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The Hong Kong Science Museum invites local scientific teams to exhibit their research achievements in their Science News Corner. The purpose is to introduce important researches conducted in Hong Kong to the public, with the aim to promote popular science.
Our soybean research was selected for exhibition from April 13 to July 31, 2013. There are a total of eighteen poster boards together with one video show, two display columns, and one computer Q&A game.
In conjunction to this exhibition, Prof. HM Lam also gave two educational seminars organized by the Education Bureau (June 26, 2013; attended by ~600 high school teachers and students) and one popular science lecture hosted by the HKSM (June 29, 2013; attend by ~100 general public). A video recording a snapshot of the soybean research is being shown in the exhibition room. This video produced by the Education Bureau has won an award of excellence in the Indie Fest, an award of merit in the in Accolade File, Television, New Media and Videography Competition, and an award of merit in the Chicago International Film Festival TV Award. The video is also available in a public education website:
http://minisite.proj.hkedcity.net/stds_sci/cht/Video_of_Scientist/soybean_homecoming.html
Opening ceremony on April 12, 2013 was officiated by (left to right): Professor Fanny Cheung (pro-VC, CUHK), Professor Yuk-Shan Wong (pro-VC, HKUST), Ms. Karen Sit (acting chief curator of HKSM) and Professor Hon-Ming Lam (Director of the Center for Soybean Research, CUHK)
Representatives from the Education Bureau and some local charity organizations also attended the opening ceremony