Calendar 2001–02

Research Institutes and Centres 91 • The Training/Conference Programme, set up to develop consultancy and training programmes for the securities industry in Hong Kong and on the mainland, and organize international conferences on the region’s capital markets. Centre for Hospitality and Real Estate Research Tel.: 2609 8798 Fax.: 2603 7724 E-mail: chrer@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://shm.baf.cuhk.edu.hk/chrer.htm The mission of the Centre for Hospitality and Real Estate Research is to conduct industry-oriented research and arrange executive training. It will conduct research projects that are relevant to the hotel, restaurant, airline, tourism and related hospitality industries, and take part in policy discussion. Besides, the centre will also disseminate research findings and review frontier knowledge for executives operating in Hong Kong and the Asia-Pacific region. Under the guidance of the Advisory Committee on Hotel Management, the centre will work closely with industry executives and launch different research projects. The mode of operation will be similar to the Marketing Science Institute in Boston and the Center for Hospitality Research at Cornell University. Industry sponsors will help define key issues, give expert advice and interpretation, donate financial resources, and/or provide access to data, management, and employees. Academic researchers will provide theorizing power, research methodology, research time, and research connection. Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research Tel.: 2609 6999 Fax.: 2603 6850 E-mail: hkier@cuhk.edu.hk Website: http://www.fed.cuhk.edu.hk/~hkier Funded by a generous donation from the Tin Ka Ping Foundation, the Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research (HKIER) was established in 1993. It helps the University better perform its role as a leading centre of educational research, a responsible institution that addresses the needs of the teaching profession, and an active consulting agent for international organizations and local educational bodies, public and private. It also helps strengthen the University’s ties with local schools and overseas institutions. Projects initiated by the institute aim to facilitate educational planning, and inform policy-makers and members of the educational profession on crucial issues. HKIER serves as a research resource centre for educational researchers, and helps create and sustain a climate in which interdisciplinary research projects can flourish. Towards these ends it: • develops, supports, and coordinates long-term multi-disciplinary research programmes;