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Statement clearly asserts that the mission of HKUST is

 !"#$%&'( to advance learning and knowledge through teaching
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 !"#$%&'()*+$% university experience and a well-rounded education that
 !"#$%&'()!*+,- enhances their technical knowledge as well as cultural
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 !"#$%&'()*+,- student teams from HKUST's Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering
 !"#$%&'()*+) Management (IEEM) received a number of prizes

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 !"#$%&'()*+ Application Project and Merit Project. This was the
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 !"#$%$&'()*+, A team of four students from the Business and

 !"#$%&'()*+, Management School, Maggie CHAN, Grace
 !"#$%&'()*+,- CHUN, LAM Wai Nam, and Dennis LAI, competed
 !"#$%&'()*+, against teams from around the world and reached
 !"#$%&'()*+,$ the final round of the Undergraduate Management
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 !"#$%&'()*+,- wireless audio won the Best Paper Award in the
 Student Paper Contest of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems. Three other ELEC postgraduates, Vincent Sin-Luen CHEUNG,
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 !"#$%&'()*+,-. present two papers at the world-renowned
 !"#$%&'()*+,- International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). This was the third time (1997, 1999, and
 !"#$%&'()*+,-. 2000) that the research papers from Hong Kong had
 been presented at the Conference. All of such papers were the work of HKUST postgraduates.
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 !"#$%&'()*+,- Apart from their achievements in the academic field, HKUST students once again demonstrated their ability
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 !"#$%&'()*+, activities held this year. Some examples are as follows:
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 !"#$%&'()*+,  men's team also won the overall championship and
 the women's team finished as first runner-up.
 !"#$%&'()*+"$ The University Choir won the championships in
 !"#$%&'()*+,- English Choral Singing and Chinese Hymn Choral
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 !"#$%&'()*+,- year-old Choir had won these two prizes.


In the 7th Intervarsity Handball Invitation
 !"#$%&'()*+, Tournament, the HKUST Handball Team won the
 !"#$%&'()*+,- overall championship, men's team championship and women's team second runner-up overall. This
 !"#$%&'()*+,- was the third year in a row that HKUST had won
 !"#$% the men's team championship.

 !"#$%&'()* ! The HKUST Contract Bridge Club won a number of
 !"#$%&'()*+,- awards in competitions this year, including the East Asia Inter-University Invitational Bridge
 !"#$%&'()*+, Championship, the AIA Open Team for Post-
 !"#$%&'()*+,- Secondary Schools, and the Convergence Cup.
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 !"#$%&'()*+,-. section and second place in the verse section.
 !"#$%&'()*+,-. In the Hong Kong International Dragon Boat Races
 !"#$%&' 2000 held at Shatin, the 30-member HKUSTSU Dragon Boat Team won the Post-Secondary Class Championship.

Many HKUST students excelled in organizing extra-curricular events. For example, the student societies from the Science School's five departments successfully organized the first Science School Summer Camp during the 1999 summer vacation. A total of 200 secondary school students participated in the camp.

Overseas exchange students at HKUST also actively participated in campus activities. In May
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 !"#$%&'()*+,-./ anytime, anywhere. The service also helps enhance the
 !"#$%&'()*+,- Student Affairs Office's communication with alumni.
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 !"#$%&'(%&') associations. This brings the total number of alumni societies to 19. Alumni in Beijing and California have
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 !"#$%&'()*+,)- The University's approved academic staff establishment for 1999-2000 was 520. As of 30 June 2000, 413 faculty
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 !"#$%&' was 1,540. Compared with the approved establishment of 1,765 in 1997-98 (the University Grants Committee
 !"#$%&'()*+, imposed a 10% budget cut on all supported institutions
 !"#$%&'()*+,- in the triennium 1998-2001), the reduction was the result
 !"#$%&'()*+,- of University measures to address the drop in funding 35 through natural attrition and a freeze on recruitment.
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 !"#$%&'()*+ involved in technology transfer, and to contribute in 0
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Many other HKUST faculty members earned
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 !"#$%&'()*+, Prof Pang-Hsin TING, Dean of Humanities and
 !"#$%&'() Social Science, was elected Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America.
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 !"#$%&'()*+,- the 1999 Best Article Award by the Australian
 !"#$%&'()*+,- Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics.
 !"#$%&'()*+,- Dr Yundong WU of the Chemistry Department was
 !"#$% selected for the Croucher Senior Research Fellowship for 2000-01.
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 !"#$%&'()*+,- Representation and Reasoning in Colorado.
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 !" Government announced on 30 June 2000 that two of the University's Court members, two Council members,
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 !"#$% !"#&'()* contributions to society and their dedicated public and
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 !"# Gold Bauhinia Star : Dr Robin Y H CHAN (Council member)
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 !"#! ===== Dr Geoffrey M T YEH (Court member) 
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 !"#! Mr Tony Y H YEN (Court member)
 !"#$%&'()*#+, At the University's Seventh Congregation, four
 !"#$%&'"()*+,- distinguished scholars and community leaders were awarded honorary doctorates:

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 !"#$%&'()*+, Prof Shang Fa YANG Doctor of Science honoris causa
 !"#$%&'()*+,-./
 !"#$%&'()*+$,- On the same occasion, Dr Che-Ting CHAN of the
 !"#$%&'()*+,-./ Physics Department was awarded the Michael G Gale Medal for Distinguished Teaching—the University's
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 ! outgoing Chairman of the Students' Union Council was awarded the Stephen Cheong Kam-chuen Medal for Distinguished Service to the Student Body in recognition of his leadership and services for his fellow schoolmates.

