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The COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented challenges to the global community and to members of the university. To support university members during the current period of adversity, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) launched the CU RElief Fund (CURE Fund), which aims to provide assistance and support to members who are adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and to enhance the resilience of the CUHK community.

The main relief objectives of the CURE Fund are:

(1) To provide on-campus part-time job opportunities with student helper allowance for current CUHK full-time undergraduate students to help alleviate their financial stress;

(2) To provide short-term job opportunities at the University for graduating students of the class of 2020 and alumni of the class of 2019. The CURE Fund Management Committee is also in discussion with various organizations to create job opportunities.  The aim is to help graduating students and young alumni to gain work experience and competitiveness in the face of high unemployment rate and declining job openings during the current severe economic downturn; and 

(3) To provide interest-free emergency loans for full-time staff members in junior posts (on Terms of Service C and equivalent terms) to ease their families’ financial difficulties.

Professor Rocky Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK, along with all seven Pro-Vice-Chancellors/Vice-Presidents, will donate 15% of their salaries for the remaining months of the current year to seed the CURE Fund.

CUHK is calling for donations to support the CURE Fund and to help CUHK members in need to overcome adversity. The University also sincerely invites interested organizations to offer job opportunities for graduating students and young alumni. Please contact the CURE Fund Management Committee for details (tel: 3943-1931; email: curefund@cuhk.edu.hk).

For information on donation and application, please visit www.cuhk.edu.hk/oia/cure-fund

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

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) organized the sixth “Lee Quo Wei CUHK Golden Jubilee Scholarship Presentation Ceremony” on Thursday, 31 October 2019.  The ceremony was officiated by Mr Thomas Liang, Chief Executive of the Wei Lun Foundation, and Professor Fok Tai-fai, Pro-Vice-Chancellor and Vice-President of CUHK.  Members of the advisory committee for the Lee Quo Wei CUHK Golden Jubilee Scholarship Endowment Fund also joined this joyful occasion.

In his welcoming address, Professor Fok Tai-fai thanked the late Dr the Honourable Lee Quo-wei, the Lee Family and the Wei Lun Foundation for their longstanding support to CUHK.  He congratulated all Lee Quo Wei Scholars on their remarkable achievements and encouraged them to prepare well for contributing to the community in future.

Established in 2013 in celebrating the 50th Anniversary of CUHK, the “Lee Quo Wei CUHK Golden Jubilee Scholarship Endowment Fund” awarded outstanding medical students, law students, as well as students from mainland China, and supported the students with financial needs to go for exchange programmes.  This year, a total of 68 students have been awarded the “Lee Quo Wei CUHK Golden Jubilee Scholarship”.  Yip Tsun-hang, Gavin represented all scholarship recipients to express their gratitude to the Wei Lun Foundation for establishing the Scholarship which provided them with financial support so that they could pursue their dreams.

The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has recently received a generous donation of HK$5 million from the Tin Ka Ping Foundation (the Foundation) to enrich the “Tin Ka Ping Education Fund” (the Fund) at the Faculty of Education of CUHK. The Fund will be used to support the “Tin Ka Ping Visiting Scholar Scheme”, promote Chinese culture and launch a diverse range of service-learning projects.

Attended by Mr Tin Hing-sin, Chairman of the Board of the Foundation; Mr Tai Hay-lap, Vice-Chairman; Mr Tin Wing-sin, Director; Professor Rocky S Tuan, Vice-Chancellor and President of CUHK; Professor Alvin S M Leung, Dean of Education, as well as colleagues of the Foundation and CUHK, a memoranda of understanding signing ceremony was held on CUHK campus. Professor Rocky Tuan and Mr Tin Hing-sin signed an agreement to foster stronger co-operation on improving the quality of education in China and integrating with the world’s civilization through the promotion of moral education and Chinese culture.

Professor Rocky Tuan expressed his heartfelt gratitude to the Foundation for their generosity. “CUHK shares the same mission with the Tin Ka Ping Foundation, and has established a long relationship with them. We are most thankful for the donations from the Foundation to support academic and research development of CUHK since 1992. Our Faculty of Education will continue to work closely with the Foundation in developing innovative initiatives, nurturing young talents and enhancing the quality of education in Hong Kong and China.”

About Tin Ka Ping Foundation

A renowned entrepreneur and philanthropist, the late Dr Tin Ka-ping established the Tin Ka Ping Foundation in 1982 with the mission of promoting moral education, Chinese cultural studies as well as improving the quality of education for a better future for China. The Foundation is devoted to supporting a wide range of charitable causes, in particular for the education sector in Hong Kong and China, and has funded over 300 schools including universities, secondary schools, primary schools, kindergartens and professional schools in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan and mainland China.

History of Collaboration

Since 1992, the Foundation has made numerous donations to CUHK in support of academic and research development, including the establishment of “Hong Kong Institute of Educational Research” (HKIER) which devotes to scholarly enquiry and professional development in education in Hong Kong, mainland China and Asia-Pacific region. In 2013, the Foundation established the “Tin Ka Ping Education Fund” to support a diverse range of educational talent trainings and research activities, including the “Tin Ka Ping Visiting Scholar Scheme”. With the staunch support by the Foundation over the past two decades, CUHK strives to facilitate the development of education in Hong Kong and mainland China through developing innovative initiatives, in the hope of improving the quality of education in mainland China in the long run. To show the profound appreciation of CUHK, a multi-purpose building of the University Library was named after Dr Tin Ka-ping.

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