Media Review, No. 28/93

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[evdate 1993-07-15] WEEKLY MEDIA REVIEW (NO.28/93) - Prepared by King Cheng

ATTENTION: FIRST PART OF ATV'S DOCUMENTARY ON UST IS NOW SCHEDULED AT 9.30 PM ON THE CHINESE CHANNEL TONIGHT (15/7). THE REST TWO PARTS OF THIS 45-MINUTE DOCUMENTARY CAN BE BEEN AT THE SAME PROGRAMME IN THE FOLLOWING TWO WEEKS.

1. UST's training programme for Hainan officials Three papers (8/7), including United Daily, Ta Kung Pao and Wen Wei Po picked up our press release on the successful completion of Social Science's Executive Development Programme for Hainan Senior Governemnt Officials. (The programme was mentioned in review nos. 26 and 27/93.)

2. VC/P attends an international conference in Hainan In a feature in HK Economic Times (9/7) on an international conference on market economy in China held in Haikou, Hainan between 1 and 4 July, the writer noted that VC/P had also attended the meeting.

3. Dr Raymond Wong of Biochemistry talks about "Nutritional aspects of edible oils" Both Sing Pao (6/7) and Wen Wei Po (8/7) reported that Dr Wong would deliver the first of this year's popular science lectures at the HK Science Museum on 17/7. RTHK's Radio 3 (14/7) also interviewed Dr Wong on his lecture.

4. A general feature on UST Wah Kiu Yat Po (9/7) carried a feature with general information on UST, including the requirements for student admission.

5. Dr K K Fung of Physics introduces the BSc degree programme in Applied Physics Wah Kiu Yat Po (8/7) carried a feature on this topic. Dr Fung was interviewed.

6. UST is a good choice for local students SCMP (9/7) carried a feature with interviews with a F.7 student who had received a SCMP scholarship to study in the U.K. and a UST spokesman on the quality of tertiary education in HK. The spokesman was quoted saying that HK provided as good an academic training as anywhere in the world, with the highest quality of teaching. He cited UST as an example and noted that being the youngest university in HK, UST was in an even more favourable position for equipment.

7. UST has become a tourist spot TV Daily News (9/7) carried a short feature on tips to visitors to UST. The sundial, Information Centre and library were mentioned.

8. A feature on the construction of UST Construction Enterprise (vol.2/93) carried an extensive bilingual feature with photos on the construction of UST.

9. UST's MBA programme World Executive's Digest (7/93) carried a favourable feature on our MBA programme. Faculty members and students were interviewed.

10. UST participates in an Australian MBA programme In a publication produced by the Association of Professional Engineers and Scientists, Australia (APESA) to introduce a new international MBA programme in technology management, it was mentioned that UST is one of three overseas universities participating in the programme. The other two universities are UBC in Vancouver and Cranfield School of Management in Bedford, U.K.

11. Hutchison Telephone supports UST's research in telecommunication Hutchitel News (6/93), Hutchison Telephone's news letter, reported that their co. has donated $ 1 M to UST in support of the wireless communications research projects.

12. UST's exhibition of the paintings by Huang Miaozi and Yu Feng in 1992 Three papers (13-25/6) reported the couple's recent exhibition in HK. The papers also mentioned their exhibition at UST last year.

13. Scholarships for tertiary students Four papers, Sing Tao Daily (7/7), Sing Tao Evening Post (7/7), Ta Kung Pao (7/7) and the Express (8/7) reported that the Rotary Club and Sing Tao Foundation announced their application date for grants to tertiary students, including UST students.

14. University buildings named after donors In a feature on this topic in Ming Pao (5/7), the reporter wrote that tertiary institutions in HK would name their buildings after donors who were commercial organisations. Spokesman from UST, CPHK and HKBC were interviewed to comment on this practice. The UST spokesman cited the Citibank Lecture Theatre as an example and said that to name a certain building after a donor was a gesture to show the university's appreciation to the donor.

Note: This review is mainly based on newspaper clippings on UST received within the week. Enquiries and suggestions can be made to office of Public Affairs (ext. 6305 or ext. 6306). A set of the clippings is available in the Reference Section of the Library (where items may be photocopied if desired). 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. The only English dailies in HK are South China Morning Post (SCMP) and Hong Kong Standard (HKS).