Annual Report 2009–10

49 服 務 香 港 放 眼 世 界 Services to Hong Kong and the World Serving the Community Achievements and Recognition Prof. Charles K. Kao, former Vice-Chancellor of CUHK (1987–1996) and ‘Father of Fibre Optics’, was awarded the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for his groundbreaking idea about fibre optics put forward over four decades ago, which eventually ushered in a new era of telecommunications and the internet. 服務香港 放眼世界 Services to Hong Kong and the World 服務社會 成就與讚譽 有「光纖之父」美譽的中大前校長（一九 八七至一九九六）高錕教授，獲瑞典皇家科 學院頒發二零零九年度諾貝爾物理學獎， 表揚他四十年前突破光纖技術，造就現今 網絡通訊及互聯網的便利。 相片來源：視覺中國 Photo source: China Foto Press