HK University of Science and Technology Appoints New Dean of Business and Management

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[evdate 1993-07-19] Office of Public Affairs THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE G TECHNOLOGY Clear Water Kowloon Hong Kong BOY Tel No : (852) 358 6316 Fox No: (852) 358 0537 For immediate release 19 July 1993

HK University of Science and Technology Appoints New Dean of Business and Management

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) announces the appointment of Prof Yuk Shee CHAN as Dean of Business and Management. With his leadership

the School will seek to fulfil its mandate.of becoming the premier business school in Asia.

"The next few years will be an important stage in the development of the School, I' he said.

"We will be adding 60 to 70 faculty members, our students will be released into the market and we

will be developing links between the School and business and industry." "We are well placed in the booming Asia Pacific region" he added, " and eventually we can

expect to achieve world prominence." Among the projects that are key to the School's plans are two new research institutes that

will be established this year, one on economic development in China, and the other on Asian

financial markets. A native of Hainan, China, Prof Chan received his first degree from the Chinese University

of Hong Kong. Later, at the University of California, Berkeley, he earned an MBA, an MA in

Economics, and a PhD in Finance and Economics. He came to HKUST in 1991 as the Deputy

Head of the Department of Finance and Economics. Since 1992 he has been the Chairman of

Faculty of the School of Business and Management. Before joining HKUST, he was the Justin

Dart Term Professor of Finance at the University of Southern California. . . . Please direct enquiries to Office of Public Affairs: 3586306 1163388 call 2651