Chloe Chan Ho Sum Receives the Stephen Cheong Kam-chuen Medal for Distinguished Service to the Student Body
Chloe Chan Ho Sum, CBE year 3 student, has been awarded this year’s Stephen Cheong Kam-chuen Medal for Distinguished Service to the Student Body for her outstanding achievements related to HKUST and the Students’ Union.
The award was established since 1993 and it is given to the student who best exemplifies the qualities of caring, constructive and dedicated leadership.
Chloe was appointed President of the Students’ Union Provisional Executive Committee for the 2017-2018 session by the Students’ Union Council. Chloe showed her strong commitment to serving the student body with a small team, and demonstrated her leadership ability by shouldering student body responsibilities while serving University committees, and coordinating student events. In challenging times, Chloe worked closely with the University to facilitate effective communication on various student issues.
“We’re very proud of Chloe who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to serving the student community,” said CBE Head, Professor I-Ming Hsing.
About The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) (https://hkust.edu.hk/) is a world-class research intensive 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. Over 80% of our research work were rated “Internationally excellent” or “world leading” in the Research Assessment Exercise 2020 of Hong Kong’s University Grants Committee. We were ranked 3rd in Times Higher Education’s Young University Rankings 2022, and our graduates were ranked 23rd worldwide and among the best from universities from Asia in Global Employability University Ranking and Survey 2021.
