A total of 453 students, 68 more than the previous academic year, were awarded scholarships at the presentation ceremony for the Academic Year 2014-2015 on 2 December.
Fifteen different types of scholarships were presented, amounting to approximately 4.2 million yuan.
President Ng Ching-Fai presents the Prof Xu Jialu Whole Person Award
“We are glad to see more and more students being awarded scholarships and it is something to remember at the tenth anniversary of UIC,” UIC President Prof Ng Ching-Fai said, adding that he hoped the students would have high moral standards and become mature and well-rounded people.
Year Four student from the Culture, Creativity and Management Programme Liao Jia received the First Award. She represented all of the students awarded scholarships and said, “I sincerely hope all of us can pursue what we aspire and become whom we are meant to be in the future.”
Recipient of the First Class Award and the National Scholarship Liao Jia delivers a speech
At the freshmen level, 71 won Admission Scholarships and two were awarded the Hong Kong School Principal Nomination Bursaries.
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| Registrar Prof Zhang Genfa presents Admission Scholarships |
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| Chief of Student Affairs Prof Johnston Wong with the awardees of the Hong Kong School Principal Nomination Bursaries |
An American student obtained the Guangdong Government Outstanding Foreign Student Scholarship. Four students renewed their Full Entrance Scholarship thanks to their continuing excellent performance.
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| Director of International Development Office Dr Katharina Yu and the Guangdong Government Outstanding Foreign Student Scholarship awardee |
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| Managing Director for Financial Planning and Development Nelson Chan presents the Renewals of Full Entrance Scholarship |
The First Class Award went to 81 students and the Second Class Award to 246. The National Scholarship, which is offered by the Chinese government, was given to two First-Class-Award listing students.
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| Vice President Prof Zee Sze Yong alongside the National Scholarship recipients |
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| Vice President Prof Zhang Cong presents the First Class Award |
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| Dean of the Division of Business and Management Prof Stella Cho and DBM Second Class Award recipients |
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| Dean of the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences Prof Mei-hwa Sung presents the Second Class Award |
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| Dean of the Division of Science and Technology Prof Stephen Chung with DST Second Class Award recipients |
In addition to five students winning the China Unicom Scholarship, four received the Mr and Mrs Cutrupia Scholarship and one the Renewal of Mr and Mrs Cutrupia Mainland Students Scholarship.
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| Vice-General Manager of China Unicom Zhuhai Branch Li Xiaobo presents the China Unicom Scholarship |
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| Mr and Mrs Cutrupia present the scholarships named after themselves |
The Prof Hebert Tsang Scholarship was presented to four students. Another 20 received the Prof Xu Jialu Whole Person Education Award. The Mr Fung Sun Kwan Scholarship of Excellence was awarded to 12 students having good performances in Chinese language and culture studies.
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| Associate Vice President Prof Lilian Kwan with the Prof Hebert Tsang Scholarship awardees |
Reporter: Zeng Kaishan (CELL, Year 1)
Photographer: Simon Liu
Editor: Deen He
(from MPRO, with special thanks to the ELC)
