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In appreciation of the generosity of Mr. Lau Chor-tak, Chairman of Lau Chor Tak Foundation Limited, for his long-term support towards the development of the Institute of Global Economics and Finance (IGEF) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), the Institute has been renamed as ‘Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance’.  

The naming ceremony was held recently and officiated at by Mr.Lau Chor-tak, Prof. Joseph Sung, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK, Prof. Lawrence Lau, former Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK, and Prof. Terence Chong, Executive Director of IGEF. It was graced by the presence of Mr. Lau’s family members, Prof. Benjamin Wah, Provost of CUHK, and key members of IGEF including Prof. Joseph Yam, Prof. Liu Pak-wai and Prof. Sung Yun-wing.

Prof. Joseph Sung expressed his deepest appreciation to Mr. Lau Chor-tak for his continued support. He remarked, ‘With the support from Mr. Lau, we are confident that the Institute will continue in its endeavor to become an important hub for contributing conceptual and policy ideas to the financial system, and offering executive education programmes to enhance participants’ knowledge and expertise in global finance and banking.  We are truly grateful for the staunch support from Mr. Lau and his family.’ 

As a highly acclaimed philanthropist, Mr. Lau Chor-tak has rendered tremendous support to the higher education sector in Hong Kong and mainland China for over half a century. With the objective of promoting scholarly exchange on global economics and finance, Mr. Lau made a generous donation to IGEF in 2013 for the establishment of the ‘Lau Chor Tak Distinguished Lecture on Global Economics and Finance’. In 2014, Mr. Lau donated a commercial property to the University, the rental income from which is used to support the development of IGEF. In recognition of Mr. Lau’s unfailing support, the University named the largest lecture theatre in the Yasumoto International Academic Park as ‘Lau Chor Tak Lecture Theatre’.   

Located on the 13rd floor of Cheng Yu Tung Building, the ‘Lau Chor Tak Institute of Global Economics and Finance’ was established in 2010 with the aim of contributing to the modernization of China’s monetary and financial systems by proposing new ways of thinking, making policy recommendations and identifying new paths for liberalization. 

Source: Communications and Public Relations Office, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

We are delighted to announce that the website of the Office of Institutional Advancement (OIA) of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has recently received the 'Best in Class' Award (University) from the Interactive Media Council, Inc.

The IMA Best in Class Award is given to outstanding websites through a series of evaluation by distinguished professionals and experts in web-related business. All submitted website entries are scored using five specific criteria, namely content, feature functionality, design, usability and standards compliance. Scoring 481 out of a total of 500, the website of OIA obtained full marks for both 'Content' and 'Feature Functionality'.

Revamped in March 2015, the website of OIA features a user-friendly and informative interface which allows visitors to get the most updated information about our fund-raising initiatives and support the development of the University by using the online donation platform.

Apart from the IMA Best in Class Award, the website of OIA has also received the 21st Annual Communicator Award of Distinction, and the Gold Award of the Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2016. 

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has received sixteen awards (see table below) in the Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme 2016, making it one of the participating organizations which received the highest number of awards this year. Among the awards won, the ‘Most Favourite Website / Mobile App Award’, the ‘Easiest-to-Use Website / Mobile App Award’ and the ‘Triple Gold Award’, were awarded to the CUHK website (www.cuhk.edu.hk) and CUHK Mobile and nine other University websites received the ‘Gold Award’. 

Prof. Michael Hui, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK received the awards on behalf of the University at the presentation ceremony held at the Cyberport today (19 April).  He remarked, ‘Nowadays, it is very popular to obtain information from around the world via the Internet, but people with disabilities encounter many difficulties while browsing the Internet, and their access to knowledge is compromised. The Chinese University of Hong Kong offers its full support to the Web Accessibility Recognition Scheme, and has been participating in the Scheme and receiving awards for four consecutive years. This year, a number of websites and mobile apps from CUHK have been presented with gold awards. We are also the winner of the “Easiest-to-Use Website Award”, “Easiest-to-Use Mobile App Award”, one of the “Most Favourite Website Awards”, and one of the “Most Favourite Mobile App Awards”, testifying to the recognition accorded to us by the community. All this is proof of our determination to serve the community, and our accomplishments today will spur us on to further success.’ 

The ceremony was officiated at by Ir. Allen Yeung, Government Chief Information Officer, and well attended by representatives from award winning enterprises, NGOs, educational institutions and public sector organizations.  The recognition scheme was jointly organized by the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer and the Equal Opportunities Commission to encourage web accessibility among organizations in various industries and sectors, and to showcase corporations that have demonstrated outstanding efforts in facilitating access to their websites and mobile applications. 

Winners of the ‘Most Favourite Website / Mobile App Award’ and the ‘Easiest-to-Use Website / Mobile App Award’ are chosen from a number of gold award winning websites and mobile apps in the past three years. The former is awarded to the top three vote-winners, while the latter is awarded to those considered to be the most user-friendly by persons with special needs.  The ‘Triple Gold Award’ is presented to any website / mobile app that has attained gold awards consecutively for the past three years. 

The ‘Gold Award’ is presented to organizations whose websites and mobile applications have fulfilled 24 and 18 judging criteria, respectively. These criteria include meaningfully sequenced and structured contents, clear headings and informative links, and high compatibility with assistive technologies to facilitate smooth navigation. The colour contrast of text and images, font size options and use of sign language should address the need of all users, including people with disabilities and the seniors. 

Details of the awarded websites and mobile application of CUHK are as follows:

Source: Communications and Public Relations Office, The Chinese University of Hong Kong