CUHK students have won a third of the 25 awards under the Innovation and Technology Scholarship Award Scheme organized by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups with sponsorship from HSBC and support from the Innovation and Technology Commission of the Hong Kong SAR Government. They will each be awarded up to HK$150,000.

The scheme aims to give recognition to outstanding undergraduates in science and engineering fields, and broaden their horizons through different opportunities, including overseas attachment programmes, mentorship programmes, local internship programmes and service project programmes. It is intended to encourage the awardees to pursue science and technology as their lifelong career.

CUHK Vice-Chancellor Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung was one of the guest of honour of the award presentation ceremony. In the Heart-to-Heart Talk session, he shared his experience of facing difficulties during the SARS outbreak in Hong Kong with some of the awardees, and advised them to set long-term goals for their life.

Mr. Chan Long, one of the awardees participating in the Heart-to-Heart Talk, has just embarked on his journey to join a summer research attachment in the Department of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry at Yale University.