Sharing session with overseas exchange students

You are cordially invited to cover the following event:

Event:    Sharing session with overseas exchange students

Date:       19 September 2006 (Tuesday)

Time:      10:45am

Venue:    City Top, 9/F, Amenities Building, City University of Hong Kong

                (Media representatives are requested to gather at the Communications Office, Room 4153, 4/F, Cheng Yick-chi Building, City University of Hong Kong at 10:30am)

Guests:   Mr Marcus Lee, Advisory Committee Member, Drs Richard Charles and Esther Yewpick Lee Charitable Foundation

Mr David Chung, Senior Manager (Information Technology Operations), Hong Kong Cyberport Management Co., Ltd.

                Professor Lilian Vrijomed, Dean of Student Learning, City University of Hong Kong

Established by the Faculty of Science and Engineering (FSE) of City University of Hong Kong in 2002, the Co-operative Centre has provided FSE students with many internship opportunities in local, mainland and overseas organizations. During the 2005-06 school-year, 28 FSE students were selected to join the “Internship Programme for Exchange Students”. They had their internships in seven overseas countries and three mainland cities during the summer vacation.

The following participants will be sharing their internship experience and presenting their achievements:

²         A participant from the Department of Building and Construction on what he has learnt about the latest construction technology in mainland China during his internship at Shui On Land Limited in Shanghai;

²         A participant from the Department of Biology and Chemistry on how she was inspired by the local environmental protection measures in Australia during her internship at a rural water authority;

²         A participant from the Department of Physics and Materials Sciences on how she applied her knowledge to conducting tests on materials for making Siemens’ products. She took the internship in Germany during the Soccer World Cup period;

²         A participant from the Department of Electronic Engineering on how he applied technology on various new media creations during his internship at a new media research and development centre in Canada;

²         Three participants from the Department of Biology and Chemistry on their experience of field studies and their experience with host family in Michigan in the United States.

For media enquiries, please contact Zoey Tsang, Communications Office, City University of Hong Kong, on 2788 9411 or 9550 1503.