Congratulatory Messages
John KC LEE
Chief Executive Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
It gives me great pleasure to congratulate The Education University of Hong Kong on its 30th anniversary.
Established in 1994, in the amalgamation of five colleges of education, the institution was transformed into a degree-awarding, teacher-training institute and, in 2016, became a full-fledged university. For years, the University has been a nurturing haven for teachers committed to the educational and social development of Hong Kong and our country.
Young people are Hong Kong’s future. “Hong Kong will prosper only when its young people thrive”, education is therefore the cornerstone of our long-term prosperity and stability. The Government attaches great importance to teacher education and to Education University’s continuing development. The University offers a comprehensive range of programmes, from sub-degree and undergraduate to postgraduate levels, providing more than 70 per cent of our Bachelor of Education graduates. It is also the only Hong Kong university offering University Grants Committee-funded, top-up degree and professional-development programmes for in-service teachers.
As announced in my 2023 Policy Address, we will develop Hong Kong into an international hub for post-secondary education. This would bring benefits to our local students and help widen their international perspectives. I am pleased to note that some 26 per cent of the University’s more than 10 000 full-time and part-time students come from outside Hong Kong. That is testament to Hong Kong’s rising status as a regional or even global hub for education. The University is making continued efforts to grow its footprint in the region, and beyond. Beginning next school year, it will include a compulsory course on field experience in other cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area in its five-year, full-time Bachelor of Education and double-degree programmes. The University recently established the Centre for Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Development Research with Guangzhou’s Sun Yat Sen University, and joined an alliance of institutions in Shandong and Macao to collaborate on research. In addition, it has formed a pioneering partnership with Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and East China Normal University to drive research into artificial intelligence and its educational applications.
The University has been striving for excellence. Last year, it established the Academy for Applied Policy Studies and Education Futures, and the Academy for Educational Development and Innovation. The two specialist centres introduce taught Master’s programmes and serve as hubs of excellence in such areas as digital competency, legal education and Chinese and multilingual education.
Once again, my congratulations to The Education University of Hong Kong on its landmark 30th anniversary. It is reassuring to know that the institution’s spirit of innovation and pursuit of knowledge will continue to flourish, continue to inspire talented educators for Hong Kong and our country.
Alumnus Charles Cai Chan-yeung
Chairman of EdUHK Mainland Alumni Association
三十載風雨,造就精英無數,三十年滄桑,培育桃李滿園。祝福母校香港教育大學三十歲生日快樂,祝願母校為灣區建設及國家發展,培育更多才德兼備,且具香港底蘊、國家情懷和國際視野之人才。
Dr Chan Shuk-leung (Pak Suet-sin), GBS
Honorary Doctor of EdUHK, Renowned Cantonese opera star
感謝香港教育大學對香港教育事業的貢獻,期盼教大教育之光照亮未來,薪火相傳,英才輩出。衷心祝願教大百尺竿頭,更進一步。
Dr Sylvia Chan May-kuen, MH
Principal of Ying Wa Primary School
教化宏揚師德彰
育才立志生爲本
大愛傳承三十載
學養啟蒙情義長
Alumnus Cheng Kwok-fai (left)
Hong Kong Sports Institute windsurfing coach, Hong Kong windsurfing athlete
小時候從沒有想過能成為一位大學生。非常感謝香港教育大學及香港體育學院,給予我是次繼續進修與學習的機會,讓我能成為一位大學生。這幾年大學的生涯,充分讓我感受到教大對運動員的體貼照顧。作為香港全職運動員,經常要代表香港出戰各類的比賽,故此未能如常回校學習 。教大給予我極具彈性的課堂學習,使我能雙線發展。此外,非常感激教授們因材施教,使我在現在的工作能發展所長, 在此祝賀香港教育大學30周年快樂。
Alumnus Hon Vincent Chu Kwok-keung
Member of Legislative Council, Chairman of EdUHK Alumni Association
香港教育大學三十周年校慶,謹此衷心致賀。
教大秉承「教育為本,超越教育」理念,致力教研創新,培育無數優秀教育工作者,惠港興邦,享譽盛名。
作為教大校友,母校桃李盈門,我與有榮焉。三十而立,祝願教大再創輝煌!
Alumnus Chung Chi-kwong
Sports commentator
《勸學編》有云:學莫便乎近其人。意即最好的學習方法是追隨良師,蓋道以人傳。教育大學上承師範教育,目前除了培訓老師外,亦為社會添棟樑,祝願香港教育大學校譽日隆。
育德育人,承先啓後
立業立志,薪火相傳
Dr Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, GBM, GBS, JP
Honorary Doctor of EdUHK
國之棟樑,社會賢達,大多因年青時有良師益友。「作育英才,有教無颣」乃是執教者的目標。教大是培養良師之所,任重道遠。三十載的成就,有目共睹。再創高峰,來日可期。
Alumnus Howard Fung Hing-yiu
Co-Founder and Managing Director of Stanford Swim School
期願教大於教育領域,繼續昂首闊步,成為世界終身學習的典範大學,走出更多個30年!
Alumnus Dr Dennis Koo Hok-chun
Chairperson of Northcote College of Education Past Students' Association
祝賀香港教育大學
30周年校慶
推動創新教育
邁向國際卓越水平
塑造更美好的明天