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Dean’s Roundup (Thursday, 22 January 2015)

Dear all, A belated Happy New Year to you all. December rounded up a wonderfully successful year for HKU Faculty of Architecture. I was delighted to receive notification from the Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research) on 15 December 2014 that three members of the Faculty of Architecture had scooped highly competitive university awards: Roger Chan and Steve Rowlinson both being awarded an Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award and John Lin taking an Outstanding Young Researcher Award. We are, I think, the most represented of all ten faculties in these awards. Congratulations also to Weifeng Li and co-authors for their Faculty Research Output Prize announced at the same time - awarded for a very smart and potentially seminal paper that estimates urban GDP on the basis of night light distribution measured from space. I want to start 2015 by reflecting on our achievements over the past year, so have listed awards, prizes and other accolades recorded in Dean’s Roundup during 2014. The Faculty continues to go from strength to strength. I look forward to working with you to make 2015 as successful. Chris

Roundup: Ceiling function, the mathematical operation of rounding a number up to the next higher integer. Roundup: a term in American English referring to the process of gathering animals into an area, known as a "Muster" in Australia. Rounding up: when a helmsman cannot control a boat and it heads into the wind Roundup: the plan for an invasion of northern France by Allied forces during World War II (WikipediA) Dean’s Roundup: part blog, part bulletin; part honour roll, part curatorial [cu ra·tori·al (ky r -tôr - l, -t r -) n. nounised by the Dean from curator + editorial]

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Faculty of Architecture

The following PhD candidates of the Faculty of Architecture have been nominated by the University to the Hong Kong Research Grants Council (RGC) to compete for the Hong Kong PhD Fellowship (HKPF), 2015-16. Successful candidates will be notified by the RGC direct by late March/April 2015:

1. Mr. Chen Zifeng (PF14-18734) (Primary Supervisor: Prof Anthony Yeh, Co-supervisor: Dr

Weifeng Li)

2. Mr. Guo Wenbo (PF14-19655) (Primary Supervisor: Dr Weifeng Li, Co-supervisor: Prof Chris Webster)

3. Mr. Zhang Yongping (PF14-16310) (Primary Supervisor: Prof K W Chau, Co-supervisor: Prof Chris Webster) [please note that as the applicant put the dept as DUPAD earlier, and the University only can submit it with the existing dept and record will be changed after the results announced]

4. Ms. Liu Chang (PF14-16432) (Primary Supervisor: Dr Nam Kyung-min, Co-supervisor: Dr Roger C K Chan)

List of the awards received by the Faculty members in 2014

Department/Division/Prgs Name Award

Architectural Conservation Programmes

Dr. Hoyin Lee AIA Honorary Affiliate Member


Mr. Lawrence Mak Ms. May Ho Mr. Edward Leung

HKIA Medal of the Year of Hong Kong and HKIA Special Architectural Award – Heritage & Adaptive Reuse

Department of Architecture Mr. Jason Carlow Jason’s practice Carlow Architecture and Design Ltd received the 2014 American Institute of Architects (Hong Kong Chapter) Award for Unbuilt / Others category

Department of Architecture Mr. Jason Carlow HKU Faculty of Architecture Knowledge Exchange Award 2013 (award presentation ceremony was held in 2014)

Department of Architecture Mr. Liran Chen, supervised by Mr. Tao Zhu and Professor Weijen Wang

The Swire (PhD) Scholarship

Department of Architecture Mr. David Erdman Finalist for the first SCMP Architecture and Design Awards in the intensely competitive residential category for Best Residential Building in Hong Kong

Department of Architecture Mr. David Erdman Best of Residential Interior Design award at Architecture and Design Trophy Awards for de Ricou tower which he designed with his firm davidclovers.

Department of Architecture Mr. Yan Gao The second prize of an international competition "The Cloud City Shenzhen Bay (Mega City)"

Department of Architecture Mr. Yan Gao The first Prize of the Professional Group in the Design Ideas Competition for Preservation Corridor for Lung Tsun Stone Bridge Remnants

Department of Architecture Mr. Yan Gao Perspective Magazine 40 Under 40 Design Stars

Department of Architecture Ms. Tris Kee RGC Early Career Scheme 2014-15

Department of Architecture Ms. Tris Kee Shenzhen & Hong Kong Bi-City Biennale of Urbanism and Architecture Academic Committee Award

Department of Architecture Ms. Tris Kee HKSAR Architectural Services Department grant

