HKU staff make many contributions to the Hong Kong community, as well as to international communities and societies. The pages here show these contributions for the current academic year, from July 1st. Current and retrospective Community Service data is also shown on the HKU ResearcherPages of HKU staff. Community Service in general refers to service undertaken on a voluntary basis for international, regional and local councils, boards, committees as published normally in the HK Government Civil and Miscellaneous list; committees and working parties of government departments; quasi-governmental organization bodies of professional associations and tertiary institutions or conultancies carried out by private companies for Government or community organizations.