Staff

The HKUST Staff Association became the first organization in the education sector to be named a Caring Company by the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. In a further demonstration of our campus spirit, donations from colleagues and friends also saw the setting up of the HKUST Staff Association Scholarship, which will make four awards to students per academic year.

Governance

During the year the Council, HKUST's overall governing body, held three meetings to discuss university business and developments. Four new Council members were appointed in April, namely Dr Marvin Cheung (Council Vice-Chairman), Mr Alexander Au, Mr Donald Chia and Mr Keith Kerr. They replaced Mr Philip Chen, Mr Ronnie Chan and Mr Leo Kung. The University welcomes the former and sincerely thanks the latter for their time and service to HKUST.

The Senate, the University's supreme academic body, put in much work to improve and refine the Preparatory Year Program in line with the University's objective to internationalize the student body. The program will assist non-local students who do not have Hong Kong A-Level examinations, or equivalent, to pursue degree courses at HKUST, and provide the University with experience in developing four-year curricula.

The Court, the University's top advisory body, saw its first group of Honorary Members appointed in February. The honorary advisers are Sir David Akers-Jones, Dr Thomas Chen, Mr Christopher Cheng, Dr Hari Harilela, Dr William Mong, Sir Run Run Shaw, Dr Tsui Tsin-Tong and Dr Geoffrey Yeh.