Newsletter No. 31

6 CUHK Newsletter No.31 June 1992 Side Lights Staff Team Captures Shell Cup For the third year in succession the staff team beat the student players at tennis and captured the Shell Cup. The Shell Cup Staff-Student Tennis Match is an annual event and this year the match took place on 14th May at the University Sports Centre. The staff had an overwhelming victory and defeated the students 7:2 in the nine-game match. After the match, the champion trophy was presented to the staff players by Prof. Ranee P. L. Lee, chairman of the Senate Committee on Physical Education. Players on the staff team included Dr. K. K. Mark (Biology), Dr . Leung Yee (Geography), Dr. Spencer Wong (Extramural Studies), Dr. Michael Tam (Physiology), Dr. Augustine Cheng (Microbiology), Mr. Tarn Yuk Ho (Clinical Research) and Mr. Lau Wing Chung (Physical Education). How You Can Help Reduce Wastage Environmental protection has been a hot topic in the mass media these years. Time and again we've been called upon to save our natural world, which is running down tragically, and unnecessarily. The message is everywhere, but to many it is only a cause worthy of moral support. How should we go one step further to translate moral support into action? The Buildings Offic e has provided some tips on how we can help in our place of work. The theme is the reduction of wastage and the course of action suggested is as follows: Save Water • Turn off running taps and report to the Buildings Office immediately when you discover leaking taps and cisterns. • Do not flush toilets unnecessarily. Save Electricity • Turn off all lights and air-conditioners in vacant rooms. • Keep all doors closed in an air-conditioned area. • Use natural light as far as possible, especially when your desk is near a window. • Use the staircases more frequently and the lifts less frequently. The Buildings Office has also taken steps to reduce overall electricity consumption on the campus. The temperature of air-conditioned rooms will be set at 25。C as the lowest during the summer, and all central refrigeration plants will be closed as soon as the offices close. To remind the University community of the need to conserve energy, it will also provide periodically statistics on electricity consumption in different buildings on the campus. Currently, the buildings with the highest average monthly consumption are, in descending order, the Science Centre, the Basic Medical Sciences Building, Pi Ch'iu Building, University Administration Building, and the East Block of the Science Centre. Building Average Monthly Consumption (kwhr) 1991 Jan. to Apr. 1992 Science Ctr. 405,434 274,868 Basic Medical Sci. Bldg. 379,000 367,751 Pi Ch'iu Bldg. 204,018 170,048 Admin. Bldg. 177,533 96,277 East Block of the Sci. Ctr. 157,767 61,432 Entire University 3,229,975 2,561,484 Recreational & Sports Facilities on Campus The University and its constituent colleges offer a wide range of sports and recreational facilities on campus for both its students and staff members. To encourage members of the University to make more use of such facilities in the summer, CUHK Newsletter has listed relevant details on pages 7 and 8 for ease of reference.