2013年10月29日星期二

WINGS Writing Competition

Details of the competition
Topic: PLAY*
(*Considering the Chinese character used, we would like to limit the interpretation to “Enjoy”, “Acting”, “Performance” or all of the above.)
Requirement: Each student can only submit one article. There is no restriction in format, i.e. satire, lyric, story, novel, etc. are accepted. For Chinese writers, you are free to choose to write in either Classical Chinese or Written Vernacular Chinese. However, we will only accept articles written in Traditional Chinese characters or English. Our judges will rank the works in order of literariness, attractiveness and writing skill.

Application
The guidelines and application forms are now available in the bookshelf on LG5; or on our website http://eb-ust.blogspot.hk/. You can also download the attached application form in the email.

Each candidate is required to
1)        Submit your work with a completed application form in “.doc” or “.docx” format to su_eb@stu.ust.hk through email; or
2)        Deliver your work in A4 size with a completed application form before the deadline by mail or in person to Mail Box #2, Student Center, LG5/F, Academic Complex, HKUST, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Deadline
4th November, 2013 (Postmark date is considered if by mail)

Regulations
1.        Only submissions by any individual UG or PG students of HKUST are welcome.
2.        Upon submission of article, candidates implicitly agree to all regulations.
3.        Works should be original and unpublished. Candidates are not allowed to publish the works before the release of result of the writing competition.
4.        The Editorial Board, HKUSTSU have the rights to publish the ranked works on its publication once.
5.        All rights reserved by the Editorial Board, HKUSTSU.

Prizes
Champion: $300 book coupon
First runner-up: $100 book coupon
Second runner-up: $50 book coupon

Release of the result
The result will be released in November. The ranked works will be published on our official 
website and in “WINGS 21.3”. Winners will be notified.

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2013年10月26日星期六

 For those who are interested in English version, we are here to provide some articles of WINGS 21.2 about school policy. 


校園規劃四宗罪
Four Problems in Campus Planning


誰不想在理想校園環境學習、生活?誰不想我們第二個家的規劃可以更完善?既然有份使用校園,那麼對校園規劃有要求、有寄望,亦是人之常情。實情是,校園規劃一直都有很多不如人意的地方,的確容易惹來諸多不滿。規劃毛病多多,乃基於以下四個累積已久的弊端:部份設施低效用,擺姿態,如同裝飾擺設,此其一;設計不便利使用者,校方對使用者需要了解有限,此其二;校方漠視民意,了無顯著改善,此其三;校方當年短視,欠缺長遠、永續的校園規劃,又沒堅持定下的規劃方針,此其四。下文將列舉種種例子,加以說明,予以佐證。眾例乍聞似是天方夜譚,可惜科大的校園規劃往往比小說更離奇,怎一個怪字了得。

Who does not want to study in an ideal campus environment? Who does not hope for a better planning of our second home? It is ordinary that we users have requirements and expectations towards campus planning. The truth is, however, that many disadvantages have existed in the campus planning, arousing much dissatisfaction. They are based on the following four problems accumulated long. Firstly, some facilities are of low efficiency and like decorations. Secondly, the designs are non-user-friendly due to the University’s insufficient understanding about users’ needs. Thirdly, the University has been ignoring students’ opinions, making no prominent improvement. Fourthly, the University was short-sighted that it lacked a long-term and sustainable campus planning, without insistence of the objects of the planning. Below a number of examples would be listed to illustrate and prove the above problems. They may sound ridiculous, but they are still much less ridiculous than UST’s campus planning is.