Three months before taking Hong Kong’s university entrance exam, Artie Lam Tak-tsun was offered a golden ticket to one of the world’s most renowned schools – the University of Oxford – with a full scholarship.
For the student from Queen’s College, a government school, studying abroad at an elite institution had long been a distant dream.
Now, about three years later, the 21-year-old has achieved yet another rare opportunity. He has been awarded the extremely competitive and prestigious Rhodes Scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in migration studies at Oxford this fall. Read More...
InterCham is an affiliation of all 27 international chambers of commerce in Hong Kong. It holds an informal quarterly gathering of representatives chaired by chambers in rotation and is a forum for business people to share information and advice. Among many other things, InterCham organises a series of networking events for young professionals, runs a scholarship fund for students at Hong Kong universities who need financial support, and acts as a support network, particularly when its members are new to the region and need a helping hand. Read More...
An Israeli air strike was underway against Syria at the time. Syrian state media said the Syrian air defences had fired in response to the Israeli attack.
“It is understood that a missile fired from Syria fell here by accident, as a result of being fired in an uncontrolled way by batteries … in response to the intense attacks yesterday evening by Israel,” Kudret Ozersay, the Turkish Cypriot foreign minister, told a news conference. Read More...
