Annual Report 2007–08

57 服 務 香 港 放 眼 世 界 Service to Hong Kong and the World 食品成分資料庫研究員分析營養成分 Researchers of the Food Composition Database analyzing food ingredients 食品研究中心配備先進儀器 Food Research Centre equipped with state-of-the-art research instruments 市民的食物安全意識近年漸次提高，一 個可靠和可清楚追溯食物來源的食材供 應系統變得愈加重要。工程學院和業界攜 手，開發了一個專門管理深港食品安全及 供應鏈的RFID平台，為食品工業建立一個 統一、有效和專門的食品追蹤、監測和管 理網絡，從而確保運送到香港的食物和飲 料都符合安全標準，且更可追溯其來源， 監察食品在生產後的運輸和儲存過程。 食品研究中心是本港首個設於大學的食品 研究中心，它以系統化及解難導向方式， 針對本地食品工商業個別所需，提供基礎 研究及服務。中心於二零零七年七月成立 全港首個食品成分資料庫，分析本地常用 食品原料及產品營養成分，向業界提供食 品成分參考資料及技術支援，以協助業界 配合即將推行的營養資料標籤制度。 利用基因質粒製造的疫苗獲證實可應用 於家畜及人類的臨床試驗上，因此，業界 對基因質粒的需求不斷上升。二零零八年 二月，香港生物科技研究院和格蘭柏生化 科技有限公司合作，進行一項為期兩年的 研究，以加快基因質粒的發酵和純化技 術，促進大量生產。 亞太工商研究所致力為各企業提供行政 培訓、研究及顧問服務，務求將工商管理 學院卓越的教研成果回饋工商界。二零零 七至零八年度，該所為政府和多家大型企 業如瑞信、滙豐銀行、國家發展銀行、港 鐵公司等舉辦了各類行政培訓課程、座談 會及研討班，其中更不乏為企業度身訂造 的商業方案。 Increasing public awareness of food security in recent years has heightened the need for a reliable and traceable food supply system. In collaboration with the food industry, the Faculty of Engineering developed a RFID-enabled Platform Technology for the Integrated Shenzhen–Hong Kong Food Safety and Supply Chain Management Public Information Platform. The system ensures that food and beverage delivered to Hong Kong are safe, traceable and are kept in proper conditions throughout the entire process of transportation and storage after manufacturing. The Food Research Centre is the first university-based food research centre in Hong Kong. It undertakes a systematic and problem-solving approach to serving the community by providing task-directed basic research and service for local food businesses and industry. It also set up the first Food Composition Database in Hong Kong in July 2007. Apart from analysing food ingredients and products commonly used in Hong Kong, the database also provides detailed food composition reference data and technical support for the local food industry, thereby facilitating its compliance with the upcoming nutrition labeling scheme. The recent regulatory approval of plasmid DNA vaccines for livestock and its use in human clinical trials have created a demand for plasmid DNA. In February 2008, the Hong Kong Institute of Biotechnology secured funding to conduct a two-year collaborative research project with GreenPak Biotech Ltd to optimize the manufacturing process for large- scale fermentation and purification of plasmid DNA. Building on the teaching and research excellence of the Faculty of Business Administration, the APIB supports the business community in the form of executive training, research and consultancy services. In 2007–08, APIB organized a series of executive programmes, seminars and workshops for the HKSAR Government and major corporations such as Credit Suisse, HSBC, China Development Bank, and MTRC. Some programmes are customized to provide business solutions unique to corporations.