Campus Digest

HKBU Foundation hosts dinner to celebrate its 15th Anniversary and thank supporters

Monday, 28 October 2024

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(From left) Mr Paul Poon, Deputy Chairman of the Council and the Court of HKBU; Dr Kennedy Wong; and Professor Alex Wai, officiate at the Foundation’s 15th Anniversary Celebration Dinner.
Dr Kennedy Wong (9th right), Mr Paul Poon (9th left), Professor Alex Wai (7th right), and the University’s senior management team, together with members of the Foundation’s Board of Governors and committees, raise a toast to the guests.

 

The HKBU Foundation hosted a dinner on 25 October to celebrate the 15th anniversary of its founding and express its gratitude to the members of the Foundation’s Board of Governors and committees, as well as the supporters of the University for their generosity and staunch support over the years.

In his welcoming remarks, Dr Kennedy Wong, Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Foundation and member of the Legislative Council, highlighted the development of HKBU in various fields fostered by the Foundation in the past year. It included the establishment of the Life Science Imaging Centre, the Vincent V.C. Woo Chinese Medicine Clinical Research Institute, and the Wu Jieh Yee Institute of Translational Chinese Medicine Research. He said that the University will continue to utilise the valuable resources secured by the Foundation to provide support for major University initiatives in the coming year, such as the development of the Jockey Club Campus of Creativity and the Chinese Medicine Hospital of Hong Kong.

Professor Alex Wai, President and Vice-Chancellor, shared about the University’s latest achievements, including the remarkable performances of student and alumni athletes at the Olympic and Paralympic Games, the opening of the HKBU Art Tech Incubation Hub - CHRYSALIS, the University’s significant leaps in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2024 and the 2025 Quacquarelli Symonds World University Rankings, as well as the recognition of HKBU teachers in all three award categories of the University Grants Committee Teaching Award.

Professor Wai thanked members of the Board of Governors and various committees of the Foundation for their dedicated contributions, and expressed his heartfelt gratitude to all supporters in the community.

Since its inception in 2009, the membership of the HKBU Foundation has risen from 131 to 948. Over the past 15 years, the Foundation has received donations and donation pledges totalling more than HK$5.2 billion.