State of the Faculty Address 2020

17 During this year’s Legislative Council session, funding support for short-term measures to cope with increased and increasing student numbers, including omni-telepresence and VR/AR 1 works and additional anatomy laboratories, was approved. Medium-term measures for a new academic complex and student residences are making steady progress, anticipating completion during the 2026-7 academic year. Lastly, the anachronistic UGC “Kaiser Formula” which discounts space eligibility for clinical professoriate, comprising more than half of HKUMed’s human resources strength, by 90% awaits review and resolution. This Gordian knot requires the wisdom and courage of a modern day Alexander the Great to untie. 1 Virtual Reality/Augmented Reality

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