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Hong Kong's first mobile air pollution monitoring platform was inaugurated today at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). The platform will allow researchers to map air pollutant concentrations in real-time, throughout different areas of Hong Kong.The Mobile Real-time Air Monitoring Platform (MAP) was developed by HKUST with a grant of HK$12.3 million from The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust. Prof. Paul Chu, President of HKUST, and Mr. Paul Cheng, Steward of The Hong Kong Jockey Club, jointly officiated at the Inauguration Ceremony.A powerful research tool to monitor air pollution, MAP is a specially fitted-out van designed for continuous measurements of air pollutants, and is ideal for inaccessible locations such as tunnels and bus depots.

Two scientists from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) were honored with the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship Awards for their research excellence.Dr. Tai-Kai Ng, Associate Professor of Physics and Dr. Randy Y C Poon, Associate Professor of Biochemistry, were among the five scholars who received this year’s Croucher Senior Research Fellowship Awards. They were selected through a highly competitive review process by leading experts in the international scientific community.Mr. Donald Tsang, Chief Secretary for Administration of the HKSAR, presented award certificates to the five winners at a presentation ceremony held by the Croucher Foundation today.

Technology and business leaders from 10 major economies will share their experiences in promoting technology-driven growth at an international symposium to be held in Hong Kong next week.The symposium, entitled “Economic Development through Commercialization of Science and Technology”, is jointly organized by the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation. The 4-day event will begin on 19 March 2002 (Tuesday).The symposium will hear models and experiences from Silicon Valley, India’s hitech region of Bangalore, the UK’s Cambridge Science Park, as well as those of the Chinese Mainland, Germany, Singapore, Taiwan, South Korea, Sweden, Israel, and Canada. Presentations will also be made on Hong Kong’s own technology initiatives, including the Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks, and the Nansha IT Park in Guangdong, of which HKUST is a development partner.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) announced today a new program to admit gifted students, to encourage outstanding Form 6 students to pursue highereducation in Hong Kong.Prof. Yuk Shee Chan, HKUST Vice-President for Academic Affairs, said: “Many top students go to the US or other countries for further studies after Form 6. With the introductionof this new program, we’re offering them better opportunities to study in Hong Kong instead.”“We’re looking for all-round students who excel not only in academic performance, but also in leadership, communication skills, social service and extra-curricular activities,” he said.

Award-winning photo journalist Jin Shouxian will hold his first exhibition in Hong Kong––Splendors of the West––at the Library Gallery of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 13 March to 30 May 2002.Born in Chongqing, West China, in 1943, Jin served in the military before he embarked on the career of a photographer. Currently he is the chief press photographer of Southwest Economic Daily in China. Since first publishing his photographs in 1978, he has received over a hundred gold, silver and bronze medals in exhibitions and contests in China and abroad. In 1992, he won the first Sichuan Literary and Art Prize. In 1998, the China Photographers' Association conferred on him the title of "Outstanding Member with Noble Character and Superb Skills". His works are widely exhibited in the US, Japan and Europe, and published in newspapers, magazines, books, photo albums and art calendars.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) School of Engineering and the University of Pennsylvania (Penn) School of Engineering & Applied Science have announced a plan for closer collaboration and coordination in their executive technology management programs.Representatives of the two schools signed a Statement of Strategic Alliance at HKUST today (27 February), which paves the way for more student and faculty exchanges. Students from each school will have the opportunity to visit the other school and take courses for credit, providing them with a global perspective and access to a wider range of world quality faculty.

香港科技大學（科大）委任陳玉樹教授出任學術副校長，專責為大學制定學術政策，統籌大學四所學院的運作及學術活動。陳教授表示：「我感到很榮幸，可以出任學術副校長，但同時我也戰戰競競。在短短十年間，科大已躍升為香港及亞太區一所優秀的研究型大學。我會竭盡所能，將科大建設成一所世界大學，匯聚全球睿智、創意及學識，貢獻社會。」陳教授於1990至1993年借調到科大，出任財務及經濟學系副主任，並協助工商管理學院延攬教授。1993年，他獲委任為商學院創院院長。科大校長朱經武教授表示：「陳教授是一位卓越的學者，能幹的主管；他治學嚴謹，待人以誠。作為商學院創院院長，他的起點定得很高，看得很遠，一步步帶領商學院實踐使命。科大商學院在短短十年間躋身世界級商學院之列，在亞洲居領先地位，足證他領導有方。」陳教授的研究領域包括信息經濟學、金融機構與合約、及公司財務。他是商學及會計學課程權威認可機構工商管理學院國際協會（AACSB）國際顧問委員會成員、亞太財務協會理事（於1997-99年間出任該會主席）及國際學術期刊《銀行與金融》副編輯。陳教授1975年以一級榮譽畢業於香港中文大學，其後赴美留學，在柏克萊加州大學獲工商管理碩士、經濟學碩士及經濟財務學博士學位。畢業後受聘於西北大學Kellogg管理研究院，1986年轉往南加州大學任教，1990年升任達爾財務學講座教授。陳教授積極參與公職及社會服務：他是公務員薪俸及服務條件常務委員會委員、紀律部隊人員薪俸及服務條件常務委員會委員、薪酬趨勢調查委員會主席、恒指諮詢委員會委員、公開大學校董會成員及教育統籌委員會中學以後教育發展工作小組成員。在出任副校長前，陳教授曾署理該職近一年。他獲科大校董會副校長聘選委員會及朱經武校長一致推薦出任副校長，任期三年，自2001年12月18日起生效。

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