Eight CUHK Business School Students Win Top Prizes at ‘Challenge Cup’ National Competition Hong Kong Regional Final
Eight CUHK Business School students have recently swept up top awards in the ‘Challenge Cup’ National Competition Hong Kong Regional Final – Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2016, including the Grand Prize, one First Class Award, two Second Class Awards and one Third Class Award of the Entrepreneurship category.
Eight CUHK Business School students have recently swept up top awards in the ‘Challenge Cup’ National Competition Hong Kong Regional Final – Hong Kong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition 2016, including the Grand Prize, one First Class Award, two Second Class Awards and one Third Class Award of the Entrepreneurship category.
The Grand Prize for Entrepreneurship and the First Class Award of Newly Established Enterprise both went to an Anti-loss Solution called ‘R-Guardian-Smart Personal Belongings Solution’ by Lau Pak-lam (Insurance, Financial and Actuarial Analysis [IFAA], Year 5) and his partner. Their project involves the installation of a Bluetooth device in handbags and wallets. With the tailor-made module in mobile applications, the device will alert users if their valuables are located beyond the designated distance. The system also has an anti-fake function which enables users to check the authenticity of products easily.
Other projects winning Second Class Awards included ‘Knowledge Vending’ by Lau Ka-yu (Global Economics and Finance [GEF], Year 2), Ng Wai-lam (Integrated BBA, Year 2), Tsang Yuk-ting (GEF, Year 2) and Wong Tsz-ching (Integrated BBA, Year 2); and ‘Getaway’ by William Wang Chak-wai (Quantitative Finance, Year 5), James Mui Ka-chiu (IFAA, Year 5) and their partners. The project ‘GETSBY – Find Your Talent, Get Your Hobby (Mobile Application)’ by Philip Chan Ho-ting (Quantitative Finance and Risk Management Science, Year 3) and his partner also won a Third-class Award.
Organised by the Hong Kong New Generation Cultural Association, the Competition provides an opportunity for academic exchanges and a platform for the search of innovative talents from various tertiary institutions in Hong Kong. More than 200 students from 13 tertiary institutions with over 100 projects participated in the competition this year. The winning teams of the Entrepreneurship category will represent Hong Kong at the biennial ‘Chuang Qing Chun’ National Entrepreneurship Competition 2016 to be held at Sichuan in November.
This article was first published in the CUHK website on 11 July, 2016.