Press Release - Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme 2000/2001

The Research Grants Council of Hong Kong (RGC) and the Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD) have selected a total of 34 research projects for funding under the Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme in the 2000/2001 exercise. The funding amounted to HK$1.6 million, with equal matching funds from both sides.

A joint selection committee comprising Hong Kong and German academics selected 25 new proposals and 9 extension projects, out of 28 new proposals and 15 extension projects received.

The Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme was first launched in 1996/1997 to promote collaborative research between researchers in Hong Kong and Germany, with return air passages, accommodation and subsistence allowance, to facilitate exchange visits and access to research facilities.

The Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme is one of the three joint research schemes operated by the RGC. The other schemes include partnership with France and the Mainland. The joint research schemes are part of the RGC's continuing efforts to promote research collaboration between Hong Kong and the international communities.

UGC Secretariat
12 January 2001

New Proposals Supported by
Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme 2000/2001

Project No.	Project Title	Hong Kong Partner / Institution	German Partner / Institution	Amount Awarded by RGC ($)
G_HK001 / 00	Optimal International Firm Flexibility and Multi-period Exchange Rate Risk Management	Dr Kit-pong Wong / HKU	Dr Axel F A Adam-Muller University of Konstanz	17400
G_HK002 / 00	Thermoplastic Nanocomposites	Dr Chi-ming Chan HKUST	Dr Volker Altstadt TU Hamburg-Harburg	29300
G_HK004 / 00	Impact of English on German & Hong Kong Chinese	Dr David C S Li CityU	Dr W D Bald Universitar zu Koln	30000
G_HK006 / 00	Isolation of marine bacterial metabolites as natural inducers for larval settlement in the marine polychaete Hydroides elegans(Haswell)	Dr Pei-yuan Qian HKUST	Dr Hans-U Dahms Universitat Oldenburg	30000
G_HK008 / 00	Development of new Fault-tolerant Control Schemes	Dr James Lam HKU	Prof Steven X Ding University of Applied Sciences Lausitz	29680
G_HK009 / 00	Risk Management with Financial Time Series in the Presence of Sudden Economic Changes	Prof Wai-keung Li HKU	Prof Jurgen Franke University of Kaiserslautern	30000
G_HK010 / 00	Automatic Design and Prototyping of Ditigal Baseband Algorithms for Future Mobile Communication Applications.	Prof Philip Heng-wai Leong CUHK	Dr. Juergen Becker Darmstadt University of Technology	28000
G_HK011 / 00	Role of Protein Kinase C in Relaxation of Arterial Smooth Muscle by "Classical" and Novel Calcuim Antagonists	Prof Yu Huang CUHK	Prof Maik Gollasch Humboldt University of Berlin	30000
G_HK012 / 00	A Facult Tolerant and Jitter Free Fieldbus with GPS Based Time Synchronisation Allowing for Wireless Mobile Operation	Dr Joesph Kee-yin Ng HKBU	Prof Wolfgang A Halang Fachbereich Elektrotechnik	30000
G_HK014 / 00	Insurance Law and International Competition in China	Dr Zhang Xian-chu HKU	Prof Harold Herrmann Universitat Erlanger- Nurnberg	15600
G_HK016 / 00	Simultaneous measurement of bioelectric and fluorescent signals in intact epithelial tissue	Prof Wing-hung Ko CUHK	Prof med. Jens Leipziger Universitat of Freiburg	23240
G_HK017 / 00	New Syntheses with Fats and Oils as Raw Materials for the Chemical Industry.	Prof M S F Lie Ken Jie HKU	Prof Jurgen O Metzger Carl von Ossietzky Univ of Oldenburg	30000
G_HK018 / 00	Holography as a tool for light control and creative art medium in architecture	Dr Sam C M Hui HKU	Prof Helmut F O Muller Universitat Dortmund	29960
G_HK019 / 00	Raman LIDAR multiple scattering simulation	Dr Andrew Y S Cheng CityU	Prof Ulrich G Oppel Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen	30000
G_HK020 / 00	Iterative Methods for Solving Sinc-Galerkin-Systems	Dr Michael Kwok-po Ng HKU	Dr Daniel Potts Medizinische Universitat zu Lubeck	26380
G_HK021 / 00	Oral Fungal Infections in Comprised Patient Groups	Prof L P Samaranayake HKU	Prof Reichart Peter Augusten Burger Pt 1 Charite	16050
G_HK022 / 00	Modeling of deformation patterns in superelastic shape memory alloys using strain gradient theory	Dr Qing-ping Sun HKUST	Dr Gerd Reisner TU Munchen	23000
G_HK023 / 00	Effects of the Ultrasound Contrast enhancing agent Levovist on the Detection of Interacranial Arteries and their Stenoses by Transcranial Doppler Ultrasound(TCD)	Prof Ka-sing Lawrence Wong CUHK	Prof med E B Ringelstein Westfalische Wihelms-Universitat	29800
G_HK024 / 00	Recovery in Mobile Agent Systems	Prof K W Ng CUHK	Prof Kurt Rothermel University of Stuttgart	29600
G_HK025 / 00	Theoretical Analysis and Numberical Verification of a Truly Meshless Computational Method via the use of radial basis functions and partition of Unity	Dr Yiu-chung Hon CityU	Prof R Schaback Universitat Gottingen	29800
G_HK026 / 00	Muscle-bone Biological Interaction in Adolescent Idiopathic Scoliosis	Prof Ling Qin CUHK	Prof E Schonau University of Cologne	30000
G_HK027 / 00	The Political economy of FDI(foreign direct investment) in China	Prof Larry D Qiu HKUST	Prof Heinrich Ursprung University of Konstanz	29800
G_HK028 / 00	3D-Reconstruction of Objects Using Light Pattern Projectors and a Camera-in-Hand-Systems	Dr Y F Li CityU	Prof F M Wahl Technical University of Branuschweig	29500
G_HK029 / 00	Dynamic Air Bending	Prof Tongxi Yu HKUST	Prof Ewald Werner Technische Universitat Munchen	27720
G_HK030 / 00	National and local laws and Regulations on Religions Practices in the People's Republic of China	Dr Beatrice Leung & Prof William Liu LU	Fr Roman Malek SVD Mounmenta Serica	30000
HK$684830

