新聞及香港科大故事

科大環球商業管理及營運管理學四年級學生黃子容，曾參加義工活動遠赴印度義務照顧無家可歸的婦孺，親眼目睹民眾在飽受乾旱困擾的赤貧鄉村掙扎求存讓她深感震撼和痛心，當日的畫面至今仍然歷歷在目。子容在台灣長大，自幼過著舒適的城市生活，在印度的難忘經歷，除了使她驚覺幸福絕非必然，更在其內心深處播下了熱心助人的種子。 她說：「我們有幸活在安全舒適的環境，難以想像還有不少人過著朝不保夕、顛沛流離的日子。只有身處當地，才可真切感受兩者差異之大；正正是因為有了這種感悟，才讓我開始深思如何幫助不幸的一群，以及自己應該承擔什麼樣的社會責任。」 因此，當她去年得知總部設於瑞士日內瓦的紅十字會國際委員會(ICRC)開辦一年制實習計劃，便即毅然申請。「我告訴自己，若需作出使生命變得不一樣的勇敢抉擇，必須當機立斷，不能白白錯過機會！」說起當日情景，她眼中仍然流露一絲興奮。 子容參與的實習計劃，是ICRC與「科大侍學行公民伙伴實習計劃」事前經歷無數磋商和交流而得出的成果，獲得科大全力支持。多年來，侍學行計劃曾夥拍不同志願組織舉辦多項實習活動，全部均以培養學生多方面才能為目標。 ICRC實習計劃向來競爭激烈，而根據慣例，歐洲的研究生更會佔去當中大部分名額。然而，子容參與的這一輪計劃，是專門為科大學生而設的。  申請人的學業成績或學術背景並非評選標準。上述實習計劃的評審員反而更著重入選者的「熱誠」是否與ICRC一致，而衡量「熱誠」的唯一法則，就是申請人過往參與人道救援相關工作的經歷。另外，由於實習時需要接觸具有不同文化背景的人士，申請者是否開明和熟悉公共事務，也是重要的評審準則。 子容最終獲分派到ICRC的資源動員部工作，主力負責因應捐款人關心的議題撰寫籌款建議書，以及聯繫各國政府代表。 身為商學院學生，子容成功運用在大學習得的經濟及財務知識，幫助ICRC開展關於亞洲及新興國家的研究。舉例說，她曾引述印尼的經濟指數，講解為何該國有機會成為ICRC的合作夥伴。 從學生搖身一變為專業人士，子容不諱言適應需時。在ICRC工作的第一天，她隨上司會見一位歐洲代表，儘管自己能操流利英語和法語，卻未能完全掌握會議上的對話內容。

The global race for fifth generation supremacy is under way, with countries competing to be the first to provide 5G mobile broadband services. The ultra-fast network will prompt inventions, of which today we cannot even dream. Countries around the world have devoted much resources to developing, manufacturing and deploying the new equipment necessary for 5G transmissions. China, for instance, has recently become highly influential in the field with its ability to develop infrastructure for 5G systems worldwide. In Asia, Hong Kong has been blamed for being slow to launch the new service in comparison with the mainland, South Korea and Japan. Actually, a delay is not necessarily a bad thing, as it allows Hong Kong to have a longer testing period to ensure a more reliable and decent 5G mobile service. Hong Kong's privately-owned telecom market is very competitive and cautious.

香港科技大學（科大）水底機械人大賽小隊於2019年MATE國際水底機械人大賽勇奪全場總冠軍及工程演說冠軍。這是隊伍繼2017年後，再次於是次比賽中獲得全場總冠軍，亦是目前唯一一支在比賽舉辦18年來獲得這個最高榮譽的亞洲隊伍。

Humans are creatures who often judge whether a dish is attractive or a stranger is friendly simply by their own eyes. But our sense of smell is just as important. We all may have the experience of eating with a stuffy nose and found a dish to be tasteless or using our nose to check whether it has gone bad. Moreover, people tend to keep their distance from a person with an unpleasant odor, while special odors like gas can alert us to dangers of a leak. As the old Chinese adage goes, "My shack is better than an emperor's bed." What makes our own shack better? Our smell, together with the smell of our family members, and pets as well if any, makes it unique and reassuring. To understand how smell impacts people, researchers at the University of British Columbia, Canada, invited 96 couples for a study last year.

Our fishery gave birth to a love of seafood, but it is also contributing to the global fish stocks decline. We degraded it through overfishing, pollution and reclamation before building a fleet to ravage fisheries in other places. Many cities have actually done the same. Ironically, calls to save global fish stocks come from cities that sacrificed their own fisheries. Yet, Hong Kong also shows the way to a solution. It retains a resilient population of people who fish, those with the expertise and toughness to build a sustainable fishery, that is, such as those where catch volume and fishing practices allow for continual regeneration of stock, while enabling fishers to achieve a decent standard of living. People in the industry will overfish and abuse the ecosystem to provide more income if they can't afford a living. But our highly adaptable fishermen can demonstrate a global model for sustainable fishery.

香港科技大學機械人競賽團隊—水底機械人小隊在第14屆MATE國際水底機械人大賽香港區賽成功衛冕，蟬聯九屆冠軍。該支隊伍將代表香港，參加在6月20至22日於美國田納西州金斯波特水上運動中心舉行的國際賽。

香港科技大學環境研究所今日推出嶄新的流動應用程式 PRAISE-HK，旨在減少空氣污染對用戶的個人健康威脅。PRAISE-HK 全名是「個人化實時空氣污染風險信息系統 」(英文：Personalized Real-time Air-quality Informatics System for Exposure – Hong Kong)，將有助香港成為世界級的智慧健康城市。PRAISE-HK 是滙豐150週年慈善計劃自2016年11月起資助，為期五年的項目，流動應用程式和系統分三個階段推進：(1)    第一階段 - 今日發表的應用程式以高解析度（達2米至20米）的街道級別地圖提供室外空氣質素資訊；(2)    第二階段 - 全面整合空氣污染對個人健康威脅的資訊，追踪個人由室內至室外（包括於交通工具內）所接觸空氣污染水平；(3)    第三階段 - 完成互動應用程式及系統，根據個人對空氣污染的反應提供健康預測警報。 什麼是PRAISE-HK？PRAISE-HK是一款智慧城市應用程式，提供最先進的街道級別實時空氣質素和健康風險信息和48小時空氣質素預報。PRAISE-HK 顯示「空氣質素健康指數」（AQHI）以及由四種空氣污染物：二氧化氮（NO2）、臭氧（O3）、懸浮粒子（PM10 和PM2.5)）和二氧化硫（SO2） 所導致入院的個別健康風險增幅總和 (%AR)。用戶可在 PRAISE-HK 應用程式獲取上述的實用資訊，然後採取相應措施，減少短期曝露於空氣污染物的風險，對空氣污染物敏感的人士會大大受益於此程式。PRAISE-HK應用程式是由香港科技大學環境研究所開發的全新系統，項目由跨學科專家領導，其高精準度可歸功於以下重要技術： 

Unmanned aircraft systems started to gain attention in US military operations more than a decade ago, but nowadays, people enjoy flying drones for photography and videography purposes. Drones are also gaining widespread acceptance for goods delivery, surveying and scientific research. I have two recreational drones, so I was eager to examine the three-month drone regulation proposals put out by the Civil Aviation Department in late 2017. There are six recommendations for the UAS regulatory regime: a registration system; risk-based classification of operations; training and assessment requirements; drone maps; insurance requirements; and indoor operations. The recommendations are sound, but a number of salient issues were omitted. The first is the absence of regulations governing drone manufacturers.