• First World Statistics Day Seminar cum Commemorative Dinner held on 20.10.2010
  Mr. Leslie TANG, the President of the Society, delivered the opening speech at the First World Statistics Day Seminar organized by the Society (click here for the contents of speech).
  　

  Professor NG Kai Wang, the Head of Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science at the University of Hong Kong, reported his completion on “An Unexpected Journey to the Converse of Bayes Theorem” (click here for the synopsis and presentation slides) in the seminar . After the seminar, Mr. TANG presented the souvenir to Professor NG.

  　

  
  Mrs. Lily OU-YANG, Acting Commissioner for Census and Statistics, delivered an opening speech at the commemorative dinner, jointly organised by the Society and the Census and Statistics Department (click here for the contents of speech).
  
  　

  
  During the dinner, Professor GU Ming-gao, the Graduate Division Head in the Department of Statistics, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Professor LAM Kin, Professor Emeritus of Hong Kong Baptist University, shared with members on the application of statistics. Over 100 statistical professionals and academics attended the commemorative dinner.
  
  　

  
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• Public seminar "Widening the Scope of General Knowledge Recognising the Fallacies of Statistics”
  「擴闊通識思維 『識』破統計謬誤」公開講座
  The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) held a public seminar “Widening the Scope of General Knowledge Recognising the Fallacies of Statistics”, along with the Hong Kong Statistical Society, the Education Bureau and the Hong Kong University Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, on 20 October 2010 at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University as part of Hong Kong's cerebrations of the first World Statistics Day. The objective of the seminar is to enhance the understandings of the participants on interpretation and application of statistical data.
  
  政府統計處在二零一零年十月二十日與香港統計學會、教育局和香港大學統計及精算學系，於香港理工大學舉行「擴闊通識思維 『識』破統計謬誤」公開講座，作為香港慶祝首個世界統計日的活動之一。講座的目的是加深參加者對正確理解和運用統計數據的認識。
  　

  Joining Acting Commissioner for Census and Statistics, Mrs Lily Ou-yang (third right) at the public lecture are Deputy Secretary for Education, Dr Catherine Chan (third left); President of the Hong Kong Statistical Society, Mr Leslie Tang (first left); Chief Economist of the Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd, Mr Mak Nak-keung (second right); Associate Professor of Hong Kong University Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Dr Philip Yu (first right); and C&SD Senior Statistician, Miss Amy Yu (second left). 署理政府統計處處長歐陽方麗麗(右三)與教育局副秘書長陳嘉琪博士(左三)、香港統計學會會長鄧偉江(左一)、新鴻基地產發展有限公司首席經濟師麥力強(右二)、香港大學統計及精算學系副教授楊良河博士(右一)及政府統計處高級統計師余瑞心(左二)於公開講座上合照。

  Some 200 participants attended the public seminar, including 150 secondary school teachers and tertiary students, and 50 academic staff from tertiary institutions and statistical practitioners. 約200名人士參加公開講座，包括150名中學老師和大專學生，以及50名大專院校的教職員和統計工作者。 　 .

  Participants at the public seminar enhance their understanding of statistical theories and applications through interactive games. 公開講座參加者透過互動遊戲，加深對統計理論和應用的了解。

• HKSS dinner with the delegation of International Statistical Institute (ISI)
  Mr. Jef Teugels (ISI President), Mr. Jae C Lee (ISI President-elect), Ms. Ada van Krimpen (ISI Director) and Ms. Shabani Mehta (Assistant to ISI Director) of ISI visited Hong Kong in end April 2010 to discuss the preparation of the 59th World Statistics Congress (WSC) to be held in Hong Kong in 2013. The Society had the honour to invite these guests to a dinner on 30 April 2010. At the dinner, the ISI delegation and members of the Society shared their views on the organisation of the 59th WSC and other common concerns in the global statistics community.
  
  　

  Mr. Fung Hing-wang (Commissioner for Census and Statistics), Mr. Leslie Tang (HKSS President), Mr. Jel Teugels (ISI President), and Mr. Jae C Lee (ISI President-elect) delivered speeches during the dinner.

  　

  ISI delegates and members of the Society shared their views in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

  
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• The HKSS Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2010
  The Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held on 30 March 2010 at the Immigration Tower. Some 50 members had attended.

  Some 50 members had attended the AGM.

  At the AGM, a souvenir was presented to Professor Lam Kin in appreciation of his generous donation to the Hong Kong Statistical Society for promoting statistical literacy.

  Professor Lam Kin received a souvenir from the President of the Society.

  HKSS also extended our warmest congratulations to Professor Tony W. K. Fung during the AGM. Professor Fung’s project titled “Outlier Diagnostics and Robust Estimation in Multivariate Statistical Analysis” won him the Natural Science Award (Second Class) of the Higher Education Institution Scientific Research Outstanding Achievement Award 2009.

  Professor Tony FUNG, who received the honor of the Natural Science Award (Second Class), took a picture with the President of the Society.

  After the AGM, a dinner was organized for members and all participants spent an enjoyable evening.

  A number of HKSS members attended the dinner after the AGM. They all spent a pleasurable evening.

  Please see here for more photos of the AGM.

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