On Friday we signed an agreement with TCL to establish a joint centre on AI, funded by a generous multi-million dollar donation from TCL. The picture shows Faculty members with TCL representatives including LI Dongsheng, the long-standing Chairman of TCL (on my left).
The annual HKU long service awards honours the service of some of our staff who have worked for the university for some time. This year the Faculty had many such loyal staff. One of the most prominent being Prof Chi-ming Che, a member of three scientific academies, PI of the State Key Lab, PI of…
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Actually from last week, I travelled with some of our marine scientists to Qingdao to discuss setting up a new joint CAS-HKU lab in marine biology. Hoping to have this concluded by the end of the year.
A uniquely HKU event occurs annually when the Hong Kong Jockey Club make their box at Sha Tin race track over to the university. We invite our many friends, donors and alumni to spend the afternoon with us.
My first visit to Shanghai was with colleagues from the Department of Chemistry to sign a collaboration agreement with China’s premier drug discovery institute. An excellent opportunity to bring our combined strengths together for the benefit of the region.
Every semester I host a special lunch for high GPA students. It is a great occasion for staff and students to talk and listen to concerns and interests. It is also a highly international affair, as you might expect at HKU. This was my sixth such lunch and or the first time a student came…
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Always a good occasion celebrating some of our top scholars. This year the faculty had two – The Norman and Cecilia Yip Professorship in Bioinorganic Chemistry and the Patrick S C Poon Professorship in Statistics and Actuarial Science.
On Saturday the Faculty kicked off its 80th anniversary celebrations with a home coming ceremony. It was wonderful to see so many alumni from as far back as the 1950s. An excellent occasion.
Spent two evenings delivering short lectures on global warming and its consequences accompanied by music from the excellent Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Jung-Ho Pak
HKU’s annual spring reception for the assembled members of the Hong Kong press
