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16 Mar 2022

Chinese programme graduate wins Championship at Youth Literary Awards

Youth Literary Awards is a well-known annual literary competition in Hong Kong which attracts over a thousand of local and overseas young writers to participate. Wong Kwo, a graduate of Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Chinese programme of Hong Kong Metropolitan University had won two awards in this competition three years ago. This year, he has further took the Championship in the Fiction (Senior) Category with his work “冥河盃文學徵文比賽”. ...

14 Mar 2022

Picture book by Creative Arts students published

Edited by Tin Ka Ping Centre of Chinese Culture of HKMU School of Arts and Social Sciences, a picture book, A Story of the Manner Cat, was officially published in March. All the illustrations in the book are created by the four HKMU students of the Animation and Visual Effects programme. Through the story of a stray cat searching for food to introduce the dining etiquette and rituals of the Zhou Dynasty, and to restore the scene of ancient diet....

14 Mar 2022

HKMU students awarded HK$100,000 as seed funding from Cyberport

Three students of the Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration and a student of the School of Science and Technology from HKMU formed a team 'Finvictus' to join the 'Cyberport University Partnership Programme (CUPP) 2021-2022'. After rounds of interview, the team was successfully admitted to the second stage of the Programme last year and presented their idea on the Demo Day held in February this year....

7 Mar 2022

HKMU students awarded Link University Scholarship

Eight students from Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) were awarded the Link University Scholarship 2021/22, receiving HK$20,000 each.The scholarship aims to encourage local students who are the first among three generations in their families to attend university in Hong Kong....

21 Feb 2022

Creative Arts students receive start-up fund in entrepreneurship programme

Kenneth Chan Tsz Kin and Donald Mak Tsz Fung, Year 3 and 4 students of the Computing and Interactive Entertainment programme, formed a team of five with the students of other institute to join a start-up scheme called “Own My Path Skills Transformation Training Programme” organized by the HKFYG Leadership Institute earlier.  The Programme aims to provide young people with future skills training and practical vocational experiences to cope with the new normal of the “gig economy” and to enhance their employability and financial capability. ...

13 Jan 2022

Creative Arts Master's graduate wins several literary awards

After winning an award in the Literature Writing Competition for all university students in China in 2020, graduate Suo Peng of the Master of Arts in Creative Writing programme was awarded a merit prize again in the same competition in 2021 with his new piece of prose, which is about author's voluntary teaching and travelling experiences in a mountain village in Yunnan province.  The panel of judges of the competition consisted of famous authors and chief editors of literature magazines in mainland China. ...

29 Dec 2021

Ink Global 2021 Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony of Ink Global 2021 was held on 28 December. HKSAR Chief Executive Mrs Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, HKMU President Prof. Paul Lam Kwan-sing together with other guests were invited to officiate at the ceremony....

28 Dec 2021

Creative Arts students master ink paintings with technologies at Ink Global 2021

To promote Chinese culture, 14 Creative Arts students from HKMU have participated in Ink Global 2021, integrating new multimedia technologies such as animation, Augmented Reality (AR) and digital paint brush into 13 traditional ink paintings. For instance, a goldfish ink painting was recreated with AR technology....

24 Dec 2021

Creative Advertising students win accolade at HK4As Students' Award

Two teams of students from the Creative Advertising and Media Design programme participated in the “HK4As Students' Award 2021” earlier.  They won two merit awards with their work《入戲》and 《入戲院入戲》respectively....

8 Dec 2021

Education and Language student seizes the Championship in essay competition

So Shuk-sze, a Chinese double degree year 4 student, won the championship in the open group of “China Aerospace Dream” essay competition co-organized by Inspire (HK) Youth Education Foundation and GBA DG-HK Elite Association. The competition aims to promote the spirit of China aerospace and enhance public understanding of the development of the technology as well as space exploration....