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Fourteen CityU students received scholarships from Hang Seng Bank and the Li & Fung Group respectively in recognition of their outstanding academic achievements and leadership.
Office of the Dean of Student Learning and various departments have designated October as Guizhou Cultural Month and devised a series of exhibition and seminars to raise awareness and understanding of the cultural heritage of the province.
Professor Way Kuo, University President, met with about 90 foundation year mainland students on 10 October and offered them words of encouragement on coping with University and their new lives in Hong Kong.
MERIT led by CityU has been designated by a UN body as the first Regional Centre of Excellence in Marine Pollution, underpinning its leadership position in the field of marine pollution research, monitoring, assessment and management.
CityU has received a donation of $4.4 million from the Fu Tak Iam Foundation as full sponsorship for the tuition and living expenses of 30 mainland judges taking the LLM programme.
In keeping with the spirit of the Olympic Games, CityU is to take part in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2009. President Professor Way Kuo will lead the CityU delegation.
The School of Law pilots a series of video-link lectures with the Yale Law School. Students have the opportunity to learn from distinguished professors, which testifies the law school's efforts in providing a boundless world-class legal education.
CityU's President, Professor H K Chang, talked today about the one topic that has grabbed the whole city's attention and got on everyone's nerves over the past five weeks: SARS, or severe acute respiratory syndrome. Professor H K Chang said he was sad that the side effects of the epidemic outbreak of atypical pneumonia in Hong Kong have hurtled the local economy and people's livelihoods into near chaos, not to mention emptying school classrooms and university campuses.
A first in Hong Kong: CityU students successfully pass the official Test de Connaissance du Francais
Some 17 students studying French courses in the French Section of City University's Division of Language Studies are the first students in Hong Kong to pass the Test de Connaissance du Francais (TCF) of the French Education Ministry, held on March 29, 2003.
While many people are staying at home because of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) outbreak, more than 40 CityU social work students set up a "City Care" booth at the Hollywood Plaza in Mongkok from 12 noon to 9pm on Saturday, 12 April. In addition to paying tribute to the front-line medical workers and cleaners for their courage and hard work, the "City Care" project aimed to rally community support to fight against SARS.