e-bulletin (Issue 156) - 13 Jul 2022 - Hong Kong Metropolitan University

13 Jul 2022 (Issue 156)

Effective from 1 September 2021, The Open University of Hong Kong has been renamed as Hong Kong Metropolitan University.

University Updates

New programmes and facilities to enhance training of medical professionals At a media gathering, President Prof. Paul Lam revealed the University’s newest facilities in the pipeline for training medical professionals — a 7,000 sq. ft. lab to support the forthcoming MSc and BSc programmes in Medical Laboratory Science and a physiotherapy clinic.

		Healthcare training facilities@IOH Over the years, HKMU has trained about a third of Hong Kong’s nurses and other healthcare specialists. Let Aaryn Cheung take you on a tour of our facilities at the HKMU Jockey Club Institute of Healthcare!

Flag-raising ceremony in commemoration of HKSAR 25th anniversary

Welcoming guests from various sectors

Research & Knowledge Transfer

Joint research with Hong Kong Child-rity Association finds government funding helpful in encouraging kindergarten admissions of ethnic minority students

Half of 107 interviewed kindergartens with EM students were motivated by increased government funding, but many kindergartens find the lack of human resources to be the biggest obstacle in admitting EM students.

HKMU HOS Price Index reveals divergence between HOS secondary and private property markets

Since the onset of COVID-19 in early 2020, prices of HOS housing have slipped by 10%, compared with a 0.5-to-2.7% increase in the private market. This reverses the pre-pandemic trend with the prices of HOS housing overtaking private housing.

Excellence

Graduation project wins Next Generation Award in DigiCon6 ASIA Awards – Hong Kong

Winning work: Love Delivery

Business team gain second spot in HKGCC Business Case Competition

Accounting students take third place in Tax Debate Competition

Creative arts student placed third in Toastmasters District 89 Division H Table Topics Contest

More student achievements

Events

New Perspective for Career Development: Building and Developing a Brand – Sharing from a Brand Storyteller

19 Jul (Tue) 8:30pm [online]
Speaker: Alumna Ms Maria Luisa Poon, Brand Co-founder of Efay & Director of Business Development of Efay Group Ltd

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Talk of the Metropolis: ‘Turning Impossible to Possible’ – Construction of the Community Isolation Facilities and Beyond

26 Jul (Tue) 5:00pm
Speaker: Ms Winnie Ho, Secretary for Housing

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Cantonese opera conference: ‘Innovating and Inheriting Cantonese Opera Singing Styles and Schools: 1930s–1970s’

8 Aug (Mon) [hybrid]

(Conducted in Cantonese; webpage in Chinese only)

Programmes and professional tests

Undergraduate programme admissions – JUPAS route

Knowledge for All (Sundays, 9:00am-1:00pm on TVB Pearl)

Recent highlights

• CHRO Forum: New Talent, New Paradigm, New Era (17 Jul 11:55)
• China Institute Seminar Series: Guarding Dunhuang Heritage of Art (4 Jul 10:40)
• How Robotic Solution Improve the Quality of Life for the Elderly (31 Jul 12:15)

myTV SUPER catch-up

Schedule

Enquiries: 2711 2100 info@hkmu.edu.hk