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| World
rankings
CityU's business school was ranked 90th in the world in the latest University
of Texas world rankings, based on research contributions by business schools
in 24 top journals. CityU was one of just seven Asian university business
schools to be named in the world's top 100.
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| Teaching
Excellence Awards
Five academic staff members will receive Teaching Excellence Awards (TEA)
this year. The winners are Mr Dean Fisher from the English
Learning Centre, Dr Kam Ping-kwong from the Department
of Applied Social Studies, Dr Paul Lam Heung-fai from
the Department of Building and Construction, Dr Paul Shin Kam-shing
from the Department of Biology and Chemistry, and Dr Tom Vinaimont
from the Department of Economics and Finance. TEA was set up
to recognise and reward distinguished teachers. The awards will be presented
at Congregation 2008 and the winnersˇ names will be engraved on a TEA
Plaque at the entrance to the Academic Building.
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| International
quality
The School of Law has invited three distinguished experts to join the
International Advisory Board. Dr Xiao Yang, former President
of the Supreme People's Court, is appointed as the Honorary Chairman of
IAB, the Hon Sang-hyun Song, Judge of the International
Criminal Court in The Hague, and Mr George Tam Siu-ping,
Principal of Wah Yan College Hong Kong, are appointed as the members of
IAB.
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| Housing
benefit
The Management Board has endorsed for Council's approval a proposal to
improve housing benefits for staff to enhance competiveness in retaining
existing staff and recruiting new staff. The non-accountable cash allowance
will be increased by $2,500$3,000 (17% to 22%) per month depending on
the grade for staff who will assume duty or be re-appointed on or after
1 July 2008.
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| Workshop
on Asian government
A workshop entitled Contemporary Authoritarianism in Southeast Asia: Structures,
Institutions and Agency is being held from 910 May. The workshop is organised
by the Southeast Asia Research Centre. Among the 11 speakers participating
from nine universities around the world, three are from CityU's Department
of Asian and International Studies: Professor William Case,
Dr Kyaw Yin Hlaing and Dr Jonathan London.
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| TESOL award
Dr Li Yongyan, research assistant and PhD graduate of
Department of English and Communication, was the first scholar from the
mainland to receive the 2008 Teachers of English to Speakers of Other
Languages (TESOL) Award for Distinguished Research. The global education
association awarded the prize for an article that appeared in the SSCI-listed
journal TESOL Quarterly. Dr Li completed her PhD at CityU in 2006 under
the supervision of Professor John Flowerdew.
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| Creative
media prizes
Five students and a graduate in the School of Creative Media won
two silver awards and two Special Mention awards in the 13th Hong Kong
Independent Short Film and Video Awards (ifva). Will Kwok Yu-ho's
Rubbing Tool and Wong Wing-fat's
Alliance both won Silver Awards while Chris Cheung
Hon-him and Jason Lam Chi-fai's Pixsonic
Playground won a Special Mention in the single-screen-based interactive
media category. Benny Chan Siu-chung and Tsui
Ka-hei's Wisdom Tree also won a Special Mention in the
animation category.
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| Key to success
Two secondary school students have taken home the international group
championship in the Young Scientists competition held in Denmark, with
the anti-bumping lock they invented during a summer programme organised
by the Faculty of Science and Engineering. Steven Lau Tak-shing
and Ivan Lau Tak-kin, Form Three students at
Maryknoll Fathers' School, expressed their thanks to CityU for its support
of the contest and for affording them the opportunity to develop their
concept.
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| Roll
with it
Applying creativity to physics, more than 180 secondary school teams from
Forms 1 to 7, representing more than 100 Hong Kong and Macau schools,
gathered at CityU to construct launchers to propel a ball with the straws
provided on 27 April. The Hong Kong and Macau Inter-school Straw Competition
2008 Roll in the City, organised by CityU's Physics and Materials Science
Society of the Students' Union, set out to arouse secondary school studentsˇ
interest in physics through real-life applications.
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| Clean
sweep
Ricco Chan Ye-ko, a Year 1 student from the Division
of Commerce in the Community College, and Wind Chan Ho-yee,
a Year 1 Department of Management student, were elected Sportsman and
Sportswoman of the Year respectively by the University Sports Federation
of Hong Kong, China.
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| Inter-hall
competition
The Student Residence Office has held a series of inter-hall sports and
cultural competitions for the Professor Edmond Ko Cup to promote interaction
between students from different backgrounds. The cup this year went to
the Jockey Club Academy Hall, its second victory in the contest.
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| Photo
exhibition
The CityU Gallery will hold an exhibition of photographs titled Early
Hong Kong's Kowloon Peninsula. The exhibit will be open from 7 May to
18 May and admission is free.
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