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HKU Faculty of Law launches DIY Residential Tenancy Agreement E-Package
A team of students from HKU Faculty of Law led by Principal Lecturer Ms Dora Chan and Adjunct Associate Professor Mr Edmund Cham has prepared an “E-package of DIY Residential Tenancy Agreement” to provide the public with free and easy access to a residential tenancy agreement template and a set of guidance notes on the stamping, registration and filing of Form CR 109 for a residential tenancy agreement. The template allows tenants to enter into a tenancy agreement for their residential homes independently, without the costs and trouble of engaging a lawyer or an estate agent. The tenancy agreement template also contains typical terms governing the rights and liabilities of both the landlord and the tenant.
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Conservation Forensics Helping to Fight Illegal Wildlife Trafficking
Illegal wildlife trafficking is the fourth most lucrative criminal trade in the world and is estimated to generate up to US$20 billion in illicit revenue a year. Millions of animals and plants are traded every year threatening the survival of many endangered species. With more species on the brink of extinction, illegal profits surging and with no sign that the trade is slowing down, HKU School of Biological Sciences has adopted conservation forensics to provide authorities investigating illegal wildlife trafficking with accurate scientific data to use against traffickers. Watch the full video.
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HKU Faculty of Engineering, Hong Kong Observatory, and Hong Kong Meteorological Society hold Ultraviolet Radiation Measurement and Application Design Competition
The Ultraviolet Radiation Measurement and Application Design Competition was jointly organised by the HKU Faculty of Engineering, Hong Kong Observatory, and Hong Kong Meteorological Society, under the project titled “The invisible ultra-violet (UV) radiation” and supported by the HKU Knowledge Exchange Fund granted bythe University Grants Committee. This competition aims to strengthen students' ability to integrate and apply knowledge and skills in engineering and meteorology, to increase public awareness and understanding of UV radiation and its effects on health, and to promote correct attitudes towards UV protection. Over 400 participants ranging from primary 4 to secondary 6 joined the competition. The participants all gathered at the project exhibition and judging cum award presentation ceremony held on April 29, 2018 at HKU. The event attracted over 500 public visitors who were invited to vote for their favourite UV radiation measurement devices and applications. PLK Women's Welfare Club Western District Fung Lee Pui Yiu Primary School and Aberdeen Technical School were selected as the champions in the primary school and secondary school categories respectively.
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HKU Urban Studies and Planning team offers solution to a GPS blind spot in multilevel road networks
Present vehicle navigation system that uses GPS has a long existing problem in determining which road level a vehicle has entered, especially for flyovers parallel to the ground level. Professor Anthony Yeh Gar-On’s research team at the Department of Urban Planning and Design solved the problem with their Angle Difference Method which can instantly identify whether a vehicle has entered a flyover or is still on the ground level. It works with an ordinary smartphone that can be put anywhere at any angle in the vehicle with a plugged in or installed onboard diagnostic (OBD) device. The invention won a gold medal award at the Geneva International Exhibition of Inventions. The team is in talks with major digital map providers to apply the patented method into their navigation systems.
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HKU wins two TechConnect Global Innovation Awards at TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo 2018
HKU has won two TechConnect Global Innovation Awards at the TechConnect World Innovation Conference & Expo (TCWI) 2018 to be held in the US in May. The two award-winning innovations, both by the Department of Mechanical Engineering, are "Omniphobic porous membrane and methods for preparing the same" by Professor Wang Liqiu and Mr Zhu Ping An, and "Super Steel - A method for the fabrication of a super-strong and ductile multi-phase steel" by Dr Huang Mingxin and Dr He Binbin. The Innovation Awards identify the top 15% of submitted technologies based on the potential positive impact the technology on a specific industry sector. Over 240 submissions from about 95 organisations were received this year.
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HKU medical research team reveals damage to biliary system by ketamine abuse reversible after quitting
A research team of the HKU Department of Medicine and North District Hospital’s Department of Surgery performed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) on 257 ketamine abusers who had been abusing ketamine for an average duration of 10.5 years. Sixty percent of participants had abnormalities of the biliary system on MRI. Biliary tract damage was reversible in six participants who had a second MRI scan after quitting ketamine abuse, which found all participants had improvement in abdominal symptoms and normalization of liver enzymes. The reversibility of biliary tract damage after quitting ketamine and the development of liver cirrhosis after longstanding exposure are important public health messages which should be emphasized in educational efforts when combating against substance abuse. Dr Walter Seto Wai-kay, HKU Clinical Associate Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology said the study enhances their understanding of the toxic effects of ketamine on the biliary system and the liver. He hopes the findings will motivate current drug abusers to quit, and will encourage our community’s efforts in ‘saying no’ to drug abuse.
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HKU and Mainland scientists develop a scientific model for estimating site-specific metal toxicities in marine environments
A research team led jointly by Professor Kenneth Leung Mei-yee, Deputy Director of the HKU School of Biological Sciences, and Professor Wu Fengchang, Director of State Key Laboratory of Environmental Criteria and Risk Assessment at Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES), developed a novel empirical model for predicting metal toxicities and deriving their water quality criteria (WQC) in different marine environments worldwide. The novel method developed by the team will greatly improve the management of metal and metalloids in coastal marine environments worldwide, as environmental authorities can employ this method to derive provisional site-specific WQC for facilitating better ecosystem protection with consideration of specific environmental conditions and potential influences of global climate change.
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