HKUST 2005-2006 Annual Report
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To help students sharpen their networking and communication skills,
Confluence Dinners are organized by the Student Affairs Office every
semester for hall residents. These social events bring students together
with people from commerce, industry and professions to gain early
insights into the working world and give pointers in career direction. In
2005-06, 24 such dinners were held and attended by around 5,800
students, 348 guests, 141 alumni and 19 faculty members. A total of
75 confluence mentors gave support and guidance to 86 mentees
over the year.
Once students become active participants, they are guided to become
leaders and organizers, not just participants. Through standing for
office in student society elections, students absorb the culture of
serving others.
HKUST students are equally active beyond the campus. The University’s
student societies organize several intervarsity sports competitions,
including handball, kendo, netball and, in 2005, korfball. Some
even learned to coach others by regularly providing training courses
for secondary school students. At the international level, annual
international intervarsity sports competitions are organized in fencing.
Other sports, such as handball and beach handball, are arranged once
every few years.
Among intellectual pursuits, the student-organized Pearl River Delta
Forum has prodded teams from HKUST, universities in the Delta region
and countries in Asia into sharing their views on the development of
the Pearl River Delta region.
This year’s Delta Forum, jointly organized by our Business Students’
Union, Engineering Students’ Union and Science Students’ Association,
attracted 87 student delegates from 16 universities across the region
to discuss pan-Pearl River Delta regional taxation cooperation. There
are plans to take this forum to universities beyond Asia.
為了加強學生的人際網絡和溝通技巧，每個學
期，學生事務處均為宿生舉辦卓賢匯，邀請工商
界及專業人士出席，讓學生了解社會實際的工作
模式、各行業的發展前景。於2005-06年度，我
們舉辦了24次卓賢匯，近5,800名學生、348位
嘉賓、141位舊生，以及19位教職員出席。過
去一年，共有75名師友，給予86名後輩支持及
指導。
學生一旦投入參與，在循循善誘下，他們會從單
純的參與者，變為領袖和組織者。透過學生組織
選舉來參與義務工作，培養出服務人群的精神。
在校園以外，科大學生亦同樣表現活躍。本校的
學生組織過去舉辦了手球、劍道及投球等多項
大學校際運動比賽，在2005年更曾主辦合球比
賽。部份學生更榮升教練，定期為中學生提供訓
練課程。科大學生亦邁向國際，舉辦每年一度的
國際大學校際劍擊比賽，而手球及沙灘手球等比
賽，亦每隔數年舉辦一次。
在學術發展方面，科大學生的代表，一向積極參
與由學生舉辦的「珠江三角洲論壇」，跟來自珠三
角和其他亞洲國家的大學生，在論壇上各抒己
見，分享大家對珠三角發展的意見。
今年的珠三角論壇由科大商學院學生會、工學院
學生會及理學院學生會聯合主辦，吸引了87位
來自澳門、中國內地、新加坡及台灣共16家大
學的學生參加，就泛珠江三角洲的地區稅務合作
進行討論。展望未來，這個論壇更有意衝出亞
洲，邀請世界各地的大學生參加。
