LETTER TO FRIENDS OF HONG KONG-AMERICA CENTER Dear Friends of the Hong Kong America Center: Greetings and Best Wishes for the Year of the Snake! Thank you for your interest and support for the HKAC. We assist our university members in HK to link with their counterparts in American academic programs, and to serve as a bridge between China and America in higher education. I wish to share some highlights of the programs the HKAC organized with our member universities in second half of 2012. Looking into the New Year, I want to convey to you what we see on the horizon for programs in spring and summer 2013. More information is at www.fulbright.org.hk/hkac. HIGHLIGHTS OF SUMMER/ FALL 2012 International Conference in General Education and University Curriculum Reform. The HKAC and City University of HK jointly organized a major three-day conference in summer as the culmination of the four-year Fulbright HK General Education Project. We highlighted the accomplishments of the eight HK universities in re-engineering the undergraduate curriculum, and invited senior educators from universities around Asia, thanks to the United Board, to share ideas for building general and liberal education in their institutions. Most former GE Fulbrighters from the US returned to HK for the conference, which hosted over 400 academics from across Asia and the US. What does a liberal education mean for Asian universities in the 21st century? Hong Kong has shown leadership in addressing this question. Board of Governors Chairman: Karl C. Kwok, Chairman Wing On International Holdings Ltd. Vice Chairman: Bernard Auyang, Chairman, Vida Nova Ventures Inc. Treasurer: Robert McBain, Chief Financial Officer, SJM Holdings Limited Secretary: Ada Tse, President & CEO, PineBridge Investments Asia Limited Peggy Blumenthal, Senior Counselor to the President, Institute of International Education Albert Chan, Vice Chancellor & President Hong Kong Baptist University Tony F Chan, President The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology Yuk-shee Chan, President Lingnan University Cheng Yin Cheong, Acting President Hong Kong Institute of Education Kevin Dunning, Head, Hong Kong International School Yiu-Kwan Fan, Executive Director, Hong Kong Council for Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications Janie Fong, Managing Director, International Business of East West Bank Nini Forino, Director, Public Affairs Section, American Consulate General Eric J. Heikkila, Director of International Initiatives, Price School of Public Policy, University of Southern California Patrick Ho, Business Group President, Epoxy & Specialty Chemicals Albert Ip, Independent Non-Executive Director, Eagle Asset Management (CP) Limited; Hopewell Highway Infrastructure Limited Way Kuo, President City University of Hong Kong Mark Michelson, Senior Counselor APCO Worldwide Lloyd Neighbors, U. S. Foreign Service (ret.) Joseph J. Y. Sung, Vice Chancellor Chinese University of Hong Kong Timothy W. Tong, President The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Lap-chee Tsui, Vice Chancellor The University of Hong Kong Richard Vuylsteke, President, American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong Michael Wu, Managing Director Maxim’s Caterers Limited Pauline Yu, President American Council of Learned Societies February 18, 2013 Tel.: (852) 3943-8748 Fax: (852) 2603-5797 Web: www.cuhk.edu.hk/hkac Mail: The Hong Kong-America Center Ltd., Room 503, Esther Lee Building, Chung Chi College, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, China Details of the conference can be found at: http://www6.cityu.edu.hk/edge/conference2012/
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LETTER TO FRIENDS OF
HONG KONG-AMERICA CENTER
Dear Friends of the Hong Kong America Center:
Greetings and Best Wishes for the Year of the Snake!
Thank you for your interest and support for the HKAC. We assist
our university members in HK to link with their counterparts in
American academic programs, and to serve as a bridge between
China and America in higher education.
I wish to share some highlights of the programs the HKAC
organized with our member universities in second half of 2012.
Looking into the New Year, I want to convey to you what we see
on the horizon for programs in spring and summer 2013. More
information is at www.fulbright.org.hk/hkac.
HIGHLIGHTS OF SUMMER/ FALL 2012
International Conference in General Education and
University Curriculum Reform. The HKAC and City
University of HK jointly organized a major three-day conference
in summer as the culmination of the four-year Fulbright HK
General Education Project. We highlighted the accomplishments
of the eight HK universities in re-engineering the undergraduate
curriculum, and invited senior educators from universities around
Asia, thanks to the United Board, to share ideas for building
general and liberal education in their institutions. Most former GE
Fulbrighters from the US returned to HK for the conference,
which hosted over 400 academics from across Asia and the US.
What does a liberal education mean for Asian universities in the
21st century? Hong Kong has shown leadership in addressing
this question.
Board of Governors
Chairman: Karl C. Kwok, Chairman
Wing On International Holdings Ltd.
Vice Chairman: Bernard Auyang, Chairman, Vida Nova
Ventures Inc.
Treasurer: Robert McBain, Chief Financial Officer, SJM
Holdings Limited
Secretary: Ada Tse, President & CEO, PineBridge
Investments Asia Limited
Peggy Blumenthal, Senior Counselor to the President,
Institute of International Education
Albert Chan, Vice Chancellor & President
Hong Kong Baptist University
Tony F Chan, President
The Hong Kong University of Science & Technology
Yuk-shee Chan, President
Lingnan University
Cheng Yin Cheong, Acting President
Hong Kong Institute of Education
Kevin Dunning, Head, Hong Kong International School
Yiu-Kwan Fan, Executive Director, Hong Kong Council for
Accreditation of Academic and Vocational Qualifications
Janie Fong, Managing Director, International Business of
East West Bank
Nini Forino, Director, Public Affairs Section, American
Consulate General
Eric J. Heikkila, Director of International Initiatives, Price
School of Public Policy, University of Southern California
Patrick Ho, Business Group President, Epoxy & Specialty
Chemicals
Albert Ip, Independent Non-Executive Director, Eagle