Hong Kong tertiary institutions should ramp up efforts to advance technology and nurture talent to further contribute to China’s modernisation, Beijing’s point man on the city’s affairs has said as he meets leaders of a public university. Xia Baolong, director of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office, met Council Chairman Harry Shum Heung-yeung and…
The proportion of first-year, non-local undergraduates at Hong Kong’s public universities who come from mainland China has increased to 75 per cent, while the percentage of the intake hailing from other countries has fallen, raising concerns over whether the city can meet its goal of internationalising its campuses. Data obtained by the Post from the…
Hong Kong aims to train more doctors to ease its long-term manpower crunch, with the city’s two medical schools receiving funding for an extra 60 places for undergraduate programmes in September, including 50 for graduates pursuing a second degree, budget documents show. The documents also revealed a 40 per cent increase in the number of…
Baptist University has said it can handle a 3 to 5 per cent cut in public funding over the next three years in the face of the Hong Kong government’s fiscal deficit, a day after City University indicated the same. Baptist University president Alexander Wai Ping-kong on Friday also expressed confidence his institution could win…
Hong Kong will go all out to build an ecosystem for innovation and technology development by gathering talent with innovative perspectives, the financial secretary has said, after a dinner with US chipmaker Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang and other I&T experts on Saturday. In his weekly blog on Sunday, Paul Chan Mo-po shared a photograph of…
The head of US chipmaker Nvidia has pledged to maintain the company’s presence in mainland China despite rising geopolitical tensions, while also highlighting the country’s unique strengths in capitalising on artificial intelligence (AI) and trends that have upended industries from medicine to robotics. Jensen Huang on Saturday also encouraged Hong Kong’s university students to pursue…
The CEO of the largest US chipmaker and market-cap leader, Nvidia, has pledged to maintain its presence in China and stressed the importance of global cooperation, while encouraging Hong Kong’s university graduates to join the company. Jensen Huang was also joined by Hong Kong movie legend Tony Leung Chiu-wai when the pair received their honorary…
Four of Hong Kong’s public universities have been listed among the top 133 varsities in the world in terms of the employability of their graduates, according to a global league table, with the best-performing one ranking 24th. The consultancy behind the survey said Hong Kong was regaining its pre-Covid momentum with two universities rising in…
A top US health expert has thrown his weight behind the approach taken by Hong Kong authorities to adopt the American model in developing a third medical school, citing successful examples in Singapore. Professor Victor Dzau, president of the US National Academy of Medicine, shared his view on Wednesday before he was conferred an honorary…
A university in Hong Kong has revealed that it has recruited nearly 100 overseas and mainland Chinese scholars since launching a talent acquisition drive two years ago. The University of Science and Technology (HKUST) said on Tuesday that the recruitment would boost its efforts in teaching, research and innovation across different strategic areas. One of…