Hong Kong University Students' Union 香港大學學生會 - 校長晚宴 Dinner with Vice-Chancellor

校長晚宴 Dinner with Vice-Chancellor

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Sunday, 27 September 2009

不管你是對校園生活充滿好奇與期待的新生，抑或是已經正在享受校園生活的現年
生，都歡迎你來參與校長晚宴！與校長徐立之教授面對面對話，分享你們的經歷、
交換彼此的想法！

日期：2009年9月28日（一）
時間：晚上7時至9時
地點：KKL Senior Dining Room（位於梁銶琚樓14樓）

費用：港幣50元／每位（另設按金50元，於活動後發還。）
名額：約40人，先到先得。
報名方法：請於辦公時間到學生會大樓一樓學生會辦公室報名。
截止日期：2009年9月24日（四）

如有任何查詢，歡迎聯絡學生會康樂秘書袁小荃（ This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ）。

我們期待你的參與！

香港大學學生會幹事會

Are you a freshman with all kinds of aspirations towards university life?
Are you a current student who is enjoying and making?
Come to Join the Dinner with Vice-Chancellor! You would have the
opportunity to talk to Professor Lap-Chee Tsui face to face!

Date: 28th September (Monday)
Time: 7:00 -9:00 pm
Venue: KKL Senior Dining Room (K.K. Leung Building 14/F)

Fee: HKD$50/person (plus deposits HKD$50, will be returned after the
activity)
Quota: About 40 persons, first come first serve
Application: Please come to the Union Office at Union Building 1/F
during office hours
Deadline: 24th September (Thursday)

For enquiries, please contact Yuan Xiaoquan, Stacy, Social Secretary,
HKUSU via This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Hope to see you in the event!

Exectutive Committee,
Hong Kong University Students’ Union

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Biography of Prof. Tsui

Professor Lap-Chee Tsui is the fourteenth Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong.

Prior to his present appointment in September 2002, Professor Tsui was Geneticist-in-Chief and Head of the Genetics and Genomic Biology Program of the Research Institute, at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. He was also the holder of the H.E. Sellers Chair in Cystic Fibrosis and University Professor at the University of Toronto.

Born in Shanghai and awarded his bachelor and master's degrees from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Professor Tsui is a native of Hong Kong. He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Pittsburgh in 1979. After a brief training in the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, he joined the Department of Genetics at The Hospital for Sick Children. He received international acclaim in 1989 when he identified the defective gene that causes cystic fibrosis, which is a major breakthrough in human genetics. He has also made significant contributions to the study of the human genome, especially the characterization of chromosome 7, and, identification of additional disease genes. He has 290 peer-reviewed scientific publications and 65 invited book chapters and papers.

Professor Tsui has received numerous awards and honours for his outstanding work over the years. His honours include Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Royal Society of London, Fellow of Academia Sinica, and Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences (USA). In addition to many national and international prizes, he was awarded honorary doctoral degrees by University of King's College, University of New Brunswick, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, St. Francis Xavier University, York University, Tel Aviv University, University of Toronto and University of
Aberdeen.

Professor Tsui has served on the editorial boards for 20 international peer-reviewed scientific journals, numerous scientific review panels, and many national and international advisory committees. He is currently member of the Judicial Officers Recommendation Commission, Council for Sustainable Development and Executive Committee, and Executive Committee of the Commission on Strategic Development of the Hong Kong SAR Government. He received the Order of Canada (Officer), the Order of Ontario, Knight of the Légion d'Honneur of France, and the title of Justice of the Peace (HKSAR).

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