Bulletin Spring‧Summer 1998

POTENTIAL ANOTHER RHODES SCHOLAR FORM CU Ama n da Lee Pui-shan, a final-year engineering student ma j o r i ng in electronic engineering, has been chosen as Hong Kong Rhodes Scholar for 1998. She w i ll be leaving for the UK to read engineering science as a probationer research student at St. Cross College of Oxford University A student of immense intellectual capability, Amanda has maintained a distinguished academic record throughout secondary school and university. She emerged from the Hong Kong Certificate of Education Examination with eight A's, and has been awarded seven scholarships during her three years at The Chinese University. Energetic and imbued w i th a strong sense of social responsibility, Amanda enjoys interacting w i th people from different cultures and has actively participated in a variety of exchange programmes i n Canada, Germany, and Turkey. Before being chosen as this year's Rhodes Scholar from Hong Kong, she went through a highly competitive selection process, which consisted of two rounds of interviews, a personality profile assessment, and attending a social function with the selection panel. The Rhodes Scholarship was established under the w i l l of Sir Cecil Rhodes in 1902 and h i gh intellectual merit, outstanding scholastic attainment, pleasant personality, and physical vigour. It represents one of the highest achievements of young scholars the world over. The scholarship was originally designed for students f r om the Commonwealth countries, the United States, and Germany. Since 1985, Hong Kong has been included i n the scheme and one local student has been honoured as Rhodes Scholar each year. Ama n da is the second Rhodes Scholar p r odu c ed by the University's Department of Electronic Engineering in three years. Chinese University Bulletin Spring • Summer 1998 20