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The end of the examination period marks the best timing “to RELAX, HAVE FUN and GATHER”. The “Talent-to-Gather” cyber series, which is the first-ever student-led virtual talent show series aiming at inspiring students to unleash their potential and strengthen cross-cultural exchange, was held on 28 May 2021. It is one of the signature programmes supported by PolyU’s Got Talents teams...

Dr Liu Tik-sang, Associate Professor of Division of Humanities and Director of the South China Research Center, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, delivered an online Dean of Students Talk titled “Tian Hou: One Woman, Two Names, Three Places” on 19 April 2021. As a talk under the Knowledge and Exploration Series, Dr Liu introduced various aspects of...

In response to the positive feedback of the 1st Talk on “Laozi on Innovation”, Prof. Otto C. C. Lin, Senior Advisor to the President and Honorary Professor of Industrial and System Engineering, delivered the 2nd Talk titled “Confucius on Entrepreneurship” for the Dean of Students Talk Series on 9 March 2021. This time, Prof. Lin talked about the meaning of...

The beginning of a new year is the time for celebration and reconnection. With the support and guidance from the Student Affairs Office, 8 Non-local Student Associations from the Chinese mainland, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Malaysia, South Asian countries, Taiwan and Global Student Ambassadors had joined hands to give a new meaning to the Spring Festival in 2021 by working together to...

In times of COVID 19 pandemic, the Student Affairs Office organised the first-ever online “Global Student Ambassador Programme (GSAP) Swearing-in Ceremony 2020/21” on 2 Feb 2021 for trainee ambassadors, reinforcing their commitment as GSAP ambassadors.

Prof. Otto C. C. Lin, Senior advisor to the President and Honorary Professor of Industrial and System Engineering, delivered a Dean of Students Talk on “Laozi on Innovation” on 26 January 2021. Prof. Lin talked about how Laozi’s philosophies from thousands of years ago are still applicable to today’s innovation industries, using examples such as computers, mobile internet cloud technology...

Riding on the success of the Blood Donation Campaign held in 2018 and 2019, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) in collaboration with the Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service this year again organised the Blood Donation Campaign 2020 on 14-16 October, 2020, attracting over 230 staff and students’ participation.

Apart from having the mobile blood drive at Alumni Atrium...

Hosted by the Student Affairs Office, over 1,400 freshmen joined the Orientation Info Day on 4 September 2020, and experienced the online orientation experience via Zoom. Supported by different PolyU administrative offices and student organisations, students learnt about the University support services, holistic student development programmes and student activities through lively communication activities such as online games, presentations, and dialogues...