Department of Architecture Mr. Anderson Lee Anderson's practice Index Architecture Limited received the 2014 America Institute of Architects (Hong Kong Chapter) Honor Award for The HKU Dining Hall/Auditorium and an Merit Award for The Rhenish Church in Yuen Long

Department of Architecture Miss Ilsa Lin Ping Ying, supervised by Mr. Stephen Lau

a three-month resident scholarship to study at the Faculty of Architecture and Regional Planning, TU Vienna, Austria, on the topic of Microclimate and Urban Morphology (host: Professor Richard Stiles)

Department of Architecture Mr. John Lin UGC Teaching Award 2014

Department of Architecture Mr. John Lin HKU Faculty of Architecture Research Output Prize

Department of Architecture Mr. John Lin and Mr. Joshua Bolchover

The Ralph Erskine 100 Years Anniversary Award for Architecture 2014


Department of Architecture Mr. John Lin and Mr. Olivier Ottevaere

The Pinch Library and Community Centre wins: World Small Project of the Year 2014 Best Experimental Project, Chinese Architecture Award (WA) Best of Institutional/Public Space, Architecture and Design Awards (Perspective) Best of Best Categories, Architecture and Design Awards (Perspective) Silver Award, Design for Asia Best of the Best Award, 2014 Architecture and Design Award Asia-Pacific Trophy Awards The Pinch was selected for the ‘Uneven Growth’ exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art (New York)

Department of Architecture Dr. Cole Roskam HKU Outstanding Teaching Award (Individual)

Architectural Conservation Programmes, Department of Architecture and Department of Urban Planning and Design

Dr. Cole Roskam and his team members: Melissa Christ Dr. Cecilia Chu Professor Lynne DiStefano Mr. Nicholas Karkings Dr. Hoyin Lee Dr. Eunice Seng Mr. Koon Wee

HKU Faculty of Architecture Knowledge Exchange Award 2014 (award presentation ceremony will be held in 2015)

Department of Architecture Dr. Eric Schuldenfrei

Graham Foundation grant

Department of Architecture Mr. Tao Zhu An international design competition for the urban/architectural design of the Shenzhen Liuxiandong Headquarters Base, Block 1, organized by the Shenzhen government

Department of Real Estate and Construction

Dr. Isabelle Y.S. Chan Doris Zimmern HKU-Cambridge Hughes Hall Fellowships 2014-15


Professor K W Chau RGC General Research Fund (GRF) 2014-2015



Chen Xi, Crystal (Research Assistant)

The second prize on a conference paper at the 19th International Symposium on the Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate jointly organized by Chinese Research Institute of Construction Management (CRIOCM) and Chongqing University


Cheung Kai Kin Kenneth Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors - General Practice (Second Award)


Dr. Daniel Y. F. Lo Hong Kong - Scotland Partners in Post-Doctoral Research Fellowship (2013-2014)


Dr. Wilson Lu RGC General Research Fund (GRF) 2014-2015


Dr. Fung Fai Ng HKU Faculty of Architecture Teaching Award


Dr. Roine Leiringer RGC General Research Fund (GRF) 2014-2015


Professor Steve Rowlinson RGC General Research Fund (GRF) 2014-2015


BSc(Surveying) students: Au Hoi-ting Ally Kong Wai-shan Lam Cheuk-ming Soo Hon-pan Ben Wong Ka-long Kelvin Wu Chun-ho Beyond

Eddie Lee Memorial Education Foundation (ELMEF) - Summer Internship Training Scholarships 2014


Chan Mei Ting, supervised by Dr. Daniel Ho

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors – Planning and Development (Top Award)


Chen Leo, jointly supervised by Dr. Wilson Lu and Professor Steve Rowlinson

HKSAR Government Scholarship Fund - Reaching Out Award


Chung Man Sheung, supervised by Ju Gao

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors – Quantity Surveying (Top Award)


Fung Wai Ling, supervised by Dr. K W Chau

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors – Planning and Development (Top Award)


He Zhaoqiang, supervised by Dr. Daniel Ho

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors – Outstanding Final Year Thesis Award



Huang Tan Yeung, supervised by Dr. Daniel Ho

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors – Property and Facility Management (Top Award)


Leung Chun Ho, supervised by Professor Anita Liu

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors – Building Surveying (Second Award)


