Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2003

New in Brief Task Force/Committee Set up to Combat SARS Following the outbreak of the SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) at the Prince of Wales Hospital in March 2003, the CUHK SARS Campus Task Force headed by pro-vice- chancellor Prof. Jack Cheng was set up on 21st March to deal with emergencies, to monitor and assess its impact on members of the CUHK community and the campus environment. The Task Force was tasked with formulating and implementing preventive measures to safeguard the health of staff and students and to update t hem on the l a t est information related to the epidemic. A special website was also created to facilitate the timely d i s s e m i n a t i o n o f information to relevant parties ( http://www.cuhk. edu.hk/sars/ ). In late April a CUHK SARS I n f o r m a t i on Coordinating Committee was formed with pro-vice- chancellor Prof. Kenneth Young as chairman, who supervised the creation of another website ‘Fighting SARS: We Care, We Serve' ( http://www.cuhk. edu.hk/sars_care/ ) to record efforts made by members of the University to fight against SARS. In an open letter to all staff and students of the University, vice-chancellor Prof. Ambrose King called upon them to make full use of their knowledge and expertise to help Hong Kong cope with the crisis. The website was designed to facilitate the free flow of information about all relevant anti- SARS projects, so that efforts could be better coordinated, resources could be better deployed, new initiatives could be inspired, and good work by CUHK staff and alumni became widely recognized. News in Brief 31