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Students encouraged to pursue goals and dreams with scholarship
Winners of HSBC Hong Kong Scholarships 2017-18 meet the press

25 Jun 2018

One of the important features of university life is supporting students to discover their life goals and dreams. The University of Hong Kong offers more than 4,500 scholarships each year.  Apart from recognizing students with outstanding academic achievements, many scholarships encourage students to find their dreams and life pursuits. One such example is the HSBC Hong Kong Scholarship Scheme which encourages local tertiary students to pursue their dreams and build a better Hong Kong.  Twelve undergraduate students in HKU were awarded the HSBC Hong Kong Scholarship in the academic year 2017-18, at the value of HK$50,000 each.  

A press briefing will be held where three of the awardees will share their plans and aspirations. Media representatives are cordially invited to the press briefing.  Please find the details below:

Date: June 28, 2018 (Thursday)
Time: 11:00 am
Venue: Room 113, 1/F, Knowles Building, HKU

Brief biographies of the three HKU awardees:

Oliver Tse is a Bachelor of Business Administration (Law) and Bachelor of Laws Year 2 student at HKU.  He is the first generation in his family to pursue university education.  Due to financial reasons, he did not get the chance to attend tutorial classes in his secondary years.  Once he got into university, he actively helped secondary students master exam skills through online and face-to-face contacts, and even plan to extend these sharing experiences to promoting legal knowledge.

Even Leung is a Year 3 student of the Bachelor of Science programme at HKU.  Even’s love for nature was instilled by her father, and she aspires to work in the environmental research field.  She has been involved in a research regarding a critically endangered plant that is only found in Hong Kong and Vietnam.  Even hopes to become an environmental educator and researcher.

Jessie Ho is a Year 3 student majoring in Biochemistry at HKU. She appeared to be a quiet girl when she was young, but in fact her mind was full of innovative ideas.  Despite having limited resources, her mother encouraged her to explore the world and utilize her talents.  Jessie is currently involved in gene editing platform research work under the HKU’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship Programme and aspires to become an expert in disease biology.    

Media enquiries
Communication and Public Affairs Office:
Ms Trinni Choy (Tel: 2859 2606/ Email: pychoy@hku.hk)
Ms Rashida Suffiad (Tel: 2857 8555/ email: rsuffiad@hku.hk)