Dr. Daniel Y F Lo, supervised by Professor K W Chau and Dr. Kelvin Wong

Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors – Outstanding Final Year Thesis Award


Niu Yuhan Nina, jointly supervised by Dr. W.S. Lu and Professor K.W. Chau

City University of Hong Kong College of Science & Engineering (CSE) Medal 2014


Wong King Chi and Lau Ka Keung (HKUSPACE-Greenwich University MSc students), supervised by Dr. S W Poon

Merit Winners of OSH Best Project Award by Occupational Safety and Health Council (HK)


Wong Kwai Yiu (BScSurveying Class of 2014), supervised by Professor Steve Rowlinson

CIOB(Hong Kong) Outstanding Student Awards 2013/14


Wu Cheuk Lam and Chan Ka Wing (BScSurveying students)

Eddie Lee Memorial Education Foundation (ELMEF) second stage award and HKIS BSD Scholarship for Secondary Students 2013

Department of Urban Planning and Design

Dr. Roger Chan RGC General Research Fund (GRF) 2014-2015


Professor Rebecca Chiu Lai Har

HKU Faculty of Architecture Teaching Award


Dr. Cecilia Chu RGC Early Career Scheme 2014-15


Dr. F. Yang RGC General Research Fund (GRF) 2014-2015


Professor Jimmy Leung and Dr. Kenneth Tang

Public Policy Research (PPR) Funding Scheme of the Central Policy Unit (CPU)


Dr. Weifeng Li RGC Early Career Scheme 2014-15


Dr. Weifeng Li National Science Foundation China (NSFC) General Program research grant

Division of Landscape Architecture

Ms. Dorothy Tang HKU Outstanding Teaching Award (Individual)



Ms. Dorothy Tang RGC General Research Fund (GRF) 2014-2015


Mr. Ivan Valin RGC General Research Fund (GRF) 2014-2015


Professor Anthony Yeh RGC General Research Fund (GRF) 2014-2015


Professor Anthony Yeh National Science Foundation China (NSFC) General Program research grant


Wang Nai Huei, Casey (Team Leader and Teaching Staff), Dong Wanjun, Jin Yini, Ma Xiaoli, Qian Ming, and Wu Chenjue

Shortlisted Entry of the Kai Tak Fantasy International Ideas Competition organized by the Energizing Kowloon East Office (EKEO) of the Development Bureau


Mr. Muhammad Adeel, supervised by Prof. Anthony Yeh and Dr. Zhang Feng

Best Paper Award in Theme (Pillar) 1 : Transport Policy, Transport Patterns and Mobility at the 5th International Conference on Women's Issues in Transportation - Bridging the Gap, held at CNIT-La Defense, Paris, 14-16 Apr 2014


Md Masudul Islam (Team Leader), Chen Ziyi, Li Jiayi, Li Ling Pei, Natalia Echeverri (Teaching Staff), Wang Yali, and Wu Yi Fei

Grand Winning Entry of the Kai Tak Fantasy International Ideas Competition organized by the Energizing Kowloon East Office (EKEO) of the Development Bureau

Faculty of Architecture Dean Webster and Dr. Chinmoy Sarkar

The Royal Town Planning Institute’s Excellence in Spatial Planning Research: Academic Award 2014

Faculty of Architecture Dean Webster The Urban Planning Society of China and the Jinjingchang Urban Planning Education Foundation Best Paper Prize 2014

Faculty of Architecture Dean Webster Dean Webster's sDNA urban network analysis software tool won the 2013 Cardiff University iSolve competition – multi-disciplinary teams of graduates from the university compete to develop new ideas for novel inventions created by university teams

Faculty of Architecture Dean Webster A HKU University Development Fund at seven million to establish the HKUrban iLab


1. Ms. Katie Cummer

- Presented a paper entitled “Historic Urban Landscape in Hong Kong: The Evolution of the City of Victoria Cantonment” at the ICOMOS Thailand International Conference 2014, Historic Urban Landscapes and Heritage: Examples, Approaches & Cultural Rights, in Bangkok, Thailand, from 11-13 December 2014.

2. Dr. Hoyin Lee

- Invited by the HKSAR Lands Department to give a double-lecture “Principles for Conservation

and Sustainable Development” and “Adaptive Reuse of Heritage Buildings” to its Estate Surveyor Grade staff, held at the HKSAR Lands Department, North Point Government Offices, 12 December 2014.

