News on Catering Services 2013
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| December 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU CATERING: SPECIAL OPERATION HOURS OF CAMPUS CATERING OUTLETS DURING CHRISTMAS 2013 AND SEMESTER BREAK Please refer to the following link for the special operation hours of campus catering outlets during Christmas 2013 and Semester Break period. Colleagues in University Offices may print out these information for your notice boards, if necessary. Should you have any query regarding the above arrangement, please free feel to contact the Catering Manager, Mr. Sam Poon at 2859-2285 or email catering@cedars.hku.hk. Thank you very much for your attention and may I wish you a Merry Christmas and a wonderful Year of 2014! |
| December 2013 |
HKU Catering: Special Promotion on Cookies Ordering from TWGHs iBakery: <2014 New Year Hearty Cookies>
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| November 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Price Adjustment at Union Restaurant, FSCAC Restaurant and Ho Tim Hall Restaurant On consideration for the rise in material cost and cost of labour, the University has duly approved the requests of the respective caterers for upward price adjustments at the captioned catering outlets, with average price increase and actual date of execution as follows:- 1. Asia Pacific Catering Corporation Ltd. – Union Restaurant Average percentage price adjustment: +4.28% 2. Asia Pacific Catering Corporation Ltd. – FSCAC Restaurant Average percentage price adjustment: +4.17% 3. Jexon Development Ltd. – Ho Tim Hall Restaurant Average percentage price adjustment: +4.71%
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| November 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Food Waste Awareness Week – “Eat Well, Waste Less” The HKU Sustainability Office in collaborating with CEDARS and HKUSU is holding a week-long event aiming at raising the University Community’s awareness of food waste in the University Campus. The “Food Waste Awareness Week” will include food waste separation campaigns at the three canteens in the Main Campus and an exhibition outside the HKUSU Office in the Composite Building:  Food Waste Separation Campaign: Date: November 11-15, 2013 Some facts: - about 500 kg of food waste is generating from the University every day (which equals 625 meals) What you can help? - order food only if you can finish. Ask for reduced portion / less rice as appropriate EAT WELL, WASTE LESS |
| November 2013 |
Knockbox Coffee - Home Brewing Demonstration
Date: November 11, 2013 (Monday) ALL ARE WELCOME! |
| October 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Customer Satisfaction Survey on Campus Catering Services (Oct/Nov 2013) To keep improving the overall quality of Campus Catering Services, CEDARS needs your help and we would like to collect your opinions and comments on your recent catering experiences in HKU eateries. Please tell us how the respective Caterers can do better, and share with us your view, suggestions and expectation on the HKU catering services. We would be very grateful if you could spare a few minutes completing the online questionnaires through the following links. Your valuable input would be conveyed to the respective Consumers' Groups and Caterers for appropriate actions. <https://www.cedars.hku.hk/sections/campuslife/Catering/UserSurvey.php> If you have other comments on Campus Catering Services, you may send us a feedback directly at <catering@cedars.hku.hk>or via the online feedback form at <https://www.cedars.hku.hk/sections/campuslife/Catering/ContactUsMain.php>. Thank you very much for your attention and valuable input! |
| October 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Opening of the New Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre (CYMAC) Cafeteria – Café 330 CEDARS is pleased to keep you informed of the opening of the new Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre Cafeteria – Café 330 by New Life on October 7, 2013 (coming Monday). Café 330 is located at 2/F of CYMAC in the Main Campus. It will be operated by New Life Support Enterprises Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (NLPRA) – a local NGO advocating for equal opportunities for people in recovery of mental illness, enhancing their quality of life and moving towards an inclusive society through direct services, social enterprises, mutual aid and family support. The theme concept of Café 330 is, as its name describes (pronounce in Cantonese), 3 (“身” – Love your “Body”), 3 (“心” – Positive “Mind”) and 0 (“靈” – “Spirit”: find a zest of living). The cafeteria offers a range of light deli such as sandwiches, salad (vegetable grown in local farm managed by NLPRA), pasta, bakeries and cakes. For the full daily F&B menu, please follow the hyperlink for details (Café 330 F&B Menu). The opening hours during the run-in period in the first week from October 7 to 14, 2013 will be 7:30 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.