Affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, the Award Presentation Ceremony of CUSE Fund 2019-20 cum Sharing Session originally fixed in September of last year was re-scheduled for the 13^th of this month.  It was conducted via live-streaming drawing an attendance of more than 40 CUHK students and alumni.  Mr. Water Cheung, Senior Partner and CEO, Asia Pacific of StormHarbour Securities (HK) Ltd., officiated at the ceremony and presented awards to the winning teams including 天水圍唱 (Chinese name only), Hot Bath, Gowld Art Centre, and Be/lief.  The former three teams were each granted HK$100,000 as seed money whereas the latter team received the Certificate of Merit; all awards serve as a token of encouragement to the teams to continue tackling social issues with innovative and sustainable solutions.  At the sharing session, the moderator Mr. Angus Chau, who is a mentor of this scheme, facilitated exchange between the officiating guest and the awarded teams on kick-starting and running social enterprises in Hong Kong.  Questions raised online were addressed afterwards.

The Social Enterprise Startup Scheme of this academic year will launch its stage 2’s training activities soon with details as follows:

Seminar on “Strategic Marketing and Value Proposition”

Sharing Session on “An Innovative Journey of a Young Social Entrepreneur”

Seminar on “Business Planning and Financial Management”

The above activities welcome participation of all CUHK students and alumni.  Interested parties please register here at least one week prior to the activity day.  If there is any enquiry, please contact Mr. Ng of this Centre at 3943 9249 (Tel) or enoch.ng@cuhk.edu.hk (Email).