Impact of Giving

A growing world population requires a vast amount of energy, which inevitably leads to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions. Achieving net-zero carbon emission goals depends strongly on targeted R&D and technological innovations.

When CityUHK launched the Jockey Club Enhancing Youth Empathy Project through Immersive Visualisation (the Project) in 2017, Year 2 students Ng King-kwan and Michael Tam Ming-hong in the School of Creative Media (SCM) were attracted by the concept of "empathy", which was rarely featured in the rating scheme of any competitive games or projects they had previously entered.

Keen to create a vast range of useful unconventional materials from almost anything, one of CityUHK's top chemists and nanotechnology scientists is happy for others to apply them usefully for the advancement of humankind.

Technological innovation holds great promise for the medical field, and one of the top scientists at CityUHK is dedicated to bridging these two domains.

“The Hong Kong healthcare system is facing on-going challenges in a rapidly ageing population, which results in overburdened hospitals,” said Professor Frank Chen Youhua, Dean of the College of Business. Professor Chen has shown how management science contributed a significant role in elderly care through a project in establishing an innovative chronic disease management programme with a strong focus on data science.

Donations for One Health initiative enhance learning experience.

There are always ways to balance academic and talent development. Thanks to the generosity of donors, four CityUHK students and alumni exemplify how they strive a balance and become all-rounded persons.

Chan Tsz-lung, a fresh graduate from the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has always imagined the perfect wheelchair in memory of his late grandfather.

Forest Chan Che, a Bachelor of Business Administration graduate, embarked on his journey at Columbia University in 2016, thanks to a scholarship provided by Mr James Liu Ying-yin, an alumnus of CityUHK and a member of the CityUHK Foundation’s Board of Governors. Forest's hallmates at Columbia came from around the world. Many of them already had successful careers, but were there to pursue Master’s, PhD or post-doctoral degrees. “I found the experience of exchanging ideas with those students really eye-opening,” he said.
 

Gigi Yan Ying-fong, a graduate of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, remembered a day during her third year when she brought home two pieces of news: one good and one bad. The good news was that she had been admitted to the City University of Hong Kong-Columbia University Joint Bachelor’s Degree Programme. The bad news was that she could not afford it.