Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2004

Olympic Gold Medallists from National Team Visit CUHK E leven members of the Chinese national Olympic team, fresh from the Athens Olympic Games where they and their team mates bagged 32 gold medals, paid a visit to the Chinese University on 8th September 2004. The 11 gold medallists were Wa n g Y i f u a n d Z h u Q i n a n ( shoo t i ng ); Chen Yanq i ng, Shi Z h i y o n g, and Tang Go n g h o ng (weightlifting); Li Ting (tennis); Liu Xiang (110m hurdles); Yang Wenjun ( c anoe / k a y ak f l a t wa t e r ); Chen Zhong (taekwondo); Wang Xu (wrestling) and Teng Haibin (pommel horse). The University Sports Centre was filled to the brim w i th some 700 excited students and staff of the University who cheered and shook national flags when the O l ymp ic heroes and heroines marched in. As a gesture of support to Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympic Games, Dr. Edgar Cheng, Council chairman, Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, vice- chancellor, and Prof. C.N. Yang, distinguished professor-at-large, presented a banner w i t h autographs of CUHK students and staff to the Olympic delegation. The programme reached its pinnacle when the gold-winning team walked into the crowd, creating a golden oppo r t un i ty for autograph seeking and photo taking. 2003 CUHK Graduates Show Encouraging Employability A graduate employment survey shows that the employment rate and salary level of the 2003 graduates of the Chinese University are h i g h l y s a t i s f a c t o ry de s p i te u n f a v o u r a b le economic conditions. A graduate employment survey conducted by the Career Planning and Development Centre of the Office of Student Affairs of the University shows that as at end of 2003, about 97 per cent of C U HK graduates were either emp l o y ed or pursuing further studies and the average monthly salary for those employed was HK$13,831. The highest monthly salary received by a graduate was HK$85,000. The average number of offers received by a graduate is two. These figures are encouraging in view of the unfavourable economic conditions brought about by the SARS outbreak in 2003. The s u r v e y, c o n d u c t ed b y means of questionnaires and telephone interviews from November to December 2003, covered all full-time, first-degree CUHK graduates of 2003. Of the 2,502 respondents, some 70 per cent had joined the commerce and industry sector, followed by education (13 per cent), social and p u b l ic o r g a n i z a t i o ns (12.2 per cent), and government (2.3 per cent). The top six career fields for CUHK graduates were, i n des cend i ng order, c omp u t er and information technology/e-business, accounting/ auditing, administration/management, teaching, marketing, and medical and health care. In terms of job satisfaction, over 90 per cent indicated satisfaction w i th their current jobs. Chinese University Bulletin Autumn • Winter 2004 62