Director Shaw Chen Liu, Distinguished Research Fellow of Research Center for Environmental Changes, will go to the United Kingdom for academic affairs from September 14 to 18, 2009. During his absence, Deputy Director George Tin-Fuk Wong is the acting director.

Director Paul Ho, Distinguished Research Fellow of Institute of Astronomy and Astrophysics (Preparatory Office), is going to the United States for academic affairs from September 5 to17, 2009. During his absence, Distinguished Research Fellow Typhoon Lee is the acting director.

DirectorTao-Shih Hsieh, Distinguished Research Fellow of Institute of Cellular and Organismics Biology, is going to the United States for academic affairs from September 10 to 27, 2009. During his absence, Deputy Director Tsing-Cheng Wang is the acting director.