Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2003

body, wh i ch consists of exactly the same anatomical structures as a real human. Up to October 2003, the University had f i n i s h ed t he r e c o n s t r u c t i on a nd 3D visualization of seven virtual humans (five Ch i ne se a nd t w o Ame r i c a n ). I t is i n possession of the largest d i g i t al h uman database i n the wo r l d. The research project was conducted by t he U n i v e r s i ty De s i g n a t ed S t r a t eg ic Research A r ea i n C omp u t er As s i s t ed Medicine. Formed i n 2000 and comprising over 30 faculty members, it is led by Prof. Jack Cheng, pro-vice-chancellor, and Prof. He ng Ph e n g - Ann of the Depa r tment of Computer Science and Engineering. The team was also the first to use the Chinese v i s i b le h u m a n datasets i n the development of v i r t ual anatomy, v i r t ual acupuncture, and v i r t ual arthroscopy. Student Achievements Outstanding Accountancy Students First Runner-up in ACCA Competition F i v e f i n a l - y e ar s t u d e n t s of t he Professional Accountancy Programme — Ca rmen Lai Ka Ma n, Wi n n ie Lee W i n g Yan, Lei A h Yung, Lenni Tse Ma n Yi, and Mandy Wong Hei Ma n — beat seven other H o n g K o n g teams and one ma i n l a nd Chinese team to claim second place i n the A s s o c i a t i on of C h a r t e r ed C e r t i f i ed A c c o u n t a n ts ( A C C A ) H o n g K o n g / G u a n g z h o u F o u r t h I n t e r - t e r t i a r y Competition on 29th Ma r ch 2003. The contesting teams were asked to de v e l op a p r ac t i cal business case that carries the idea of 'Vision and Fusion i n t he Pea rl R i v er De l t a' b y w r i t i n g an investment proposal to solicit funds to the t une of HK$ 10 m i l l i o n f r om p o t e n t i al investors for starting u p a new business i n the Pearl River Delta Region. Winner of the L'Orea l e-Strat Challenge Three final-year accounting students — Danny Yung, Dorothy Ng, and Larry Chu — were the H o n g Ko ng w i n n e rs of the L'Oreal e-Strat Challenge organized by French beauty products company L'Oreal. This year's competition required students to p u t themselves i n the v i r t ual d r i ve r 's seat of a leading global cosmetics company f a c i ng r e a l - t i me ma r k et s i t u a t i o ns to c omp e te a g a i n st f o u r o t h er v i r t u a l cosmetics businesses. The team beat five teams f r om other universities i n Hong Kong and was placed seventh wo r l dw i d e. A total of 800 teams f r om all over the w o r l d were selected to participate i n the competition i n Ap r il 2003. Gold Award in HKSA Final Professional Examination Jessie Hu i, a year 2000 graduate f r om the C U H K P r o f e s s i onal A c c o u n t a n cy Programme, was the Go ld Awa rd winner of t he June 2003 F i n a l P r o f e s s i o n al Examination of the Ho ng Kong Society of Accountants (HKSA). C u r r e n t l y s e n i o r a s s o c i a te at P r i c ewa t e r h o u s eCo o p e r s, Jessie w i l l become a professional accountant i n a y e a r 's t ime. She is the second C U H K Chinese University Bulletin Autumn • Winter 2003 74