Bulletin No. 1, 2014

38   Chinese University Bulletin No. 1, 2014 S ix teams from CUHK won three first awards in the 13th Challenge Cup held at Soochow University from 13 to 18 October 2013, to clinch the Hong Kong and Macau Cup again for the sixth consecutive time. Three projects received the first award, one project the second award and two the third award. The projects that received the first award were ‘Under-actuated Wire-driven Mechanism and Highly Efficient Robot Fish’, ‘Converting Infrared Light into Broadband Visible Light at High Efficiency Using Lanthanide- sensitized Oxides’, and ‘Five Institutions with One Village’. F our CUHK students made it to the Hong Kong Grand Finals of FameLab Hong Kong 2014 organized by the British Council on 15 March 2014 at the Hong Kong Science Museum. Three of them received awards. They were 1st runner-up Lo Lok-man (PhD student, Biomedical Sciences), 2nd runner- up Luk Sui-man (Year 2, Physics), and Video Favourite Award recipient Wong Siu-shing (Year 2, Biochemistry). The Best and the Brightest Six CUHK Projects Win Awards at 13th Challenge Cup P aul Benedict Lee (Year 2, Law) became the champion of the 19th ‘21st Century Coca-Cola Cup’ National English Speaking Competition Finals held on 24 March 2014 in Beijing. CUHK Students Get Prizes at FameLab Hong Kong Law Student Wins National English Speaking Contest