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Personal Data Protection – Important Reminder

Personal Data Protection - Important Reminder 2025-10-30  This is the half-yearly reminder (as in DPO-HKU System and Practices-07) to all staff members of the importance of personal data protection and the rising public expectation on the matter. Please refer to HKU-DPO for all related information and inquiries.  1. HKU Data Protection Practice: New staff members should be thoroughly briefed on the requirements in HKU practices especially ISDM policy of data classification and life cycle management, HKU Code of Practice in respect of the Personal Data

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Guidelines on the Responsible Use of Generative AI in Research at HKU

Research Services of the Registry | 2025-09-30 Dear Colleagues and Students, I am pleased to announce that the Guidelines on the Responsible Use of Generative AI in Research at The University of Hong Kong have been formally approved by the Senate and are now in effect. The Guidelines provide a framework for the ethical and accountable use of generative AI (GenAI) tools in research activities, aligning with the University’s commitment to academic excellence and integrity. They aim to support researchers, supervisors, and students in navigating the opportunities and

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False Interviews Used in Study on Rule of Law in Serbia

MV Dougherty reports on a case of a scholar who claimed to interview “judicial system representatives (judges and judicial servants) in Belgrade” and used the interview results as data to make findings about the judiciary in Serbia.  However, the interviews were not by the author.  What was said by the alleged interviewees was taken from other published work.   The article was published by Elsevier in the Communist and Post-Communist Studies, volume 50 (2017) 331-337.  Elsevier later retracted the article.  In the Retraction Notice, it was

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Recent decision in Professor Chan Yan Cheong v The Research Grants Council of the University Grants Committee [2020] HKCFI 459 (18 March 2020)

Prof Chan, Chair Professor in the Dept of Electrical Engineering at CityU, made a funding application to RGC in April 2013. He included a Figure with no reference to the original source.  When asked by RGC about the lack of acknowledgement for the Figure, Prof Chan replied it was due to oversight. He apologised and asked for the Figure to be withdrawn. RGC did not allow it.  RGC asked CityU to investigate a possible case of plagiarism.  CityU’s Investigation Panel (endorsed by their VP(R&Tech) found

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