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The annual Long Service Award Presentation Ceremony was held on 2 March 2017 to express appreciation and recognition to long-serving faculty and staff members who have dedicated their hard work to contribute to the University for 20 years. This year, HKUST presented awards to 66 colleagues.

In celebration of our 25th Anniversary, a growing collection of videos was made to feature the remarkable community at HKUST - past and present. "It was the drive in all of us that made it possible for the University to open in 3 years." Founding President of the HKUST, Prof Woo Chia Wei said.

A first generation graduate from HKUST, Professor Rachel Ngai went around the world, came back and contributed to where it all started. Born in China and moved to Hong Kong as a six-year-old, Prof Rachel Ngai still remembers fondly how life was different in her adoptive homeland. “The first time I noticed the striking differences in the economies of different places was in high school,” Rachel remembers. “I was a tutor in Hong Kong and my salary was HK$100 an hour, so much higher than that of my father who was a pharmacist, earning HK$300 a month in China.”

The Kellogg-HKUST Executive MBA (EMBA) Program is ranked the top in the world in the inaugural Global EMBA Rankings conducted by Quacquarelli Symonds (QS). For the first time, QS publishes both the “Global EMBA Rankings by Region” and the “Global Joint EMBA Rankings” that features programs jointly delivered by two or more business schools across multiple locations or platforms. The Kellogg-HKUST EMBA is not only ranked the best joint EMBA program, but also the top performing program of the 120 programs rated worldwide. Welcoming the recognition, Prof Tam Kar Yan, Dean of HKUST Business School, said, “Launched in 1998, the Kellogg-HKUST EMBA is the first joint EMBA program in Asia. The Program has maintained its leading position and found the right strategies for success in an era of constant change. The encouraging result is another best gift to mark the Program’s coming 20th anniversary.”

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has won the 2016 Energy Project of the Year Award for the Asia Pacific Region, conferred by the Association of Energy Engineers (AEE) in recognition of its project to upgrade the University’s central chiller plant into a district cooling system, which saves millions of dollars in costs and energy consumption. Seawater-cooled central chilling was a pioneering technology which HKUST adopted since its early days to provide air-conditioning for its Academic Building. When the new eight-story Cheng Yu Tung Building (CYT) was under planning in 2012, the University decided to expand the capacity of the original plant, instead of building a new air cooling system, to maximize efficiency and reduce carbon footprint.

In celebration of our 25th Anniversary, a growing collection of videos was made to feature the remarkable community at HKUST - past and present. "To me, it was a once in a life-time opportunity to participate in the establishment of a new university." Dean of Business and Management, Prof Tam Kar Yan said.

The Design Museum at London awards the Lumos Helmet, co-created by Jeff CHEN, alumni of Dual Degree Program of Technology & Management, the Beazley Transport Design of the Year.