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Friday, August 20, 2004
"Big
Four" coalition enhances Asia's competitiveness in science
浸大與亞洲三所龍頭大學結盟 凝聚亞洲力量在世界舞台競賽
Agreement signing to boost Asian universities' competitiveness
in the global arena in non-linear and complex systems research: (front row from
left) Professor Dai Jiagan, Professor Lin Jiuxiang, Professor Herbert Tsang,
Professor Lai Choy-heng (back row from left) Professor Ouyang Qi, Professor
Hu Gang, Professor Bambi Hu, Professor Tan Eng-chye.
亞洲龍盟：四所大學的副校長及物理學專家在簽署協議後合照
(前排左起) 戴家干教授、林久祥教授、曾憲博教授、賴載興教授
(後排左起) 歐陽頎教授、胡崗教授、胡斑比教授、陳永財教授。
Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has allied with Peking University (PKU), Beijing Normal University (BNU) and National University of Singapore (NUS) to form Asia's premier league in physics research to boost the region's competitiveness in the global arena.
The "Big Four" signed an agreement today (August 20) to form the "Beijing-Hong Kong-Singapore Joint Centre for Nonlinear and Complex Systems" for collaborative research and the nurturing of post-graduate students and post-doctoral fellows.
Representing the universities to sign the agreement were Professor Lin Jiuxiang, Vice-President of PKU; Professor Dai Jiagan, Vice-President of BNU; Professor Herbert Tsang, Academic Vice-President of HKBU; and Professor Lai Choy-heng, Vice-Provost of NUS.
The four institutions have been cooperating in research in nonlinear and complex systems since 1996. Their vice-presidents gathered for the first time in Hong Kong to open a new chapter in the history of nonlinear and complex systems research, which is set to have a far-reaching impact on Asia's academic advancement.
The agreement signing was witnessed by Professor Ouyang Qi of the School of Physics of PKU; Professor Hu Gang of the Department of Physics of BNU; Professor Bambi Hu, Head of the Department of Physics of HKBU; and Professor Tan Eng-chye, Dean of the Faculty of Science of NUS.
HKBU Council members, teaching and administrative staff members as well as
students joined colleagues from sister universities in Hong Kong to witness
the birth of the academic league of "Asian dragons".
香港浸會大學 (浸大) 今天 (八月二十日) 與北京大學 (北大)、北京師範大學 (北師大) 和新加坡國
立大學 (新大) 簽署合作協議，組成亞洲首個強勢物理學研究聯盟，凝聚亞洲力量，匯聚人才與
資源，優勢互補，力求在非線性及複雜系統研究上取得突破性成果，加強亞洲在世界科學領域
上的競爭力。
根據協議，四所大學將共同成立「北京-香港-新加坡非線性與複雜系統聯合研究中心」，進行
項目研究和培育研究生及博士後學人。
代表四校簽署協議的是北大副校長林久祥教授、北師大副校長戴家干教授、浸大學務副校長曾
憲博教授，以及新大副校長賴載興教授。
四所大學早於九六年開始在非線性與複雜系統研究方合作，今次是幾位副校長首次聚首香江，
他們在協議上簽署，為物理學教研合作帶來新突破，揭開非線性與複雜系統研究新篇章，為亞
洲地區在該領域上的發展及競爭力帶來深遠的影響，讓亞洲的大學能與歐美的大學在科研上分
庭抗禮。
簽署儀式的見證人分別是北大物理學院歐陽頎教授、北師大物理系胡崗教授、浸大物理系系主
任胡斑比教授，以及新大理學院院長陳永財教授。同時見證這個「亞洲龍盟」誕生的包括浸大
的校董、教職員及學生，以及本港其他大學的教職員。
