Academic Affairs Branch - Brief on Appointment Matters, No. 4/94

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[evdate 1994-09-13] MEMO

From: PVC-AA To: Office Managers, Academic Affairs Branch - for internal circulation

Date: 13 September 1994 c.c.: VC/P, PVCs, Deans, APVCs, DPC, DP Academic Affairs Branch Brief on Appointment Matters (Issue No. 4/94 13 September 1994) [This report is also posted on the Electronic Noticeboard of the University computer

network and can be accessed for viewing from the folder: "AA_News University Appointments and Substantiation Committee (UASC) Between 1 July 1994 and 31 August 1994, the UASC reviewed 9 senior appointments.

Administrative Appointments School of Engineering Prof Joe H. MIZE Acting Dean School of Engineering 19.8.94 - 24.9.94 1.10.94 - 31.3.95 School of Business & Management Prof Ka-Keung C. CHAN Head Department of Finance 1.8.94 - 30.6.97 Prof Anne S. TSUI Head Department of Management 1.9.94 - 31.8.97 of Organisations School of Humanities & Social Science Dr Leonard Kwok-Kou CHAN Acting Head Division of Humanities 5.9.94 - 31.12.94 Centres/Institutes Prof Joe H. MIZE Interim Director Advanced Manufacturing Institute 1.9.94 - 31.8.95

Academic Appointments Between 1 July 1994 and 31 August 1994, the University had made 47 academic appointment offers. As of 31 August 1994, 35 appointees had accepted our offers, 10 had

not replied, and 2 declined.

2The following faculty members came on board in the months of: July 1994 Dr Joseph AHARONY Vis Associate Professor Accounting Mr Zhaoyang GU Temporary Asst Lecturer Accounting Dr Kermit ROHRBACH Lecturer Accounting Dr Brian Wallace SEMKOW Senior Lecturer Accounting Dr T J WONG Assistant Professor Accounting Prof Xun XU Vis Scholar Biochemistry Dr Ben Z. TANG Assistant Professor Chemistry Dr Lambros KATAFYGIOTIS Assistant Professor Civil & Structural Engineering Dr Zongjin LI Assistant Professor Civil & Structural Engineering Dr Shing-Chi CHEUNG Lecturer Computer Science Dr Dik-Lun LEE Associate Professor Computer Science Dr Songnian CHEN Assistant Professor Economics Dr Soo-Hong CHEW Vis Scholar Economics Dr Murray FRANK Vis Senior Lecturer Finance Dr David QUINN Lecturer Finance Dr Maurice TSE Vis Assistant Professor Finance Dr Ling-Tun NGAI Assistant Professor Humanities Prof Robert W. BLANNING Vis Professor Information & Systems Management Dr Chee-Sing YAP Vis Scholar Information & Systems Management Dr Shaohui ZHENG Assistant Professor Information & Systems Management Dr Paul Y. HUO Vis Assistant Professor Management of Organisations Dr Zhiang LIN Assistant Professor Management of Organisations Dr James A. ROBINS Assistant Professor Management of Organisations Prof William TJOSVOLD Vis Professor Management of Organisations Dr Willem BURGERS Vis Lecturer Marketing Dr Michael HUI Lecturer Marketing Dr Priya RAGHUBIR Assistant Professor Marketing Dr Kai-Tak WAN Vis Scholar Mechanical Engineering Dr Yuqi WANG Lecturer Physics Dr Ying-Yi HONG Assistant Professor Social Science Dr James K.S. KUNG Assistant Professor Social Science Dr Quansheng ZHAO Vis Associate Professor Social Science August 1994 Dr Chung-Kweon KIM Assistant Professor Accounting Dr Chul W. PARK Assistant Professor Accounting Dr K. P. RAMASWAMY Vis Assistant Professor Accounting Dr King L. CHOW Vis Lecturer Biology Dr Jian YU Assistant Professor Chemical Engineering Prof Herbert EDELSBRUNNER Vis Professor Computer Science Dr Gershon ALPEROVICH Vis Associate Professor Economics Prof Lung-Fei LEE Professor Economics Mr Howard LUONG Assistant Lecturer Electrical & Electronic Engineering Prof Simon S. WONG Professor Electrical & Electronic Engineering Dr Chuan-Yang HWANG Vis Lecturer Finance Dr Cecilia CHIEN Assistant Professor Humanities Dr Lorinda HU Vis Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering Dr Neville Ka-Shek LEE Vis Associate Professor Industrial Engineering Dr Z. Bo TANG Assistant Professor Industrial Engineering Dr Ho-Geun LEE Vis Assistant Professor Information & Systems Management Dr Pai-Chun MA Vis Scholar Information & Systems Management Mr Davy C.M. WONG Assistant Lecturer Information & Systems Management Mr Wing-Lit WONG Vis Assistant Lecturer Information & Systems Management