(Daily). Normal operating hours starting from October 15, 2013 onwards will be 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Daily). Contacts: (Tel) 2794 3778; (Fax) 2336 2580 Thank you for your attention! |
| September 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Campus Catering Services During Extreme Bad Weather Condition As Severe Typhoon Usagi is approaching, it is anticipated that extreme bad weather is going to affect the territories this evening. Please note that ALL campus catering outlets will be closed soon after Tropical Storm Warning Signal No. 8 (or a higher number) is hoisted. All campus catering outlets will be closed if Tropical Storm Warning Signal No. 8 (or a higher number) is still hoisted before 8:00 a.m. the next day. Normal services shall be resumed not later than three hours after Tropical Storm Warning Signal No. 8 (or a higher number) has been lowered, unless this occurs after 3:30 p.m. in which case service shall be resumed on the following day. Thank you for your attention! |
| September 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Customer Satisfaction Survey on Campus Catering Services (Sep 2013) To keep improving the overall quality of Campus Catering Services, CEDARS needs your help and we would like to collect your opinions and comments on your recent catering experiences in HKU eateries. Please tell us how the respective Caterers can do better, and share with us your view, suggestions and expectation on the HKU catering services. We would be very grateful if you could spare a few minutes completing the online questionnaires through the following links. Your valuable input would be conveyed to the respective Consumers' Groups and Caterers for appropriate actions. <https://www.cedars.hku.hk/sections/campuslife/Catering/UserSurvey.php> Should you have other comments on HKU Catering Services, please do not hesitate to send us a feedback directly at <catering@cedars.hku.hk> or via the online feedback form at <https://www.cedars.hku.hk/sections/campuslife/Catering/ContactUsMain.php> Thank you very much for your attention and input. |
| August 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, Re: Update on Campus Catering Services (CYMAC Restaurant, CYMAC Cafeteria, Bay View Restaurant) 1. MAIN CAMPUS: Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre (CYMAC) Restaurant – Maxim’s Caterers Ltd. The renovation of the brand new CYMAC Restaurant has been completed and the restaurant will be in full operation on September 2, 2013 (next Monday). Maxim’s will test run the restaurant on this weekend to ensure a smooth operation on the first day of semester. Maxim’s has introduced some new fast food products which are first launched exclusively in the HKU outlet. Please follow the hyperlink for details of the full F&B menu. Just a gentle reminder here, the entrances to the restaurant are all located along the corridor outside the 4/F of CYMAC leading to Chong Yuet Ming Physics Building. Opening Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. (Daily) Contacts: (Tel) 2857 5511; (E-mail) csd2858@maxims.com.hk 2. MAIN CAMPUS: CYMAC Cafeteria – Café330 by New Life Support Enterprises Ltd. Due to re-designation of space in the Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre, a brand new cafeteria will be set up on the 2/F of CYMAC (opposite ParknShop). The contract for operating the new CYMAC Cafeteria has been awarded to New Life Support Enterprises Ltd., a subsidiary of a local NGO namely New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association (New Life). Café330 will be serving pasta, western deli, sandwiches, bakery, desserts and coffee. Please follow the hyperlink for details of the full F&B menu. The cafeteria is still under renovation and the works are expected to be completed in late September 2013. The operation of Café330 will commence in early October 2013 tentatively. Opening Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Daily) Contacts: