Newsletter No. 49

No.49 December 1993 CUHK Newsletter ANNOUNCEMENTS Staffing Arrangements on Christmas and New Year's Eves The following staffing arrangements for Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve have been endorsed by the University since 1983 and w i ll apply on 24th and 31st December this year: 1. For essential service units such as the Health Service, the Library System, the Operation Unit of the Computer Services Centre, the Security Unit and the Maintenance Office of the Buildings Office, a task force should remain on duty on both days to provide basic services. 2. For all other offices in the University, a skeleton crew should be appointed to be on duty in the morning to handle urgent matters and answer enquiries. These offices w i ll be closed in the afternoon. 3. The skeleton staff on duty on either day w i ll each be given compensation leave of half a day. Library Hours during Christmas and New Year Holidays The University Library, college libraries and the L i Ping Medical Library w i l l be closed on 25th, 26th, 27th December 1993 and 1st, 2nd and 9th January 1994. The opening hours of these libraries will be slightly different from the usual between 22nd December 1993 and 9th January 1994. The L i Ping Medical Library w i ll resume normal opening hours from 3rd January 1994 while all other libraries from 10th January 1994. For details please read notices posted at the entrance to each library. Staff Bus Arrangements Subscribers for the University staff bus service please note that the Transport Unit has arranged for the homing staff buses to leave the Benjamin Franklin Centre large car park at 12.45 p.m. on Christmas Eve (24th December) and New Year's Eve (31st December). Gifts? Bribery? The University is a public body listed under the Schedule of the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance (CAP201, Laws of Hong Kong). A l l University employees are classified as 'public servants' under the ordinance and should be wary of accepting gifts which could be construed as being offered to them in connection with their 'public' duties. As the Christmas and New Year holidays are approaching, members of the staff who wish to give away or accept any gifts in this festive season and who are in doubt as to whether such gifts are permissible under the law should first consult the Prevention of Bribery Ordinance. Copies of the ordinance are available for reference at the University Library and its branch libraries, as well as the Information and Public Relations Office (2nd floor, University Administration Building). Staff Review of Non-teaching Staff Members on Terms of Service (B) & (C) The Administrative A f f a i rs Committee and the Subcommittee on Junior Staff Affairs have sent out invitations to department chairmen/unit heads to invite nominations and recommendations concerning the retirement, extension of service and promotion of non-teaching staff members on Terms of Service (B) and (C). The deadline for submission is Monday, 31st January 1994. The committees w i ll not consider applications from individual staff members, who may, however, discuss their promotion prospects with their department chairmen/unit heads. Reimbursement of Course Fees to Terms of Service (B) & (C) Staff The University w i ll soon consider requests for reimbursement of fees to staff members on Terms of Service (B) & (C) who w i ll attend training courses which start in or after January 1994. Applications from staff members in the faculties and departments and the following administrative units should be f o r wa r ded, together w i t h w r i t t en recommendations by department chairmen/immediate supervisors, to the faculty deans/unit heads concerned for consideration: Vice-Chancellor's Office College Offices Registry Secretariat Bursary Personnel Office Office of Director of Administrative Services Office of the Graduate School Office of Industrial and Business Development Applications from all other units should be forwarded, together with recommendations by unit heads, to Mr. S. S. Tam, Secretary, Administrative Affairs Committee, c/o Personnel Office, University Administration Building on or before 8th January 1994. To be eligible for consideration, applications must be submitted before the training courses start. Enquiries may be directed to the Personnel Office (Ext. 7286). 9