- HKICON Military Heritage ‘Walkatalk’ at the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence,” a field lecture on Hong Kong’s military heritage on display at the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, organized by The Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists (HKICON) and supported by the Hong Kong Museum of Coastal Defence, 3 January 2015. See: http://www.hkicon.org/joomla/cpd/upload/20150103%20CPD%20military%20heritage%20walkatalk%20at%20HKMCD.pdf. (Attended by 35 HKICON members)

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Dr. Hoyin Lee

- Served as the organizer (served as the Vice-Chair of the organizing committee, with Dr. Daniel Ho of the REC Department as the Chair) and a Panel Moderator in the RICS International Conservation Conference 2015: Towards a Sustainable Model for Adaptive Re-use of Heritage Buildings, organized by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), held at the Hong Kong Jockey Club, Happy Valley Racecourse, 9 January 2015. This is the inaugural conference for a biennial international conference series organized by the Hong Kong Chapter of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, with the Secretary for Development, Mr. Paul Chan, as the Guest of Honour, and involved speakers from Australia, Hong Kong SAR, Malaysia and the US. It signifies the expanded professional recognition of the field of built heritage conservation by the surveying / real estate and construction profession. Speech by the Secretary for Development is published in a government press release: http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201501/09/P201501090369.htm. The conference was attended by about 220 surveyors, architectural conservationists, architects, urban planners and designers, and other professionals.

- Invited by the academic publisher Routledge to review a book proposal (under the category of “Real Estate, Health & Safety, Architectural Conservation”). The review was submitted on 13 January 2015, and the publisher endorsed the review on 19 January. In return, ACP will receive HK$ 2,000 worth of books from Routledge.

http://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/201501/09/P201501090369.htm

Department of Architecture 1. Mr. Dylan Baker-Rice

- received 2014 Architecture and Design Award Asia-Pacific Trophy Awards – Best of

Sustainability award

2. Ms. Li Mei Yu, Amy - received 2014 Architecture and Design Award Asia-Pacific Trophy Awards – Certificate of

Excellence for Student Architecture

3. Mr. Joshua Bolchover and Mr. John Lin - Received the Ralph Erskine Award for their research and design platform Rural Urban

Framework (RUF) based at The University of Hong Kong. The Ralph Erskine Award is given every 4 years for “innovation in architecture that benefits the less privileged in society”. A lecture was held for 800 members of the Swedish Association of Architects followed by a Gala Dinner in the Stockholm City Hall.

4. Mr. John Lin

- Received the Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) Winners for 2013-14

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5. Mr. David Erdman

- Awarded "Best of" Residential Interior Design at this year's A&D Trophy Awards for de Ricou tower which he designed with his firm davidclovers.

- Gave a Public Lecture entitled "Under Pressure" at Pratt Insititute's School of Architecture in October.

- Gave a Public Lecture entitled "Under Pressure" at Penn Design in October. He also was a visiting critic for the Post Professional studios run by Ali Rahim, Ferda Kolatan and Peter Trummer entitled "Asset Urbanism."

- His project de Ricou tower (designed with davidclovers) was a Short Listed winner for this year's LEAF Awards.

- Participated as a Juror for this years A&D Trophy Awards "Student Architecture" submissions.

6. Ms. Tris Kee - was granted a Lord Wilson Heritage Trust fund of HK $ 222,000 to support a research project.

- CPW was invited by MTR Corporation to collaborate on the new West Island Line

stations. Students ambassadors from DUPAD participated in multiple planning workshops, seminars, public engagement and were invited to inaugurate the new rail on 28 Dec 2014.

7. Dr. Cole Roskam

- Was invited to give a lecture, "Branding in Late Imperial Shanghai: the Case of the Concrete Pagoda," as part of a multidisciplinary workshop entitled "Visions of Shanghai: City Culture, Architecture, and Branding," which was held at the International Centre for Studies of Chinese Civilization at Fudan University in Shanghai on 4-5 December 2014.

- Was invited to give a lecture, "Non-Aligned Architecture: China's Designs on/in Ghana and Guinea, 1955-1992," in the School of Modern Languages and Cultures here at HKU on 26 November 2014.

