Issue 16, February 2009

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Postgraduate Research Fellowship Scheme
Hong Kong's postgraduate research landscape is aiming to move on to the world stage with a new initiative designed to attract top international postgraduate research students to the territory for their doctoral studies.
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Risk Management and Corporate Governance Practices of Listed Chinese Companies
Sound corporate governance principles are increasingly being recognised as the foundation upon which the trust of investors is built and risk management can be assessed.
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Modeling Default Correlation Using Credit Contagion Approach
As the world experiences the precarious operating activities of major financial institutions and household company names, the need for comprehensive understanding of default correlation has become increasingly important.
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Margin Setting Methodologies Under a Constraint of Change Frequencies
A research project that looks at various ways of predicting volatility and setting margin levels in futures markets provides practical solutions that meet the needs of investors and clearinghouses.
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A Longitudinal Study of Parental Control in Early Adolescence in Hong Kong
Research mainly funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC) is helping to provide new insights into parental control during early adolescence of Hong Kong children.
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Demographic Analysis of Healthy Longevity in China
A comprehensive research project examining old age in China has shed new light on the social, behavioral, biological, and environmental risk factors that play an important role in healthy longevity.
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Chess for those Playing From The Heart
An award winning design project involving the ancient game of Chinese chess is helping to improve the leisure, social and cultural life of visually impaired people (VIP) in Hong Kong and internationally.
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RGC Public Lectures - Cancer Research
Since the Hong Kong research community has been producing a lot of exciting research projects, the Research Grants Council will organize regular public lectures so as to let the public know what important achievements of research have been accomplished by the higher education sector in Hong Kong.
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