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Reported by Liam Lai,
WGAHK Vice-Chairman
(Scholarship & Student
Welfare)
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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
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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
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Name |
Warwick
Undergraduate
Course |
School last
attended |
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Vincent Cheung |
Mathematics |
King George V
School |
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Alyssa Lam |
Economics &
Industrial
Organisation |
West Island
School |
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Jessica Leung |
Law |
Sevenoaks School
(UK) |
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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 |
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Ken Or |
System
Engineering |
West Island
School |
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Jenny Chan |
Mechanical &
Manufacturing
Engineering |
Shatin College |
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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
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Ms Natalie Law
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Warwick graduate
(LLM
International
Economic Law) &
Past
WGAHK
Vice-Chairman
Solicitor
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Mr KK Mui |
Warwick graduate
(MBA)
Director, Berry
Bros & Rudd (HK)
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Dr Justin
Robertson |
Warwick graduate
(PhD)
Assistant
Professor, Dept
of Asian &
International
Studies,
City University
of HK |
WGAHK
2009 Engineering
Scholarship Judge Panel
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Dr Dave Britnell |
Director of
Undergraduates
Studies, Warwick
School of
Engineering
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Dr Edmund Lee |
Warwick graduate
(MBA) & WGAHK
Chairman
Executive
Director, HK
Jockey Club
Institute of
Chinese Medicine
Ltd |
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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.
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Scholarship Reviews 2009
