Bulletin No. 2, 2014

News in Brief  43  Activities and Events HKJC Mega Donation for Teaching Hospital and Institute of Ageing CUHK has received a donation of HK$1.3 billion from the Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) Charities Trust for the development of the territory’s first not- for-profit and self-financed teaching hospital. This is the largest single donation ever made by the HKJC to a medical project in Hong Kong, and is also the greatest single donation ever received by CUHK. The HKJC will further donate HK$12 million to support the establishment of the CUHK Jockey Club Institute of Ageing. The club’s CADENZA Project director Prof. Jean Woo will serve as the director of the institute. The donation ceremony was held on 21 August. Establishment of Yao Ling Sun Professorships CUHK has received a generous bequest of about HK$27.6 million f r om t h e l a t e Mr. Yao Ling Sun to set up two Yao Ling Sun professorships, one in architecture and one in surgery. A cheque presentation ceremony was held on 23 June to acknowledge the generous support from the Yao family. CUHK has appointed Prof. Ng Yan-yung Edward and Prof. Lau Yun-wong James to be the first incumbent of the Yao Ling Sun Professor of Architecture and the Yao Ling Sun Professor of Surgery, respectively. The interest generated from the endowment funds will provide additional and stable annual funding to the incumbent professors’ research activities in perpetuity.