Newsletter No. 164

CUHK Newsletter No. 164 4th May 2000 3 宣布事項 ANNOUNCEMENTS 公積金計劃投資成績 Investment Returns of Staff Superannuation Schemes 財務處公布公積金計劃內各項投資基金於二零零零 年三月及第一季度累積回報如下： From the Bursary The monthly and cumulative returns for the month of March and the cummulative returns for the first quarter of 2000 in the Designated Investment Funds of the 1995 Scheme and 1983 Scheme are as follows: 二零零零年三月 Ma r ch 2000 基金 Fund 計劃 Scheme 指標回報 Benchmark Return 1995 1983 (未經審核數據 unaudited) 增長 Growth 4.52% 3.18% 4.07% 平衡 Balanced 4.25% 4.22% 4.08% 穩定 Stable 2.91% 2.43% 3.38% 港元銀行存款 HKD Bank Deposit 0.49% (年息 Annualized 5.95%) 0.48% (年息 Annualized 5.85%) 0.40% (年息 Annualized 4.75%) 美元銀行存款 USD Bank Deposit 0.52% (年息 Annualized 5.84%) 0.51% (年息 Annualized 5.73%) 0.44% (年息 Annualized5.16%) 二零零零年第一季度 First Quarter 2000 基金 Fund 計劃 Scheme 指標回報 Benchmark Return 1995 1983 (未經審核數據 unaudited) 增長 Growth 0.74% -0.83% 1.06% 平衡 Balanced 0.18% -0.07% 0.83% 穩定 Stable 0.14% -0.62% 0.94% 港元銀行存款 HKD Bank Deposit 1.56% (年息Annualized 6.27%) 1.51% (年息 Annualized 6.07%) 1.11% (年息 Annualized 4.46%) 美元銀行存款 USD Bank Deposit 1.63% (年息 Annualized 6.14%) 1.58% (年息 Annualized 6.06%) 1.29% (年息 Annualized 5.10%) 收費及暑期免費校車服務 Fee-Charging & Non-Fee-Charging Bus Service for Staff in Summer 交通組提醒大學同人，由一九九二年起，所有校內穿梭校車之乘客，包括學 生、教職員及其家屬等，在下列日期內乘搭穿梭校車時，每次必須繳交面值一元之 乘車券： (一）星期日及公眾假期； (二）每年六、七、八月（選科及註冊日除外）。 乘車券每本十張，費用十元，在交通組、保安組、新研究院宿舍辦事處及各書 院輔導處發售。 而校方為方便教職員上下班，由六月一日至八月卅一日期間，提供不收費之教 職員專用班車服務，每班一車次，按下述時間及路線行駛： 上行線 星期一至六（兩班次） 上午八時三十分及八時四十分 由嶺南體育館開出，往新亞書院。中途停 大學體育中心、潤昌堂、梁銶琚樓及聯合 書院 下行線 星期一至五（兩班次） 下午五時零五分及五時二十分 星期六（一班次） 下午十二時四十五分 由新亞書院開出，往火車站。中途停聯合書 院、大學行政樓及大學體育中心。 查詢請致電交通組（內線七九九零或七九九二） Passengers of the University shuttle buses have since 1992 been required to tender one- dollar coupons on the following days: 1. Sundays and public holidays; 2. A ll days in June, July, and August except course selection and registration days. Such coupons come in books of 10 and may be purchased from the Transport Unit, Security Unit, New Postgraduate Hall Complex Office, and Dean of Students' Offices of the four constituent colleges. The University also provides a non-fee-charging bus service during the months of June, July, and August (except on Sundays and public holidays) to facilitate staff members who travel to and from work by train. To tie in with University working hours, the bus will run as per the following schedule from 1st June to 31st August this summer: Up Route Monday to Saturday at 8.30 a.m. and 8.40 a.m. (two trips per day) Lingnan Stadium → CU Sports Centre → Y.C. Liang Hall → K.K. Leung Building → United College → New Asia College Down Route Monday to Friday at 5.05 p.m. and 5.20 p.m. (two trips per day) Saturday at 12.45 p.m. (one trip per day) New Asia College → United College → University Administration Building → CU Sports Centre → University Train Station Enquiries can be directed to the Transport Unit (Ext. 7990 or 7992). Seminar on 'Web-based Teaching: Introducing a New University-wide Platform' Staff of the University are cordially invited to a seminar 'Web-based Teaching: Introducing a New University-wide Platform' jointly organized by the Computer Services Centre/Information Technology Service Unit (CSC/ITSU), and the Teaching Development Unit (TDU). In this seminar, you will be introduced a new University- wide platform that will be implemented in September and to other information on the use of advanced instructional technologies to