Press Release

HKBU encourages donations for Village CARE Campaign to enrich student experience on campus

Thursday, 25 Jul 2019

Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) held the kick-off ceremony for the Village CARE (Village Creative Arena for Residential Education) Campaign today (25 July).

The initiative encourages members of the public to donate to HKBU and aims to provide the best student experience on campus, which is one of the core elements of the HKBU Institutional Strategic Plan 2018-2028. This includes the provision of equal learning opportunities for needy students, including first-generation, ethnic minority students and students with special educational needs.

HKBU will construct a new complex at the northern portion of the former campus of the Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee) at Renfrew Road, Kowloon Tong. This unique complex, which is expected to be completed in 2023-24, will provide a total of 1,726 hostel places, 5,000 square metres of academic space and 1,900 square metres of dedicated space for student activities. It will house Village CARE and the Creative Hub, which will create an innovative learning experience for students.

At the ceremony, HKBU President Professor Roland Chin said that Village CARE is the first project in Hong Kong to seamlessly integrate teaching, learning and student residential space through the construction of a large-scale building which combines various facilities related to teaching and learning, creation and daily living.

He added that Village CARE aims to promote students’ personal development as well as cross-cultural and sectoral exchanges. This will enhance students’ communication skills and inspire them to come up with creative ideas. It will also encourage students to think differently and nurture leaders fit for the demands of the 21st century.

Dr Melanie Lee, Director of Alumni Affairs at HKBU, hopes that members of the community can provide more resources to needy students through generous donation. Such gifts will enable first-generation university students, ethnic minority students and students with special educational needs to grasp opportunities and realise their dreams. If the donation amount reaches HK$200,000 or HK$300,000, HKBU will express its gratitude by naming a room in Village CARE after the donor. For more details, please refer to: http://aao.hkbu.edu.hk/filemanager_zms/common/Village CARE Campaign_eDM.pdf.

Dr Justin Chiu, HKBU Distinguished Alumni Award recipients, and Cherub Wong (Visual Arts, Year 4) and Noel Cheng (Applied Biology, Year 4), representatives for first-generation university students, shared their HKBU learning experiences at the ceremony. The University also launched the promotional video series “Your Name · Their Stories” to encourage members of the community to support HKBU’s future development.

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Media enquiries: Mavis Wong from the HKBU Communication and Public Relations Office at 3411 7964 or hkbunews@hkbu.edu.hk