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Presented By Dr. Man-Chung Tang  
6:30 p.m. January 28, 2008 (Monday) Rayson Huang House, The University Hong Kong. The Second Y.K. Cheung Lecture entitled “Bridge Aesthetics“ will be delivered by Dr. Man-Chung Tang, Chairman of the Board of T.Y. Lin International, a consulting engineering firm with headquarters in San Francisco. The Lecture will be held at 6:30 p.m. on January 28, 2008 (Monday) in Rayson Huang Theatre, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong. |
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Engineering is art, not science. Science is rigid. Art is flexible. This flexibility offers engineers opportunities to innovate and beautify. An engineer can, and must, create structures that are aesthetically pleasing. Aesthetics is important because to have quality in our life, we must have quality in our environment. To have quality in our environment, we must pay attention to the aesthetics of the structures surrounding us, including bridges.
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| About the Speaker |
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Man-Chung Tang is Chairman of the Board of T.Y. Lin International, a consulting engineering firm with headquarters in San Francisco.
He received his B.Sc. degree from Chu Hai College, Hong Kong in 1959, his Engineering Diploma in 1964 and his Doctor of Engineering degree in 1965 from the Technical University Darmstadt, Germany and has since been working as a structural engineer. His work includes bridges, buildings and other types of structures. He has been involved with the design, design review and/or construction engineering of over 100 major bridges in various parts of the world. "The sun never sets on his bridges!"
He is an honorary professor of Tsinghua, Tongji, and five other universities in China. He is a member of the US National Academy of Engineering, a foreign member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and an honorary member of the American Society of Civil Engineers. Dr. Tang was named by Engineering News Record as one of "The 125 top people in the industry in the last 125 years." |
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| Registration and Enquiries |
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Admission is free. No prior registration is required, all interested are welcome. Attendance certificates and free parking at HKU will be available. To be eligible for free parking, please bring along your parking ticket to the Lecture Venue for validation before exiting the HKU car park. For further details please contact: Ms. Bridget Lam Tel: (852) 2859 2666 Fax: (852) 2559 5337 Email: cheungyk@hkucc.hku.hk |
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