Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2002

Research Grants Totalling HK$33 Million for 33 Projects Grants t o t a l l i ng some HK$ 33 m i l l i on f r om v a r i o us local a nd overseas sponsors for projects undertaken by C U H K researchers were recorded d u r i ng the period M a y to October 2002: Sponsors Amo u nt Involved Number of Projects Supported Action Committee Against Narcotics HK$348,150 1 Beat Drugs Fund HK$3,392,017 3 Chinese Academy of Sciences HK$130,000 1 Chinese National 863 Plan RMB¥500,000 1 Education Department, HKSAR Government HK$2,962,146 3 Health Care and Promotion Fund HK$2,131,287 4 Health Services Research Fund HK$703,680 1 Hong Kong Management Association HK$300,000 1 Innovation and Technology Fund HK$3,440,280 1 Innovation and Technology Fund, and Po Yuen (To's) Machine Factory Ltd. HK$700,000 1 Innovation and Technology Fund,and Vita Green Health Products Co. Ltd. HK$3,000,000 1 Innovation and Technology Fund, and Wisers Information Ltd. HK$1,346,000 1 Microsoft Research, Microsoft Corporation US$50,000 1 Novartis Pharmaceuticals (HK) Ltd. HK$3,800,000 1 PDI Global Research Consortia Ltd. HK$316,000 1 Pfizer Pharmaceuticals Inc., Japan HK$223,880 1 Scoliosis Research Society US$70,800 1 S.K. Yee Medical Foundation HK$4,036,064 4 SME Development Fund of the Trade and Industry Department, and Chinese Executives Club of the Hong Kong Management Association HK$1,400,000 1 The Croucher Foundation HK$600,000 1 The Language Fund HK$2,499,470 1 The Spencer Foundation US$35,000 1 University of Tennessee (subgrant from the US National Science Foundation) US$24,000 1 Conferences/Workshops/Seminars • The Seventh A n n u al Scientific S ymp o s i um on 'Cancer Trials in Asia', 5th and 6th March 2002, by the H o n g K o ng Cancer Institute; • The 20th Anniversary S ymp o s i um on 'The D e v e l o pme nt of P s y c h o l o gy i n Chinese Societies', 21st Ma y 2002, by the Department of Psychology; • F o r um on Waste Reduction and Recycling, 29th M a y 2002, by the Centre for Environmental Policy and Resource Management; • F o r um on Ad o l e s c e nt D r u g Abuse, 29th June 2002, by the School of Public He a l th and the Ho ng Kong Council of Social Services; • Seminar on mobile technologies, 2nd and 3 rd A u g u s t 2002, b y the D e p a r t me nt of Comp u t er Science and Engineering; News in Brief 5 5