Winter Issue, 2010
Adrian Law Wing-keung 羅永強 (BSc(Eng) 1984) Dr Law, an Associate Professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore, was invited by the HKU Department of Civil Engineering to deliver a talk on “Mechanics of Starting Buoyant Jets” in October. Before joining NTU, Dr Law was a practicing hydraulic engineer in the United States and was awarded the Wesley Horner Award by the American Society of Civil Engineers, and two Outstanding Technical Paper Awards by the Bechtel Corporation, USA. Oliver Chou Kwong-chung 周光蓁 (PhD 2003) Dr Chou, Senior Writer, Culture with the South China Morning Post , received an award from The Secretary for Home Affairs’ Commendation Scheme for his outstanding contributions to the development of arts and culture. He spent more than ten years conducting research for the book 《中央樂團史( 1956-1996 )》 , which was named by Yazhou Zhoukan as one of the 10 best books for 2009. Dorothy Ng 吳鳳平 (PhD 2005) Congratulations to Dr Ng (4th right) and her team whose publication “The Art of Leung Sing-boh” , published by ET Press under the Leung Sing-Boh Biography Publication and Research Project, won the 22nd Hong Kong Print Awards Distinguished Publishing Award. The project was funded by the HKU Culture and Humanities Fund to commemorate the 100th birthday of the famous artist in 2008. 62 Allan Chiang Yam-wang 蔣任宏 (BSc 1972; DipEd 1973; DipManStud 1981; MBA 1983; MSocSc 1986; PCLL 2010) In August, Mr Chiang took office as the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data. Helen Wong Pik-kuen 黃碧娟 (BSocSc 1983) With many years of commercial and investment banking experience in Greater China and the Asia-Pacific region, Ms Wong has been appointed President and Chief Executive Officer China of HSBC Bank (China) Company Limited. Agnes Allcock 鍾小玲 (LLB 1980, MHousMan 1995) In October, Mrs Allcock became the Director General of the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in London. In taking up this new role, she says she is looking forward to helping to build upon the long-standing economic, business and cultural ties with the United Kingdom and many other countries. Photo: Ming Pao
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