Ten Fruitful Years! Happy 10th Anniversary, FIFE Fund!
FIFE Fund supports a variety of learning activities outside classroom.
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News Update
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Presentation and Sharing Ceremony
The First-in-the-Family Education Fund Presentation and Sharing Ceremony 2008-09 was held on November 20, 2008 at which the first recipients of the FIFE Fund shared their learning aspiration and thanked all supporters of the Fund.
Dr Albert Chau, Dean of Student Affairs introduces the First-in-the-Family Education Fund.
"We encourage them to embrace the intellectual challenges of higher learning and enable them to benefit from new learning opportunities outside the classroom, which are beyond their fa..
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FIFE Fund Briefing Session
A briefing session of the FIFE Fund was held onFebruary 27, 2009(Friday) in Room 411, 4/F. Meng Wah Complex. Mr Chong Chan-yau, Director of Student Development,introduced the Fund and shared the benefits of joining co-curricular activities with the participants.
Listen to the Briefing..
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Class of 83 Fundraising Walkathon for the FIFE Fund
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of its graduation, the HKU Class of 1983 organised a series of reunion and fundraising activities in 2008. To exemplify the act of "paying forward", the Class supported and raised fund for the FIFE Fund by organising a walkathon on September 21, 2008 which was also their first reunion activity.
Sharing by representatives of the Class of ’83: (From left) Dr William Ho, Ms Eva Cheng and Mr Kwan Chuk-fai.
Participants were ready to set off from the Peak Galleria. The finishi..
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FIFE Fund was launched at HKU
The University of Hong Kong (HKU) launched the "First-in-the-Family Education Fund" (FIFE Fund) and announced a generous donation of HK$1million per year for five years from Mr Yeung Kwok Keung, Chairman of Country Garden Holdings Ltd, at a press conference in April 2008.
Present at the press conference were Mr Yeung Kwok Keung (Chairman of Country Garden Holdings Ltd), Mr David Wong (representative from HKU Foundation and Chairman of Steering Committee of the FIFE Fund), Mr Cho Chi Ming (Executive..
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- Grand Gold Award in Fundraising Programmes The FIFE Fund has won an overall category grand gold medal and a gold medal in the Fundraising Programmes category of the Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) Award from among 65 entries around the world. The FIFE Fund was on display in the CASE Salon at "Summit for Advancement Leaders"- held at the Hyatt Regency, San Francisco, from July 9 to 11, 2009. Summary of the FIFE Fund will be posted on the CASE's website later this year as a model programme and reference for its members. CASE is a.. more »
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Springboard to Dream: New fund aids “First-in-the-Family” Student..
The FIFE Fund was featured in HKU’s quarterly alumni magazine,Convocation Newsletter (Spring 2009). The article inform alumni on the launching of the Fund and portrays stories of both recipients and donors.
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FIFE was covered in Dialogue (Issue02, 2008-2009)
The FIFE Fund was covered in the second issue of 2008/09 "Dialogue" - a publication of the Centre of Development and Resources for Students (CEDARS). The article sheds light on the plans of FIFE recipients about how they will use the Fund.
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