19 Dec 2023
Nursing student crowned champion in Hong Kong Streetathon Half Marathon
Year 5 nursing student Lau Chun-wai stood out among many runners in the 21km Half Marathon of the Hong Kong Streetathon held on 17 December and won the championship. Chun-wai is passionate about sports and is currently the HKMU Men's Cross Country Team captain...
18 Dec 2023
Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) was awarded a grant worth over HK$37 million from the “Enhancement and Start-up Grant Scheme for Self-financing Post-secondary Education” (ESGS) of the Education Bureau (EDB) to set up an Industrial Centre for new industrialisation, develop a new programme and enhance the existing programmes. HKMU President Prof. Paul Lam Kwan-sing said he believed that the establishment of the Industrial Centre would complement the Government's policy of promoting “New Industrialisation” and help nurture talent for industry....
12 Dec 2023
Business School student attained Best Student Award from CIH Asia Pacific Branch
Chan Yu-ching, who just graduated from the Bachelor of Business Administration with honours in Real Estate and Facilities Management programme this year, received a Best Student Award from the Chartered Institute of Housing (CIH) Asia Pacific Branch. The award is annual recognition for students in the Asia Pacific region showing outstanding academic performance in housing management courses....
12 Dec 2023
Literary works of MA in Creative Writing students published
The literary works of a graduate and a student from the Master of Arts in Creative Writing programme were recently published in different channels. Fresh graduate Jiang Feng's experimental novel Hushtopia (噓托邦) was published in October 2023. It tells of an explorer who dies when trying to escape from a palace that he has mistakenly entered in the desert. His experience then attracts others to visit the desert and start their adventures. In the story, Jiang Feng adopts various cultural elements including Chinese classics such as the Yijing, Shijing, Book of Han, Journey to the West and Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio, as well as the paintings of Manet, Caravaggio, Odilon Redon and Anselm Kiefer to reproduce the aura of classical art....
12 Dec 2023
HKMU confers Honorary Degrees on four distinguished persons
Presided over by HKMU Pro-Chancellor Dr Eddy Fong Ching, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) held its Honorary Degrees Ceremony 2023 today (12 December), conferring Honorary Degrees upon four distinguished persons: Prof. Sophia Chan Siu-chee, Dr Roy Chung Chi-ping, Mr Daryl Ng Win-kong, and Mr Michael Wong Yick Kam...
11 Dec 2023
IIBG Symposium on “Charting a Sustainable Future Amidst Digital Disruption & Evolving Value Chains”
The 7th Academia–Industry Exchange organised by the Institute of International Business and Governance (IIBG) of the Lee Shau Kee School of Business and Administration of Hong Kong Metropolitan University took place on 30 November. The theme of the symposium was “Charting a Sustainable Future Amidst Digital Disruption & Evolving Value Chains.”...
7 Dec 2023
Following the Summer Congregation held in July this year, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is now holding its 33rd Winter Congregation, conferring academic awards on more than 3,600 graduates....
7 Dec 2023
A further accolade for SOL Dean in open education
Dr Li Kam Cheong, Dean of the School of Open Learning (SOL), has just been awarded the Prize of Excellence by the International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE), after receiving in September this year the most prestigious prize from the Asian Association of Open Universities: Meritorious Service Award...
7 Dec 2023
Dr Benson Tong Tsz-ben of the School of Arts and Social Science has recently received two paper awards in a row. The first one was a Young Scholar Award for his work presented at the 14th International Conference on Sinological Research of East Asia, titled “A Research and Analysis of the Biography Writing of Wang Anshi in Modern China and Its Historical Memories and Individual Consciousness”...
7 Dec 2023
Dr Shawn Shao Dong, Assistant Professor in the School of Arts and Social Sciences and Acting Head of Creative Arts, published his first short story collection, Air Guitar (空氣吉他), last summer. Since then, the work has won much critical acclaim...
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