Newsletter No. 152

2 No. 152 19th October 1999 CUHK Newsletter To Know More About Energy Consumption and Efficiency of Campus Buildings U nder the auspices of the Student Work Experience Scheme o f Shaw Co l l ege, the De p a r t me nt o f Architecture carried out a pilot study on the energy efficiency and thermal comfort of the University Administration Building in January 1999. The study reveals that the thermal comfort needs could have been better met, and that further energy savings may be achieved by better air-conditioning (HVAC) controls, better use of natural and artificial lighting, and better housekeeping on equipment use on the part of the occupants. Energy is a significant controllable cost in the running of university buildings. By adopting simple and cost-effective measures, fuel bills for these buildings could be considerably reduced. Well-designed buildings with efficiently managed services w i ll require less energy to run and provide a more comfortable working and living environment. This in turn leads to better health and increased productivity. Efficiently run buildings also require less manpower to maintain and to service complaints. In the financial year 1998—99, the University spent HK$55 million on energy which breaks down to HK$3,200 per staff/student. The energy cost rose at about eight per cent per annum over the past four years (Fig. 1). The average energy cost per month was HK$5.47 million in the summer and HK$4.03 million in the winter, with HVAC constituting 60 per cent of the total energy used in the buildings (Fig. 2). The rise in total energy costs is expected to continue with the completion of the Mong Man Wai Building and Phase V redevelopment of Chung Chi buildings. An Energy Task Force, chaired by Mr. Terence Chan, the University Bursar, and drawing its members from the Estates Management Office and the Department of Architecture, has recently been set up to tackle the issue of energy conservation in university buildings and the enhancement of occupants' comfort. The action plan includes a programme to raise the awareness of students and staff of energy issues, to contract out services to achieve greater energy efficiency, and to upgrade existing services in various buildings U C Play s Hos t t o Budd i ng Scholars from Japan E ight undergraduate students of Soka University in Japan visited United College from 20th to 29th September under the College's Budd i ng Scholar Exchange Programme, now in its tenth year. The Soka delegation gave a presentation on the topic of 'Women and Human Rights in Japan' on 23rd September at the college lecture theatre. To enhance their understanding of the human rights situation in Hong Kong, meetings with legislators, academics, and government officials were scheduled by their host. The Soka group also paid a three-day visit to Guangzhou and Macau. 香 港 亞 太 研 究 所 新 書 HKIAP S Ne w Publication s 研究專論第九十八號 《香港工業發展之前景》 此報告由鄺啟新和趙永佳合編，撮 錄了「香港工業發展之前景」政策論壇上 的重要言論。該論壇為香港中文大學社 會科學院及香港亞太研究所合辦之公共 政策論壇系列的第四次研討會，與會講 者及嘉賓均就工業政策及政府的角色發 言，更深入討論工業對香港的重要性、 平衡的經濟發展、科技提升，及邊境加 工區。他們多認為香港需要不斷提升技 術，保持領導地位，以帶動內地發展。 國 際 統 一 書 號 9 6 2 - 4 4 1 - 0 9 8 - 4， 平 裝 本 ， 二 十六 頁，十五港元。 Occasional Paper No. 97 Reconstructing the Democratic Discourses in Taiwan: A Q Methodological Approach Written by Timothy Wong Ka-ying and Milan Sun Tung-wen, this study reconstructs the existing discursive structures on democracy in Taiwan by replicating Dryzek and Berejikian's Q methodological study of American democratic discourses. The attitudes towards democracy of Taiwan people are found to manifest a complex, pluralistic, and interrelated discursivity, in which at least five democratic discourses can be identified, namely, democratic pragmatism, democratic communitarianism, democratic liberalism, democratic elitism, and democratic populism. Yet there are some commonly held views among the discourses. They all accept democratic pluralism, reject communism and violence, believe in the fallibility of state leaders and the necessity to limit government power, and are optimistic about the future democratic development in Taiwan. This broad consensus reflects the specific historical experience of the democratic pursuit of Taiwan people on the one hand, and provides a broad common ground for dialogue and interaction among the five discourses on the other. 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