Media Review, No. 3/93

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[evdate 1993-01-20] WEEKLY MEDIA REVIEW (No.3/93)

Note : This review, based on newspaper clippings on UST received within the week, is prepared by the News and Media Section of PAO. Enquiries can be made to Mary Lau (PAMARY, ext. 6306) or King Cheng (PAKING, ext. 6305). A set of the clippings is available at the Reference Section of the Library. If you see any interesting item, you are welcome to make copies at the Library. This review is for information only. All information recorded here is as reported in the original articles. Names and terms are translated from the Chinese as best we are able when official translations are not immediately available.

1. Dr Lewis Lu of FNEC talks about prices of stocks In his feature in HK Economic Journal (22.12), Dr Lu used the Cultural Revolution to illustrate two theories about the prices of stocks.

2. "Self-teaching is the latest trend for English" In a report with this headline, The Standard (7.1) introduced HK Polytechnic's English Language Study Centre and noted that CUHK and UST were setting up self-access centres, while HKU was running a practice lab. along similar lines.

3. UST will organise an Electronic Design Competition for Post-secondary Students 1992/93 Both Ming Pao (9.1) and Express (11.1) briefly reported this event.

4. UST has become a popular spot for photo-taking among graduates In a captioned photograph, Sing Tao Daily (9.1) said some graduates of tertiary institutions in HK liked to use the UST campus as a backdrop to take pictures to commemorate their graduation.

5. UST is to hold a Physics Week (12-16.1) Five papers, including Sing Pao (10.1), Ming Pao (11.1), HKEJ (11.1), Express (12.1) and Sing Tao Evening Post (12.1), briefly reported on Physics Week which was organised by UST students of the Physics Dept.

6. VC/P talks about his secondary school days in HK VC/P was interviewed by the education page of Ming Pao (11.1) and talked about his life as a secondary student in HK. In this nostalgic interview, VC/P also mentioned that he only had US$100 with him when he left HK to study in the USA at the age of 17.

7. Results of the photography contest held during the UST Photo Festival '92 are released Both Ming Pao and Tin Tin Daily News (11.1) reported the results.

8. Sun Microsystems wins UST contract Sing Tao Daily (11.1) reported that Sun Microsystems had won a $4 million contract to supply UST with workstations and servers.

9. Project manager for the construction of UST's Phase I receives award Three papers (12.1), including SCM Post, Wah Kiu Yat Po and Sing Tao Daily, reported that Hip Hing Construction's project manager, Jack Lee, received the gold trophy of the 2nd Building Manager of the Year Awards for overseeing the speedy phase one construction of the $1 billion UST complex.

10. UST sponsors the first International Conference on Complex Analysis and its Applications (15-17.1) Both Ming Pao and HK Times (14.1) briefly reported on this conference.

11. HKUST R & D Corporation Ltd Eight papers (14.1), including HK Commercial Daily, Ming Pao, Sing Tao Daily, Express, Tin Tin Daily, HK Times, Wen Wei Po and Wah Kiu Yat Po, reported Secy. for Education and Manpower's reply to a Legco member, Mr Ngai Shiu-kit's question concerning the Corporation. The secretary was quoted as saying that the Corporation was registered on 8.12.92 and the Govt. would encourage it to maintain a close link with similar units at other local tertiary institutions. He added that it was too early to say whether or in what way the Govt. would provide assistance to the Corporation. (Note: Mr Ngai's question was raised at the Legco meeting on 13.1.)

12. Dr Francis Lui of FNEC talks about retirement fund legislation In a lengthy bilingual feature on retirement fund legislation in HK, HK Industrialist (11.92) interviewed several experts and scholars, including Dr Lui. The publication noted that Dr Lui, who had conducted a survey of the retirement insurance policies of many countries around the world, believed that retirement benefits would not be worth a great deal given HK's high rate of economic growth.

13. Dr Wan Kwong-kee of BIOL talks about "On Scientific Discovery" Sing Pao (14.1) reported that Dr Wan would give a talk on this topic at UST on 16.1 as one of the activities of this year's Joint School Science Exhibition. (Note: According to Dr Wan most of the audience were secondary students, and the talk was well received by them.)