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The Lee Shau Kee Foundation Limited has generously pledged a donation of HK$400 million to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) to mark his support of the University's development as a global leader in education and research."HKUST aspires to become a world premier intellectual center. I hope my donation will help the University realize this goal so that more talented individuals will have the opportunities to receive its quality education. Eventually, this will benefit the whole community," said Dr Lee Shau Kee, Chairman of the Lee Shau Kee Foundation.HKUST Council Chairman Dr John C C Chan expressed profound gratitude to Dr Lee for his munificent donation. "We are indeed fortunate to have such a great partner. This magnificent gift signifies Dr Lee's strong endorsement of HKUST's mission of excellence," Dr Chan said.

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology collaborated with WWF and Teng Hoi Conservation Organization on the installation and system tests of a dynamite fishing detection system at WWF’s Marine Life Centre in Hoi Ha Wan. During the process of testing the device, a total of 8 blast events were recorded between 23 November 2006 and 26 February 2007. The detection system can determine the direction of the blast but because there is only one system in operation, the location of the 8 events is not known: they may have occurred in Hong Kong or PRC waters.

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The U.S. based T.T. & W. F. Chao Foundation has made a donation of US $2.6 million (approximately HK $20 million) to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). This is the first big donation from overseas to HKUST which will be used to set up an Endowed Chair Professorship for the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS). “I am very grateful to the Chao Foundation’s generous support for the IAS. The fact that the donation came from outside Hong Kong is particularly encouraging, as it signifies HKUST’s achievement is being recognized all over the world. I hope that more philanthropists will follow the Chao Foundation’s example.” President Paul Chu said.

An outstanding scientist at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Prof Mingjie Zhang, was conferred the 2006 National Natural Science Award in recognition of his breakthrough research that would help the development of treatment for stroke, for which there is currently no cure. Prof Zhang, of the Department of Biochemistry, received the prestigious award in Beijing today (Tuesday) for his contributions to elucidating the molecular mechanisms for a series of protein complexes that play signaling roles in neurons. "Currently, there is no cure for stroke. We believe that what we are doing will provide very important scientific findings for the development of potential stroke treatment, at least to alleviate but potentially to cure or reverse stroke," Prof Zhang added.

A team of MBA students from the Hong Kong University of Science & Technology School of Business and Management (HKUST Business School) finished second after winning though to the final round of the Wake Forest Marketing Summit held from February 8 to 11 in the US. HKUST was the only business school out of 42 entrants from outside the US to take part in the competition. In the finals, it beat teams from University of Dartmouth, University of Indiana, Michigan State (Broad), University of California at Berkeley, University of Washington and the local host team, Wake Forest University. The championship went to the University of Virginia. The Hong Kong team comprised six first-year MBA students, Alice Yi Jue Luo, Fedrik Tsung Chang King, Jane Jie Hao, Mauricio Ferreira M. Ribeiro, Peter Blake Crawley and Zong Hui Cui.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today (Feb 9) kicked off its joint Corporate Project as part of its Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management (T&M) in tandem with its corporate partners and project sponsors, Orient Overseas Container Line Ltd and Sun Microsystems of California Ltd. (From left) Mr Steve Siu and Ms Betty Lin present a cheque to sponsor Corporate Project of HKUST Dual Degree Program in Technology and Management Mr Steve Siu and Ms Betty Lin pose for a photo with 16 HKUST T&M students participating in Corporate Project