香港科技大學2005-2006年報
06
校長報告
President’s Report
Our alumni, with their increasing financial clout, are becoming an
important pillar of support to the University. Mr Liu Sing-cheong
and his wife Ms Wong Po-yuk, both graduates of this university,
made a joint donation of HK$10 million towards the establishment
of scholarships for students from developing countries. This is
the single largest alumni donation we have ever received. It is an
uncommon act of generosity to warm the hearts of all who believe in
this university.
These are proud achievements. Now we need another miracle for
the second leg of our journey — our Strategic Plan for 2005-2020.
At HKUST, miracle means bold vision and vigorous action to make it
happen. It is in this spirit that the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS),
a key component of this plan, was sensationally launched with the
inaugural lecture by Professor Stephen Hawking. The IAS is not just for
HKUST. Nor is it just for Hong Kong. Rather, it will galvanise the region’s
top talents for the benefit of the whole region and beyond.
A new school for inter-disciplinary studies will follow next. It is not
conceptualized just as a fifth school. Rather, its unique role is to expand
the common areas for inter-school, inter-disciplinary cooperation and
integrative endeavors. This is a new direction called for by the new
global reality. All our students will stand to benefit from the academic
cross-fertilisation that will be the hallmark of this school.
The cornerstone of the University’s worldwide success has been its
prowess in research and development. For 14 unbroken years, HKUST
has had a stranglehold on the number one status in its success rates
in Competitive Earmark Research Grants administered by the Research
Grants Council of Hong Kong. This alone speaks volumes of our
R&D achievements.
To give focus to our pursuits, we have identified five high-impact areas
to concentrate our research efforts, all with immediate and far-reaching
social importance or commercial applications, from biotechnology to
Nanoscience, from wireless technology and environmental science to
management education.
本校的畢業生亦成就斐然，兩位校友楊暉小姐及
廖家俊博士，分別獲頒發2006傑出青年工程師
獎及2005香港青年工業家獎。與此同時，參加
微軟伺服器錦標賽的兩位計算機科學碩士研究
生，也報捷而歸。此外，我們雙學位課程的同
學，亦連續兩年奪得朗訊全球科學學子獎。
我們的年青校友不斷出人頭地，他們回饋母校，
逐步成為科大重要的捐獻來源。兩位畢業生廖勝
昌、黃寶玉伉儷，捐贈1,000萬元成立獎學金，
獎勵來自發展中國家的精英學生。這是科大創校
以來，最大筆的校友捐款，這筆可貴的捐贈，使
愛護和信賴科大的人倍感欣慰。
這些成就，我們引以為傲。現在，我們要在下一
段旅程─2005-2020策略發展計劃─再創奇蹟。
對科大來說，奇蹟就是宏大的願景加上堅毅努
力，去實現理想。科大秉持這份精神，成立策略
發展計劃的核心項目─高等研究院，並邀得馳譽
國際的霍金教授演講，作為揭幕。高研院不單為
科大和香港服務，更會著力推動區內頂尖學術人
才交流，為地區以至全球作出貢獻。
接著，我們將開辦跨學科學院，成立的目的，絕
非僅作為科大第五所學院，相反，其獨特的角
色，將擴大跨學院、跨學科共同領域的合作及整
合力量。這是配合新的全球環境變化，而制定的
新發展方向，科大所有學生將因而受惠。
科大成為世界一流學府，在於傑出的研發成就。
科大得到香港研究資助局的角逐研究用途補助
金，成功率連續十四年穩踞各院校之首，足以證
明我們的科研實力。
