INSTRUCTIONS FOR FULL PAPER

(Only for Invited Speakers)

  • Paper should be edited in MS-Word, version 97 or later version.
  • All text must be in English with Times New Roman in a single space.
  • Paper size should be A4, 21cm x 29.7cm (8.26 in. x 11.6 in.) and margins are set for 2.5cm on all sides of the page.
  • Name of Paper File should be presenting author's initial first and middle names and full last name_paper.doc in English.
    (e.g.HKNo_paper.doc)
  • The length of paper should be 10 pages at least for invited lectures.
  • Allow one line space among below items, respectively, except for Tables/Figures.
  • Do not use proportional spacing.
  • Do not use any special text formatting codes or control characters.
  • Do not split words with a hyphen at the end of a line. Only use hyphens that are part of the word or word combination.
  • Do not indent paragraphs. Use a hard line space between paragraphs, after each heading and after each item in a list but not at the end of each line.
  • Adopt arabic numbering (1, 2, 3) going to (a), (b), (c) for subdivisions of points and lower case Roman numerals (i), (ii), (iii) for further subdivisions.

Order of material
Please adhere to the following order:
Title page (Title, Author(s), Affiliations),
Abstract,
Main text,
Acknowledgements,
Appendix,
References,
Figure legends,
Tables.

Title

  • Title should be centered and typed in Times New Roman font 12.
  • Capitalize the initial letter and use bold face.

Authors

  • Names of authors should be centered, typed in Times New Roman font 11, bold and marked with numbers 1,2,3,etc, if affiliations of authors are different.
  • Corresponding author's name should be additionally marked with an asterisk *.

Affiliation

  • Names of Affiliations should be centered and typed in Times New Roman font 11, Italic.
  • When authors' affiliations are different, identity with a number in superscript at the beginning of each affiliation.
  • In a separate line, type e-mail address of corresponding author.

Main Text

  • Names of heads should be capitalized, typed in Times New Roman font 12, bold and in the left side.
  • Single space in all body text and double space between body text and next head.
  • Text must not be justified (must have a "ragged" right-hand margin) and not centred on the page (must have a straight left-hand margin) and not be put in columns.  

References

  • Use Times New Roman font 12.
  • Title of references should be capitalized and typed in bold.
  • The name and date (Harvard) system is preferred to the numerical system. In the Harvard system the text reference is given as 'King (1998)' or '(King, 1998)' depending on the context and the references are listed alphabetically at the end of the text.
  • The reference list should give the names and initials of all authors unless there are more than four, in which case only the first three should be given followed by et al.
  • 'Unpublished observations' and 'personal communications' may not be used as references, although references to written, not verbal, communications may be inserted in parentheses in the text. Typescripts accepted but not yet published may be included in the reference list, followed by 'in press' in parentheses.

Examples of references
(a) Book with a personal author:
King, A. B. (1998). Title of Book. Butterworth-Heinemann.
(b) Journal article:
King, A. B. (1998). Title of article. Br. J. Surg., 25, 268–70. (volume no, pages)
(c) Chapter in book:
King, A. B. and Cook, A. B. (1998). Title of chapter. In Title of Book (A. B. Frazer, ed.) pp. 175–8, Butterworth-Heinemann.
(d) Agency publication:
Department of Health (1998). Publication title. HMSO.
(e) Government report:
Name of the report (Jones Report, 1998). HMSO.
(f) Newspaper article:
Anderson, A. B. (1998). Title of article. Newspaper title, 3 August, p. 17.

Tables and Figures

  • Tables and Figures should prepare separately from the text.
  • Caption of Table should appear on top of the table with left alignment and Figure Caption is under each figure and center (Times New Roman font 10, bold). Captions should be numbered (e.g. Table 1. or Figure 1.).
  • Tables should be keyed double spaced.