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Joint HKU/CUHK/CPU Academic Seminar on 'After SARS: Education and Research Agenda for the Future'
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Joint HKU/CUHK/CPU Academic Seminar on 'After SARS: Education and Research
Agenda for the Future' on July 2, 2003 at
Theatre II, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)

Programme

Time Activity Chairmen/ Convenors
8:30am - 9:15am Registration  
9:15am - 9:35am Opening Speeches
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Professor CF Lee
Pro-Vice Chancellor (HKU)

Professor Kenneth Young
Pro-Vice Chancellor (CUHK)

9:35am - 10:45am Parallel Sessions

(A) Medical and Health Care
(Room 605)

(B) Economic Recovery
(Room 606)

(C) Community Responses, Cohesiveness and Services
(Room 607)

(D) Environment Planning and Building
(Room 608)



Professor TH Lam (HKU)
Professor Edith Lau (CUHK)

Professor RYC Wong (HKU)
Professor YW Sung (CUHK)

Professor CLW Chan (HKU)
Professor Rance Lee (CUHK)


Professor KW Chau (HKU)
Professor KC Lam (CUHK)

10:45am - 11:10am Coffee Break  
11:10am - 12:10pm Parallel Sessions (continued)  
12:10pm - 12:50pm Plenary and Sharing Session
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12:50pm - 1:00pm Closing Remarks by Chairmen
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Professor CF Lee (HKU)
Professor Kenneth Young (CUHK)

1:00pm End of Seminar  


Programme for the Medical and Health Care Group
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Date: July 2, 2003
Time: 9:35 am - 12:10 pm
Venue: Room 605, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
Chairpersons: Prof TH Lam, HKU
Prof Edith Lau, CUHK (will serve as rapporteur for the Public Seminar)

Time

Title/ Activity

Speaker

9:35 am - 9:45 am Biomedical research in the post-SARS era: challenges and opportunities
Professor Dennis Lo
Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine, CUHK
9:45 am - 9: 55 am Epidemiology and public health research in the post SARS era
Professor AJ Hedley
Professor, Department of Community Medicine, HKU
9:55 am - 10:05 am Health services management research in the post SARS era
Professor Peter Yuen
Professor and Associate Head, Department of Management, HKPU
10:05 am - 10:45 am Panel Discussion  
10:45 am - 11:10 am Coffee Break  
11:10 am - 11:20 am Child health issues in the post SARS era
Professor YL Lau
Head, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, HKU
11:20 am - 11:30 am Research in the elderly in the post-SARS era

Professor Alex Kwan
Professor, Department of Applied Social Studies, CITYU

11:30 am - 11:40 am Mental health issues in the post SARS era
Professor Sing Lee
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, CUHK
11:40 am - 12:10 pm Panel Discussion  

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Programme for the Economic Recovery Group
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Date: July 2, 2003
Time: 9:35 am - 12:10 pm
Venue: Room 606, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
Chairpersons: Professor Richard YC Wong, HKU
Professor YW Sung, CUHK (will serve as rapporteur for the Public Seminar)

Time

Theme

Speaker

9:35 am - 9:45 am Tourism
Dr J Newton,
Lecturer, School of Business, HKU
9:45 am - 9:55 am Trade
Professor Leonard Cheng,
Head and Professor, Department of Economics, HKUST
9:55 am - 10:05 am Healthcare
Professor LS Ho,
Head, Department of Economics, LU
10:05 am - 10:45 am Panel Discussion  
10:45 am - 11:10 am

Coffee Break

 
11:10 am - 11:20 am Macroeconomy
Dr Alan Siu, Associate Dean, Faculty of Business and Economics, HKU
11:20 am - 11:30 am Food and catering
Professor PK Lau, Associate Professor, Department of Business Studies, HKPU
11:30 am - 11:40 noon Financial markets
Professor SK Tsang, Professor, Department of Economics, HKBU
11:40am - 12:10 pm Panel Discussion  

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Programme for the Community Responses, Cohesiveness and Services Group
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Date: July 2, 2003
Time: 9:35 am - 12:10 pm
Venue: Room 607, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
Chairpersons: Professor Rance PL Lee, CUHK
Professor Cecilia LW Chan, HKU (will serve as rapporteur for the Public Seminar)

