The Hong Kong Polytechnic University will set up a post-disaster reconstruction support and research centre with Sichuan University to provide relief and reconstruction services to earthquake victims.
Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of China (Press Release) June 25, 2008 --
The signing of a landmark agreement by The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) and Sichuan University (SichuanU) on 21 June has paved the way for the establishment of the Sichuan Post-disaster Reconstruction Support and Research Centre in the province.
Introducing this initiative at a press briefing held in Hong Kong on 24 June, PolyU President Prof. Poon Chung-kwong said: 'By pulling together the resources and expertise of the two universities, the Sichuan-based Centre not only provides a focal point for long-term collaboration, but also timely post-quake relief and reconstruction services for the victims.'
This initiative has also won $10 million support from business tycoon Dr Tsang Hin-chi, former Standing Committee Member of the National People's Congress. His son Mr Ricky Tsang Chi-ming, Deputy Chairman and CEO of the Goldlion Group, presented a donation cheque to the University at the briefing.
Prof. Poon also announced that PolyU will offer 10 entry scholarships to outstanding students in the province to pursue full-time bachelor degree programmes at the University this year. The awardees will each receive scholarship amounting to $110,000 per year to cover tuition fee and living expenses during their studies.
The newly established Centre will provide inter-disciplinary training, research and services covering the areas of holistic rehabilitation and health care, psychological counselling and community capacity building, applied construction and engineering technologies, and support for businesses and industries. Leveraging on the professional expertise and resources of PolyU and SichuanU, the Centre will render quality professional services for the earthquake victims optimise the tasks of relief and community reconstruction and, through scientific research, contain the damages of earthquakes in the future.
In the area of training, the Centre will adopt a 'train-the-trainers' approach in organizing intensive programmes this June and July. These programmes will serve to improve the quality of healthcare, prosthetic, social and welfare workers and counsellors on the mainland, catering for the urgent demand for high quality professionals during the post-disaster reconstruction period. In-depth training programmes will be offered at a later stage to further equip the local trainers of various professions, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and prosthetic therapists, with appropriate and advanced knowledge and skills, enabling frontline workers to better serve the victims.
PolyU and SichuanU will foster through the Centre inter-disciplinary scientific researches relating to disaster prevention, earthquake rescue and community rebuilding. The two universities will also establish a database to support researches in disaster prevention.
The University has already raised nearly $3.5 million dollars for the victims.
Introducing this initiative at a press briefing held in Hong Kong on 24 June, PolyU President Prof. Poon Chung-kwong said: 'By pulling together the resources and expertise of the two universities, the Sichuan-based Centre not only provides a focal point for long-term collaboration, but also timely post-quake relief and reconstruction services for the victims.'
This initiative has also won $10 million support from business tycoon Dr Tsang Hin-chi, former Standing Committee Member of the National People's Congress. His son Mr Ricky Tsang Chi-ming, Deputy Chairman and CEO of the Goldlion Group, presented a donation cheque to the University at the briefing.
Prof. Poon also announced that PolyU will offer 10 entry scholarships to outstanding students in the province to pursue full-time bachelor degree programmes at the University this year. The awardees will each receive scholarship amounting to $110,000 per year to cover tuition fee and living expenses during their studies.
The newly established Centre will provide inter-disciplinary training, research and services covering the areas of holistic rehabilitation and health care, psychological counselling and community capacity building, applied construction and engineering technologies, and support for businesses and industries. Leveraging on the professional expertise and resources of PolyU and SichuanU, the Centre will render quality professional services for the earthquake victims optimise the tasks of relief and community reconstruction and, through scientific research, contain the damages of earthquakes in the future.
In the area of training, the Centre will adopt a 'train-the-trainers' approach in organizing intensive programmes this June and July. These programmes will serve to improve the quality of healthcare, prosthetic, social and welfare workers and counsellors on the mainland, catering for the urgent demand for high quality professionals during the post-disaster reconstruction period. In-depth training programmes will be offered at a later stage to further equip the local trainers of various professions, including physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and prosthetic therapists, with appropriate and advanced knowledge and skills, enabling frontline workers to better serve the victims.
PolyU and SichuanU will foster through the Centre inter-disciplinary scientific researches relating to disaster prevention, earthquake rescue and community rebuilding. The two universities will also establish a database to support researches in disaster prevention.
The University has already raised nearly $3.5 million dollars for the victims.
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