Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 2006

Chinese University Bulletin Autumn · Winter 2006 A lmost a year has gone by since the University adopted its Ten-Year Strategic Plan ( www.cuhk.edu.hk/v6/en/cuhk/ strategicplan/ourtenyearvision.html ), which specifies broadly the directions for the University’s future development, and selected five major areas of scholarship as major thrusts of its research efforts. They are Chinese Studies, Biomedical Sciences, Information Sciences, Economics and Finance, and Geoinformation and Earth Sciences. These areas, already strong at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, have the potential for attaining exceptional distinction and world-class impact. In this issue of the Chinese UniversityBulletin ,we interviewed the respective coordinators on the significance and contributions of the areas and their latest developments. But first we spoke to Prof. Lawrence J. Lau, Vice-Chancellor of the University, about his aspiration for the University and his expectations for the five areas. F ocused A reas of S cholarship Prof. Lawrence J. Lau