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The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) organized the second “The D. H. Chen Foundation Scholars Roundtable Discussion” on Thursday, 1 March 2018. The event was graced by the presence of Mr Cheung Wai-hing, Trustee and Chairman of the Education Committee, Mr Alan Chow, Executive Director of The D. H. Chen Foundation, Professor Wong Suk-ying, Associate Vice-President and Director of Admissions and Financial Aid of CUHK, and Ms Janet Chow, Director of Institutional Advancement of CUHK. Professor Rocky Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK, also join the dinner reception after the roundtable discussion.

On behalf of CUHK, Professor Wong Suk-ying expressed her heartfelt gratitude to The D. H. Chen Foundation for their unfailing support towards the University as well as local tertiary education over the years. She looked forward to continuing the partnership with the Foundation in nurturing brilliant future young leaders. Professor Wong also highlighted the importance of innovation to the betterment of society and encouraged the scholars to promoting innovation by applying the knowledge learnt from their studies.

This academic year, three outstanding CUHK students are honoured to receive the prestigious “The D. H. Chen Foundation Scholarship”. All award recipients have achieved excellent academic performances together with strong commitment to social services. Two of the scholars shared with the distinguished guests their university life and future goals. One scholar from last academic year has also shared his fruitful overseas exchange experience at the roundtable discussion.

Established in 2015, “The D. H. Chen Foundation Scholarship Program” annually awards a maximum of twenty outstanding undergraduate students from four local universities aiming to relieve their financial burden and encourage them to widen their social exposure so as to contribute to the society in the future. The D. H. Chen Foundation will offer a wide range of activities for scholars to participate, including social services, mentorship programme, annual dinner and roundtable meetings.

The 13th CUHK Golf Day was successfully held on 24 January 2018 at the Hong Kong Golf Club in Fanling. Thanks to the unfailing support from alumni and friends of CUHK, a record high of $2.95 million has been raised through the event.

The tee-off ceremony was officiated by Professor Fok Tai-fai, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President of CUHK, Dr Yeung Ming-biu, Supreme Sponsor and Founder and Chairman of Oriental Watch Holdings Limited, Mrs Carol Tsang, Supreme Sponsor and representative of Billion Charity Fund, Dr Philip Wong, Diamond Sponsor and representative of Qin Jia Yuan Foundation Limited, and Mr Stewart Cheng, Diamond Sponsor of the event. Professor Fok expressed his gratitude towards all alumni and friends for their generous support towards this year’s Golf Day. He is also delighted to meet with many alumni who joined the event for the first time.

This year, there are a total 25 teams competing for close to 40 group and individual titles. The United College has received the prestigious “CU Cup” award for two consecutive years. Team “United College (1)” is the winner of the “Oriental Watch Open Cup - Best Net” award; while alumni Mr Joseph Wong (Chung Chi College) and Ms Isabella Leung won the “Billion Charity Fund Best Gross Prize (Men) and (Ladies)” respectively.

At the prize presentation ceremony, Professor Rocky S Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK, said in his welcoming speech that the continuous growth of the event can only be made possible with the unfailing support from our alumni and friends. Professor Tuan added that the alumni participation rate of the event has reached a record high of over 60% this year.

All donations solicited through the event will be used to enrich the “CUHK Golf Day Scholarship” and support the development of University and its Colleges. Seven undergraduates, with outstanding academic performance and active participation in voluntary services and sports activities, have been awarded the scholarship this year.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) is honoured to receive a generous donation of HK$1 million from the Tsz Shan Monastery in support of the study entitled “Loving-kindness and Compassion Meditation: Exploring and Evaluating its Effectiveness on Improving Psychological Well-being among Stressed Professionals in Hong Kong” undertaken by Prof. Samuel Y.S. Wong of Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care of CUHK. A donation ceremony was held on 29 December 2017, officiated by Venerable Thong Hong, Abbot of Tsz Shan Monastery and Professor Joseph Sung, the then Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK. Mr Walter Ngai, Secretary General of Tsz Shan Monastery, and distinguished guests from the Tsz Shan Monastery, also joined the ceremony.  Professor Samuel Y.S. Wong, Head of Division of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Jockey Club of Public Health and Primary Care of CUHK, introduced to the guests details of the research project.

There are only limited studies conducted on the use of loving-kindness and compassion meditation in improving psychological well-being and improving anger control.  The study is proposed to evaluate the use of a loving-kindness and compassion meditation protocol devised by expert meditators in its use to improve psychological well-being, improving anger control and reducing psychological stress, anxiety and depressive symptoms among stressed professionals in Hong Kong. This study will include both a small pilot, focusing on feasibility and acceptability of participants followed by a larger randomized controlled study.

Professor Joseph Sung said in his welcoming address, 'I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to Venerable Thong Hong and the Tsz Shan Monastery for their generosity in support of our research projects. As you all may aware, the stress level of many Hong Kong people is often very high.  Findings of surveys and studies reflect that many Hong Kong citizens, from children, teenagers, adults to elderly, are living under immense pressure.  As revealed by the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the HKSAR Government on "World Health Day 2017", 3 out of every 100 Hong Kong citizens aged between 16 and 75 were found suffering from depression, and about 55 percent of these sufferers never sought help from any mental health services.'

In his speech, Venerable Thong Hong highlighted the importance of improving the psychological well-being, especially the highly stressed professionals in Hong Kong. 'We want to find evidence to confirm whether the stressed professionals will be able to develop a peaceful mind through practicing loving-kindness and compassion meditation,' he said.

About Tsz Shan Monastery

Tsz Shan Monastery is a Chinese Buddhist monastery established for the preservation of the inheritance of the Dharma preached by Śākyamuni Buddha. The idea for the development of Tsz Shan Monastery germinated with Mr. Li, who has made grants of over HK$2.6 billion from his personal foundation to cover the full cost of construction and the daily operating expenses of the Monastery.