Media Review, No. 13/2006

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Media Review (No.13/2006)

Prepared by the Office of University Development and Public Affairs

A total of 31 substantive news reports mentioning UST were collected. ** denotes items involving OUDPA in providing information or statements upon enquiries, issuing media invitation, issuing press releases, or setting up interviews.

1. UST recruited 36 secondary six students through the Early Admissions Scheme** 5 clippings (6-12/4).

2. UST Global Business students won the Silver Award in the HSBC Young Entrepreneur Awards 2005-06 3 clippings (1-10/4).

3. Number of submissions of the Self Recommendation Scheme for JUPAS** Sing Tao Daily (10/4).

4. Dr G H CHEN (CIVL) introduced the biocomposter that he invented Cable News (9/4).

5. Newspaper supplement of 2006 EMBA graduation SCMP (9/4).

6. University funding will not be cut in 2007-08** 5 clippings (4-8/4).

7. MPhil students Chan Kin-Kong and Ting Cham-Ho (COMP) won the Microsoft Server Championships 2006 SCMP (6/4).

8. Undergraduate places of the eight UGC-funded tertiary institutions

Apple Daily (6/4).

9. A columnist wrote on UST's review of its senior management structure Sing Tao Daily (6/4).

10. Dr Ngok MA (SOSC) commented on political issues 6 clippings (1-6/4).

11. Feasibility of five-day work is under consideration by various tertiary institutions Sing Tao Daily (5/4).

12. Prof William BARRON (IENV) and Dr Jimmy FUNG (MATH) commented on the proposed location of the new government offices SCMP and Ming Pao Daily News (4/4).

13. UST student HONG Yancheng (COMP, Year 1) received The Hong Kong Jockey Club Scholarship Ta Kung Pao (4/4).

14. UST students joined the ACCA Hong Kong Job-hunting Competition 2006 SCMP (4/4).

15. Dr Fangzhen LIN (COMP) was awarded the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship** SCMP (1/4).

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. Enquiries can be made to the media and editorial unit of OUDPA at x8555 or x6317.