Chen Hip-Hung Scholarships, Mr and Mrs
陳叶熊先生夫人獎學金
On the Donor
In line with the wishes of his mother's grandfather, Mr Poon Yan-Chuen (潘寅存先生), one of the founders and members of the Fund Raising Committee of the University of Hong Kong in 1909 and his grandfather, Mr Chen Shum-Loong (陳心農先生), who donated a series of Chinese classical books to the University currently housed at the Fung Ping Shan Library, and in memory of his mother, Mrs Chen Hip-Hung (陳叶熊夫人), Mr Chen Shao-Chi (陳紹箕先生) offered to donate a sum per annum with effect from 1983-84 for the establishment of a scholarship and a bursary.
The value of the awards had been revised over the years, and on the occasion of the Mr Chen Shao-Chi's seventieth birthday in 1992, Mr Chen's family offered to increase the donation per annum with effect from 2002-03 until further notice for the award of scholarships and bursaries to benefit qualifying students of medicine and engineering respectively.
The scholarship is named as "Mr and Mrs Chen Hip-Hung Scholarships 陳叶熊先生夫人獎學金" and the bursary as "Mr and Mrs Chen Shao-Chi Bursaries 陳紹箕先生夫人助學金".
Purpose and Scope
The Scholarship shall be awarded to undergraduates beginning the first year of the curriculum for the MBBS degrees in the LKS Faculty of Medicine and shall be tenable for the whole degree curriculum including the MRes(Med) programme subject to excellent academic progress (i.e. the scholarship recipients shall be ranked within the top 20% in their classes in each year of studies) and execellent conduct.
The scholarships shall be awarded on the basis of academic merit as shown in the Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education Examination.
Note:- Applications are usually accepted in Semester One of each academic year.
- Applications for the 2024-25 Scholarship will open in late August 2024 and close in late September 2024. Results are expected to be available around June/July 2025.
| Value of Award | HK$20,000 each |
| Renewal Conditions | Excellent progress and conduct (within the top 20% in their classes in each year of studies) |
| Type of Scholarships | Merit-based Scholarships for Current Students |
| Place of Origin of Students | Not specified |
| Level of Study | Undergraduate |
| Faculty | Medicine |
