Lau Wai Ting

Lau Wai Ting
BEng (Hons) in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development, Year 1

Hello, I am Lau Wai Ting Timothy. I am one of the awardees of CEE Entry Scholarships for Outstanding HKDSE Students and majoring in Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development.

I have chosen Environmental Engineering because of my interest in environmental issues. As a part of the global village, the problem of global warming and other pollution issues are threatening our world. I believe environmental engineering has a role to play in contributing to a better and safer world as well as to a sustainable Hong Kong. Secondly, environmental engineer is a sustainable job with a lot of opportunities in Hong Kong. With the rise in demand for environmental engineering, I believe that there would be many chances for us to hone our professional skills, training us to become experts in the field.

Despite my interest in the planet Earth, I was hesitant about putting Environmental Engineering as my top priority because I did not study science in secondary school. But I still chose it as one of my Band A programmes because PolyU offers courses on Physics and Chemistry for non-science students.

To help me adapt to the university life faster, I have joined a range of societies and met lots of fellow students.  The senior students are very helpful and always keen to lend us a helping hand when needed.