Hong Kong, 69 January 2004
Hong Kong was the main stop on my trip, in the sense that
the Third Asian Aerosol Conference was the reason for the trip. The conference
had been originally scheduled for July of 2003, but was postponed by the SARS
scare that spring. Once the January date was set, I was able to schedule visits
to Beijing and Xiamen beforehand and Guangzhou and Guiyang afterward.
I happen to love the Hong Kong University of Science and
Technology. I call it "The City On The Hill" because it is set on a steep
hillside overlooking Clear Water Bay in Kowloon, the New Territories. It was
built about ten years ago for the express purpose of providing advanced
scientific and technical training for the youth of Hong Kong so that they could
take up the slack when the British withdrew in 1999. The city engaged a Japanese
firm to design the university, which wound up costing $HK 500 billion. But the
results were fabulous.
Hong Kong University of Science And Technology"The
City On The Hill"
Upper level 1
Upper level 2
The One-World Fountain
Coastal Marine Laboratory
Down by the sea
Athletic facilities
The Third Asian Aerosol Conference, 69 January
2004
In the atrium
Organizers
and exhibitors
Attendees
In the meeting rooms
The mobile laboratory
The Lion Dance, 8 January
Lunch with some Chinese friends, 8
January
The Harbor Cruise
During dinner
1
During
dinner 2
Hong Kong by night