新闻稿及香港科大故事

Padmanabhan KRISHNAMURTHY(帕德)是来自印度的国际学生，由于姊姊曾在家乡一家服务视障人士的志愿机构工作，他对残疾人士的困境体会甚深，很希望施以援手。皇天不负有心人，他跟队友Amrutavarsh Sanganabasappa KINAGI (雅麦) 合作发明了取名「海伦」的读唇器，并在刚结束的 2019年科大「校长杯」本科生发明大赛赢得大奖，体现赛事鼓励学生发挥创意、力求卓越的精神。 

In Hong Kong, 1 in 6 couples struggles to get pregnant, compared to 1 in 10 two decades ago. In China, the infertility rate has risen to 12-15% from just 2.5% in the early 1990s.

A recent Consumer Council survey has found that only two out of eight tested anti-bacterial handwash products can live up to their claims of having 99.9 percent efficacy in killing germs, sparking worries amongst the public.

The recent Extinction Rebellion movement in the UK protested against climate breakdown, biodiversity loss and the risk of social and ecological collapse.

由香港科技大学(科大)学生、校友和员工组成的三个团队，在逾100个参赛队伍中脱颖而出，赢得科大-信和百万奖金创业大赛2019香港区赛事三甲。他们将于今年九月在广州南沙，与其余六个赛区的胜出者进行总决赛。 今年已踏入第九届的百万奖金创业大赛，共吸引了117个队伍参赛，数目较去年增加逾百分之十五，深受科大及小区成员欢迎。为进一步推动多元化，比赛去年引入网上配对平台，让参加者与来自香港及其他地区、有兴趣参与赛事的人士及公司组队，促进不同背景的人士交流。在今年的比赛中，百分之十五的参赛队伍正是利用网上配对平台，成功觅得志同道合的队友。

These alumnae graduated a decade apart, and since then they have travelled very different career paths. But WONG Hiu-King Kyna and CHAN Kiu-Kei Bella retain much in common – and that’s apart from their obvious delight at being back in their beloved campus.

香港科技大学（科大）继去年获田家炳基金会（基金会）捐助300万港元发展资优教育，今日再获基金会捐赠500万港元，注资由科大赛马会高等研究院（高研院）设立的「田家炳教育基金」（基金），以推动大学科研发展及促进内地与香港青年学者的学术交流。 「田家炳教育基金」自2008年成立以来，资助了6名内地年轻和有潜质的「青年研究员」来港，协助高研院的驻院教授从事教研工作。经过是次注资，「田家炳教育基金」本金将增至1,100万港元。

Air pollution is a major environmental and health concern in Hong Kong and the largest environmental health risk, according to the World Health Organization, tying it to seven million premature deaths globally in 2016. Yet many of us accept it as part of city living.