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The Alumni Homecoming Day, an annual highlighted alumni event of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), was held on 26 November, with the participation of over 5,500 CUHK alumni and their family members.  At the opening ceremony, the fundraising committee, formed by this year’s anniversary class representatives, presented to the University a donation cheque of HK$1.1 million for ‘The Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni Torch Fund’ (the Fund).  Adding this sum, nearly HK$4 million has been raised since the Fund’s establishment in 2014. 

Celebrating its 12th year and consistently the largest alumni event of the year, the 2016 CUHK Alumni Homecoming Day featured a grand carnival, campus bus tour, thematic visits, ‘CUHK Café’ and college / graduate school dinners. This year, it also incorporated new elements such as a handicraft market hosted by over 60 alumni artists, as well as a series of talks on admissions ranging from primary, through secondary schools to university. On this special day, the alumni participants reunited with their classmates and teachers, and got to know more about the latest development of the University. 

The anniversary classes of this year (which graduated in the years of 1966, 1971, 1976, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1996, 2001, 2006 and 2011) inherited the tradition of the last two years of giving back to their fellow alumni by supporting the fundraising for the Fund. While celebrating their graduation anniversaries, they joined together to appeal for donations to support the Fund. 

The Fund was initiated by a group of devoted alumni from the anniversary classes in 2014, with the aim of helping CUHK alumni, in particular the young ones, to strengthen their competitive advantages and exposure to entrepreneur opportunities, and also to encourage CUHK alumni in developing their expertise and achieving excellence in professional and academic fields.  It also aims to facilitate the development and enhance the reputation of the University in the long run. As well as organizing the annual ‘CUHK Entrepreneur Day’ to showcase entrepreneurship projects by CUHK alumni and students, the Fund will also hold the first career expo specifically designed for young alumni, on campus on 7 January 2017, featuring career talks on diverse industries, consultation sessions and recruitment booths.

Source: Communications and Public Relations Office, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Officiated by Mr Thomas Liang, Chief Executive of the Wei Lun Foundation Limited, and Professor Fok Tai-fai, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the third “Lee Quo Wei CUHK Golden Jubilee Scholarship Presentation Ceremony” was held on Wednesday, 26 October 2016. Members of the advisory committee for the Lee Quo Wei CUHK Golden Jubilee Scholarship Endowment Fund attended the ceremony as well.

In his welcoming address, Professor Fok expressed his heartfelt gratitude towards the Lee Family and the Wei Lun Foundation for establishing the “Lee Quo Wei CUHK Golden Jubilee Scholarship Endowment Fund” in celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the University in 2013. He encouraged the scholarship recipients to reciprocate the support from the Lee family and the Wei Lun Foundation by striving to excel and contribute to the society.

On behalf of all scholarship recipients, Brian Cheng Shu-fan thanked the Lee Family and Wei Lun Foundation for their kindness and generosity, and for their efforts in carrying on the legacy of Dr the Honorable Lee Quo Wei to support education and the nurturing of future pillars of the society.

The Endowment Fund makes possible the establishment of various scholarships for outstanding Mainland students, students from the Faculty of Law and the Faculty of Medicine, as well as students who participated in exchange programmes. A total of 81 outstanding students have been awarded the “Lee Quo Wei CUHK Golden Jubilee Scholarship” this year.

The Faculty of Law of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has been honoured to invite The Rt Hon Dame Elish Angiolini, DBE QC, Principal of St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford, to present a distinguished public lecture on “Justice and the Misunderstood”, under the Mok Hing Yiu Visiting Professorship Scheme supported by Mok Hing Yiu Charitable Foundation.  The public lecture was held today (29 September) at the Lee Shau Kee Building of CUHK.

Coinciding with the Faculty’s 10^th Anniversary celebration, this high-profile lecture attracted a capacity audience with an attendance of over 200.  Judges from Hong Kong Judiciary, representatives of Mok Hing Yiu Charitable Foundation, guests of St Hugh’s College, distinguished guests of legal community, alumni, staff, students and the general public, attended the event.

In the lecture, Dame Elish gave her views on the subject and elaborated on exploring the extent to which knowledge of human behaviour influences the responses of systems of justice. The inspiring lecture provided perceptive insights into the discussed topics.

The Mok Hing Yiu Visiting Professorship Scheme was established by CUHK in memory of the late Dr Mok Hing Yiu with a generous donation from the Mok family.  The aim of the scheme is to advance teaching, research and academic development of CUHK.  Under the scheme, one widely acclaimed scholar will be invited to Hong Kong on an annual basis, and will participate in teaching, scholastic exchange and to deliver a professorial lecture in a public form to inspire staff and students of CUHK, alumni, professional groups and the general public.  Previous Mok Hing Yiu Visiting Professors include Professor Dame Jessica Rawson, Professor of Chinese Art and Archaeology of University of Oxford, Professor Sir John Bell, FRS, Regius Professor of Medicine of University of Oxford, and Professor David Wang Der-wei, Edward C. Henderson Professor of Chinese and Comparative Literature of Harvard University. 

About the Speaker

Dame Elish Angiolini joined the Procurator Fiscal Service and served as a Procurator-Depute in Airdrie (1984–92). She was seconded to the Crown Office in Edinburgh before being appointed Senior Depute Procurator Fiscal, then Assistant Procurator Fiscal at Glasgow (1995–97). She returned to the Crown Office as Head of Policy. She then served as Regional Procurator Fiscal for Grampian, the Highland and Islands, based in Aberdeen (2000–01).

Appointed the first female Solicitor General for Scotland in 2001, she was also the first Procurator Fiscal and the first solicitor (as against advocate) to hold the post. In 2006, she was appointed Lord Advocate, the head of Scotland's prosecution service, the first woman in the 500-year history of that post. She served in this role until 2011.

Dame Elish became Principal of St Hugh's College, University of Oxford in 2012. She was listed as one of Scotland's most powerful women in 2004 and made a DBE in 2011.

Dame Elish was appointed Honorary Professor in CUHK Faculty of Law in 2015 and was invited as the Mok Hing Yiu Visiting Professor in September 2016.

Source: Communications and Public Relations Office, The Chinese University of Hong Kong