14 July 2020

With its Liberal + Professional education belief, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) not only fosters students’ all-rounded development and unleashes their potentials, but also encourages them to contribute to the community.

As face masks and pandemic preventive supplies become daily necessities due to the outbreak of COVID-19, the Student Affairs Office, the HSUHK Students’ Union and the HSUSU Art Society co-organised the ‘Cloth Mask & Mask Cover DIY Workshop + Sharing Scheme’ from April to June 2020, in which over 250 HSUHK students participated in the production and preparation of the cloth masks and mask covers. The hand-made cloth masks and mask covers, together with preventive supplies such as surgical masks and hand sanitisers, were then packaged as the HSUHK Care Packs with the drinks donated by the HSUHK Students’ Union. Over 300 Care Packs were produced and presented to the HSUHK housekeeping staff and security guards, as well as the needy in the community through various charitable organisations, including C Prospective, ELCHK, Sheen Hok Charitable Foundation Kwan Shon Hing Yu Chui Neighbourhood Elderly Centre and ELCHK North District Integrated Youth Service Centre.

Sponsored by The Incorporated Trustees of Hsin Chong – K.N. Godfrey Yeh Education Fund, the ‘HSUHK Care Pack’ activity was very successful. The President of HSUHK Students’ Union, Ms Rosetta Tam said, “The activity was very meaningful and enjoyable. HSUHK students can contribute their parts to the community amid the pandemic.” She sincerely hopes that people in need can feel the warmth in this difficult period through the event.