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Imagine a Hong Kong manufacturer taking a mould to Singapore for coating service. Soon after he returns, he has to send the mould back because it fails to meet his requirements. Not only has he invested his time and money but his competitiveness is also greatly undermined. This scenario was true several years ago in Hong Kong.
More than 150 accounting and auditing academics, practitioners and research degree students from around the world attended the 4th Asia-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Economics (APJAE) Symposium co-organized by City University of Hong Kong, from 6 to 8 January at the Shanghai National Accounting Institute (SNAI). This is the first time the annual symposium has been held outside Hong Kong.
In the second part of the Islam symposium, speakers focused on several issues related to perceived faultlines running through the Islamic world, drawing together studies from a diverse collection of fields of enquiry including politics, sociology, anthropology, theology and history.
A collaboration between City University's Department of Manufacturing Engineering and Engineering Management (MEEM) and General Motors to develop advanced coatings could result in the manufacture of more efficient, cost effective and environmentally friendly vehicles.
A centre that is unique in the Asia-Pacific region has been established at City University. The School of Law's WTO Law and Dispute Resolution Centre (WTODR Centre), launched in January 2002, is distinctive because it focuses not only on World Trade Organization (WTO) law but also on trade and commercial dispute resolutions and the links between the two, according to Centre Director Professor Peter Malanczuk.
A research project led by Professor Ron Hui, Chair Professor in the Department of Electronic Engineering (EE), has made a major technological breakthrough in developing the world's first two-wired dimmable electronic ballast. The project received a US patent in November 2002.
CASSOS, the Computer-Assisted Simulation System for Orthognathic Surgery, developed by CityU's Department of Computer Science (CS), was awarded a Product Silver Award at the IT Excellence awards 2002 for its advanced and innovative technology on 18 February.
Preparing postgraduate students for the challenges and opportunities of working in a global environment was the focus of a postgraduate forum organized by City University's School of Graduate Studies on 26 February.
Six outstanding engineering students, three each from the City University of Hong Kong and the Chinese University of Hong Kong, shared the honours at the 2002 IEEE Hong Kong Student Paper Contest awards. The awardees presented their winning papers and achievements of their innovative research projects at the award presentation ceremony held on 22 February at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
A research project led by Professor Ron Hui, Chair Professor in City University's Department of Electronic Engineering (EE), has made a major breakthrough technological in developing the world's first two-wired dimmable electronic ballast. The project received a US patent in November 2002.