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Society and to promote the proper use of sample survey results
amongst the general public, the Society co-organised a public
seminar on ¡§Sample Surveys- How to be a Smart Data User¡¨ on 20
November 2007. The seminar was jointly organized with the Census and
Statistics Department and the Education Development Bureau of the
Hong Kong Government. This was also one of the seminars to
commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Census and Statistics
Department. The moderator of the seminar was Mr. Leslie Tang,
President of the Society; while speakers included Professor Chan
Ying Keung of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and Mr. KC Leung,
Assistant Commissioner for Census and Statistics. |
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Mr. Leslie Tang,
President of the Society,
served as the moderator of the
seminar to lead the discussion. |
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Professor Chan Ying Keung
of The Chinese University of Hong Kong
discussed some important principles
of conducting sample surveys. |
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Mr. KC Leung,
Assistant Commissioner for Census
and Statistics, provided the audience some
tips to become a smart data user, including
the questions that one should ask to assess
the reliability of a sample survey. |
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| Closer Relationship
with Statistics and Census Service of Macao
A delegation of some 20 members, led by Mr. Leslie Tang, President
of the Hong Kong Statistical Society, visited Statistics and Census
Service of Macao (¿Dªù‰spº[´¶¬d§½) during the weekend of 20 and 21 October
2007. The purpose of the visit was to establish closer relationship
between statistical professionals of Hong Kong and Macao. The visit
program included some sports activities such as tennis, badminton
and table tennis with colleagues of Statistics and Census Service of
Macao, a commemorative dinner to celebrate the Macao¡¦s Official
Statistics Day, and a tour to some spectacular tourist sites of
Macao. All participants found the visit meaningful and enjoyable. |
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Dr. Philip Yu, Vice President of the
Society, played table tennis with colleague of Statistics and Census
Service of Macao |
Mr. Leslie Tang, President of the Society,
received a souvenir from Ms. Vanessa Kong, Acting Director of Statistics
and Census Service of Macao |
Members of the Hong Kong Statistical Society
visited the Chapel of Our Lady of Penha, a famous tourist site in Macao |
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| The Public Lecture by Professor Granger,
the Nobel Laureate in Economics in 2003, was held on 16 May 2007 as
one of the activities to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the
Hong Kong Statistical Society. The event was jointly organized with
the Department of Applied Mathematics and the School of Accounting
and Finance of the Polytechnic University of Hong Kong.
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The public lecture on "Evaluation of Global
Economic Models" delivered by Professor Granger was one of the
activities to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the Society. |
Professor Granger and Mr. Leslie Tang,
President of the Society, took a photo after the lecture. |
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| The 2006/07 Statistical Project
Competition was successfully completed. In this round of the
Competition, some 222 projects were received from 989 students of 65
secondary schools. The Prize Presentation Ceremony was held on 28
April 2007. |
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The First Prize winning team of the Junior
Section took a photo with the Honorary Guests of the Prize Presentation
Ceremony and the President of the Society. |
The First Prize winning team of the Junior
Section made a presentation to introduce their project during the Prize
Presentation Ceremony. |
The First Prize winning team of
the Senior Section received the Prize from Mr. HW Fung,
Commissioner for Census and Statistics. |
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| The Annual General Meeting (AGM) was held
on 22 March 2007. At the AGM, the new Executive Council was
successfully elected. After the AGM, a dinner was organized for
members. Prof. Howell Tong, who recently received the Guy Medal in
Silver 2007 awarded by the Royal Statistical Society, and Mr. HUANG
Lang-hui, Director-General and Senior Statistician of the National
Bureau of Statistics, joined us for dinner and shared with us their
experiences and knowledge in a light-hearted environment.
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Mr. Leslie Tang, the incoming
President for the 2007/08 Executive Council, introduced the
activity plan of the Society during the Annual General
Meeting. |
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| To commemorate the 30th anniversary of the
Society, a Workshop on "Statistics in Finance and Economics" was
held on 10 February 2007. The event was jointly organized with the
Hong Kong Institute of Monetary Research. The speakers included Mr.
HW Fung, Commissioner for Census and Statistics; Professor Lam Kin
of Hong Kong Baptist University; Miss Kathryn Zhao of Deutsche Bank
and Dr. Philip Yu of Hong Kong University. |
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Mr. HW Fung, Commissioner for Census and
Statistics, delivered a talk on "Developments in Economic and Financial
Statistics of Hong Kong". |
Prof. Lam Kin of Hong Kong Baptist
University delivered a talk on "How Bayesian inference may induce excess
volatility, underreaction and overreaction in financial markets". |
Miss Kathryn Zhao of Deutsche Bank delivered
a talk on "Significance of Volume in Achieving VWAP". |
Dr. Philip Yu delivered a talk on "On Some
Models for Value at Risk". |
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| As one of the events of the 30th
Anniversary, the Society organized a 2-day Workshop on
"Econometric Time Series" on 15-16 January 2007. The event
was jointly organized with the Department of Statistics and
Actuarial Science of Hong Kong University and the Department
of Econometrics and Operational Research of Free University
of Amsterdam.
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 Participants
of the Workshop took a group photo at the Hong Kong University. |
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