Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2001

Prof. A r t h u r K.C. Li, vice-chancellor of t h e U n i v e r s i t y , P r o f . J a ck C h e n g , u n i v e r s i t y dea n of students, M r s . Clara Lee, director of student affairs, a n d Mr. Lo Yu e n - c h e o n g , d i r e c t o r of t h e P h y s i c a l Education Un i t, were present at the races to cheer the C U H K team on. Conferences/Workshops/ Seminars • The H o n g K o n g A i r Cargo I n d u s t r y at the C r o s s r oad s : I mp a c t s o f C h i n a 's Ac c e s s i on t o W T O a n d D i r e c t L i n k s Be t we en T a i wa n a nd M a i n l a n d , 27 th A p r i l 2001 , b y the Ce n t re o f C y b er L o g i s t i cs of the F a c u l ty of Business Adm i n i s t r a t i o n; • A Joint Sem i nar o n M o n i t o r i ng a n d Diagnosing Me t al S t amp i n g Processes, 11th M a y 2001, b y the De p a r t me nt of A u t o m a t i o n a n d C o m p u t e r - a i d e d Engineering; • T h e I n t e r n a t i o n a l C o n f e r e n c e o n R e j u v e n a t i n g S c h o o l s T h r o u g h Partnership, 22nd to 24t h M a y 2001, b y the Centre fo r U n i v e r s i t y a n d School Partnership, the H o n g K o n g Institute o f Educational Research, i n collaboratio n w i t h the Edu c a t i on De p a r t me n t of the H K S A R a n d v a r i o u s school councils, s p o n s o r e d b y the Q u a l i ty E d u c a t i on Fund; • T h e I n t e r n a t i o n al C o n f e r e n c e o n Perspectives of Mathematical Research i n Ch i n a for the 21st Ce n t u r y, 28th to 3 0 t h M a y 2001, b y t h e I n s t i t u t e o f Mathematical Sciences; • The International Workshop o n Medical I ma g i n g a n d A u gme n t e d Reality, 10th to 12th June 2001, b y the De p a r t me nt of Electronic Engineering; • The Second Re g i o n al Conference o n College Eng l i s h Teaching, 28th to 30t h June 2001, b y the E n g l i s h L a n g u a ge T e a c h i ng U n i t , t h e Co l l e g e E n g l i s h Teaching a n d Research Association of G u a n g d o n g , a n d t h e G u a n g d o n g Foreign Languages Association; • The T h i r d Cross-strait S ymp o s i um on P l a n t M o l e c u l a r B i o l o g y a n d Biotechnology, 6th to 9t h A u g u s t 2001, b y the UGC-Area-of-Excellence Centre ( P l a n t a n d F u n g a l B i o t e c h n o l o g y ) , s p o n s o r ed b y t he I n n o v a t i o n a n d Te c hno l ogy F u n d of the H K S AR a n d private sponsors; • The I T Entrepreneurship Seminar, 18 t h A u g u s t 2001, j o i n t ly organized b y the I n f o r ma t i o n Technology Entrepreneur P r o g r a m me a n d t h e I n f o r m a t i o n Technology Entrepreneurs Association; • The IEEE I n t e r na t i onal Conferenc e o n Me c ha t r on i c s a n d Ma c h i ne V i s i o n i n Practice, 2 7 th to 2 9 t h A u g u s t 2001, j o i n t l y organized b y the Depa r tmen t of A u t o m a t i o n a n d C o m p u t e r - a i d e d Engineering a nd the C i ty Un i v e r s i ty of H o n g Kong ; • I n t e r n a t i o n a l S y m p o s i um of C e l l S i g n a l l i n g : F r om Diseases to D r u g Discovery, 15th to 17th Octobe r 2001, organized by the Epithelial Cell Biology Research Ce n t r e, s u p p o r t ed b y the Innovation and Technology Commission of the HKSAR , the Beijing Science an d Technology Commission, the International Federation of Cell B i o l o g y , a n d local industries; • Conference o n Parent Education, 20th October 2001, b y the U n i v e r s i t y , the Edu c a t i on Depa r tmen t, a nd the Board of Education of the HKSAR; • 2001 I n t e r n a t i o n al B o n e Re s e a r c h I n s t r u c t i o n al Co u r se a n d H a n d s - o n W o r k s h o p , 3 0 t h O c t o b e r t o 2 n d News in Brief 55