Bulletin No. 1, 2012

Contents 2 A Brand New Reacquaintance: Onwards to ‘3+3+4’ x x A Four-Year Curriculum for This Century 4 x x Curriculum Design 6 x x Staff Recruitment 10 x x Infrastructure and Transport 11 x x The Run-up 15 x x Rising to the Challenge 16 x x Dawning of a New Era 18 20 Floral Festival 2012 24 Image De-blurring Technology Enhanced 26 Harnessing Bacterial Power 28 A Look into the World of Translators at Work 30 Mapping the Present from Old Papers 32 Remembering Prof. Chen Chih-fan 34 The Best and the Brightest 36 News in Brief x x Appointments 36 x x Honours and Recognition 37 x x Research 40 x x Activities and Events 42 x x Intellectual Cross-currents 46 CHINESE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN No. 1, 2012 © The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2012 The Chinese University Bulletin is published biannually by the Information Services Office Address all correspondence to Information Services Office, CUHK, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, The People’s Republic of China E-mail iso@cuhk.edu.hk Website www.cuhk.edu.hk/iso/bulletin Advisory Committee on Chinese University Bulletin Prof. Laurence K.P. Wong Ms. Connie Au Prof. Joseph Man Chan Prof. Simon N. Haines Prof. Ho Che-wah Mr. Eric S.P. Ng Ms. Amy Y.M. Tsui Mr. Tommy W.K. Cho