14 March 2019

In recognition of the outstanding academic achievements and remarkable co-curricular performance of students, and in appreciation of the generous donations of benefactors, the Student Affairs Office held the annual Scholarship and Award Presentation Ceremony at the Auditorium, Lee Quo Wei Academic Building on 14 Mar 2019.

In the welcoming speech, President Simon S M Ho expressed sincere gratitude to scholarship donors for their generosity and continuing support towards the University and students. Being the 8th presentation ceremony since its introduction, the total amount of scholarship and bursary funding granted has grown drastically from HK$1.1M in 2011/12 to around HK$19M in 2018/19, which included the HKSAR Self-financing Post-secondary Scholarship Scheme. To date, scholarship opportunities have been expanded into four domains, namely entrance scholarships, academic scholarships, co-curricular scholarships and overseas learning scholarships. These help foster students’ all-round development and encourage them to scale new heights in areas for which they are passionate and talented.

Aslam Hamza Saghir (BSC-DSBI, Year 4) was awarded the Mrs Halima Razack Scholarship, Self-financing Post-Secondary Scholarship Scheme – Talent Development Scholarship and three other scholarships for his outstanding academic and non-academic achievements. He expressed his heartfelt appreciation to his family and teaching staff for their unfailing support throughout the years, and his pride in being a student and graduate-to-be of HSUHK.

Over 380 guests, including scholarship donors and representatives, staff and students of HSUHK, as well as families and friends of awardees, gathered to share this joyful and memorable occasion.