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HKUST President Prof Paul Chu today (Friday) welcomes the appointment of Dr the Hon Marvin Cheung Kin-tung, SBS, JP, as Chairman of the HKUST Council and Dr Michael Mak, JP, as Vice-Chairman of the Council. Prof Chu also expresses his heart-felt gratitude to Dr John Chan who steps down today from the Council Chairmanship after completing six years of distinguished service. "During his six years of Chairmanship, Dr Chan had always been there when the University needed him, whether it was a fund-raising event, a celebratory function, or a crisis, not to mention lengthy council meetings that would tax human endurance. He gave wholeheartedly of himself to advance the cause of this University. Our performance and progress over the last six years are in no small measure a reflection of his leadership and vision. We could not have asked for a more dedicated Chairman," Prof Chu said.

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Two distinguished scholars from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) are today (Thursday) awarded the prestigious Senior Research Fellowship by the Croucher Foundation in recognition of their breakthrough research in compound semiconductors and fuel cells. Prof Kei May Lau, Chair Professor of Electronic and Computer Engineering and Director of Photonics Technology Center, and Prof Tianshou Zhao, Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Associate Director of the Center for Sustainable Energy Technology, are among the five scholars in Hong Kong to receive this distinguished honor.

Hong Kong University of Science and Technology's Associate Professor in Industrial Engineering and Logistics Management Fugee Tsung was elected Regional Vice-president (Asia) of the Institute of Industrial Engineers (IIE) headquartered in Metro Atlanta, USA. His appointment will be effective starting 1 April, 2008 and for a term of two years. In his capacity as Regional Vice President for Asia, Dr Tsung will become the voice of all Asia chapters and members, representing them at the local level in the IIE leadership, and will encourage growth and development of the IE profession in this region.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today received a $5 million donation from The Bank of East Asia (BEA). The donation will be used to support the University’s academic and research development. The University has also applied for government matching for the donation. Speaking at the cheque presentation ceremony today (Friday 14 March 2008), HKUST Council Chairman Dr John Chan expressed gratitude for BEA’s generous donation, “We consider it an endorsement from one institution of excellence for another.” Dr Chan pledged that this gift from BEA will be put to good use, “I can assure Dr David Li, BEA’s Chairman and Chief Executive, that the donation will be used wisely and well. Putting money into this University is a risk-free investment. The only risks we take are in the pursuit of excellence. Unlike the stock market, our stock only goes up.”

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The Tin Ka Ping Foundation has generously pledged a donation of HK$3 million to the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). With the matching grant from the government, a total sum of HK$6 million will be made available for setting up the “Tin Ka Ping Education Fund”, a permanent fund for the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) at HKUST to help finance research development. The Tin Ka Ping Foundation Chairman Mr Tin Ka Ping, HKUST Council Chairman Dr John Chan, HKUST President Prof Paul Chu and HKUST IAS Executive Director Prof Angelina Yee attended the donation presentation ceremony today (Tuesday) to mark this meaningful moment. The Tin Ka Ping Education Fund was set up to fund a fellowship at the “Institute for Advanced Study”. The candidates will be young talents from mainland China whose major responsibility is to assist professors at IAS in research and teaching work.

The regalia logistics service, RF Regalia, employing the latest RFID technology, was extended to seven laundry outlets of Vogue Laundry Service and Souvenir Center of the University with a comprehensive logistics and inventory control system. All outlets were fully equipped with RFID devices so that graduates may return conveniently their regalia suits to any of these outlets after attending their congregation ceremony in November 2007. The use of RFID technologies allows seamless synchronization among the records of regalia suits at the outlets and those in the University. “RF Regalia, a deployment of RFID technologies for regalia management, was the first large-scale application to track regalia operation from ordering, delivery and logistics through a point-of-sale,” said Prof S.C. Cheung, Director of HKUST’s Cyberspace Center and RFID Benchmarking Lab.