HomeEventsEditorial CornerPublicationsMembershipScholarshipPhoto ArchiveAbout Us

¡@

¡@


¡@


¡@



¡@





¡@

¡@
¡@ ¡@
¡@ ¡@
Scholarship Reviews 2009

Reported by Liam Lai, WGAHK Vice-Chairman (Scholarship & Student Welfare)

We are delighted to announce the winners of this year¡¦s scholarship:

WGAHK 2009 Scholar:                   Mr Angus Hoi-Tsing Chow
WGAHK 2009 Engineering Scholar:   Mr Ken Tsun-Yu Or
¡@

The WGAHK 2009 Scholarship is worth HK$20,000 and the WGAHK 2009 Engineering Scholarship (fully sponsored by Warwick School of Engineering) is valued at GBP4,000. Both are one-off awards to be deducted from the winners¡¦ academic fees for the first year of their study at the University of Warwick.

A total of 55 complete applications have been received for the Scholarship. A screening panel comprising of WGAHK current & former executive committee members met on 2 September 2009 to short-list the candidates for the panel interview.  Applicants were evaluated on papers by their academic credentials, extra-curricular achievements, social contribution, and also personal qualities as described in their personal statements & references.

WGAHK 2009 Scholarship short-listed candidates

Name

Warwick Undergraduate Course

School last attended

Vincent Cheung

Mathematics

King George V School

Alyssa Lam

Economics & Industrial Organisation

West Island School

Jessica Leung

Law

Sevenoaks School (UK)

Angus Chow

Economics

St. Paul¡¦s Co-educational College

Sze-Wa Wong

Physics

Sha Tin Government Secondary School

 

WGAHK 2009 Engineering Scholarship short-listed candidates

Name

Warwick Undergraduate Course

School last attended

Ken Or

System Engineering

West Island School

Jenny Chan

Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering

Shatin College

Alan Tang

Civil Engineering

The King¡¦s School Ely (UK)

On 5th September 2009 the short-listed candidates attended a panel interview at the Warwick Hong Kong Office.  Members of the two Judge Panels include:

 WGAHK 2009 Scholarship Judge Panel

Ms Natalie Law

 

Warwick graduate (LLM International Economic Law) &
Past
WGAHK Vice-Chairman

Solicitor
¡@

Mr KK Mui

Warwick graduate (MBA)
Director, Berry Bros & Rudd (HK)
¡@

Dr Justin Robertson

Warwick graduate (PhD)
Assistant Professor, Dept of Asian & International Studies,
City University of HK

 WGAHK 2009 Engineering Scholarship Judge Panel

Dr Dave Britnell

Director of Undergraduates Studies, Warwick School of Engineering
¡@

Dr Edmund Lee

Warwick graduate (MBA) & WGAHK Chairman

Executive Director, HK Jockey Club Institute of
Chinese Medicine Ltd

Ms Jane Wong

Warwick graduate (MSc Engineering Business Mgt.) &
IGDS Alumni President

Hong Kong Representative, VAE GmbH

The scholarship award ceremony has been held on 12 September 2009 at Novotel Century Hong Kong hotel. All short-listed candidates were given a WGAHK certificate and a HK$500 book coupon as a token of encouragement.  The 2 scholarship winners were each presented with a symbolic scholarship cheque, with the actual award money being sent directly to their accounts at the University.   All the scholarship winners & short-listed candidates are eligible to join the WGAHK Scholars Club which aims to bond all previous WGAHK scholars together.

The WGAHK Scholarship was set up in 2002. It is the first Warwick scholarship established by local alumni associations outside the U.K. If you would like to support the scholarship with donations, please write to us at scholarship@warwick.org.hk , or simply fill in an online donation form on the WGAHK website.

¡@

 Copyright © 2010 Warwick Graduates' Association (Hong Kong). All Rights Reserved

Legal Notice  |  Privacy Policy  |  Terms of Use |   Personal Data Protection