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2024

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HKUST’s Incoming Student Athletes and Inventors Set Their Sights on Eminent Goals
It was another typical day in this summer holiday. The sea along the Clear Water Bay was shimmering in the morning sunlight, and student sailor Maddalena Di SALVO – or “Maddy” as her friends affectionately call her – was ready to begin hours-long training with her coach and teammate. Travelling westward to Tin Shui Wai, student Joseph CHU poured his heart and soul into upgrading his invention at his high school’s laboratory – a hands-free tracking shopping cart designed for the elderly living in Hong Kong’s neighborhoods.