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Coinciding with Global Youth Service Day, HKUST Service Learning Day is a joint effort of all University members to engage with the community. Students, faculty, staff and alumni fan out into the local community over the weekend to engage in various meaningful community service opportunities. Ultimately, HKUST Service Learning Day is meant to be a door which opens up to many more exciting opportunities of community engagement for HKUST. Over the weekend of 16 – 19 April, 900 HKUST volunteers attended to the needs of different communities through 47 projects that involved food collection, family visits, English and science workshop, organ donation promotion, community outreach, etc. A wide variety of recipients were served – from the elderly to young immigrant children from East Asia or the Mainland, from the physically challenged to mentally challenged people, and from organizations specializing in caring for abandoned animals to the food bank in Hong Kong.

HKUST Connect is a community engagement initiative that aims to raise civic awareness and develop sustainable partnerships with the wider community. Through participating in community services and programs, as well as service learning trips, students gain an opportunity to develop deep learning of issues about the world and contribute to those in need. Rita Law and Synix Sun have both taken part in service learning trips last year. The experiences have been insightful and transformational for them. “In June, I visited a local primary school with children from the ethnic minority of Yi living in the Mabian Yi Autonomous Region in the Southern Sichuan. I joined because I wanted to serve the children in the rural villages and help them find their dreams. I wanted to give them courage to keep chasing their dreams no matter what,” said Rita, a Year 3 student in the School of Humanities and Social Science.

The HKUST Remote Operated Vehicle (ROV) Sub-team, which consists of 14 HKUST students from different disciplines, won championship in Explorer Class in the 9th Hong Kong/Asia Regional IET/MATE Underwater Robot Challenge in April. This is the fourth time that HKUST has won the championship. Other than participating in the competition, HKUST students also integrate their engineering knowledge in community projects. This year, the ROV Sub-team provided training workshops for children in the Ebenezer School and Home for the Visually Impaired in Hong Kong to promote engineering knowledge to all levels of society.

A garage sale with over 195 stalls of new and pre-loved goods will be held in the covered car park at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) this Saturday (15 June). In line with the commitment of HKUST to environmental sustainability, the biannual Garage Sale endorses the Reduce-Reuse-Recycle-Replace-Rethink (5Rs) campaign. Mrs Jean Hudson, the garage sale coordinator, takes delight in the enthusiastic reception by the HKUST community, outside organizations and general public at large. That the event is well-received by the charitable organizations adds to it even more significance. People come from all over Hong Kong to participate from as far as Sheung Shui and Tsuen Mun to the south side of Hong Kong Island and everywhere else in between. As in previous years, the proceeds from the table hire fees will be donated to charities for the benefit of many people in a variety of ways. This is a fun and enjoyable community event.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) launches its Environment Week starting today under the theme of 'Energy and Waste - Challenges for a Sustainable Planet'. A varied array of fun and educational activities will be hosted by the Health, Safety and Environment Office (HSEO) to drive greater participation among students, faculty and staff in green lifestyles.

A garage sale with nearly 200 stalls of new and pre-loved goods will be held in the covered car park at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) this Saturday morning (8 December). Started in October 1996, the biannual Garage Sale events have displayed an extensive variety of exciting new and preloved goods including toys, games, books, household items, jewellery, clothes, accessories etc and have drawn overwhelming response over the years. Mrs Jean Hudson, the garage sale coordinator, said that after years of development, the Garage Sale has an impressive increase in vending tables from 56 at the start to this year’s 195 and with a record of 50 potential vendors on the waiting list. In line with the commitment of HKUST to environmental sustainability, the biannual Garage Sale endorses the Reduce-Reuse-Recycle (3Rs) campaign.

A garage sale with over 190 stalls of new and pre-loved goods will be held in the covered car park at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) this Saturday (2 June). In line with the commitment of HKUST to environmental sustainability, the biannual Garage Sale endorses the Reduce-Reuse-Recycle (3Rs) campaign. Mrs Jean Hudson, the garage sale coordinator, takes delight in the enthusiastic reception by the HKUST community, outside organizations and general public at large. That the event is well-received by the charitable organizations adds to it even more significance. As in previous years, the proceeds from the table hire fees will be donated to charities for the benefit of many people in a variety of ways. This is a fun and enjoyable community event.

The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) launches the first Air Quality Research Supersite to enhance air quality research and to tackle air pollution problems in Hong Kong and the Pearl River Delta. With a HK$9 million Special Equipment Grant from the University Grants Committee and a HK$6 million grant from the Environmental Conservation Fund, the Supersite enables real-time characterization of ambient particulate matter (PM) in the air to strengthen understanding of the nature and sources of fine particles.