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5 Apr 2024

MA in Chinese Literature graduate's criticism of online fiction commended

Master of Arts in Chinese Literature graduate Yang Wei won the third prize in the Third Baima Lake National Internet Literature Criticism Competition (第三屆白馬湖全國網絡文學評論大賽) with his piece “On How 'Historical Possibility Novels' Shape Real Historical Figures: Analysis of the Image of Du Fu in Ma Boyong's Lychee in Chang'an” (論「歷史可能性小說」如何塑造真實歷史人物——解析馬伯庸《長安的荔枝》中的杜甫形象). His work was also published in Exploring Internet Literature: A Collection of the Winning Works of the 3rd Baima Lake National Internet Literature Criticism Competition (網文探秘——第三屆白馬湖全國網絡文學評論大賽獲獎作品集), edited by the Institute of Internet Literature of the China Writers Association....

28 Mar 2024

Laurels for HKMU athletes at USFHK competitions

Our athletes have brought back more exciting news from this season's USFHK competitions! We were especially heartened by the exceptional achievements of the HKMU Taekwondo Team in the 2023–2024 USFHK Taekwondo Competition. In Men's Black Belt Kyorugi, Wong Tsz-hin won a gold medal in the under 74kg group, while Li Lap-fu captured bronze in the above 87kg group. In Men's Black Belt Poomsae, Xu Jin-xuan got a bronze medal in the Style 6 & Koryo category, while Li Lap-fu and Wong Tsz-shun received fourth place in the categories of Style 7 & Keumgang and Style 8 & Taebak respectively. The Men's Poomsae Team also took part in the team competition (for Style 6 & Koryo) and attained fourth place. Adding up all scores, the Men's Team was placed fourth....

18 Mar 2024

Graduate writing receives prestigious literary awards

Two HKMU graduates received accolades at the 50^th Youth Literary Awards. Kwan Lok-yiu, who graduated with a Master's degree in Chinese Literature, won the second prize in the Literary Criticism section of the Open Group with an article analysing the illness metaphors in the late-career poems of Hong Kong writer Kwun Moon-nam. Noting that Kwun's poems often draw on his personal life experiences, the article demonstrates the poet's contemplation on the body, sickness and death in the face of two major changes in life, namely his mother's death and his own anxiety disorder in terms of narrative shifts, illness metaphors and his experimentation with Cantonese language....

13 Mar 2024

Engineering student team named overall champion in GBA innovation project competition

In the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Tertiary Institution Innovation Project Invitational Competition organised by the HKIE, students from the in the Civil and Environmental Engineering and Electronic and Computer Engineering programmes teamed up with colleagues from Shenzhen Institute of Technology and took away a total of five prizes, including the Overall Championship, winning a scholarship of $10,000....

11 Mar 2024

Animation and visual effects student's painting obtains grand prize at Japanese painting contest

Animation and visual effects student Chen Kam-san took part in the 28th Letter/Picture to Mt.Fuji Contest organised by the Fujinomiya-shi Government Office and the Fujinomiya-shi Board of Education of Japan. His magnificent art piece Torii & Fuji stood out and won the Grand Prize of the Painting/Drawing category in the High School Students and Adults group....

11 Mar 2024

HKMU students receive Link University Scholarship

Seven HKMU students were awarded the Link University Scholarship for their outstanding academic results and proactive participation in community services. The awardees were invited to celebrate their achievements at the Link University Scholarship 2023 Presentation Ceremony held on 2 March, where they each received a scholarship of HK$20,000. The awarded students are automatically admitted to the Link Scholars Alumni scheme, through which Link will provide career counselling, corporate visits, volunteer activities and priority consideration to the company's internship programme....

21 Feb 2024

HKMU swimmers claim three silver medals in USFHK Aquatic Meet

HKMU swimmers put their best stroke forward at the most recent Annual Aquatic Meet by the University Sports Federation of Hong Kong (USFHK) and were rewarded with encouraging results. The spotlight fell especially on Tsang Pak-ho, who came second in two individual 50 metre races — Freestyle and Butterfly. He bagged a third silver medal with fellow teammates, Chow King-him, Ma Wing-sum and Phoebe Cheuk Yuet-ying, in the Mixed 4 x 50 metre Freestyle Relay. Overall, the HKMU Swimming Team ranked sixth out of 12 university teams, with the boys' and girls' teams placed sixth and seventh respectively....

19 Feb 2024

Creative writing and film arts graduate's film criticism gets published

Graduate of the creative writing and film arts programme Mak Wan-ching's article on the movie Joker was selected and published in the online column “The Movie Newbie (電影新人類)” of the Hong Kong Film Critics Society...

19 Feb 2024

Literary works of Creative Writing Master's students published and recognised

With the commencement of the spring term, master's students in creative writing have been enthusiastically putting their skills into practice, and their writing experiments have been met with appreciation...

7 Feb 2024

Bloom of creativity at Disney Imaginations Hong Kong Design Competition

Four computing and interactive entertainment students gathered to join the Disney Imaginations Hong Kong Design Competition 2024. They stood out among 100 teams from Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Zhuhai, Shenzhen, and Macau to reach the final round as one of the six finalists...