Four PolyU students have been selected as awardees of the Innovation and Technology Scholarship Award Scheme 2012 during the Award Presentation Ceremony held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on 19 April. They are:

1. Chong Chui-yi, BA (Hons) Scheme in Fashion and Textiles (Year 2) , Institute of Textiles and  Clothing
2. Fung Sin-yu, BEng (Hons) Product Engineering with Marketing (Year 2), Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering
3. Leung Cheuk-ho, BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy (Year 2), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
4. Tsang Tsz-wai, BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy (Year 2), Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

The students are awarded for their outstanding academic performance, passion in innovation and technology, good communication skills and all-roundness. A maximum of $150,000 will be made available to each of the awardees, enabling them to participate in a series of programmes, including Overseas Attachment, Mentorship, Service Projects and Local Internship (optional).  These programmes will help widen their exposure and encourage them to pursue science and technology as a lifelong career.

The Scheme is organized by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups under the joint sponsorship and support by the Innovation and Technology Commission and the Hongkong Bank Foundation.  

More: http://www.innotechscholarship.hk/html/en/news/

In addition, Mr Jim Chan, PhD research student of PolyU’s Department of English, has recently been awarded the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowship for the academic year 2011/12. The award aims at encouraging and assisting local full-time students pursuing postgraduate studies by research.

Jim’s project focuses on the choice of an appropriate pronunciation model for the Hong Kong classroom. The results of his research will be of immense theoretical and practical value for English language teaching specialists in Hong Kong and other contexts in which English is being taught and learned as a second or foreign language.