Bulletin No. 2, 2011

The Best and the Brightest   37  CUHK Students Shine at Bordeaux Wine Tasting Contest Three students of the Faculty of Law, Fergus Chau (left), Holly Lau (centre) and Alex Yau (right), were the first runners-up in the final of the ‘20 Sur Vin’ wine-tasting competition held on 17 June 2011 in France. The youngest candidates in the event and participating for the first time in history, the Hong Kong team came just one point behind the champion from Harvard University. CUHK Students Awarded Scholarships At a presentation ceremony held on 11 March 2011 at the Australia Consulate-General Hong Kong, Lee Ka-ho (3rd left) from the Department of Social Work, Lin Ka-wing (1st right) from the Department of Economics and Chen Yuxi (2nd left), an exchange student from La Trobe University were awarded the Endeavour Australia Cheung Kong Scholarship. Lee Yick-yi Michelle (1st left), a visiting student from the University of Adelaide has been granted the 2010 Prime Minister’s Australia Asia Award. Four students won the Chartis Hong Kong Scholarships, which was established to recognize undergraduates of the Faculty of Business Administration with excellent academic performance, as well as outstanding ethnic minority local students or physically challenged students. Chan Ting-cheung Alex (3rd right) and Tang Ka-ki Harris (2nd right) majoring in insurance, financial and actuarial analysis, Ma Yuet-kwan Gloria (front row) from the Department of Psychology, and Tam Lok-ming Tom (5th left) from the School of Life Sciences have been awarded this year’s scholarships. The four recipients attended the scholarship presentation ceremony on 22 July 2011. Mainland Student Wins Scholarship to Oxford Mr. Mao Yuanbo Edgar, a graduate with a Master of Philosophy in English (Literary Studies), has been selected for the Esther Yewpick Lee Millennium Scholarship to pursue a Doctor of Philosophy in English at the University of Oxford commencing in October 2011.