Facts and Figures 2008

R esearch Five Areas for Focused Research Investment Chinese Studies Biomedical Sciences Information Sciences Economics and Finance Geoinformation and Earth Sciences Areas of Excellence * Centre for Research into Circulating Fetal Nucleic Acids Chinese Medicine Research and Further Development Centre for Plant and Agricultural Biotechnology Information Technology Research Institutes The Asia-Pacific Institute of Business CAS-CUHK Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Integration Technology Hong Kong Cancer Institute Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies Hong Kong Institute of Diabetes and Obesity Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research Institute of Biotechnology Institute of Chinese Medicine Institute of Chinese Studies Institute of Digestive Disease Institute of Economics Institute of Human Communicative Research The Institute of Mathematical Sciences Institute of Optical Science and Technology Institute of Plant Molecular Biology and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute of Precision Engineering Institute of Science and Technology Institute of Space and Earth Information Science Institute of Theoretical Computer Science and Communications Institute of Theoretical Physics Institute of Vascular Medicine Li & Fung Institute of Supply Chain Management & Logistics Li Ka Shing Institute of Health Sciences Research Institute for the Humanities Shun Hing Institute of Advanced Engineering *  Selected and supported by the University Grants Committee • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 14