Bulletin Special Supplement on Prof. Charles K. Kao, Former Vice-Chancellor and Nobel Laureate The Love and Labour of a Laureate

16 Chinese University Bulletin Special Supplement 2010 Ceramic bowl made by Professor Kao Professor Kao’s portrait was once adopted for the design of commemorative telephone card in Japan ‘A Tribute to Prof. Charles Kao— Father of Fiber Optics’ C UHK joined hands with the Leisure and Cultural Services Department of the Hong Kong SAR Government to organize an exhibition ‘A Tribute to Prof. Charles Kao—Father of Fiber Optics’. From 8 December 2009 to 10 March 2010, members of the public can view the exhibition free-of-charge at the main lobby of the Hong Kong Science Museum. The exhibition introduces Professor Kao’s academic life and highlights his significant achievements in the past 40 years. Information panels and material display, interactive exhibits on fiber optics are also on show. Two lectures entitled ‘Professor Charles Kao: Pioneer, Scientist, Innovator and Entrepreneur’ and ‘Optical Fiber Communications: Charm and Challenges’, delivered by Prof. Cheung Kwok-wai of the Department of Information Engineering and Prof. Shu Ching-tat Chester of the Department of Electronic Engineering on 12 and 20 December respectively, were warmly received. As at the end of 2009, the exhibition had been visited by over 10,000 people. December 2009 Mr. Tsang Tak-sing (left), Secretary for Home Affairs, and Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, CUHK Vice-Chancellor, trying out the interactive exhibit A Campus in Jubilation