Division of Landscape Architecture 1. Dr. Bin Jiang

- was interviewed by Landscape China (a nationally known professional website of LA

professionals in China), maybe you think it is worthy of including it in dean's roundup or other media.

http://www.landscape.cn/news/interview/2015/0104/172305.html


The Department hosted the visit by Prof. Feniosky Peña-Mora, who is the Commissioner of the New York City Department of Design and Construction and professor in Faculty of Engineering at Columbia University, USA. He gave a talk “Building for the Future - NYC Department of Design and Construction”. REC further helped DDC to liaise with Hong Kong Government Development Bureau to discuss strategic collaborations in dealing with common problems, e.g. sustainability, and resilience, in major cities in the world.

1. Professor K W Chau

- Presented a seminar on "A Scientific Approach to Research in Human Behavior in the Built

Environment" at Chongqing University on 7 November, 2014.

- Presented a presidential speech at The 19th International Symposium on the Advancement of Construction Management and Real Estate, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China, 8 November 2014.

http://www.landscape.cn/news/interview/2015/0104/172305.html

2. Professor Steve Rowlinson

- Received the Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award (ORSSA) for 2013-14 at the Graduate School Award Presentation Ceremony 2014: http://www.rss.hku.hk/honours-awards/internal-awards/orssa-winners

3. Mr. Mak Hon Fung (BSc(Surv), Class of 2014), supervised by Professor Steve Rowlinson

- His dissertation, under the supervision of Professor Rowlinson, was awarded the TownGas

Award as the Runner-up of the HKIE-SSC Student Project Competition 2014 in the Degree category. The winner and his supervisor are invited to the Award Presentation Ceremony to be held during the HKIE-SSC Annual Dinner on 9 January 2015.

4. Dr Koh Tas Yong and Prof Steve Rowlinson

- had presented at the Hong Kong Construction Safety Benchmarking Group (CSBG) meeting on 13 Jan 2015. The CSBG is a professional group that comprises of major client organizations in Hong Kong. The Group was established to share construction safety-related information and disseminate good practices among major developers and their business partners in Hong Kong. The title of Dr Koh’s presentation was “Construction Workforce Drinking Pattern and Implications: The MTRC Sample”. Dr Koh presented the findings of alcohol consumption patterns of the MTRC workforce based on the results of the data analyzes from the May 2014 MTRC Workers’ Health and Wellbeing Survey. The health, safety, and productivity implications were also highlighted and discussed in the presentation.

5. Dr. Sean Y. Peng presented a conference paper on the Regional Studies Association Winter Conference 2014: Sustainable Recovery? Rebalancing, Growth, and the Space Economy:

Peng, Y. (2014). An alternative model to measure sustainability of urban regeneration. Regional Studies Association Winter Conference 2014: Sustainable Recovery? Rebalancing, Growth, and the Space Economy, 27-28 November 2014, London, UK, pp: 159-164.

6. Miss Bing Chen awarded Hong Kong PhD Fellowships (2014-15)

7. Ms. Ying Gao awarded Lee Shau Kee Postgraduate Fellowships [University Postgraduate Fellowships (2014-15)]

8. Dr. Wilson Lu, Dr. Sean Peng, Mr. Cong Liang (A PhD student jointly supervised by Dr. Lu and Prof.

Rowlinson), and Prof. Steve Rowlinson - Published a paper “Lu, W.S., Fung, A., Peng, Y., Liang, C. and Rowlinson, S. (2014).

Demystifying construction project time-effort distribution curves: a BIM and non-BIM comparison. ASCE Journal of Management in Engineering. Forthcoming”.

Abstract: MacLeamy’s time-effort distribution curves are amongst the most oft-cited sources for researchers interested in mainstreaming Building Information Modeling (BIM) implementation in

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the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Succinctly, the curves offer a clever answer to the question: How can BIM benefit AEC processes? However, despite their significant theoretical and practical value, few little previous research has been conducted to elaborate the time-effort distribution curves of any real-life projects. This research aims to demystify the time-effort distribution curves through comparison of a representative BIM project and a non-BIM project. Applying a set of innovative approaches, the actual time-effort distribution curves of two public housing construction projects in Hong Kong are produced and analyzed in-depth. The curves vividly show that BIM implementation increases the effort spent at design stage – that is, throughout the architecture and engineering processes, – but the extra effort pays off at the building stage. Further, the curves are found to be a useful graphical analytic tool for other purposes, such as adjusting the fee structure amongst AEC processes and informing improved BIM adoption.

- Conducted a PhD (Business) examination for Faculty of Business & Enterprise at Swinburne University of Technology, Australia.

- delivered an invited talk “Big data in construction management research: a little touch of its rhetoric, challenges, and future development” on the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Urbanization (ICSU 2015), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong, 7-9 January 2015.