enhance teaching and learning. The seminar will begin with a policy address by Prof. Kenneth Young, who will talk about the current use of technology in teaching on campus. Following his speech, Ms. Christina Keing and Mr. Augustine Lo of CSC/ITSU will demonstrate the use of and the support for web-based teaching on campus. A series of learning technology seminars and workshops will be conducted again in August to help you familiarize yourself with WebCT and other learning technology support currently available. In addition, several teachers w i ll share their experiences of teaching with information technology. You are invited to join the discussion. Details of the seminar are as follows: Date: 12th May 2000 (Friday) Time: 2.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Venue: LT1, Mong Man Wai Building Schedule: 2.15 p.m. Registration 2.30 p.m. Opening address Prof. Kenneth Young, pro-vice-chancellor 2.50 p.m. Demonstration of lectures delivered via the Web Ms. Christina Keing (CSC/ITSU) 3.00 p.m. Demonstration of a new university-wide web-based teaching platform Mr. Augustine Lo (CSC/ITSU) 3.20 p.m. Q & A session 3.45 p.m. Experience-sharing sessions Please visit http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/csc/training for further information and registration. For enquiries, please contact: Registration matters: Ms. Sara Chung 2609 8801 sara-chung@cuhk.edu.hk Seminar enquiries: Ms. Wendy Chan 2609 8881 wendychan@cuhk.edu.hk Learning technology Mr. Augustine Lo 2609 8837 augustine@cuhk.edu.hk support: Mr. Stanley Yuen 2609 8905 stanley-yuen@cuhk.edu.hk Ms. Christina Keing 2609 8862 keing@cuhk.edu.hk Better Teaching with IT Now on the Web The Computer Services Centre/Information Technology Service Unit (CSC/ITSU) held workshops to assist teaching staff to incorporate information technology into their teaching in March and April. In addition to these workshops, Mr. George Jor of the English Language Teaching Unit, Prof. Ho Man-koon of the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Mr. George Lam of United College, and Prof. Liu Chun-wah of the Department of Economics were invited to share their experience using IT in their teaching at interactive seminar sessions. These sessions can now be viewed at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/csc/learning. T he video clip can be watched with Real Player G2. In the session 'Computing Fundamentals for Teaching', Mr. George Jor shared with the audience how he launched a joint university English teaching course with the help of the Internet for students of CUHK and Shuzhou University. In the session 'Designing a Web-based Course', Prof. Ho Man-koon introduced the website he designed and developed to help his students learn IT tools for educational purposes, and Mr. George Lam demonstrated the delivery of an SMIL multi-media presentation over the web. In the sessions 'Multi-media Technologies', Prof. Liu Chun-wah spoke on WebCT, an online discussion forum. For enquires regarding learning technology, please contact: Mr. Stanley Yuen 2609 8905 stanley-yuen@cuhk.edu.hk Ms. Wendy Chan 2609 8881 wendychan@cuhk.edu.hk Ms. Christina Keing 2609 8861 keing@cuhk.edu.hk Ms. Eva Cheung 2609 8913 eva-cheung@cuhk.edu.hk 神學組講座 神學組「聖經研究及出版事工」與國際聖經協會將於本月七日（星期日）下午 二時半至五時，假循道衛理聯合教會九龍堂（九龍油麻地加士居道四十號)舉辦「聖 經之友」講座（二），題目為「聖經典外文獻與教會傳統——次經、偽經：是『正』？ 是『邪』？」，由黃錫木博士講解基督教會的正典傳統與典外文獻的關係，張略博 士回應。歡迎教牧同工、神學院師生，以及對聖經研究有興趣的信徒參加，費用全 免，查詢請致電楊先生（三一二三六九零八）。