On 26 May 2000, HKUST for the first time conferred the title of Honorary Fellow on two distinguished

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 !"#$%&'()*+, and business leaders. The title is awarded to individuals
 !"#$%&'(#$)*+, who have made significant contributions to the
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At the latter meeting, the Chancellor, the Hon TUNG Chee-hwa, applauded the University's contribution to
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members' opinions on a wide range of topics including
 !"#$%&'()*+, curriculum reform and the strategy for science and technology development in the SAR.
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 !"#$%&'()*+&,- Chief Executive the Hon TUNG Chee-hwa took part in a Senate meeting. 0
 !"#$%&'(")*+,- Council
 !"#$%&'()*+,-. On 1 April 2000, Dr LAU Wah-Sum, founding Treasurer
 !"#$%&'()*+, of the University, retired from the Council after 12 years of service. He was succeeded by Mr WONG Ying Wai, Wilfred. There were other membership changes: Mr
 Simon S O IP and Mr Martin Y TANG left the Council upon expiry of their terms of appointment. Dr Lau, Mr
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 !"#$%&'()*+,!- the Hon Christine LOH Kung-Wai, and Prof the Hon
 !"#$ NG Ching-Fai. Dr Angelina C C YEE replaced Prof Nancy Y IP as a Senate representative.
 !"#$%&'()*+,
 !"#$%&'()*+,-./ The Council held three plenary sessions during the year 1999-2000. One of the Council's major efforts this
 !"#$%&'()*+,- year was to formulate the Mission, Vision, and
 !"#$%&'()*+,-%. Objectives Statement for the University. In August 1999, Council Chairman Dr Vincent H S LO formed a special
 !"#$%&'()*+, task force to work on the Statement. Over the six months
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During the year, the Council formed the Public
 !""#$ A Council meeting in session. Affairs Steering Committee. Headed by the Council Chairman, this new committee's duties include
 !"#$%&'()*+,-. providing advice on the University's long-term public affairs strategies and overseeing the general
 !"#$%#$&'"#( implementation of the University's public affairs work.
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 !"#$%&'()*+, included the following:

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 !"#$%&'()*+,- now nominate candidates for Honorary Fellowships as
 !"#$%&'()*+,- well as Honorary Doctorates for the Council's
 !"#$%&'()*+,-. consideration. Subsequent to the retirement of the
 !"# founding Chairman of the Audit Committee, Sir Gordon MACWHINNIE, Mr Philip CHEN from the same
 !"#$%&'()*+, Committee was appointed Chairman while Ms Ruth KUOK and Mr Tim LUI Tim-Leung were invited to join
 !"#$ %&'()*+, the Committee. Mr K C KWONG, the then Secretary for
 !"#$%&'()*+,-! Information Technology and Broadcasting, also served
 !"#$%&'()*+,-. briefly on the Committee.
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 !"#$%&'()*+,-. Seven prominent community leaders joined the Court
 !!"#$%&'()*!+ during the year under review: Mr Payson M S CHA, Dr
 !"#$%&'()*+,-. William K FUNG, Mr Simon S O IP, Dr LAU Wah-Sum, 41 Mr Martin Y TANG, Mr Tony Y H YEN, and Mr ZEE
 !"#$%&'()*+,-. ===== Kwoh Kung. Prof Donald C CHANG replaced Prof Shiu- 
 !"#$%&'()*+,-. Yuen CHENG as a Senate representative. Another two

 !"#$%&'()*+,-. new members to the Court were the incoming President
 !" of the HKUST Students' Union, Miss Germaine CHAN
 !"#$%&'()*+,-. Chore Man, and the incoming President of the HKUST Alumni Association, Mr Terry LEUNG Tin-Yu. Two
 !"#$%&'()*%&'+ members, Mr Richard LI and Mr Robert NG, left the
 !"#
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 !"#$%&'()*+,-. The Court held a joint meeting with the University
 !"#$%&$'()*+,- Council on 12 November 1999. This was the first Court meeting chaired by Dr the Hon Sze-Yuen CHUNG in
 !"#$%&!"'()*+, his capacity as Pro-Chancellor of the University.
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 !" #$%&'()*+,- Hong Kong, is convened by Mr Paul CHENG. Sir David
 !"##$% AKERS-JONES leads the Task Force on Campus Development to explore opportunities for development
 !"#$%&'(!)*+ within and outside the campus. Dr Helmut SOHMEN's
 !"#$%&'()
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 !"#$%&'()*+,-. promoting the arts and broadening cultural horizons on campus.
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 !"#$%&'()*+,-. report from the Council Chairman on the formulation
 !"#$%&'()*+,-. of the University's Mission, Vision, and Objectives
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