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HKIS Outstanding Final Year
Dissertation Awards 2011
On 13 July 2012, two former undergraduates from the
Department of Land Surveying and Geo-Informatics (LSGI) were
honoured at the Hong Kong Jockey Club in Happy Valley with the
Outstanding Final Year Dissertation Awards. Organized by the
Hong Kong Institute of Surveyors (HKIS) to promote research
amongst its future surveyors and reward the efforts of students,
the awards were based on merit and the applicability of the
research output to the surveying profession. The Top Award in
Land Surveying went to Zhang Anshu, whose dissertation was
on geographic information systems for an indoor fire evacuation
system, while the Second Award went to Carmen Siu, who
worked on a real time vegetation monitoring programme for
registering old and valuable trees. Congratulations to both of
them for their achievements.
The panel of assessors for these awards includes members of
the HKIS Research Committee and a non-academic member
from each division of the HKIS recommended by the division
chairman. For more details of the awardees’ dissertation, please
visit
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http://www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/for-download/ZHANG_Anshu_
Dissertation.pdf
http://www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/for-download/SIU_Carmen_
Dissertation.pdf
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http://www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/for-download/
ZHANG_Anshu_Dissertation.pdf
http://www.lsgi.polyu.edu.hk/for-download/
SIU_Carmen_Dissertation.pdf
HKICM Construction Management
Awards 2011/12
In the first ever construction management awards sponsored
by the Hong Kong Institute of Construction Managers (HKICM),
3 alumnae of the Department of Building and Real Estate were
rewarded for their final year dissertations. At the master’s degree
level, Ms. Choi Nga Yee was the champion with her investigation
of the current application and future development of the Pay for
Safety Scheme in the Hong Kong construction industry. Her fellow
classmate, Yiu Sze Nga, Nicole, received a merit award for her
study of heat stress management in the same industry. Both of
them were supervised by Dr Daniel W. M. Chan.
At the bachelor’s degree level, Ms. Lee Mun Wai, Wendy, was
given a merit award for her study of personal knowledge
management practices for construction professionals in the
public sector of Hong Kong. She was supervised by Dr Patrick
Fong.
The awards aim to provide an open competitive platform for
students to demonstrate their knowledge and share their learning,
promoting the profession of construction management at the
same time. The champion received a certificate and a cash coupon
of HK$10,000 at the HKICM Annual Dinner in September 2012.
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