- Organized and chaired a special session on “Prefabricated Housing Production” on the 2nd International Conference on Sustainable Urbanization (ICSU 2015), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Kowloon, Hong Kong 7-9 January 2015. This special session accidentally attracted Vice Minister of the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, Mr. Qiu Baoxing, to sit in and make very good contributions, including inviting us to join the green building conference in Beijing in the forthcoming Spring.

- Mr. Leo Chen (A PhD student jointly supervised by Dr Wilson Lu and Prof. Steve Rowlinson) presented and published a conference paper:

CHEN, K., LU, W. S., and PENG, Y. (2015). Prefabrication Production Service for RFID-Enabled Building Information Modeling (BIM) Platform (RBIMP). In proceedings of the Second International Conference on Sustainable Urbanization (ICSU 2015), the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, China.

9. Sr. Bay Wong

- Re-appointed by the Chief Executive as a member of the Antiquities Advisory Board (AAB) for two years from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016

- Participation in a press conference for Policy Review on the Conservation of Built Heritage on 9 January 2015

- Appointed by the Planning and Development Division(PDD) Council of the Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) as a co-opted member of the PDD Council on 7 January 2015 Attended a Hong Kong Green Building Council (HKGBC) Green Product Labelling Scheme Launching Ceremony on 6 January 2015

- Appointed as Member of Steering Committee on Green Architectural Design and Construction Management Guide for Minimization of C & D Waste, HKGBC


1. Prof. Rebecca Chiu

- Gave an invited presentation on "Concepts of Social and Cultural Sustainability of Neighbourhoods" at the seminar on "Creating Sustainable Neighbourhood", organized by the Hong Kong Green Building Council, 28 November 2014.

- Interviewed by Ming Pao Daily on Hong Kong’s housing space issues in comparison with other Asian cities, reported on 3 December 2014.

- Appointed as an Advisor to the Hong Kong Institute of Urban Design.

- Invited by the Chief Secretary, Mrs Carrie Lam, to join a consultative meeting on the 2015 Policy Speech held on 5 December 2014.

- Re-appointed by the Chief Executive to the Antiquities Advisory Board for a period of two years from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016.

- Invited to attend a Workshop organized by AECOM for the Civil Engineering and Development Department on Application of “Smart City” Technologies in Kwu Tung North and Fanling North New Development Areas, held on 14 January 2015.

2. Dr. Roger Chan - Presented a paper entitled “Production of New State Space under the socialist market economy:

the Guangzhou-Foshan City Region” at the Symposium on Mapping Urbanisation in Asia: Challenges and Implications for Economic and Social Development on 8 December 2014. The symposium is organised by the Hong Kong Institute of Education, hosted by The Hong Kong APEC Study Centre and supported by the One Asia Foundation.

- Was appointed as a non-panel reviewer of Public Policy Research Funding Scheme, Central Policy Unit, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government.

- Was appointed as a panel member on the accreditation of a MA Program in Global Society, Hong Kong Baptist University.

- Acted as the External Reviewer for Research Development Fund proposal by the Xian Jiatong-Liverpool University.

- Acted as Internal Reviewer for Small Project Funding, The University of Hong Kong

- Acted as External Examiner for a PhD dissertation, Department of Geography, Hong Kong Baptist University

- Received the Outstanding Research Student Supervisor Award (ORSSA) for 2013-14: http://www.rss.hku.hk/honours-awards/internal-awards/orssa-winners

- Graduate School Award Presentation Ceremony 2014 – recipients and staff from DUPAD: Mr. WANG Xu awarded Hong Kong PhD Fellowships (2014-15) Miss SHI Chen awarded HKU Foundation Postgraduate Fellowships [University Postgraduate Fellowships (2014-15)] Miss GUO Mengdi awarded Jessie Ho Memorial Postgraduate Fellowships [University Postgraduate Fellowships (2014-15)]

3. Dr. Cecilia Chu - Presented a paper, entitled "Building the Capacity to Aspire: Heritagization and Governmentality

in Postcolonial Macau", at the Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 14-17, 2014.

- Chaired a paper session, entitled "Colonialism and Tradition", at the Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Traditional Environments (IASTE), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec 14-17, 2014.

