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HKU Pro-Vice-Chancellor appointment

 

The decision by the University of Hong Kong council to postpone the appointment of the pro-vice-chancellor has sparked much protest and criticism.

 

香港大學副校長（Pro-Vice-Chancellor）任命，要待首席副校長（Provost）到任再議，到底是什麼回事？Kevin 容煒灝會介紹港大行政架構，冀能為大家梳理事情始末！

 

架構上，副校長居於首席副校長之下：

The pro vice chancellor is the person who is one step below the deputy vice chancellor (or provost) in the university’s chain of command.

 

Chancellor 校監

Dr the Honourable Leung Chun-ying, 梁振英

 

Pro-Chancellor 副校監

Dr the Honourable Sir David Li Kwok Po, 李國寶

 

President and Vice-Chancellor 校長

Professor Peter Mathieson, 馬斐森

 

Provost and Deputy Vice-Chancellor 首席副校長

Professor Paul Tam Kwong Hang, 譚廣亨

 

Executive Vice-President (Administration and Finance)  行政及財務副校長

Dr. Steven J. Cannon, 康諾恩

 

Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research)  副校長(研究)

Professor Paul Tam Kwong Hang, 譚廣亨

 

Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Teaching and Learning)  副校長(教學)

Professor Ian Holliday, 何立仁

 

Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Global)  副校長(環球事務)

Professor W. John Kao 高為元

 

Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Institutional Advancement)  副校長(大學拓展)

Mr Douglas So, 蘇彰德

 

尚待任命的，則是Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Academic staffing and resources) 副校長（人力資源）一職。

 

 

招聘程序早於2014年3月開展，但屬意人選卻遲遲未獲委任：

 

The university started looking for someone to take the job in March 2014. One professor was supposed to get the job, but pro-Beijing newspapers criticised him and he still hasn’t been appointed yet.

 

 

appointment

(noun 名詞)

 

1. 約會 / 約定

by appointment   根據約定

to make an appointment (+with sbd)  預約

to break an appointment   失約

 

2. 任命

to take up an appointment ( as sth )   就任（某職位）

► appoint (verb 動詞)

appoint sbd to a job 任命，指派

例子：They appointed him ( to be / as ) the pro-vice-chancellor.

 

self-appointed 毛遂自薦的

(adjective 形容詞)

 

well appointed 陳設齊全的

(adjective 形容詞) 

 

例子：This is a well-appointed room with furniture of a high standard.

 

appointed 約定，指定；安排

(adjective 形容詞)

 

例子：They arrived at the appointed time .   我們的來賓在約定的時間到達了。

 

postpone 延後；延遲

(verb 動詞)

= defer = delay

 

► postponement (noun 名詞)

 

例子：The postponement of the appointment was suspected to be due to some political reasons.

 

deferment (noun 名詞) / delay (noun 名詞)

 

7月28日，港大校委會的閉門會議因事中斷：

 

A closed-door meeting of the University of Hong Kong’s governing body ended in chaos on 28 July when angry students stormed the venue upon learning that members were sticking to their guns in deferring the appointment of a liberal scholar to a key managerial post.

 

storm 暴風雨; 暴風雪; 雷暴

(noun 名詞)

 

= 風暴

 

例子：

a political storm  政治風暴

a storm of protest   抗議的浪潮

a storm of bullets   槍林彈雨

the movie took Hong Kong by storm   這部劇風靡香港

 

storm 氣呼呼地走; 向前闖; 闖進

(verb 動詞)

 

to storm into   怒氣衝衝地闖入

to storm off   氣呼呼地跑開

to storm at sb   對某人大發雷霆

 

stick to your guns 依然故我；不為所動

(British, American & Australian informal)

 

or stand by your guns (American informal)

   
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