Oct 2014 Thanks to the support of HKU Foundation members, alumni and friends, the “My Voice, My Life”《爭氣》Gala Premiere was a resounding success. This inspiring documentary was directed by Oscar-winning filmmaker Ruby Yang, the HKU Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities and scholar-in-residence at Shun Hing College. It was edited at the production suites of …
May 2014 Oscar-winning filmmaker Ruby Yang (楊紫燁) was appointed the Hung Leung Hau Ling Distinguished Fellow in Humanities (孔梁巧玲傑出人文學者) at HKU. Ruby received her Academy Award in 2007 for The Blood of Yingzhou District《潁州的孩子》, which documented the lives of children in the remote villages of Anhui Province who have lost their parents to AIDS. Over the years she …
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Mar 2014 “The Little Garden” was a gift to the University from the Wong family and was officially opened on March 19, 2014. The name of the Garden was proposed by Mrs Gertrude Wong, wife of Dr Philip Wong and an Honorary Patron of the HKU Foundation. Located at the very west rim of the …
Mar 2014 In 2008, Vice-Chancellor Lap-Chee Tsui established the “First-in-the-Family Education Fund” (FIFE Fund) with the aim of creating equal learning opportunities. Each year, the FIFE Fund supports 300 grass-roots students to take part in various outside classroom learning activities. On March 21, 2014, alumni and friends came together to show their support of the …
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April 2013 The “We Are With You” Project is a social innovation project on community development in Southern District, supported by the Chow Tai Fook Charity Foundation. Students and staff of HKU will contribute to community development and engagement, improve the condition of the underprivileged groups and empower them to improve their own conditions in …
April 2013 The University celebrated its Seventh Inauguration of Endowed Professorships on April 19, 2013. At the ceremony, seven new Endowed Professors and one successive appointment were presented. Since 2005, a total of 72 Endowed Professorships (including 3 Distinguished Visiting Professorships) have been established. Endowed Professorships are created to provide perpetual support to areas of academic excellence. It is also a privileged …
The University of Hong Kong presented the Dedication Ceremony for Lui Che Woo Law Library on October 30, 2012. It was to thank Dr Lui Che-Woo for his generous support to put in place an extended Law Library in the new home for the Faculty of Law at the Centennial Campus. The Law Library was …
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Sept 2012 Over 1,000 volunteers (students, staff, alumni and friends) signed up for the HKU Volunteer Team and visited 2,000 senior citizens on September 3 and 4. They made home visits to the senior citizens and brought them gifts of low-sugar mooncakes, fruit and more. This year with donations received, the HKU 100 Mooncakes were …
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September 2012 Since 2010, the HKU Volunteers Team has been celebrating the Moon Festival with elderly citizens. This year the University’s “Share your love‧Sponsor a gift pack” received overwhelming responses. Thanks to the support of hundreds of alumni, staff, friends and students, over $100,000 was raised. The HKU Volunteers Team, together with the community partners, …
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April 2012 The University celebrated its Sixth Inauguration of Endowed Professorships on April 20, 2012. At the ceremony, twelve new Endowed Professorships were established. In addition, three successive appointments to existing Endowed Professorships were presented. Since 2005, a total of 66 Endowed Professorships, including 3 Distinguished Visiting Professorship Schemes, have been established. Endowed Professorships at …
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