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The 8th CUHK Golf Day was held on Friday, 9 November 2012. Over 100 alumni and friends of CUHK enjoyed a fun day in Vijay Course of Shenzhen Mission Hills Golf Club. This annual event successfully brought nearly 1.2 million dollars of donation to enhance the quality of education CUHK provides to the students.

Officiated at the Tee-off Ceremony were Professor Michael Hui, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor of CUHK, Mr Stewart Cheng, Honorary Co-chairman of Organising Committee of CUHK Golf Day 2012, Mr David York, Chairman of Dragon Crowd Enterprise (China) Limited, Honorary Co-chairman of Organising Committee of CUHK Golf Day 2012, Dr Yeung Ming-biu, Chairman of Oriental Watch Company and Mrs Carol Tsang, Chairlady of Organising Committee of CUHK Golf Day 2012.

Before the 28 teams started their 18-hole tournament in the morning, Professor Hui extended a warm welcome to all participants and thanked the members of organising committee in making the Golf Day a success. He also congratulated CUHK Alumni Golf Association on winning the Champion of the 9th Intervarsity Alumni Golf Competitionn held earlier in October this year.

After a series of exciting and tight competitions on the golf course, Chung Chi College won the Championship of CU Cup while Okia was the winner of the CUHK Team Open - Best Net. The Best Gross Championship of Men’s and Women’s Individual went to Mr Xi Liang and Mrs Carol Tsang from Chung Chi College respectively.

Since 2005, CUHK Golf Day is one of the annual events organised by the Office of Institutional Advancement. All donations received will contribute to the CUHK Golf Day Scholarship of the University and its constituent Colleges to enrich the learning experience of our students.

The Sports for Hope Foundation (SFHF) generously donated HK$1.3 million to the University to launch the 'Sports for Hope Foundation - CUHK Elite Athletes Scheme'. The goal of the scheme is to support needy athletes in CUHK by providing scholarships, sponsoring the training of sports teams, and strengthening leadership skills of captains in terms of confidence, sense of responsibility and communication skills. The cheque presentation and agreement signing ceremony held on 4 June 2012 was officiated by Ms. Marie-Christine Lee, founder and chairman of SFHF; and Professor Henry N.C. Wong, CUHK Pro-Vice-Chancellor.

Over 50 guests and elite student athletes joined the ceremony. Professor Wong expressed his deepest appreciation to Ms. Lee and the guests from SFHF for gracing the ceremony with their presence. Professor Wong also thanked Ms. Lee for her generous support to the University and the development of sports.

Ms. Lee's affection for sports has developed when she was a child. She said, 'Sports is vital to all-round development of undergraduate students. The scheme is to help needy athletes to take part in sports activities, so they can benefit from the process.'

The scheme is implemented by the Physical Education Unit of the University to support elite student athletes of the University by provision of scholarship, sports team training and sports leadership training starting from 2012-13. Application details will be announced later.

The Convocation of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK Convocation), in collaboration with the Alumni Affairs Office and the Office of Institutional Advancement, held the 'Road to Scientific Excellence' Fundraising Walkathon on campus on 2 June to raise funds for the Institute of Chinese Medicine (ICM). Prof. Joseph J.Y. Sung, Vice-Chancellor of CUHK; Dr. Chan Chi-sun, Chairman of CUHK Convocation; Prof. Leung Ping-chung and Prof. Fung Kwok-pui, Directors of ICM, and representatives of major sponsors officiated at the kick-off ceremony. With the generous support from sponsors and donors, the event has raised over HK$1 million for ICM to acquire new research equipment – The High Performance Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (LCMS).

The event received enthusiastic support from over 150 students, staff, alumni and major sponsors, including Phoenix Charitable Foundation, Hong Kong Shun Lung Yan Chak Foundation Limited, CHIHO-TIANDE (HK) Ltd., Health Action, The Incorporated Trustees of Ryoden Development Charitable Trust, Twin Wealth Biotech Limited, and Wah Ching Chinese Medicine Foundation. Participants enjoyed the walk on the beautiful sunny day on campus from the University Piazza to the newly established science and research region – Area 39. Apart from paying a visit to the new Lo Kwee-Seong Integrated Biomedical Sciences Building, participants also enjoyed the informative exhibition of ICM and attended the Chinese herbal medicine seminar delivered by Prof. Clara Lau Bik-san, Assistant Director of ICM. After the seminar, a tour to the Chinese Medicine Garden was arranged to enhance participants' understanding of traditional Chinese medicine.

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