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CityU's Department of Applied Social Studies revealed its findings on the "Positive Ageing Index" at a press conference on 19 January. The study shows that social networks and a positive outlook are crucial to enhancing positive ageing.
More than 140 hall residents joined the City-Youth Empowerment Project to give regular voluntary services to needy groups in the community. The project kicked off on 5 October, reinforcing the caring culture and social commitment of the University.
Two academic staff members of CityU, Professor Gerry McCoy and Dr Joseph Kwok, are on this year's HKSAR Chief Executive Honours List in recognition of their valuable contributions to Hong Kong and dedicated community service.
Dr Yue Xiaodong, Associate Professor of CityU's Department of Applied Social Studies, announced the findings of his research study on “Turning Andy Lau from a star idol into a role model: An experimental study in Hong Kong and Shenzhen" on 24 June.
City University of Hong Kong's social sciences departments/programs have been ranked 61st of the top 100 in the world by the Times Higher Education Supplement.
CityU's Department of Applied Social Studies has initiated a project to help rebuild an orphanage in Aceh, the Indonesian city hardest hit by last December's tsunami.
Some 160 pottery figures make their way to CityU, 6 September to 17 October, 2004. They parade the entrance of the Academic Building, grace the University Circle, and “speak” with the CityU community.
The Bicultural Self Symposium, co-organized by the Department of Applied Social Studies of the City University of Hong Kong and the Department of Psychology of the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaigne, took place 16-17 August, 2004.
The City University of Hong Kong Press exhibits 65 titles at the 15th annual Hong Kong Book Fair, 21-26 July 2004. Three of these were selected by book critics as among this year's "40 Good Books," and four are hot-off-the-press.
A group of 24 social work students from CityU launched a press conference on 13 June to call attention on the issue of labour rights among South Asian people in Hong Kong. Together with Dr Kam Ping Kwong, Associate Professor of the Department of Applied Social Studies (SS), they formed a Working Group of the Community Concern Project on the Protection of Labour Rights among South Asian People in Hong Kong (Project L), an out-of-classroom learning experience led by Dr Kam