Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2006

24 The 63rd Congregation for the Conferment of Degrees 32 Renowned College Masters and a Green Environment 32 Official Inauguration of the School of Law 34 CUHK’s Environment-friendly, State-of-the-art Science Laboratories Building 36 CUHK Proves Top Choice of Top Students in 2006 Admissions Exercise 40 News in Brief CHINESE UNIVERSITY BULLETIN Autumn • Winter 2006 C o n t e n t s 2 Focused Areas of Scholarship Geoinformation and Earth Sciences Chinese Studies Biomedical Sciences Information Sciences Economics and Finance 4 8 12 16 20 © The Chinese University of Hong Kong 2006 The Chinese University Bulletin is published biannually by the Information Services Office and is distributed to friends and staff of CUHK Address all correspondence to Information Services Office, CUHK, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, The People’s Republic of China E-mail iso@cuhk.edu.hk Website www.cuhk.edu.hk/iso/bulletin/ Advisory Committee on Chinese University Bulletin Prof. Joseph M. Chan Prof. Chiang Ying-ho Prof. Daniel P.L. Law Ms. Conita S.C. Leung Mr. Jacob S.K. Leung Mr. Li Kai-ming Prof. David Parker Prof. Billy K.L. So Editorial Staff Editor K.F. Chor Assistant Editors Piera Chen Lam LapWai Florence Chan Wendy Ng Production Ada Lam Pony Leung