To be announced 3. SASSOON ROAD CAMPUS: Bay View Restaurant (6 Sassoon Road) – Sailing Boat Catering Management Ltd. The newly renovated Bay View Restaurant at 6 Sassoon Road will commence operation on September 2, 2013 (next Monday). Apart from normal fast food services, the new Bay View Restaurant also incorporates different elements, including a CEO Bar – a small coffee corner serving cakes and coffee, and popular Chinese Cuisine and Dim Sum provisions. However due to slight delay in the renovation, only the dining area and the service counter will be opened with limited fast food service in the first week of the semester. The operation will be in full swing starting from September 9, 2013 with full fast food menu, CEO Bar and Chinese Cuisine and Dim Sum (lunch only). Please follow the hyperlink for details of the full F&B menu. Opening Hours: 7:30 a.m. – 9:30 p.m. (Daily) Contacts/ Booking: (Tel) 2817 8123; (Fax) 2817 8332; (E-mail) HKUBV@oceanblue.com.hk Please stay tuned to CEDARS – Campus Life (Catering) website for various updates on campus catering services. Thank you for your attention! |
| August 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Update on Campus Catering Services (Main Campus, Centennial Campus and Sassoon Road Outlets) 1. Coffee Corner at Chi Wah Learning Commons – Knockbox Coffee Company The Coffee Corner is a new outlet, located at 1/F of Chi Wah Learning Commons and operated by Knockbox Coffee Company. It is now in soft opening with limited choices of food and coffee. The Coffee Corner will be in full operation with more choices of bakery products from August 26, 2013 (next Monday). A special offer of back-to-school promotion (buy one get one free, free drip coffee on any purchase) will be made available to the end of September 2013. Please view the hyperlinks for details of the full F&B menu and the promotion. Opening Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Mon - Fri); CLOSED (Sat, Sun & Public Holidays) Contacts: (E-mail) knockboxcoffee@gmail.com 2. Centennial Campus Catering Outlet A – Grove Café Grove Café is also a new outlet, located at LG/F of the Centennial Campus (opposite the Lee Shau Kee Lecture Centre) and operated by Grove Company Ltd. It is now in soft opening. Besides offering causal continental, western cuisine and grab-n-go during lunch hours, Grove Café also offers meals with waiter-service during dinner time after 6:00 p.m. Please view the hyperlinks for details of the full F&B menu. Opening Hours: 8:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. (Mon - Fri); 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. (Sat, Sun & Public Holidays); 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. (Mon - Sun during non-term time) Contacts/ Booking: (Tel) 2530 0043; (Fax) 2530 0046; (E-mail) info@grove.hk 3. Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Building Restaurant – Compass Group The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Building Restaurant is located at 7/F of the William M.W. Mong Block at 21 Sassoon Road and operated by Compass Group Ltd. The restaurant offers meals with waiter-service during lunch and dinner time. The Garden Patio, located at LG/F of the William M.W. Mong Block (adjacent to the Yu Chun Keung Medical Library), is also opened in parallel with the restaurant at 7/F. Please view the hyperlinks for details of the full F&B menu (Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Building Restaurant / Garden Patio) for both locations. Opening Hours (7/F Restaurant): 11:00 a.m. – 10:00 p.m. (Mon – Sat); CLOSED (Sun & Public Holidays) Opening Hours (Garden Patio): 8:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Mon – Sat); CLOSED (Sun & Public Holidays) Contacts/ Booking: (Tel) 2855 8386; (Fax) 2855 8871 4. Cessation of Lunch Box Service at HKJCBIR at 5 Sassoon Road The temporary lunch box service at 4/F of HKJCBIR would cease from August 26, 2013. Users at Sassoon Road may visit the Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Building Restaurant and Garden Patio for meal services. (Note: Catering operation at Bay View Restaurant at 6 Sassoon Road will be made available in late August 2013. A separate announcement will be made later on.) Please also view the hyperlink <https://www.cedars.hku.hk/sections/campuslife/images/hkufoodmap_jan2013.jpg> for other locations of catering outlets in the Main Campus. Thank you for your attention! |
