我問導師JCMT有沒有找到買家，他答了倆字，「we are」。。 ------ 以下從官網複製粘貼過來的。 Update on JCMT Ownership
On 21st June 2013, I issued an Announcement of Opportunity soliciting Expressions of Interest in operating the JCMT as a UH-owned telescope following the planned withdrawal of STFC on 30th September 2014.
I am pleased to report that four Expressions of Interest were received: one each from the UK and Canadian communities, one from Purple Mountain Observatory, and one from the East Asian Core Observatories Association (EACOA). EACOA is an affiliation of four astronomical research institutes: ASIAA (Taiwan), NAOC (China), KASI (South Korea) and NAOJ (Japan).
EACOA and the UK and Canadian communities have agreed their intention to form a new partnership to operate the JCMT (the interest from Purple Mountain has been subsumed within EACOA). EACOA will be the lead partner. Funding initiatives are underway in the UK and Canada to support the continued participation of those communities.
EACOA submitted a full proposal to UH in April. The parties have now embarked on a process that would transfer the legal ownership of the JCMT from STFC to UH, and would set up a scientific cooperation agreement between UH and EACOA. The terms of these agreements are currently being negotiated between the parties and, on the UH side, would require approval by the Board of Regents. The goal is to finalise both of these agreements and complete the transfer of the telescope by 30th September.
