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The following is issued on behalf of the University Grants Committee:
 
     The University Grants Committee (UGC) held a presentation ceremony for the 2018 UGC Teaching Award today (September 6) to honour academics of the UGC-funded universities for their outstanding teaching performance and achievements, as well as their leadership and scholarly contributions to teaching and learning within and across universities.
 
     The recipients of the 2018 UGC Teaching Award, in alphabetical order, are:
 
General Faculty Members/Teams
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The Leadership and Intrapersonal Development Team of Hong Kong Polytechnic University, led by Professor Daniel Shek (Chair Professor and Associate Vice President (Undergraduate Programme)), with Dr Lu Yu (Assistant Professor), Dr Cecilia Ma (Assistant Professor), Ms Yammy Chak (Teaching Fellow) and Dr Li Lin (Research Assistant Professor) as team members
 
Early Career Faculty Members
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Dr Jason KK Chan, Lecturer, School of Science/Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
 
Dr Kang Jong-hyuk David, Assistant Professor, Department of Literature and Cultural Studies, Education University of Hong Kong
  
     The citations of the awardees are at Annex 1.
 
     The Chairman of the UGC, Mr Carlson Tong, congratulated the awardees and nominees on their accomplishments, and thanked the UGC-funded universities for their support for the UGC Teaching Award. Mr Tong said, “The UGC attaches great importance to quality teaching and learning. The UGC Teaching Award provides an annual opportunity to acknowledge teaching excellence in the UGC sector.” He added that all the nominees had made great efforts in teaching and motivating their students to learn.
 
     The three recipients of the 2018 UGC Teaching Award were selected from among 22 outstanding nominees through a rigorous process undertaken by a Selection Panel convened by Professor Jan Thomas. The selection criteria and the composition of the Selection Panel for the 2018 UGC Teaching Award are at Annex 2.
 
     When announcing the results of this year’s UGC Teaching Award, Professor Thomas said, “The Selection Panel was deeply impressed by the nominees’ commitment to their own teaching and to the learning of their students.”
 
     The presentation ceremony was well attended by UGC Members, representatives of the UGC-funded universities including their Council Chairmen and Heads, as well as those nominated for the award.

        

     To allow the maritime trade to get prepared for the marine safety enhancement measures that would be launched soon by the Government, the Marine Department (MD) today (September 6) met with trade representatives to introduce a life … read more

     Wing’s Construction Company Limited, Wing Kei Structural Metalworks Company Limited and Hung Wo Iron Works Engineering Company were fined $47,000, $31,000 and $47,000 respectively at West Kowloon Magistrates’ Courts today (September 6) for violation of the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance, the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations and the Factories and Industrial Undertakings (Abrasive Wheels) Regulations. The prosecutions were launched by the Labour Department.

     The case involved a fatal accident that occurred on March 11, 2017, in Siu Ho Wan. While a worker was erecting a metal platform in a newly constructed workshop, he fell 7.7 metres from the metal platform to the ground and died as a result. read more

The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority Chairman, Professor John Leong, expressed gratitude to the Walt Disney Company (TWDC) at a launching ceremony today (September 6) for its generous donation of $4.1 million to support Hong Kong Children’s Hospital (HKCH) in its “Dress Well” project.
 
     The “Dress Well” project is the first of its kind in public hospitals. It covers the design and production of a series of clothing for HKCH patients to wear during their hospital stay. Other officiating guests at the ceremony today included the Hospital Authority Chief Executive, Dr Leung Pak-yin; the Kowloon Central Cluster Chief Executive, Dr Albert Lo; the HKCH Hospital Governing Committee Chairman, Mr John Lee; the HKCH Hospital Chief Executive, Dr Lee Tsz-leung; the Disney Parks Eastern Region President and Asia Pacific Managing Director, Mr Michael Colglazier; the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort (HKDL) Managing Director, Mr Samuel Lau; the HKDL Communications and Public Affairs Vice President, Ms Linda Choy; the TWDC General Manager, Hong Kong and Taiwan, Mr Kerwin Lo; and the HKDL Entertainment and Costuming Director, Ms Annie Wharmby.
 
