is part of the general tradition in Hong Kong that nothing is ever finished -- have you ever walked more than block in town without having to go around, over, or under some kind of construction barrier? Or driven along a street that wasn't being torn up as soon as it was paved? If this is the situation, the tap tap tap may be a permanent part of our environment. Indeed, perhaps it has no other purpose than to provide a familar, homelike atmosphere.

澳 洲 遊 蹤

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Barracks Archway 殖民時代 歷史建築物 英皇公園 瞭望塔

Australian Tour

HKUST IN ACTION HKUST hosted the annual Fellowship Dinner, a social convening of administrative staff from all three universities, on 24 November. The programme consisted of a campus tour followed by a reception and dinner in the staff restaurant. Close to 70 people attended, more or less evenly representing CUHK, HKU and HKUST (photo at right).

An internal advisory committee for the Sino Software Research Centre (SSRC) has been appointed. Members are: Dr Eric Chang (Finance & Economics); Prof. Grafton Hui (Mathematics); Dr Amelia Fong Lochovsky (Computer Science); Dr Stephen Thebaut (Computer Science); and Mr William Tung (CCST). The Interim Director of the Centre is Prof. Vincent Shen (Computer Science).

The Project Hope Charity Swim, held in the HKUST pool on 30 September, netted $463,294. Of the 12 participating organisations, HKUST contributed the most swimmers (96 out of 267) and made the greatest single contribution ($132,569). The money has been sent to Hsin Chong Contractors, organisers of the event, and will go to support Ming Pao's projects to improve primary education for underprivileged children in China.

Sir S.Y. Chung, Chairman of the HKUST University Council, delivered an Anniversary Lecture at the Hong Kong Polytechnic on 26 October, entitled "Hong Kong's New Destiny." The lecture was well received, and copies of the text in English and Chinese may be obtained through the Public Affairs Office.

Video of the Month The Economic Potential of the Pearl River Delta

12:30 p.m., Tuesday, 8 December Conference Room, Public Affairs Office 1/F (access via Lifts 13-15)

By popular demand, this month's video is a tape of the lecture given at HKUST by local business entrepreneur, Gordon Y.S. Wu, on 5 November. The lecture drew a standing-room-only audience. So for those unable to attend, this showing provides a second chance to see Mr Wu, courtesy of ETC who taped it for their archives. In English.

ETC OPEN HOUSE 2-5 p.m., Friday, 4 December

{????}Meet the Director, his unit heads, officers and technicians {????}Drinks and nibbles to spread Christmas cheer! {????}Computer demonstrations {????}Product displays {????}Video shows

All staff and school teaching assistants welcome!

HKUST Genesis December 1992 Volume 3 Number 11

Managing Editors: Martha Dahlen, Priscilla Chung. Production Editors: Timothy Ngan, Danny Yung. Contributors: Mary Lau, Louis Ting. Genesis is published monthly by PAO and printed by ETC. Contributions from all staff are welcome. Deadline for submission is the 20th of each month.

Announcements

Salaries will be paid on 23 December.

"Typing Tutor" a software program for those interested in improving their typing skills, has been installed on all the PCs in the Self-Help Language Lab (Room 3026, access by Lift 2). In addition, the Lab offers an ever-increasing array of language materials in English, Cantonese, Mandarin, and Japanese. The Lab is open Monday-Saturday, 1-2 p.m., and other hours besides. For full details, visit.

The University Women's Group will meet on Thursday, 3 December, from 8:00 to 9:30 p.m. in Flat 8A, Tower II for "No meeting! Just eating!{????} For further information contact UWG Chairman Candy Scalberg (Ext. 6152; e-mail ABCANDY) or Lily Hsieh (Ext. 8173).

TVB Choi Hung shuttle bus fare will increase from $3.90 to $4.30 on 1 December. For those staff who were unable to exchange all their unused TVB Bus tickets in November, they will have another chance in mid-December. Contact your office manager for details.

1992 Staff Table Tennis Tournament sponsored by the Social Club will be held over the lunch hour on 10, 11, and 14 December. Men's and women's sections; $10 entry fee; 8 December entry deadline. For further information or to enter, contact Steve Kong (OPA) Ext.6303 or e-mail PASTEVEN.

Time out for English Notice in an Austrian hotel catering to skiers:

Local Restaurants Seek Your Patronage

Certain local restaurants offer special incentives to HKUST staff to patronise their establishments, particularly at lunchtime. The following are specials Genesis has heard of; if you or colleagues know of more, please let us know so that we can publicize it for the benefit of all.

Sampan Thai Restaurant, Pak Sha Wan (phone 719-3238) and Crispin's of Sai Kung, 13 Sha Tsui Path, Sai Kung (phone 792-6388) offer to waive the 10% service charge for anyone who can show an HKUST staff ID card; the offer is good at both restaurants for lunch and dinner.

Marco Polo Italian Restaurant, Marina Cove (Phone 719-5661) offers free delivery for any order over $150; for orders under $150, there is a flat delivery charge of $15. anything on the menu can be delivered,{????}according to the management.

Mem Sahib Indian Restaurant, Marina Cove (Phone 335-0380) has a lunchbox menu, and offers free delivery for any order of 10 or more lunchboxes; orders should be placed 10-11 a.m. on the day of delivery (or the day before). Alternatively, they offer free transport to and from the restaurant for any group of 20 people; the group may order a la carte or have a set lunch or buffet. This, of course, must be arranged well in advance; call Mr Verma.

Ali Oli Bakery, 11 Sha Tsui Path, Sai Kung (Phone 792-2655) delivers to the University on Fridays (9-10 a.m., to Tower II). They offer a full range of baked goods, from sliced bread to meat pies, as well as frozen curry dinners and frozen pizza. For a price list, phone them and they will send or fax you one. Orders must be faxed or phoned in before 6 p.m. Wednesday for delivery the following Friday.

Administration Circulars Request for Quotation/Tender, Financial Circ. 7/92

Souvenirs and Condolence Items for University Staff, Financial Circ. 8/92

Policy on Staff Advancement, Personnel Circ. 17/92

Policy on Retirement Age, Personnel Circ. 18/92

Criteria for Appointment and Determination of Commencing Salaries for Lecturers and Assistant Lecturers at HKUST, Personnel Circ. 20/92

Home Purchase Scheme, Personnel Circ. 20/92

Ancillary Staff Superannuation Scheme, Personnel Circ. 21/92

Home affairs Denny Leung Hung-keung (CCST) announces the birth of Leung Siu-yiu on 25 September.

Chan Chi-tak (EMO) announces the birth of Chan Wing-hei on 10 October. Tse Hing-cheung (CCST) announces his marriage to Cheung Shuk-ying on 7 November.

Mabel Wong Chau-ping (LC) announces her marriage to Cheung Chi-wing on 11 November.

Home Affairs Administration Circulars Advertisement Private tutoring in Cantonese for children or adults, for English or Mandarin speakers, is being offered on campus. For 1 1/2 hours, $60 per person or $100 per couple. For details contact the teacher, Sophie Hui (Ext. 8111).