| August 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, Re: HKU Catering - Update on Campus Catering Services Tendering Exercises for Existing Catering Outlets and New Caterers - Following the tendering exercises for various outlets, new operators of the respective outlets have been selected. The operators and the expected service commencement date of the respective outlets are as follows:- i) Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre Restaurant Operator: Maxim's Caterers Limited ii) Catering Outlet - Opposite to the Grand Hall, Centennial Campus Operator: GROVE Company Ltd. (Namely: GROVE Cafe) iii) Coffee Corner at Chi Wah Learning Commons (1/F) Operator: Knockbox Coffee Company iv) Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre Cafeteria (Former site of Bank of East Asia) Operator: New Life Enterprise Services (NLPRA) (Name of Café: Café 330) v) Bay View Restaurant Operator: Sailing Boat Catering Management Ltd vi) 7/F Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine Restaurant Operator: Compass Group Ltd. Please stay tuned to further update, such as menu options and pricing information at CEDARS - Campus Life (Catering) website at https://www.cedars.hku.hk/catering. Thank you for your attention. |
| August 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Campus Catering Services During Extreme Bad Weather Condition As Severe Typhoon Utor is approaching, it is anticipated that extreme bad weather is going to affect the territories this evening. Please note that ALL campus catering outlets will be closed soon after Tropical Storm Warning Signal No. 8 (or a higher number) is hoisted. All campus catering outlets will be closed if Tropical Storm Warning Signal No. 8 (or a higher number) is still hoisted before 8:00 a.m. the next day. Normal services shall be resumed not later than three hours after Tropical Storm Warning Signal No. 8 (or a higher number) has been lowered, unless this occurs after 3:30 p.m. in which case service shall be resumed on the following day. Thank you for your attention. |
| August 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Change of Operation Hours of Cyberport Phase 4 Staff Restaurant Please be informed that due to low demand, the operation hours of the Cyberport Phase 4 Staff Restaurant on weekends will be shortened from 8:00 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. to 8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. with effective from August 3, 2013 (Saturday) until further notice. The operation hours on weekdays (except public holidays) will remain unchanged i.e. 8:00 a.m. – 5:15 p.m. For special needs on event catering out of the operation hours, please contact the restaurant at 2989 6098. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. Thank you for your attention. |
| June 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Temporary Lunchbox Service at Sassoon Road Campus and Change of Operation Hours of Outlets 1. Temporary Lunch Box Service at Sassoon Road Campus [IMPORTANT] Please be reminded that the existing operation of the Faculty of Medicine Building Restaurant will end on June 30, 2013. Together with the closure of the Bay View Restaurant at 6 Sassoon Road since June 1, 2013, all catering services at the Sassoon Road Campus will be suspended from July 1, 2013 until around middle of August 2013, when one of the above restaurants has finished the renovation and commence operation. In view of the impact on users at the Sassoon Road Campus, a contingency arrangement had been made with Sailing Boat Catering Management Ltd., the prospective operator of the Bay View Restaurant, for offering temporary lunchbox service at 4/F of the HKJC Building for Interdisciplinary Research (HKJC BIR) at 5 Sassoon Road. Details of the provisional service is as follows:- Location: Room 401, 4/F, HKJC BIR, 5 Sassoon Road (Map:http://wp.cedars.hku.hk/fileupload/files/cl/Catering/HKJCBIR_Location.pdf) (Note: University Offices and Halls can print out these information for your notice boards, if necessary) 2. Catering Outpost IV – Mangrove Tuck Shop: Summer Closure The catering outpost located at the Library Covered Podium will be closed from July 2, 2013 to August 11, 2013. Normal service will resume from August 12, 2013 onwards. 3. FSCAC Restaurant: Shortening of Operation Hours The operation hours of the FSCAC Restaurant will be shortened from 7:30 a.m. – 9:00 p.m. (Mon to Fri) to 7:30 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. (Mon to Fri) with effective from July 2, 2013 until further notice.
