To celebrate United College 55th Anniversary, over 50 celebration activities kicked off in February. The focus, the 55th anniversary ceremony, was held on 21 October and officiated by Mr. Shum Choi-sang, chairman of United College Board of Trustees, and Mr. Clement C.M. Leung, Director of Food and Environmental Hygiene, HKSAR Government. The Ming De Scholarship and Xin Min Scholarship, the highest honours of United College, were presented to the awardees in 2010–11 at the ceremony.

A series of academic programmes were also organized, including a sharing on climate change by Prof. Lau Ngar-cheung Gabriel, Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory of Princeton University; Prof. Herman S. Cheung, Professor of Medicine and Orthopaedics Surgery of the University of Miami, was invited to be the Distinguished Visiting Scholar to deliver lectures; and Mr. Ho Man-sum, United College Trustee and alumnus of 1957 graduate class, shared with teachers and students how the College progressed from adversity to prosperity in the past 55 years.

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