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HKU Scoops Global Championship in CIMA Global Business Challenge 2010

11 Aug 2010

 

(August 11, 2010, Hong Kong) - A team of four students from the University of Hong Kong's Faculty of Business and Economics and Faculty of Science has won the Global Championship in the CIMA Global Business Challenge held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on August 6.

The Global Business Challenge is an international competition designed to bring out the best in potential business leaders among young people.  Organized by the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), the competition attracted over 10,000 students from 339 universities worldwide participating this year.

You are cordially invited to attend a press conference to hear the winning team present on their winning business case of a mobile network operator.  Students will also share with us how they scooped the prestigious championship amidst intense competition from 13 other elite finalists from around the globe.

Details are as follows:
Date:               August 12, 2010 (Thursday)
Time:              3:00 PM
Venue:            Room 902, 9/F, Knowles Building, The University of Hong Kong

For media enquiries, please contact:

Ms. Mabel Fung
Senior Manager of Communications and Corporate Relations
Faculty of Business and Economics

The University of Hong Kong
Tel: +852 2219 4716
Email: mbfung@hku.hk

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About the Faculty of Business and Economics
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is Hong Kong's first and foremost university, with a history of nearly 100 years. Our alumni are the "who's who" leaders of the region in business, education and government.

HKU's Faculty of Business and Economics offers a full range of Bachelors and Masters degree programmes plus PhD degree and non-degree open enrollment and customized Executive Education programmes.

Bachelor's degree programmes attract top students from Hong Kong and the region, with four ranking among HKU's top ten programmes in terms of average JUPAS entry scores (2009). More than 30% of HKU's elite students admitted via the "Early Admissions Scheme" (2009) choose the Faculty's programmes. 

The EMBA-Global Asia, jointly offered by Columbia Business School, London Business School and HKU Business School, is an expansion of the flagship EMBA-Global programme, which was ranked first in the world by the Financial Times in 2008.  

The full-time MBA programme, offered in partnerships with London Business School and Columbia Business School, has a strong Asia and China focus. Its unique features provide a rich and balanced education to students with local knowledge and global exposure. 

The International MBA offered in collaboration with Fudan University in Shanghai has twice been ranked "best of its kind" in Mainland China by the Academic Degrees Committee of the China State Council. 

While the Master of Economics programme has modeled its Hong Kong success with a similar programme launched in Shenzhen in collaboration with Peking University in 2005. Today, the Master of Finance programme in Shenzhen is offered in conjunction with either the Master of Economics or Master of Management programme of Peking University to bring together the rigorous training in finance and in economics/management of the two institutions.

The research excellence has enabled HKU to assume the position of the most successful university in Hong Kong in terms of securing competitive research funding from the Research Grants Council (RGC).

For more information, please visit: http://http://www.fbe.hku.hk/