HKUST Presents Long Service Awards 2014
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) today held its 5th Long Service Award Presentation Ceremony, honoring faculty and staff members who have served the University for 20 years.
HKUST established the Long Service Award to express appreciation and to recognize long-serving faculty and staff members whose hard work and dedication have contributed to the University's rapid rise over the past 23 years. This year, HKUST presented awards to 240 members who joined the University in 1994.
HKUST President Prof Tony F Chan, together with the vice-presidents, deans, units heads and directors attended the presentation ceremony. Awardees' families and friends were also invited to join the occasion by the University.
Officiating at the Long Service Award Presentation Ceremony, President Chan expressed his gratitude to the long-serving faculty and staff members for their contribution to HKUST and for helping the University rise to become a world-class research university in 23 years. He praised awardees for their dedication and encouraged them to continue their commitment to the University and to excellence.
Prof Yuk-shan Wong, Vice-President for Administration and Business, emphasized that talented people were the University's most valuable assets. With this annual Long Service Award, HKUST showed that it valued and recognized faculty and staff members and was keen to further enhance their sense of belonging.
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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.
