Bulletin No. 2, 2011

News in Brief   43  activities and events Centre for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response The inauguration ceremony of the CERT-CUHK-Oxford University Centre for Disaster and Medical Humanitarian Response (CCOUC) was held on 19 April 2011. Prof. Andrew Hamilton (3rd right), Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford; Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung (2nd right), Vice-Chancellor of CUHK; and Dr. David Wong (3rd left), director of CERT, officiated at the ceremony. Based in the School of Public Health and Primary Care in the Faculty of Medicine and led by Prof. Chan Ying-yang Emily (1st left), CCOUC aims to build capacity in teaching and research in the area of disaster response, and will continue to provide training services to health care practitioners to equip them with knowledge and skills to render effective medical care and immediate assistance to the local community and vulnerable groups. Naming Ceremony of Run Run Shaw Science Building The naming ceremony for the Run Run Shaw Science Building, officiated by Dr. Vincent H.C. Cheng (right), Chairman of the University Council, and Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung (left), Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, was held on 4 July 2011. The building is named after Dr. the Honourable Run Run Shaw in recognition of his staunch support of and wise counsel to CUHK over the years. The University also thanked Mrs. Mona Shaw (centre), chairman of The Shaw Foundation Hong Kong Limited, for gracing the ceremony with her presence. Located on a hillside on the central campus of CUHK, the Run Run Shaw Science Building houses over 70 world-class and state-of-the-art laboratories for the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Medicine.