This year, 102 CUHK undergraduate and postgraduate students have received the HKSAR Government Scholarships, and a number of the awardees attended the presentation ceremony held on 12 April.

Christoffer Clement, a Quantitative Finance student from Denmark, was invited by the Education Bureau to join a dialogue session with Mr. Kenneth Chan, Acting Secretary for Education, to share his stories. Interested in financial markets and investment banking, Christoffer chose Hong Kong to pursue his first degree after finishing high school in his home country. He said Hong Kong, being one of the major financial centres of the world and the gateway to China, would provide great opportunities for him to advance his career after graduation.

To recognize the achievements of outstanding students taking publicly-funded sub-degree level or above programmes, the HKSAR Government Scholarships have been awarded annually since the academic year 2008–09.