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  Lap-Chee Tsui - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Lap-chee Tsui BA, MA, PhD, O.C. O.Ont. (徐立之 pinyin: Xú Lìzhī; born December 21, 1950) was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong in May 2002 and assumed office as the fourteenth Vice-Chancellor of the university with effect from September 1 2002.
Tsui was awarded his bachelor's (with only 3rd class honours) and master's degrees from The Chinese University of Hong Kong in 1972 and 1974, respectively.
Tsui became internationally acclaimed in 1989 when he and his team identified the defective gene, namely Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator (CFTR), that causes cystic fibrosis, which is a major breakthrough in human genetics.
www.voyager.in /Lap-Chee_Tsui   (388 words)

  
 Tsui Design & Research Inc. | In The Media
Tsui sees the building as a, “living organism”, that responds constantly to the changing exterior and interior environment including how a person’s use may change over time.
Tsui will be designing and building his own car with a revolutionary new kind of body surface—more aerodynamic than any car in history, an electric motor, a centralized shock absorber system and a body frame that eliminates the chassis completely.
Tsui takes the building and the environment to the ultimate conclusion producing building of fantastic appearance that work like “living organisms” nurtured by their natural setting, their purpose and function and self-sustaining even in urban neighborhoods.
www.tdrinc.com /media.html   (7924 words)

  
 Hong Kong - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yau Tsim Mong (Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok)
The Hang Seng Index fell by 22.8% in the week of 28 October 1997 after the real estate bubble economy collapsed, severely damaging the economy.
There is also a promenade along the Tsim Sha Tsui waterfront, which is popular among young Chinese couples.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Hong_Kong   (6934 words)

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