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Research Agreement Signing Ceremony - Project: Establishing a Hong Kong Based Carbon Labelling Framework for Construction Materials

25 Oct 2010

Date/Time:      26^th October 2010 (Tuesday), 3:00pm - 4:00pm

Venue:     Convocation Room, 2/F., Main Building, The University of Hong Kong

You are cordially invited to the research agreement signing ceremony officiated by Paul K.H. TAM, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research) Professor of The University of Hong Kong (HKU) and Mr LEE Shing-see, Chairman of Construction Industry Council (CIC).

The HKU research project is sponsored by CIC and aims to develop a framework for labelling the carbon emitted by construction materials for use in the Hong Kong construction industry.

It is hopeful that the carbon labelling framework for construction materials, once developed, will help achieve the target of emission reduction as proposed by the government. The findings should also put Hong Kong at the forefront of sustainable development as well as accreditation service and carbon auditing.

Dr. Thomas Ng, Associate Professor of HKU Department of Civil Engineering, and Mr. Conrad Wong, Chairman of the Committee on Environment and Technology of CIC, will brief the media on details of the project after the ceremony.

The programme rundown is as follows:

3:00 p.m.                   Welcome Speech by Professor Paul K.H. TAM
                                 Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President (Research), HKU
3:05 p.m.                   Speech by Mr. LEE Shing-see, GBS, OBE, JP
                                 Chairman, Construction Industry Council
3:15 p.m.                    Photos Session
                                 Officiating Guests together with Project Team Members
3:10 p.m.                    Signing of Research Agreement
                                  Mr. LEE Shing-see and Professor Paul K.H. TAM
3:20p.m.                     Questions and Answers
                                  Dr. Thomas Ng and Mr. Conrad Wong

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk or Ms Melanie Wan (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk; or Ms. Esther Lai of CIC at tel 3571 8718 email: estherlai@hkcic.org.