Title/ Activity

Speaker

Do We Understand Hong Kong
Professor KM Cheng, Chair Professor, Faculty of Education, HKU
The Role of Mass Media in Crisis
Professor Paul Lee, Director, School of Journalism and Communication, CUHK
Instantaneous Perceptions of and Responses to SARS in April and June of 2003
Professor SH Ng, Head, Department of Applied Social Studies, CityU
Community Responses to SARS Outbreak and Prevention Activities
Professor Catherine Tang, Professor, Department of Psychology, CUHK
Roles and Functions of the NGOs in Responding to the SARS Crisis in Hong Kong
Professor Wong Hung, Assistant Professor, Department of Social Work, CUHK
Lessons from Civil Society's Response to SARS
Dr Joseph Chan, Associate Professor, Department of Politics and Public Administration, HKU
Civic Responsibility, Social Cohesiveness and the University Community: The PolyU FHSS Anti-SARS Campaign and Further Research Agenda
Professor Angelina Yuen, Associate Head, Department of Applied Social Sciences, HKPU
After SARS: Reflection and Research Possibilities - A Perspective from the Humanities
Professor YS Leung, Sub-Dean, Faculty of Arts, CUHK
Opportunities for General Education Afforded by SARS
Dr Albert Chau, Director, General Education Unit, HKU
The Development and Consolidation of Moral Identity and Civic Awareness Among Students As a Result of SARS Crisis
Professor SY Wong, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, CUHK
Coffee Break  
Q & A Session  

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Programme for the Environment, Planning & Building Group
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Date: July 2, 2003
Time: 9:35 am - 12:10 pm
Venue: Room 608, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC)
Chairpersons: Professor KC Lam, CUHK
Professor KW Chau, HKU (will serve as rapporteur for the Public Seminar)

Time

Title/ Activity

Speaker

9:35 am - 9:40 am Building Health & Hygiene Index (BHHI) - A Pilot Test
Dr Daniel Ho, Associate Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction, HKU
9:40 am - 9:45 am Environment Planning and Building
Professor Bernard Lim, Professor, Department of Architecture, CUHK
9:45 am - 9:50 am Infectious Disease Control and Prevention Geographic Information System for the Next War Against SARS
Professor Anthony Yeh, Chair Professor, Centre of Urban Planning and Environmental Management, HKU
9:50 am - 9:55 am Infection Control Within the Built Environment
Professor Andrew Baldwin, Head, Department of Building and Real Estate, HKPU
9:55 am - 10:00 am Transmission Routes, SARS Wards and Healthy Buildings - The Needs for Interdisciplinary Research
Dr YG Li, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, HKU
10:00 am - 10:05 am Architectural Studies of Environmental Conditions at Amoy Gardens
Professor JY Tsou, Professor, Department of Architecture, CUHK
10:05 am - 10:10 am Development of a Virus Cleaner
Dr Albert TP So, Associate Professor, Department of Building and Construction, CityU
10:10 am - 10:45 am Panel Discussion  
10:45 am - 11:10 am Coffee Break  
11:10 am - 11:15 am Health and Open Space Planning
Professor Lawrence WC Lai, Professor, Department of Real Estate and Construction, HKU
11:15 am - 11:20 am SARS Cluster Mapping and Environmental Implications
Professor T Fung, Professor, Department of Geography & Resource Management, CUHK
11:20 am - 11:25 am Review of Building Design from the Spread of SARS
Mr WS Wong, Associate Professor, Department of Architecture, HKU
11:25 am - 11:30 am Virus Sterilizer and Air Shower
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Dr Rock Ng, Department of Building and Construction, CityU
11:30 am - 11:35 am The Role of Environmental Engineering in Infectious Disease Control: SARS
Dr Albert Koenig, Associate Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, HKU
11:35 am - 11:40 am On the Backfilled Design for Washing Basin and Floor Drain for the Prevention of Drying Up of U-Traps
Dr Richard KK Yuen, Associate Professor, Department of Building and Construction, CityU
11:40 am - 11:45 am Wind Effects on the Spread of the SARS Virus at the Amoy Gardens
Dr Louis CH Lam, Principal Lecturer, Department of Construction, VTC
11:45 am - 12:10 pm Panel Discussion  

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