December 2020 Issue 1

Video Story

Sampling the Moon’s Surface: Innovation, Precision and Reliability

Collecting soil from the Earth may be as easy as pie, but it is highly complicated and difficult to collect lunar samples from the Moon, which is over 380,000 kilometers away from Earth. Yet on 17 December, China’s Chang’e 5 probe successfully...

People Story

Helping people in the dark with empathy and patience – Professor George Woo at School of Optometry being recognised by the Hong Kong Humanity Award 2020

For nearly 20 years, Professor George Woo, Emeritus Professor and Senior Advisor at PolyU’s School of Optometry (a.k.a. “Father of Optometry”), has been volunteering at the Samaritan hotline, contributing his own time outside of work hours...

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New appointments to central management team

The University has recently announced three important appointments. Professor Wing-tak Wong was appointed as the new Deputy President and Provost for a term of five years with effect from 1 December 2020 to succeed Ir Professor Ping-kong Alexander...

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PolyU Annual Report 2019/20 has been released

The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Annual Report 2019/20 has been published. Themed “Growing in Strength, Advancing our Mission ...

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Three Distinguished Individuals to be Conferred Honorary Doctorates

We announced recently that the University will confer honorary doctorates upon three distinguished individuals in recognition of their outstanding achievements in the fields of finance, scientific research, education and public health as well as...

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Strengthen your recovery; strengthen our community – PolyU’s new Occupational Therapy Clinic to address rising primary healthcare needs

We’ve all heard the adage “prevention is better than cure” – it couldn’t be more true when it comes to managing our health and well-being. Since decades ago, the Government has been investing significant efforts in advancing primary...

Research & Innovation

Professor Xiao-ming Tao receives Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology Award

We are very excited that Professor Xiao-ming Tao, Chair Professor of Textile Technology and Director of the Research Centre for Smart Wearable Technology, Institute of Textiles and Clothing, won the 13th Guanghua Engineering Science and Technology...