The award recipients include 6 students for the Li Ka Shing Prize (2007-2008), 10 students for the Awards for Outstanding Research Postgraduate Student (2007-2008) and 34 students for the University Postgraduate Fellowships (2009-2010).
To further encourage academic research, starting from 2005-06, the Li Ka Shing Prize has been awarded every year to 6 postgraduate degree graduates. Prizes will be awarded to one MPhil graduate and two PhD graduates of each of the two broad groups of "arts and humanities" and "science and engineering". Established in 1991 by a generous donation from Dr Li Ka Shing, the Prize was previously awarded every two years to 4 postgraduate graduates.
Members of the media are cordially invited to cover the ceremony, the details are:
Date: November 26, 2009 (Thursday)
Time: 4:00 p.m.
Venue: Wang Gungwu Lecture Hall, HKU
Officiating Guests:
- HKU Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Vice-President (Research) and Dean of Graduate School Professor Paul Tam
- Dr Ambrose So, Member of Board of Directors of The University of Hong Kong Foundation for Educational Development and Research
- HKU Associate Dean of Graduate School Professor Anne McMillan
For details of the event, please contact Ms Anna Wong of Graduate School, HKU (tel: 2517 6382; email: annaw@hkucc.hku.hk)
For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk, Ms Melanie Wan (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.