3Dr Jerome C.H. YEN Vis Assistant Professor Information & Systems Management Dr Lydia PRICE Assistant Professor Information & Systems Management and Marketing Dr Anne LYTLE Assistant Professor Management of Organisations Dr Douglas J. SEGO Assistant Professor Management of Organisations Dr Dae-Ryun CHANG Vis Scholar Marketing Dr Kristiaan HELSEN Vis Scholar Marketing Dr Bing-Yi JING Lecturer Mathematics Mr Teng-Hock KUAH Vis Scholar Mechanical Engineering Dr Huihe QIU Assistant Professor Mechanical Engineering Dr Xu-Dong XIAO Assistant Professor Physics Dr Govindan PARAYIL Assistant Professor Social Science Faculty Advisory Committee for the Language Centre The following faculty and staff members were appointed by the PVC-AA to serve on the

new term of the Faculty Advisory Committee for the Language Centre starting from July

1994 : Chairman : To be appointed by PVC-AA or elected from the membership Members : Dr Raymond W.K. WONG Department of Biochemistry Dr Andrew HORNER Department of Computer Science Dr Joseph LIAN Department of Economics Dr Cecilia CHIEN Division of Humanities Mr Victor CHENG Centre of Computing Services & Telecommunications Mr Hector KOO Educational Technology Centre Dr Terry LEUNG Library Ex Officio Member : Director of Language Centre (or his designated representative)

Terms of Reference of the Committee: (a) to recommend policies to the PVC-AA governing the operation of the Language Centre;

(b) to advise the PVC-AA and the Director of Language Centre on the planning, budgeting and staffing of

the Language Centre; (c) to review the progress of all Language Centre operations; and (d) to report Committee activities to the PVC-AA at least once a year.

4Laboratory Facilities Priorities Committee The following faculty and staff members were appointed by the PVC-AA to serve on the

newly established Laboratory Facilities Priorities Committee : Chairman : Associate Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs (Services) Members : Associate Dean of Science Associate Dean of Engineering Associate Director of Research Centre Director of Estates Management Ex Officio Member : Director of Laboratory Services Resource Person : Head, Office of Laboratory Services Facilities Unit Terms of Reference of the Committee: (a) to establish and review procedures for requesting laboratory facilities modification requests;

(b) to establish general principles and guidelines in determining priorities of laboratory set-up and

modification projects; (c) to review and advise the OLS Facilities Unit on the relative priorities of all laboratory facilities job

requests; and (d) to review and monitor the status of facilities service projects in progress.

Academic Personnel Policy & Procedure Manual The Academic Personnel Policy & Procedure Manual has been issued by the Academic

Affairs Office and distributed to all academic departmental offices. The manual provides an

official source of HKUST policies, implementation guidelines, and procedures on academic

personnel matters. It is also planned to post the manual on the campus computer network.

Guidance on how to access the manual through the computer network will be issued.

Academic Affairs Office 13 September 1994