Bulletin No. 1, 2013

Forty-two Students Receive English Teachers Scholarship The Education Bureau of the HKSAR Government announced the results of the Scholarship for Prospective English Teachers 2012–2013 in January. CUHK students garnered 42 out of a total of 87 scholarships awarded to all institutions, making it the top institution in terms of the number of the scholarship awarded for three consecutive year s . The award - re ce i v ing CUHK s t udent s come f r om t hree unde rgraduate maj o r programmes comprising English, English Studies and English Language Education, and Linguistics, and the Postgraduate Diploma in Education (PGDE). Recipients are each awarded an amount of HK$50,000 for each academic year. They need to undertake that they will teach English full-time in local primary or secondary schools after graduation, contributing in this way to English education in Hong Kong. Three Graduates Awarded Scholarships for Studies in Japan Mr. Au Yeung Wan-kin (left), master graduate in molecular biotechnology, and Mr. Chan K i n - s h i ng ( c en t r e ) , ma s t e r graduate in history, received this year’s Japanese Government ( Monbuk a ga ku s ho : ME X T ) Scholarship for Research Students to further their studies in Japan in April. Mr. Au Yeung is studying epigenomics at Kyushu University and Mr. Chan is reading pre-modern East Asian intellectual history at the University of Tokyo. Ms. Siu Hoi-ting (right), graduate in music, won the Japan Society of Hong Kong Scholarship in March, which will finance her to take a one-year Japanese language course in Tokyo. From left: Eric Chen (BA (English Studies) and BEd (English Language Education)), Tracy Cheung (English) and Jacob Chan (PGDE programme) The Best and the Brightest   51