Newsletter No. 325

Information in this section can only  be accessed with CWEM password .   若要瀏覽本部分的資料， 請須輸 入 中大校園電子郵件密碼 。 No. 325, 19.10.2008 Prof. Lim Wan-fung Bernard Vincent, professor in the Department of Architecture, has been appointed by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR as a Justice of the Peace from 1 July 2008. He has also been re-appointed by the Secretary for the Environment as a member of the Energy Advisory Committee for two years from 15 July 2008. Prof. Lee Chi-kin John, dean of education, has been appointed by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR as a Justice of the Peace from 1 July 2008. He has also been appointed as a council member/director of the Chinese Association of Higher Education under the Ministry of Education, PRC. Prof. Che Chun-tao, director of the School of Chinese Medicine, has been appointed by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR as a member of the Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Council for three years from 13 September 2008. Prof. Jean Woo, Professor of Medicine, has been re-appointed by the Chief Executive of the HKSAR as a member of the Elderly Commission for eight months from 30 July 2008. Prof. Chan Chi-fai Andrew, professor in the Department of Marketing, has been appointed by the Financial Secretary as the chairman of the Hong Kong Deposit Protection Board for two years from 1 July 2008. Prof. Fok Tai-fai, dean of medicine, has been appointed by the Secretary for Food and Health as a member of the Hong Kong Advisory Council on AIDS for three years from 1 August 2008. Prof. Chan Ngai-hang, Professor of Statistics, has been appointed by the Secretary for Financial Services and the Treasury as a member of the Statistics Advisory Board for two years from 1 June 2008. Prof. Cho Chi-hin, chairman of the Department of Pharmacology, has been appointed by the Secretary for Food and Health as a member of the Pharmacy and Poisons Appeal Tribunal for two years from 14 August 2008. Prof. Lee Shiu-hung, Emeritus Professor of Community Medicine, has been appointed by the Secretary for Food and Health as a member of the Health Care and Promotion Fund Committee for two years from 1 August 2008. He has also been appointed by the Wuhan University of Science and Technology as an honorary professor. Prof. Sin Yat-ming Leo, professor in the Department of Marketing, has been re-appointed by the Secretary for Food and Health as a member of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health for two years from 1 October 2008. Prof. Leung Kwok-sui, director of the Orthopaedic Learning Centre, has been appointed by the Secretary for Food and Health as a member of the Supplementary Medical Professions Council and the chairman of the Physiotherapists Board for three years from 1 October 2008. Prof. Han Li-ming, professor in the Department of Finance, has been re-appointed by the Financial Secretary as a member of the Insurance Advisory Committee for two years from 1 October 2008. Prof. Leung Wing-nang Albert, associate director of the School of Chinese Medicine, has been appointed by the Secretary • • • • • • • • • • • • • for the Environment as a member of the Endangered Species Advisory Committee for two years from 1 October 2008. Prof. Low Chee-keong, associate professor in the School of Accountancy, has been re-appointed as a member of the Listing Committee of the Main Board and Growth Enterprise Market of the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited for one year from May 2008. Miss Ng Ho-yee Iris, professional consultant in the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, has been elected the Secretary (carrying the title of Internal Affairs Coordinator) of the Executive Committee of the Hong Kong Society of Audiology Limited from 2008 to 2010. Prof. Sian Griffiths, director of the School of Public Health, has been appointed as an honorary consultant of the Department of Health for three years from 1 June 2008. She has also been appointed as an honorary consultant to the hospitals under the New Territories East Cluster of the Hospital Authority for one year from 1 May 2008; and as the censor on the Public Health Medicine Subspecialty Board of the Hong Kong College of Community Medicine with effect from 1 August 2008. Prof. Lee Shui-shan, Professor of Infectious Diseases, has been appointed as an honorary consultant to the hospitals under the New Territories East Cluster of the Hospital Authority for two years from 3 May 2008. Ms Lo Dak-wai Alexandra, professional consultant in the Faculty of Law, has been appointed as an honorary legal advisor to the Kowloon Women’s Organizations Federation for three years from 1 June 2008. She has also been appointed as a member of the new Ethics Committee of the Chinese Medicine Council for three years from 15 May 2008. She has also been appointed to serve on the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of the CUHK- NTEC (New Territories East Cluster) of the Hospital Authority. Prof. Yum Tak-shing Peter, dean of engineering, has been appointed by The Hong Kong Institution of Engineers as an appointed member of the Accreditation Board and the Accreditation Board Executive Committee for the session 2008–09. Prof. Fung Ka-yiu Michael, professor in the Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, has been re- appointed as a member of the Air Transport Licensing Authority for two years from 1 August 2008. Prof. Janita P.C. Chau, associate professor in the Nethersole School of Nursing, has been appointed as the chief examiner for the Nursing Council of the Hong Kong Licensing Examination Part 1 (General) for two years from September 2008. Prof. Wong Tze-wai, professor in the Department of Community and Family Medicine, has been appointed by the Director of the Hong Kong Observatory as a scientific advisor to the Hong Kong Observatory for five years from 27 May 2008. He has also been appointed as a visiting professor of the School of Public Health at Sun Yat-sen University from April 2007 to March 2010. Prof. Cheung Kwong-yue Alex, research professor in the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, has been • • • • • • • • • • appointed by Beijing Normal University as Professor of the School for History. Prof. Chan Kay-sheung Paul, professor in the Department of Microbiology, has been appointed as a visiting professor of Beijing University of Technology for two years from 22 April 2008. He has also been appointed by the Director of the Hong Kong Observatory as a scientific advisor to the Hong Kong Observatory for five years from 27 May 2008. Prof. Ng Yan-yun Edward, professor in the Department of Architecture, has been appointed as an adjunct professor at Xi’an Jiaotong University for three years from 5 June 2008. Prof. Li Shuo-yen Robert, Professor of Information Engineering, has been appointed by Xidian University, Xi’an as honorary professor. Prof. Leung Po-sing, professor in the Department of Physiology, has been conferred the title of visiting professor by Shanghai Medical College of the Fudan University from September 2008 to August 2010. He has also been invited to the editorial board of the international journal Antioxidants and Redox Signaling from January 2008. Prof. Lau Tak-fai Joseph, director of Centre for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, has been appointed as a senior technical advisor to Jiangsu Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention for three years from 28 July 2008. He has also been invited to be a member of the editorial board of the Chinese Journal of Evidence-based Medicine 《中國循證醫學雜誌》 for two years. Prof. So Wai-man Raymond, associate professor in the Department of Finance, has been appointed as an adjunct professor of the School of Continuing and Professional Education, Hong Kong Institute of Education for two years from July 2008. Awards Prof. Wong Chack-kie, professor in the Department of Social Work, has been awarded the Medal of Honour. Prof. Cheung Yuet-wah, professor in the Department of Sociology, has been awarded the Medal of Honour. Prof. Chan Wai-sum, professor in the Department of Finance, has been awarded with Prof. Cheung Siu-hung the 2006 Edward A. Lew Award (Second Place) by the Committee on Knowledge Extension Research of the Society of Actuaries in the United States. Prof. Cheung Siu-hung, professor in the Department of Statistics, has been awarded with Prof. Chan Wai-sum the 2006 Edward A. Lew Award (Second Place) by the Committee on Knowledge Extension Research of the Society of Actuaries in the United States. Prof. Lo Yuk-ming Dennis, Professor of Chemical Pathology, has been awarded the American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) Outstanding Speaker Award for 2007. Information in this section is provided by the Communications and Public Relations Office. • • • • • • • • • • •