‘Professor Charles K. Kao Student Creativity Awards 2015’ (PCKKSCA) Prize Presentation Ceremony was held on May 18, 2015 at Cho Yiu Conference Hall. Those awards were presented by Professor Benjamin W.S. WAH, Provost. PCKKSCA is a biennial competition of technological innovation, to encourage cross-disciplinary collaboration among undergraduate and postgraduate students, to unleash each one’s talents and achieve a better R&D result. The opening speech was delivered by Professor Fanny M.C. CHEUNG, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, she said, ‘the awarded projects not only have academic value, but also have potential of application and commercial value.’ Professor Kwong-sak LEUNG, Chairman of PCKKSCA 2015 Judging Panel agreed with Professor Cheung, he said that the government and the university actively support young entrepreneurs, so, he also encourages the awardees to grasp this opportunity.

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As a biennial national competition, the Challenge Cup is known as the 'Olympics' in promoting innovation in social science, science and technology for university students in China.  This year, the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association held the first Challenge Cup Hong Kong University Students Extra-curriculum Technology Contest in Hong Kong. The winning teams will represent Hong Kong at the National Challenge Cup Competition. Around 100 students from tertiary institutions in Hong Kong participated in the regional competition.  Fourteen teams from the CUHK received the highest share of awards in the Contest, including the top prize, two first-class awards, four second-class awards, three third-class awards, five merit awards, as well as the outstanding organization award.  Department of Mechanical and Automation Engineering, CUHK obtained the outstanding organization award.

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