Extension Proposals Supported by
Germany/Hong Kong Joint Research Scheme 2000/2001

Project No.	Project Title	Hong Kong Partner / Institution	German Partner / Institution	Amount Awarded by RGC($)
G_HK001 / 00E	Phosphorous-31 magnetic resonance spectroscopy in the examination of progressive brain tumor versus radiation-induced injury	Prof Yu-leung Chan CUHK	Prof Peter Bachert German Cancer Research Centre, (DKFZ)	12000
G_HK002 / 00E	Adapting to new ears : programming and optimizing a virtual multimodal environment to accelerate the progress of adapting to non-individual hrtfs	Dr Richard H Y So HKUST	Prof h.c. Jens Blauert Fakultat Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik	12000
G_HK004 / 00E	Novel Polymer-Encapsulated Colloids and Thin Films/Immunoassay Label System based on Bio-Modified Encapsulated Colloids	Prof Reinhard Renneberg HKUST	Dr Frank Caruso Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces	12000
G_HK005 / 00E	Urban Green in Hong Kong: Improving the Metropolitan Environment: Provision of Public Parks	Dr Koon-kwai Wong HKBU	Prof Dr.h.c. M Domroes Mainz University	12000
G_HK006 / 00E	The vitural operating theatre- Design of advanced tools for computer and robot assisted surgery and tool evaluation reality solutions	Prof S K Tso CityU	Dr Christian H Fedrowitz University of Siegen	12000
G_HK007 / 00E	Scanning Tunneling Microscopy of Endoheral Metallofullerenes	Prof Nelson Cue HKUST	Prof Werner Heiland Universitaet Osnabruek	12000
G_HK008 / 00E	Ion beam synthesis of nanoscale materials	Prof S T Lee CityU	Prof Dr Hans HofsaB University Gottingen	12000
G_HK011 / 00E	Ion Beam Synthesis of Silicon Carbide	Prof S P Wong CUHK	Dr J K N Lindner University of Augsburg	12000
G_HK016 / 00E	Changes in the expression of renin-angiotensin system in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy: Activation of the transcription factor NFkB	Prof Po-sing Leung CUHK	Dr Gerd Wallukat Max Delbruck Center of Molecular Medicine	12000
HK$108000