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| June 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Special Arrangement and Operation Hours of Campus Catering Outlets During Summer 2013 (June - August 2013) Please refer to the following link for information on the operation hours and special arrangement of campus catering outlets during in Summer 2013. University Offices can print out these information for your notice boards, if necessary. |
| May 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Closure of CYMAC Restaurants and Sassoon Road Catering Outlets Please be informed about the interruption of current catering services at the Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre Restaurant and catering outlets on Sassoon Road starting as follows:- 1. Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre (CYMAC) Restaurant Outlet A (Maxim’s Food^2) Mon – Fri extended from 7:30am - 8:00pm to 7:30am - 9:00pm
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| April 2013 |
Dear Students and Colleagues, HKU Catering: Interruption of Catering Services at Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre (CYMAC) Restaurants The University has been planning a new auditorium at the Chong Yuet Ming Amenities Centre for some years. As the two catering outlets at the Amenities Centre will be very much affected; the whole of the CYMAC Restaurant Outlet B (viz. current Oliver’s Super Sandwiches site) and part of the CYMAC Restaurant Outlet A (viz. current Maxim’s Food^2 site) would be demolished, the current contracts of Oliver’s and Maxim’s have been extended twice since 2012 to the end of May, 2013, to cope with the actual commencement of the work required. It is now finalized that the construction work will be commencing from June 2013, and it will take about two years for completion of the construction; i.e.by Summer 2015. Therefore, the catering services at both restaurants will end after the last day of service on May 31, 2013. At the same time, the trimmed CYMAC Restaurant Outlet A (to be renamed as CYMAC Restaurant) will be renovated during the summer break and targeted for re-opening by end of August 2013, before the commencement of the new academic year. In the meantime, a Tendering Exercise has been conducted for the selection of a new operator for the CYMAC Restaurant and the selection process is still in progress. Please stay tuned to further update from CEDARS on this restaurant. Due to the interruption of catering services in the CYMAC, special arrangement has been made with the operator of the Fong Shu Chuen Amenities Centre Restaurant to keep the restaurant opened during summer in order to maintain sufficient provision of catering services in the Main Campus. Updates of other catering operations on the Main Campus, Centennial Campus and the Sassoon Road Campus will be made in due course! Thank you for your attention. |
| March 2013 |
HKU Goes Green Monday
Date 日期 : 18 Mar 2013 Summary 內容: Vegetarian diet can reduce carbon footprints and do good to our personal well being. HKU will be the first university in Hong Kong to support “Green Monday” campaign. From March 18 onwards, 11 canteens on campus will offer vegetarian options on Monday. Let’s take a green step forward by going meatless on Mondays! This campaign is co-organised by Green Monday, General Education Unit and CEDARS of HKU, supported by Less-Meat Monday Let’s Meet@HKU. Kick-off Ceremony and Vegetarian Food Fair Date: 18/3/2013 (Mon) Vegetarian food will be served, please bring your own utensils! Green Monday Talk – Baby Steps To Go Green 空氣污染和食肉有什麼關係？吃素又如何可以改善空氣品質？不想再受空氣污染困擾要怎麼做？Green Monday聯合創辦人David將會與健康空氣行動主席Stephen在香港大學對談，和大家介紹現時空氣到底出現了什麼問題，我們又如何可以透過生活小改變就可以救地球於水深火熱，大家要怎樣踏出baby steps to go green？ Date: 20/3/2013 (Wed) Screening of documentary “PLANEAT” Date: 25/3/2013 (Mon) |
| February 2013 |
HKU Catering: Centennial Campus Catering Outlet A Dear Students and Colleagues, CEDARS would like to give an update on the latest development for the provision of catering services at the Centennial Campus Catering Outlet A. You may be aware that the University has previously awarded the contract for the operation of Outlet A to Pasta Di Mio Ltd. in the open tender exercise back in February 2012. According to the plan, the mentioned outlet should have been opened in November 2012. However, it is very unfortunate that the caterer informed of their decision to pull out from this project due to their management decision. Despite of further negotiation with the caterer shortly after the University had been informed of their decision, we failed to keep them to stay and operate Outlet A. Therefore, the University has no other option but to call for a new tender exercise in January 2013 for the selection of a new operator. The University Working Group on Tendering Exercises is now working on this matter and it is anticipated that the outlet would be in operation in around July 2013 if the selection process goes smooth. CEDARS will keep you posted on the results of the selection nearer the time. Should you have any query regarding the above arrangement, please free feel to contact the Catering Manager at 2859 2285 or email catering@cedars.hku.hk. Please accept our apology for all the inconvenience caused. Thank you for your attention. |
January 2013 |
Opening of Catering Outpost II – SUBWAY on January 2, 2013
Happy new year! At the beginning of the new year, CEDARS is pleased to announce that the new Catering Outpost II (located at Run Run Shaw Podium near HSBC) running by SUBWAY has commenced operation already! Do drop by and try it out! The operation hours of the Outpost is as follows:- Mon – Sat: 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. The daily menu of SUBWAY – HKU Outlet can be viewed athttps://www.cedars.hku.hk/sections/campuslife/images/SUBWAYMenu_Jan2013r.jpg |
