My MSc Dissertation

Just received two pieces of comments from the examiners on my dissertation, which was given an 'A-' (only) (this is probably due to some errors in formatting or style).

This one, I guess, comes from my supervisor, Prof. Hills, who is probably the only expert in HK knowing very well the issue:

"The candidate has done an excellent job. The thesis was very well written with good citations of relevant references, in depth synthesis of the problems and prospects of the electricity policy of Hong Kong, nice comparisons made with other countries such as Japan, the US and Singapore (wait, I didn't write on Singapore, but Britain), and interesting idea by incorporating the Ecological Modernization (EM) model in the framework for evaluating energy policy and assisting its management in Hong Kong

I have no hesitation to recommend an "A" grade to this dissertation while the dissertation is of sufficient standard to be lodged in the HKU library after minor corrections are made.

There were some minor format/style errors, especially in the reference list which should be corrected before being lodged in the library."


Another piece of comments come from an unknown examiner:

"Interesting study that covers a wide range of issues with a number of interesting perspectives. Candidate has taken the challenge of integrating a number of conceptual elements and has done quite a good job of producing a convincing argument"

At the end, I have a cumulative GPA of 3.81, which should be much higher if I did pay more attention to such errors.


P.S. I have met with Prof. Hills today. To my surprise, he is not the one who wrote the longer comment (and so not the one who gave me an 'A'). I am confused. Who is the other examiner? And I am a bit unhappy for being given an 'A-' (or lower grade) by my supervisor. (14/8/07)