1992年8月17日那一天,候选香港科技大学副校长的孔宪铎,面对遴选委员的提问,从容不迫地说:“假如你们找的是一位能惊天动地的专才,我不是,可是我有10年以上的大学学术行政经验;假如你们找的是一位既有行政经验又有学术信誉的人,我相信能胜过80％的应征者;假如你们找的是既有学术行政经验, On August 17, 1992, on the day of his solicitation, Vice-President Kong Hsiao Tudor, candidate of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, confronted the selection committee and calmly said: "If you are looking for someone who is capable of earth-shattering things, I do not. But I have 10 Years of university academic administration experience; if you are looking for a both administrative experience and academic reputation, I believe that more than 80% of applicants; if you are looking for both academic and administrative experience,