Media

Back

HKU’s SERVICE 100 FAIR: Launching Ceremony of the SERVICE100 AMBASSADOR Scheme, and SERVICE100 Roundtable

09 Nov 2011

The University of Hong Kong's SERVICE 100 Fair, which will be held on 10th and 11th of November, is a two-day event that aims to promote the service spirit of the university. More than twenty booths have been set up at the fair for NGOs to introduce their service opportunities and for student groups to showcase their service projects. To reassure HKU members of their roles and continuous efforts in serving both local and global communities, the launching ceremony of The SERVICE 100 AMBASSADOR Scheme and a roundtable on "The Role of Service in Higher Education" will be highlighted at the fair. Details as below:

Launching Ceremony of SERVICE 100 AMBASSADOR Scheme
Date: Nov 10, 2011 (Thursday)
Time: 13:00-13:45
Venue: Sun Yat-sen Place (In case of bad weather, the activity will be held at KK Leung Concourse, G/F, KK Leung Building)

The SERVICE 100 AMBASSADOR scheme aims to honor HKU members' service effort and to inspire more to make lifelong contributions to the betterment of humanity. Recognition is made to individuals and families that have reached a certain hours of service.

There will be a sharing session by outstanding ambassadors, and the following student volunteers are invited to the ceremony for off-stage sharing:

Jessy Chen	She was involved in voluntary teaching, latrine construction and a mosquito net donation programme in Ghana with Go2Africa. At the fair, Jessy and her teammates will display a rocket stove, a fuel-efficient, clean-burning, cheap and simple wood/biomass-fuel based heating and cooking stove device, and their plans to promote the use of such device In the developing nations, with the aims to help reduce the lethal smoke produced by traditional cooking method, causing serious health problems to the local residents.
Calvin Cheng	He helped set up a disease monitoring system, along with other measures that improve the living standard in rural Cambodia with Humanity In Focus
Stephanie Ip	She helped constructing emergence houses for winter in southern Chile
Guan Bei-bei	She helped rebuilding a demolished orphanage in rural Thailand with Chiang Rai Home Improvement Project

A new round of recipients of SERVICE100 Fund will also be announced at the ceremony. Since summer 2011, the Fund has supported more than 20 projects with over HK$300,000 for a variety of community service locally and abroad

http://wp.cedars.hku.hk/web/sd/2011/07/26/world-fair

SERVICE100 Roundtable
Date: Nov 11, 2011 (Friday)
Time: 13:00-14:00
Venue: Sun Yat-sen Place (In case of bad weather, the activity will be held at KK Leung Concourse, G/F, KK Leung Building)

Alumni, Staff and student active in community service will discuss the topic on the role of service in higher education. Audiences are welcome to join to express their ideas. The forum will be chaired by Dean of Student Affairs of HKU, Dr. Albert Chau. Speakers include:

Ms. Lillian Law JP	Executive Director of Boys' and Girls' Club Association of Hong Kong
Dr. Poon, Tak Lun	Medical Sector, awardee of The Third Hong Kong Humanity Award.
Mr. Poon, Siu To	Experienced media worker
Ms. Sze, Lai Shan	Social Work Sector, Committee of Society for Community Organization
Mr. Chong, Chan Yau,	Honorary Consultant of Student Development, CEDARS and President of Hong Kong Blind Union
Ms. Heidi Hung	Representative of Oxfam Hong Kong

Besides the above events, winning photos of the SERVICE 100 Photo Competition will be displayed to demonstrate how students have been contributing to the Millennium Development Goals. Souvenirs and free copies of Serving Our Way Forward: HKU Members' Effort for A Better World! , a booklet capturing service stories of the HKU community, will be distributed. http://wp.cedars.hku.hk/web/sd/2011/07/26/world-fair/

About HKU SERVICE 100
As one of the three themes of HKU centenary celebration, SERVICE 100 reaffirms HKU's commitment to building a better world. Students, staff, alumni and friends will engage in hundreds of community service projects worldwide, mobilising the HKU Family locally as well as across the globe.

Interviews with guest speakers of the roundtable and student volunteers can be arranged on request.

FOR MEDIA ENQUIRIES:
Sunny Tse
CEDARS, The University of Hong Kong
Tel: 22194317 or 65051910
Email: sunnytse@hku.hk

Top