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4. Dr. Jianxiang Huang

- Was invited to give a presentation at the Hong Kong Green Building Council on November 21, 2014. His presentation title is "Assessment and Management of Urban Micro-climate in Dense Cities"

- was a keynote speaker and moderator of the ‘Green Building Forum of Harvard ChinaGSD - Yuexiu Real Estate Group’ held in Guangzhou, China on January 5, 2015.

s 5. Dr. Kyung-min Nam

- “Urbanization, Air Pollution, and Carbon Emissions in China.” Invited Lecture. Graduate School

of Environmental Studies, Seoul National University. Dec 8, 2014. - “Climate Co-benefits of Air Pollution Abatement in China.” Invited Lecture. Graduate School of

Public Administration, Seoul National University. Dec 8, 2014. - Was invited to be a Visiting Scholar by Earth Institute, Columbia University from Dec 17, 2014 to

Jan 9, 2015.

- published a paper with following details:

Nam, K.-M. (2015), “Compact Organizational Space and Technological Catch-up: A Comparative Study of China’s Three Leading Automotive Groups”, Research Policy, 44 (1), pp. 258–272.

Abstract: This study examines why compact organizational space may matter for technological catch-up, through a comparison of China’s leading automotive groups. The comparative analysis demonstrates that the Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) surpasses its two local rivals in terms of technological capabilities partly because the firm has managed its organizational space in close connection with intensive growth strategies at the group level. SAIC has greatly benefited from compact organizational space in building technological

capabilities, as it encourages the mobilization and integration of internal resources and promotes group-wide synergy for an effective internalization of acquired assets.

6. Dr. Weifeng Li

- has been awarded the Research Output Prize (ROP) 2013-2014 (Faculty of Architecture) for his

joint paper “Exploring factors affecting the relationship between light consumption and GDP based on DMSP/OLS nighttime satellite imagery”, Remote Sensing of Environment, 134 (2013) pp. 111-119, by Jiansheng Wu, Zheng Wang, Weifeng Li, Jian Peng. http://www.rss.hku.hk/honours-awards/internal-awards/rop-winners

7. Prof. Bo-sin Tang

- Was invited by MTR Property Development (Shenzhen) Co. Ltd. to give a presentation about Hong Kong and international experiences in integrated railway and property development on 27 November at its Shenzhen Headquarters.

- Published the following journal paper: Tang, B.S. and Ho, W.K.O. (2015), “Land-use planning and market adjustment under de-industrialization: restructuring of industrial space in Hong Kong", Land Use Policy, 43, pp. 28-36.

- Was invited to give a presentation about international experiences in integrated railway and property development model at the Zhejiang University-Hong Kong Polytechnic University International Executive Development Centre in Hangzhou, China on 20 December 2015.

- was a Co-Principal Investigator in a successful Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) Project 2014/2015 entitled: "Development of design methodologies for the improvement of wind and thermal comfort in the urban environment" led by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University in collaboration with researchers from the University of Western Sydney, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, and the Hong Kong Observatory. The total awarded fund was HK$ 4,368,468.

8. Dean Webster

- Was invited by the Organizing Committee of the Design Ideas Competition for Kai Tak River within Kai Tak Development to serve as one of the Jury Panel members for the Kai Tak River Design Ideas Competition on Wednesday, 3 December 2014. The competition is jointly organized by the Civil Engineering and Development Department, the Leisure and Cultural Services Department, the Architectural Services Department, the Planning Department, the Energizing Kowloon East Office of the Development Bureau and related professional institutes.

- Was invited by the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects to attend its annual dinner on Friday, 5 December 2014.

- Was invited by the BARRIE HO Architecture Interiors Ltd’s to attend its 15 for 15+ Architecture Exhibition cum “SKETCH THE WORLD” Book Launch Cocktail Party at The Fringe Club on Monday, 8 December 2014, as one of the officiating guests

- Signed on behalf of the Faculty of Architecture, a strategic partnership agreement with the RIB Group, a leading Big Data 5D BIM technology provider, to establish an iTWO 5D Lab at the Shanghai Study Centre.

