Contributors: Mrs. Roslyn Li and Miss Winnie Li (Student Life and Resources, SDS)

CityU offers a wide range of scholarships and prizes to recognise students’ academic and non-academic achievements. These awards include entrance scholarships, academic merit awards, community service awards, outbound exchange scholarships, sports scholarships and student leader awards, benefiting local and non-local students.

Over the past two decades, the amount of scholarships and prizes granted per year had increased from HK$2.5M to HK$124.8M. The number of scholarship recipients even reached its height in 2017/18 with more than 3,800 students awarded. Congratulations to CityU!

CityU students win the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fellowships and Scholarships

The 32nd Awards Presentation Ceremony of the Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund was successfully hosted on 17 March 2019. Mr. Lee Ho Wai, Leon, a final-year student in Global Business Systems Management, and Miss Shang Liang, Echo, a third-year research postgraduate majoring in Public Policy, were honoured to receive the prestigious Scholarship and Fellowship from Lady Youde, the Honorary Patron of the Fund.

While there were only 4 fellowships and 7 scholarships offered to all the tertiary institutions in Hong Kong this year, Leon and Echo stood out from others by their passion and contributions to the community. Among his many distinguished achievements, Leon is the owner of Eldertreks, a social enterprise promoting cross-generation integration in Hong Kong. Eldertreks has provided training for elderly people to lead local tours in town, promoting the preservation of local history and culture. Leon has also led a team to develop a mobile phone application for children who suffer from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.

Echo was devoted to improving the well-being of physically-challenged population in Hong Kong. Through her PhD research, Echo aimed to address the unemployment and underemployment issue of the wheelchair users, in hopes of alleviating the problems of poverty and discrimination involved.

Miss Shang Liang, Echo (left) receives the prestigious Fellowship from Lady Youde, the spouse of the former late Governor Sir Edward Youde, and the Honorary Patron of the Fund.

“True happiness stems from changing one’s life” is the motto of Mr. Lee Ho Wai, Leon, the Scholarship awardee of 2018/19.

Echo (left) and Leon (right), taking photo with Professor Richard Ho Man-wui, JP, the chairman of Sir Edward Youde Memorial Fund Council, are devoted to contributing to the local community for the betterment of Hong Kong.

Leon is one of the co-founders of Eldertreks. He received start-up funds from the Efficiency Office HKSAR. Furthermore, he was also the Champion and received the Most Social Innovative Award in the Social Innovation CEO Competition.

Regular Weekend Tour by Elderly Tour Guide!

Leon collaborates with NGO and offers 2-month training for the elderly tour guide designates.

Echo was invited to present her research work around the globe, such as 2018 International Society for Third Sector Research in Amsterdam, The Netherlands and the 6th EMES International Conference on Social Enterprise 2017 in Belgium, Brussels.