Mr and Mrs Poon Kei Chak Met with Awardees of “Mr & Mrs Poon Kuen Seng Memorial Scholarships”
On September 21, 2018, Mr and Mrs POON Kei Chak visited campus to meet the awardees of “Mr & Mrs Poon Kuen Seng Memorial Scholarships”. The get-together was joined by President Prof. Wei SHYY; Prof CHENG Siu Wing, Associate Dean of Engineering (Undergraduate Studies); Prof. Dit-Yan YEUNG, Acting Head, Dept of Computer Science & Engineering; Prof. CHEUNG Shing Chi, Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering and Dr Tony LAM, Head, Scholarships & Financial Aid Office.
In 2017, HKUST received a HK$5 million donation from Mr POON Kei Chak for the establishment of “Mr & Mrs Poon Kuen Seng Memorial Scholarships” - an endowed scholarship named after his late parents. Each year outstanding students from the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) will be selected to receive the scholarship. Two students were selected in 2018 and they are WANG Yue Fei and CHIU Ka Ho. They expressed gratitude to the donor and shared with them their life at HKUST. Mr and Mrs Poon encouraged them to strive for the best and be proactive in diversifying their learning opportunities so as to widen their horizons.
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The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (www.ust.hk) is a world-class research university that focuses on science, technology and business as well as humanities and social science. HKUST offers an international campus, and a holistic and interdisciplinary pedagogy to nurture well-rounded graduates with global vision, a strong entrepreneurial spirit and innovative thinking. HKUST attained the highest proportion of internationally excellent research work in the Research Assessment Exercise 2014 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee, and is ranked as the world’s best young university in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2019. Its graduates were ranked 16th worldwide and top in Greater China in Global University Employability Survey 2018.
