Newsletter No. 263

Conferences T he following forums and symposia were organized by different units of the University in June and July: ① Summer Course in Microbiology Organizer: Departmen t of Microbiolog y Date: 1s t to 15t h June Venue: Prince of Wales Hospita l ② Internationa l Symposiu m o n Post-meioti c Approache s t o Mal e Contraception Organizers: Departmen t of Physiology, and the Hong Kong Societ y o f Endocrinology, Metabolis m and Reproduction Date: 8t h to 10t h June Venue: Prince of Wales Hospita l ③ Regiona l Meetin g o f th e Nippo n Foundation-funde d Projec t 'Practica l Dictionaries of Asian Pacific Sign Languages' Organizer: Centr e for Sig n Linguistics an d Deaf Studies Date: 17t h and 18th June Venue: Fung King Hey Buildin g ④ Women Entrepreneurs in Hong Kong and Shenzhen Forum Organizers: Centre for Entrepreneurship, and the Hong Kong Women Professional s and Entrepreneurs Association Date: 23rd June Venue: CUH K Centra l Teaching Centre, Bank o f America Towe r ⑤ Open Forum o n RFID-enabled Supply Chains and Logistics in Asia Organizer: Centr e of Cyber Logistic s Date: 30t h June Venue: Hotel Nikk o ⑥ Fourth Seminar on Moral Education 'Sincerity and Intelligence' Organizers: Ne w Asia College and Beijing Oriental Morality Institut e Date: 4th to 12t h July Venue: New Asia Colleg e ⑦ Joint Conference of Chinese Poison Centres Organizers: Centr e for Food and Drug Safety , and Department of Medicine an d Therapeutics Date: 9t h July Venue: Prince of Wales Hospita l ⑧ Fifth Seminar on Traditional Chinese Culture Co-organizer: New Asia Colleg e Date: 15t h to 21st July Venue: New Asia Colleg e ⑨ K. Wah Hotel and Tourism Forum 'Hotel Investment 2005' Organizer: Schoo l of Hotel and Tourism Managemen t Date: 25th July Venue: Conrad Hotel ⑩ Symposiu m o n Hon g Kon g Breas t Cance r 200 5 Organizers: Departmen t of Social Work, and California Stat e University, East Bay Date: 27th and 28th July Venue: C.K . Tse Room, Chung Chi Colleg e Th r ee HongKongSchoolsShow H e a l t h is Gold T hree schools in Hong Kong will be presented the gold award in the Hong Kong Health Schools Award Scheme by the University's Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion and the Education and Manpower Bureau of the HKSAR. The schools have attained standards set by WHO an d performed excellently i n six key areas for health promoting schools. They have also assisted a partner schoo l to develop into a healthy school in the six key areas. The scheme encourages, through health promotion, educational achievement, better health and emotional well-being, thereb y helping students to improve the quality of their lives. It is the first territory-wide healthy schools movement recognized as meeting WHO standard s by the WHO Wester n Pacific Regiona l Office. There are now 5 7 primary schools , 35 secondary schools , and 11 special schools joining the scheme. In the past two years, 27 schools were presented silver and bronze awards. This year, 26 schools will be presented a total of three gold, nine silver, and 14 bronze awards. Both Mr. Stephe n Yip Yam-wing , chie f curriculum developmen t officer (life-wid e learnin g an d library section ) o f the Education an d Manpower Bureau, and Prof. Albert Lee, director of the Centre for Health Education and Health Promotion, congratulated the awardees for thei r outstanding achievement . A forma l award presentation ceremony wil l be scheduled later this year. 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