In order to recognise and encourage local university students who demonstrate excellent academic performance with diverse development and a strong commitment to community service, the Foundation has launched the “For Our Future Scholarship”. This inaugural scholarship received nearly 300 applications from 13 educational institutions. The Scholarship panel judges include: Mr. Daryl NG, Chairman of the Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation; Mr. Tommy YUEN, Commissioner for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau; Professor Lap-Chee TSUI, President and Founding Member of The Hong Kong Academy of Sciences; and Dr. Allan ZEMAN, Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group. The 15 finalists are all high achievers in their studies and are multi-talented. The panel judges were so overwhelmed by the remarkable quality of all 15 finalists that our foundation decided to extend the original number of awards from 10 to 15 to give our encouragement and support to the outstanding university students. Each student will be awarded a scholarship of HK$50,000 to support their academic studies and future development.

The Award Presentation Ceremony was held at Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre on March 9. Attending honourable guests include: Mr. Daryl NG, Chairman of the Greater Bay Area Homeland Youth Community Foundation; Mr. Tommy YUEN, Commissioner for the Development of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau; Dr. Allan ZEMAN, Chairman of Lan Kwai Fong Group; Mr. ZHANG Zhihua, Deputy Director General of Youth Department of the Liaison Office of the Central People Government in the HKSAR; Mr. LAU Ming-Wai, Vice Chairman, Youth Development Commission; Mr. Adam KWOK, Executive Director, Sun Hung Kai Properties and Standing Committee Member of the Guangdong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference; Dr. Simon LEE, Director, Bay Area Office, China Resources Group; Mr. Alex YEUNG, Executive Director, Emperor Group and Chairman of Brightway Charitable Foundation; Professor Gillian CHOA, Director of the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts; Dr. Tom FONG, Vice-President (Organisational Development) of the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong; Professor Ricky KWOK, Vice President (Students and Support) of The Open University of Hong Kong; Professor Suk-Ying WONG, Associate Vice-President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong and other representatives from the educational institutions.

Other than the scholarship, the Foundation will organise exchange tours for the awardees to go to mainland cities in the Greater Bay Area, visiting famous universities such as Jinan University, Sun Yat-sen University and South China University of Technology as well as big corporations such as China Resources, Tencent and Da-Jiang Innovations. Other than the awardees, the Foundation will also invite 200 students out of all the award applicants to join the Greater Bay Area experiential tours to gain a better understanding of the region.

As demonstrated by the excellent performance of the 15 awardees of the For Our Future Scholarship, we can see a promising new generation with boundless talent, energy and social commitment arising. We hope they can contribute to the society and bring Hong Kong a bright and thriving future.

The award winners of the inaugural “For Our Future Scholarship” include the following:

Mr. Aaden CHEUNG (Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)
Ms. Vanessa CHEUNG (Hang Seng University of Hong Kong)
Ms. Erina CHOW (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
Ms. Jessie HSEUH (City University of Hong Kong)
Ms. Francesca HUI (Open University of Hong Kong)
Ms. Rose LAM (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Ms. Chelsea LAU (Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
Ms. Bonnie LEE (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Mr. John LEE (Lingnan University)
Ms. Cloris SIN (Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts)
Mr. Matthew WONG (University of Hong Kong)
Ms. Jodee WU (The Education University of Hong Kong)
Mr. Michael YAN (University of Hong Kong)
Ms. Michelle YEUNG (Hong Kong Baptist University)
Ms. Lindsay YUEN (Hong Kong Baptist University)