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With the honourable presence of Prof Julie YU and Ms Michelle LO, panel members of The Professor Julie Hung Hsua Yu Scholarship for Intellectual Excel-leration ('Julie Yu Scholarship' for short), the Workshop of Creativity and Introduction of the Julie Yu Scholarship was held on 24 January 2018.

It started with Prof Kenneth YOUNG's warm welcome and his brief introduction on the background of and application details for the Julie Yu Scholarship that is funded by a generous donation contributed by former students of Prof Julie Yu to celebrate and promote the spirit of excellence, generosity and creativity shared by Dr CW CHU, the Chu Scholars, Prof YU and the donors—and which is also captured in the College Motto, Cultus et Beneficentia.

Following Prof YOUNG's presentation, two students, Ms CHAN Yeuk Hei Joyce and Mr Seiit KULUBAEV, awardees of Certificates of Merit by the scholarship panel for their creative ideas in 2016–17, gave a sharing on their winning projects and tips for application to fellow students.

The winning project of Joyce, a Year 4 medical student as well as a Publication and Promotions Officer of a student-led NGO called Medical Outreachers, was Oral Documentation Booklet for the Uganda Medical Service Trip 2015. Her idea of carrying out this project originated from her unwilling absence from a 2-week trip to an orphanage in Uganda organised by the NGO. As she knew many medical students wanted to attend the service trips but could not go for various reasons just like her, she decided to collect stories and photos about the Uganda trip from her friends for a booklet. Printed in 600 copies, the booklet was distributed to students of the Medical Faculty and helped to disseminate the effects of the service trip by engaging a greater community into discussion.

Seiit, a Year 2 Integrated BBA student who thinks music is a big part of his life, was awarded for his project, Music Album Entitled '3.2.1998'. Consisting of seven tracks he composed, the album expresses Seiit's thoughts on life and everything that was on his mind at the time of creation, resonating with dynamic lifestyle of Hong Kong and around the world. The tracks are of different music genres and styles. Some are fast and dynamic, motivating people and increasing their performance, making them want to live and work better. Others are slower, representing serenity, the beauty of the present time and nature. There are also some deep and low beats that create a feeling like floating in outer space. To make his presentation more vivid and interesting, Seiit played videos of his music work to the participants.

The workshop further inspired the participants with a talk on the concept of creativity, 'New Age Learning for 21st Century Talents: Becoming a T-shaped Interdisciplinary Talent', conducted by Prof Bernard SUEN, Project Director of Center for Entrepreneurship of CUHK and Member of Creativity Laboratory Management Committee of Wu Yee Sun College. Prof SUEN pointed out that in the 21st century, the rise of the Internet and use of different social media/ online platforms have changed people's lifestyle and consumption pattern in the modern world. Many industries have been relying on artificial intelligence (AI) to perform tasks in replacement of human workers, and this trend will continue in future. Therefore, to survive and succeed in the Network Age, it is essential for students to receive multidisciplinary training and possess 'T-shaped' knowledge. Prof SUEN cited a concrete example of a world-class hotel that tried to solve service problems and enhance service quality; he illustrated how it was important to form an interdisciplinary team in order to approach problems from multiple perspectives. He also shared some creative projects of his students at CUHK who had made use of the collaborative workspace and resources available in the Learning Garden at the University Library to learn, create, explore and share new ideas.

The participants found the workshop interesting and educational. They were inspired by the examples of creative projects shared by the various speakers.