Media Review, No. 18/98

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Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 16:54:39 +0800 Sender: owner-media-list@ust.hk Note: If you would prefer not to receive this message, please send email to media-list-request@uxmail.ust.hk with a one-word message: "unsubscribe". The subject line of the email header will be ignored. Media Review (No.18/98) Prepared by the Public Affairs Office Media Content Analysis for news clippings received May 6-12 81 clippings mentioning UST were received. 26 were excluded from the analysis as they had little or nothing to do with UST's image. 55 clippings directly related to UST's image were analyzed. Below is an excerpt of the results (OVERALL TONE of the article): Total: 55; 8 with UST as primary focus and 47 where UST is not the primary focus. UST is the primary focus: 1 Positive; 7 Neutral; 0 Negative. UST is not the primary focus: 0 Positive; 46 Neutral; 1 Negative (for details please refer to item 23 of the Media Review below). Total: 1 Positive (1.8 53 Neutral (96.4 1 Negative (1.8%) 11 of the stories resulted from PAO's efforts with the media. * * * * * 1. Dr Ishfaq Ahmad (COMP) was interviewed to talk about super computer Ming Pao (12/5). (PAO media liaison) 2. HK Economic Jnl. carried 3 articles written by faculty members of SBM The articles were written by Dr K C Wei (8,4/5) and Prof Nai-fu Chen (1/5). 3. Dr Francis Lui (ECON)'s comments on the unemployment situation in HK A total of 3 clippings (8-5/5) was received. The papers also reported that Dr Lui was appointed by the govt. to be a member of a special task force to look into the unemployment problem. 4. An introduction on the MBA programs at CUHK and UST HK Economic Times (8/5). 5. Dr T C Pong (COMP) was interviewed to talk about computer hacking Next Magazine (7/5). (PAO media liaison) 6. Another clipping on the inauguration ceremony of the HK Alumni

Association of the CAS Campus Post (7/5). (Press release and media liaison by PAO) 7. Dr Albert Yu (BIOL)'s education column Ming Pao (7/5). (PAO media liaison) 8. Dr John Wong (Cyberspace Center) was interviewed to talk about the Y2K problem Campus Post (7/5). (PAO media liaison) 9. Seven UST activities mentioned in SCMP's bulletin board column (7/5) (Information provided by PAO) 10. A short feature on CFA's cultural performances Wen Wei Po (7/5). 11. Dr Vidhan Goyal (FINA) talked about rights offerings in the securities market AWSJ (5/5). 12. Dr Francis Lui (ECON) talked about shopping at airports Sing Tao Daily (5/5). 13. Grace Law (SAO) talked about summer jobs for UST students Oriental Daily (4/5). (PAO media liaison) 14. An article on Chinese computing written by Patrick Hung (Cyberspace Center) Ming Pao (4/5). 15. "China's Elite Honor Their Alma Mater" AWSJ (4/5) carried Dr David Zweig (SOSC)'s article with this title. 16. Prof Nai-fu Chen (FINA)'s article on HK Monetary Authority's Report On Financial Market Review SCMP (4/5). 17. Pres Woo attended an education forum in Beijing Ta Kung Pao (4,3/5) carried two stories on the forum which was one of Beijing University's 100th anniversary activities. 18. UST and the property market in Sai Kung Sing Tao Daily (4/5). 19. Prof Gary Heinke talked about sea resources SCMP (3/5) interviewed Prof Heinke. (PAO media liaison) 20. UST's Nansha project A HK Economic Jnl. (2/5) columnist mentioned the project in his column. Wen Wei Po (27/4) also carried another story which mentioned UST's Nansha project 21. Prof C C Yang (MATH)'s article on the development of science and technology HK Economic Jnl. (2/5). 22. UST's Consumer Media Lab Wen Wei Po (1/5) carried a captioned story on this. (PAO press release and media liaison) 23. UST students held a forum on the Legco election on May 24 Sing Tao Daily (30/4). 24. Martial Art activities at UST Apple Daily (29/4). 25. Pres Woo's ideas about the HK Bay Area People's Daily Overseas Edition (27/4) mentioned Pres Woo's ideas. 26. Athletic events at UST

Apple Daily (27/4). 27. Prof Leo Lee (HUMA)'s talk on "Eileen Chang and Cinema" SCMP (24/4) and Ta Kung Pao (23/4) mentioned this talk. (PAO press release) 28. UST Library exhibition: "Poetry and Painting" Five clippings (24-18/4). (PAO press release and media liaison) For further details about the items mentioned, a set of news clippings will be available on Tuesday at the Reference Counter of the Library (where items may be photocopied if desired). 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 we can when official translations are not immediately available. South China Morning Post (SCMP) and Hong Kong Standard (HKS) are English newspapers. Enquiries can be made to Office of Public Affairs (ext. 6305 or 8555). * * * * * * This mail was sent to you via Majordomo mailing list "media-list". * * If you want to unsubscribe from the list, simply access the WWW page: * * * * http /www-cgi.ust.hk/cgi-bin/ccst/listserv/restricted/subscribe.pl * * * Prev: Media Review (No.19/98) Next: Press Release: Globalism and the Politics of Place Index: Media Mailing List Thread: Media Mailing List Home | Main Index | Thread Index