Bulletin Spring‧Summer 2005

P rof. Lam p re d ic ts th a t d e v e lo pm e n t w ill c o n tin u e to t h r iv e o n c am p u s . H e h o p e s , however, th a t before the green lig h t is g iv e n to projects, in p a rtic u la r those a ffe ctin g a la rge r area, olde r trees and trees o f histo rica l value, the U n iv e rs ity w ill discuss th e ir e n v iro n m e n ta l im p lica tion s w ith staff, students and the colleges w ith the aim o f reaching consensus and avo id ing c o n flic t. H is experience in p u b lic service has sh ow n h im th a t w h e n m a k in g e n v iro nm e n ta l p o lic ie s a n d im p le m e n t in g p r o je c ts , tr a n s p a re n c y a n d e a r lie r e n g a g e m e n t o f s ta te h o ld e rs w i l l r e s u lt in g re a te r p u b lic id e n tific a tio n . I t w ill also be easier to m o n ito r th e p ro g re s s o f p ro je c ts a n d p r e s s u r iz e c o n tra c to rs in to h e e d in g the e n v iro n m e n ta l aspects o f th e ir unde rta king s. USCE Agenda For the USCE, tasks at hand in clud e delineating the U n iv e rs ity 's greening and tree fe llin g policy, d ra w in g u p p ro c e d u re s a n d g u id e lin e s fo r d e c is io n -m a k in g , d e le g a tin g re s p o n s ib ilitie s , m o n it o r in g , a n d im p le m e n t in g f e ll in g com pensation and p o st-p la n tin g preservation. Prof. Lam hopes tha t the steering comm ittee w ill fo rtify lin k s w ith the colleges b y in c lu d in g m e m b e rs o f th e c o lle g ia te e n v ir o n m e n t comm ittees. He said, ‘The colleges have done a lo t in e n v iro nm e n ta l p ro te c tio n and the y have teachers, students and a lum n i at th e ir disposal. They are valuable partners to have in developing a sustainable campus. I hope th a t the y w ill give m e tim e d u r in g th e ir w e e k ly o r m o n th ly assemblies to introdu ce the comm ittee's w o rk to d ru m u p s u p p o rt fo r o u r w o rk .' Greening by Joint Effort P rof. L am also hopes to raise the c om m ittee 's tran sp a re n cy to the le ve l o f the g o ve rnm e n t's E n v ir o n m e n t Im p a c t A s s e s s m e n t S u b ­ comm ittee. ‘The USCE is n o t the police. It should n o t h u n t d o w n c u lp rits w h e n som e th in g goes w ro n g . In s te a d it s h o u ld p ro a c tiv e ly in s til e n v iro n m e n ta l aw a re n e s s in to U n iv e r s ity m em bers so th a t w e a ll reg a rd e n v iro nm e n ta l p ro te c tio n as o u r job and have as o u r objective th e b u ild in g o f id e a l cam p u s s u rro u n d in g s . G reen in g the cam pus th is w a y saves cost and gives us more to be p ro u d o f. ' A c k n o w l e d g m e n t s Special t h ank s to the f o l l o w i n g C U H K membe rs ( a r r a n g e d i n a l ph ab etical o rd er ) f o r p r o v i d i n g i n f o r m a t i o n o n the c amp u s e n v i r o nm e n t a n d c amp u s g re e ni n g: Prof. Chau Kw ai-cheong M r. Cheng Tsang-sing Ms. C hu C hor C h un Prof. H u S h iu-yin g M r. George C.K. Jor P rof. Lam K in Che M r. R ichard L ew thw a ite P rof. L in H u i Ir. Francis C .H . W ong M r. Yau C hung K ei M r. Jack K.W. Yung D r. Y ung K u n g H in g CUHK Campus • Environmental Protection 19