http://www.rss.hku.hk/honours-awards/internal-awards/rop-winners

- The Dean has just published a study about the spatial housing market in Nanjing, led by his former PhD student Yang Xiao, now at Tongji: Xiao, Y., Webster, C., & Orford, S. (2014). Identifying house price effects of changes in urban street configuration: An empirical study in Nanjing, China. Urban Studies, 0042098014560500. http://usj.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/12/05/0042098014560500.abstract Abstract: We explore the proposition that the fast continuous changes in urban street network associated with urban growth and the attendant changes in accessibility are partial determinants of microlevel house price movement. To test this hypothesis we examine the dynamic relationship between urban configuration and house price in the short-run from 2005 to 2010, taking the case of the city of Nanjing, China. A spatial-network analysis method is employed to track changes in accessibility within the urban street layout over time. The results provide evidence that changes in urban configuration are statistically associated with housing market changes. As the city’s road grid changes through suburban expansion, new highways and internal adaptation, changes in relative accessibility follow, both locally and throughout the whole city. Generally, improved accessibility leads to higher property prices as expected. But we also find a negative relationship where new congestion hot spots are created and we identify several types of systemic spill-over effects.

9. Mr. Yu Ye (PhD student)

- The NURSS held its second public seminar on January 6th, 2015. Prof. Zhan Qingming, the Ass

ociate Dean of School of Urban Design in Wuhan University, was invited to make a seminar titled as 'Urban Wind Path Analysis and Planning Supported by GIS and Remote Sensing- Case Study of Wuhan, China'. Many faculty members of DUPAD, PhD and master students attended this seminar.

http://usj.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/12/05/0042098014560500.abstract

10. Professor Anthony Yeh

- The Centre of Urban Studies and Urban Planning has co-organized the 8th Greater China GIS Conference with the Hong Kong GIS (Geographical Information System) Association on 7 and 8 January 2015 at Rayson Huang Theatre of the University of Hong Kong. The Greater China GIS Conference (海峽兩岸 GIS 發展研討會) is a joint Conference of the GIS associations in the Mainland, Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong which aims at providing an interactive platform for GIS academics and practitioners from the Mainland, Taiwan, Macau and Hong Kong to exchange views and ideas on the latest development in GIS research and applications. The first Conference was held in 1998 and, thereafter, it is organized bi-annually on rotation. The Conference was well attended by over 180 participants. Mr. Paul Chan, Secretary of Development of the Hong Kong SAR Government, delivered the welcoming address in the Opening Ceremony of the Conference. In addition to key note speeches given by Dr. Song Chaochi, Deputy Director of China National Surveying and Geographical Information Bureau, Prof. Sun Chin-Hong, National Taiwan University, Prof. Anthony Yeh, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the University of Hong Kong, and Dr. Cheong Siokei, Director of Surveying, Mapping and Cadastral Bureau of the Macao SAR Government, there was a GIS Development Forum chaired by Prof. Gong Jianya, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Wuhan University, with Prof. Zhou Chenghu, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Institute of Geography and Resources of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dr. Lee Wan-Kai, Deputy Manager of Taiwan Geographical Information Centre, Dr Kenneth Tang, President of Hong Kong GIS Association and Dr. Cheong Siokei, Director of Surveying, Mapping and Cadastral Bureau of the Macao SAR Government as panelists.

Mr. Paul Chan, Secretary of Development of the Hong Kong SAR Government, with Key Note Speakers, GIS Development Forum Panellists, and Presidents of GIS Associations in Mainland China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong.

11. Mr. Sun Yi (PhD student)

- Published a paper with following details:

Sun, Y. (2015), “Facilitating generation of local knowledge using a collaborative initiator: A NIMBY case in Guangzhou, China”, Habitat International, 46, pp. 130-137.

Abstract: This study claims that the synergic effects of collaborative governance and effective knowledge integration can solve the wicked policy issues. The function of collaborative initiators (CIs) is studied and defined. The mindset of leaders and entrepreneurs as CIs is generally different from that of public managers. Such mindset helps facilitate collaborative dynamics integrating otherwise distributed capacities and knowledge within policy networks. This study examines a case with reference to the site selection of a waste incineration power plant in Guangzhou, China. A unilateral process emerges among the residents of the district to accumulate the self-qualified knowledge before a general discussion was put forward. “Explicit knowledge” intensifies the hostile situation between the public and officials although such knowledge can be easily accessed through an Internet search. A general discussion reveals the potential for generating local knowledge conducive to abolishing the not-in-my-backyard mentality and prompting collaborative problem solving. District government officials are potential CIs whose roles remain in their infancy. This study finds that a collaborative initiator lacks entrepreneurship when faced with an influx of public opinions. The Chinese CIs vacillate between a rule-dominated manager and a policy entrepreneur with the evolution of China into a more diversified society.

- Received the Outstanding Young Researcher Award (OYRA) Winners for 2013-14

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