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7 Mar 2024

HKMU invites the “Yao-Chinese Folktales” production team to Hong Kong for the first time to share their insights on animating Chinese mythology

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) is committed to promoting Chinese culture through research and diversified activities. Coinciding with the University's 35^th anniversary, the Research Institute for Digital Culture and Humanities (RIDCH) recently extended a special invitation to the director and production team of the acclaimed Chinese fantasy animation series Yao-Chinese Folktales to share their creative insights with the University community and the public. Their first public screening in Hong Kong was well received, attracting over 200 attendees....

29 Feb 2024

HKMU launches HK$50 million Startup Fund to help students, staff and alumni realise their entrepreneurial dreams

To further promote an entrepreneurial culture, Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) has officially launched the HK$50 million HKMU Startup Fund (the Fund). This initiative aims to encourage students, staff and alumni to embark on an entrepreneurial journey and turn their creative ideas into commercial products or solutions, helping them on a successful business path that contributes to economic growth and benefits the community. Each selected startup can receive investment of up to HK$1 million and enjoy multi-faceted support to start or further enhance its business....

28 Feb 2024

HKMU welcomes the 2024-25 Budget's earmarking of resources to support the development of UAS

Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) welcomes the $100 million start-up fund earmarked in the 2024-25 Budget to support self-financing, post-secondary institutions in forming an Alliance of Universities in Applied Sciences (UAS) for joint publicity and promotion of vocational and professional education and training (VPET), with a view to enhancing the status of VPET among parents, students and society in general....

25 Feb 2024

都大籌備成首間應用科學大學　校長林群聲：不代表會降低收生標準 (in Chinese)

https://www.hk01.com/article/994289?utm_source=01articlecopy&utm_medium=referral...

25 Feb 2024

都大轉型應科大 校長冀助學生認清方向 (in Chinese)

https://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E8%A6%81%E8%81%9E%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/odn-20240225-0225_00176_205/%E9%83%BD%E5%A4%A7%E8%BD%89%E5%9E%8B%E6%87%89%E7%A7%91%E5%A4%A7--%E6%A0%A1%E9%95%B7%E5%86%80%E5%8A%A9%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E8%AA%8D%E6%B8%85%E6%96%B9%E5%90%91...

25 Feb 2024

都大轉型應科大 校長冀助學生認清方向 (in Chinese)

https://orientaldaily.on.cc/content/%E8%A6%81%E8%81%9E%E6%B8%AF%E8%81%9E/odn-20240225-0225_00176_205/%E9%83%BD%E5%A4%A7%E8%BD%89%E5%9E%8B%E6%87%89%E7%A7%91%E5%A4%A7--%E6%A0%A1%E9%95%B7%E5%86%80%E5%8A%A9%E5%AD%B8%E7%94%9F%E8%AA%8D%E6%B8%85%E6%96%B9%E5%90%91...

24 Feb 2024

消息指都大成首間應科大　校長冀為學生提供明確發展路徑 (in Chinese)

https://hk.on.cc/hk/bkn/cnt/news/20240224/bkn-20240224122232224-0224_00822_001.html...

24 Feb 2024

【#香港家書】香港都會大學校長林群聲教授——應用科學大學與業界聯絡緊密 方便學生畢業後投身相應行業 (in Chinese)

https://www.rthk.hk/radio/radio1/programme/hkletter...

21 Feb 2024

Long-term HKMU study reveals rising health risks of oral corticosteroid use in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

Patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are often prescribed oral corticosteroids (OCSs) if there is a sudden deterioration in their condition. A scholar of the School of Nursing and Health Studies at Hong Kong Metropolitan University (HKMU) and related research team conducted a long-term study that unveils an increased risk of 17 diseases, including cardiovascular disease, associated with OCS use for COPD. The research team recommended exploring alternative treatments to minimise the possible side effects of using OCSs to alleviate the condition....

21 Feb 2024

HKMU swimmers claim three silver medals in USFHK Aquatic Meet

HKMU swimmers put their best stroke forward at the most recent Annual Aquatic Meet by the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong (USFHK) and were rewarded with encouraging results. The spotlight fell especially on Tsang Pak-ho, who came second in two individual 50 metre races — Freestyle and Butterfly. He bagged a third silver medal with fellow teammates, Chow King-him, Ma Wing-sum and Phoebe Cheuk Yuet-ying, in the Mixed 4 x 50 metre Freestyle Relay. Overall, the HKMU Swimming Team ranked sixth out of 12 university teams, with the boys' and girls' teams placed sixth and seventh respectively....