     “The new patient clothing is one of HKCH’s children-friendly initiatives to enhance the patient journey. The cheerful design, alongside the home-like environment of the hospital, should help reduce anxiety and add some joy to uplift the healing experience of our paediatric patients,” Professor Leong said in his thanksgiving remarks at the ceremony.
 
     Professor Leong also expressed appreciation to the HKCH and HKDL teams, who worked together to design the new patient clothing. “Taking paediatric patients’ special needs into consideration, the designs combine visual appeal, comfort and functionality,” he said.
  
     The “Dress Well” project covers three categories of inpatient clothing at HKCH, including regular pyjamas, pyjama tops for intravenous therapy and jackets. Different colour tones are adopted for male and female patients, and there are different patterns for young children and teenagers.
 
     Silhouettes of familiar Disney characters are hidden among colourful, nature-inspired patterns to offer treasure-hunting fun. Besides using fabric with higher cotton content for a softer touch and to reduce irritation, there will be side openings on the pyjama top for patients undergoing intravenous therapy for more body coverage and respect while facilitating clinical care.
 
     Also speaking at the ceremony, Mr Lau said, “Last March, TWDC announced its US$100 million global commitment to help reinvent the patient and family experience in children’s hospitals around the world. Here in Hong Kong, Hong Kong Disneyland Resort also fully supports the first specialist hospital for children and its paediatric patients, bringing them happiness and empowerment. Combining the expertise of both Hong Kong Children’s Hospital and Disney, we have created clothing for child patients that embraces practicality and fun elements, encouraging them with Disney’s magic and power.”
 
     HKCH will be the tertiary referral centre for serious, complex and uncommon paediatric cases requiring multidisciplinary management. Clinical services will commence in phases, starting with specialist outpatient services on December 18, followed by the gradual commissioning of inpatient services in 2019.
 

        

     The New Vision Arts Festival (NVAF) will be held from October 19 to November 18, featuring pioneering shows by overseas and local performing groups. In addition to the 10 selected programmes launched in the early bird period, tickets for all other programmes will be available for sale from tomorrow (September 7).
 
     These programmes are Zuni Icosahedron’s Z Innovation Lab: “Blind Musician Dou Wun”, “Monkey Business” and “The Interrupted Dream”; orleanlaiproject’s “Zoo as Metaphor (2)”; and 11 programmes from ArtSnap – a unique festival within a festival.
 
     ArtSnap features a series of improvisational interactive micro-programmes from overseas, the Mainland and Hong Kong, including internationally renowned British lighting designer Michael Hulls’ installation and production “LightSpace”. Most of the other programmes are newly commissioned Hong Kong works, displaying local artists’ creativity and reflecting the support for nurturing home-grown talent.

     World-class dancer Wayne McGregor, visual artist Olafur Eliasson and musician Jamie xx will open the festival with the cross-boundary creative work “Tree of Codes”, combining literature, sculpture, architecture and space design with performing arts. It will be held from October 19 to October 21 at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.
 
     Asia premiere programmes will include Grammy and Academy Award-winner Tan Dun’s new work “Buddha Passion”; the underwater concert “AquaSonic” by Between Music, the world’s first underwater ensemble; and composer Du Yun’s Pulitzer Prize for Music-winning work “Angel’s Bone”.
 
     Apart from staging performances, the festival will also offer an inspiring range of extension activities, including guided tours, meet-the-artist sessions, talks, workshops, foyer performances, exhibitions and an outdoor carnival.
 
     Organised by the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the NVAF showcases innovative interdisciplinary collaborations, new talents and cutting-edge commissions, offering a range of new experiences for audiences.
 
     Tickets will be available at URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk) from tomorrow. For credit card telephone bookings, please call 2111 5999.
 
     For programme enquiries and concessionary schemes, please call 2370 1044 or visit www.newvisionfestival.gov.hk.