Media Review, No. 16/2002

Abstract

[evdate 2002-05-15]

Media Review (No.16/2002)

Prepared by the Office of University Development and Public Affairs

A total of 52 substantive reports mentioning UST were collected. ** denotes items involving OUDPA in providing information or statements upon media enquiries, issuing media invitation, issuing press releases, or setting up interviews.

1. Dr John Cho-chak CHAN has been appointed Chairman of the UST Council** The Sun (13/5); SCMP (11/5); HK Economic Journal, Sing Tao Daily News, Oriental Daily News, Wen Wei Po, Ming Pao Daily News, Ta Kung Pao, HK Economic Times, HK Daily News, HK Commercial Daily, Apple Daily and chinesenewsnet.com (7/5); Commercial Radio and RTHK radio (6/5).

2. Nano science and technology is a major research area at UST Sing Tao Daily New (10/5).

3. Dr T K NG (PHYS) talked about his academic career** Sing Tao Daily New (10/5).

4. President Paul CHU and Prof Nancy IP (BICH) will give a speech at a forum hosted by the Chinese Academy of Science in HK Ta Kung Pao and (10/5) and HK Economic Journal (6/5).

5. Reports on HKU's appointment of Prof TSUI Lap Chee as their new Vice-Chancellor mentioned that both Prof Tsui and President Paul CHU of UST are world-renowned scientist HK Economic Times (10/5); The Sun, HK Economic Times (9/5); Oriental Daily News, Ta Kung Pao, HK Economic Times, and Sing Tao Daily New-2 clippings (8/5).

6. Prof Francis LUI (ECON) commented on economic issues Ming Pao Daily New (10/5); SCMP and Apple Daily (8/5); Apple

Daily-2 clippings (7/5); SCMP, Sing Tao Daily News, Oriental

Daily News, The Sun, HK Daily News, Ming Pao Daily News (6/5); Sing Tao Daily News (4/5).

7. Ms Christine LOH, a Member of the Council, gave a talk to UST students on science, technology and society Sing Pao (10/5).

8. Articles on gifted education mentioned UST's initiatives in this area Ta Kung Pao (9/5) and Ming Pao Daily News (7/5).

9. The number of applications for logistics courses at UST soared HK Economic Times and Metro Daily (8/5).

10. The Students' Union of UST was one of the organizations which attended a meeting of the Education Panel of the Legislative Council to discuss the Lord Sutherland Report Ta Kung Pao (8/5).

11. Dr Ngok MA (SOSC) commented on political issues Apple Daily (8/5, 7/5); Ming Pao Daily News (6/5); HK iMail (5/5).

12. Dr Issac TAM (SAO) talked about internship opportunities in the Chinese Mainland for UST students HK Economic Times (7/5).

13. A columnist regards the UST-Kellogg EMBA program as one of the best in Asia Sing Tao Daily News (7/5 and 6/5).

14. After giving a speech at the Central Library on superconductivity, President Paul CHU talked to reporters about the research environment in HK** HK Economic Journal and Sing Tao Daily News (6/5).

15. Reports on the attrition rates of postgraduate students mentioned

UST among other universities Ming Pao Daily News (5/5 and 4/5).

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Because of restrictions on photocopying newspaper articles, OUDPA is unable to provide clippings for photocopying. Most of the clippings are however available in HKUST News Clippings Online (http library.ust.hk/cgi/db/newsclip.pl) through the Library's subscription to the WiseNews service.

This review is mainly based on newspaper clippings about UST. All information recorded here is as reported in the original articles. Names and terms are translated from the Chinese as best as we can when official translations are not immediately available. South China Morning Post (SCMP) and Hong Kong iMail (iMail) are English newspapers. Enquiries can be made to the Office of University Development and Public Affairs (ext 8555 or 6306).