President's visit to Dr Tin Ka Ping, longstanding supporter of HKUST
On February 4th 2016, the day marking the start of the Year of the Monkey or “Beginning of Spring” in the Lunar Calendar, President Prof Tony F. Chan and Director of Development and Alumni Office Daisy Chan paid a visit to Dr Tin Ka Ping, a longstanding supporter of the University. Dr Tin is a great philanthropist and through the Tin Ka Ping Foundation which he founded, he has made substantial contribution to education and other worthy causes. Mr Sam Tin and Mr Wing Tin, the Foundation’s chairman and director respectively, were also at the visit.
"We are glad to be a partner of this fine university in Asia and I wish it all the best in its 25th anniversary,” said Dr Tin. Prof Chan thanked Dr Tin for his unwavering support, including the Mainland Fellowship Program at the Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study, the Kids@UST Maths and Science Workshop Program, and the Asian Physics Olympiad 2016 to be organized by HKUST.
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
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.
