Young Hong Kong scientists offered mentorship from industry elite
About 100 selected pupils will be taken under the wing of 30 top scientists for a two-year period
Hong Kong secondary school students will get a chance to mingle with the city’s scientific and engineering elite under a soon to be launched mentorship programme.
The idea, according to the Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong – the group behind the scheme – is to expose youngsters to top-level science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) research and pique their interest in pursuing careers in such fields.
About 100 selected pupils will be taken under the wing of 30 scientists for a two-year period.
Mentors include former University of Hong Kong chief Tsui Lap-chee, University of Science and Technology president Tony Chan Fan-cheung, microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung and organic light-emitting diode (OLED) inventor, Ching W. Tang.
Selection criteria will be whether the student is genuinely interested in science and their academic performance. Mentors and mentees will submit a progress report at the end of each year.
Tsui, the academy’s president and a geneticist by trade, said it was possible the scheme – dubbed “Distinguished Masters, Accomplished Students” – could produce the city’s the next great scientist.
