President Teng and Dr Miranda Lou met with RS High-Flyer students

2019 – 2020 High Flyer Mentorship Programme luncheon was held on 13 September 2019. RS was so pleased to have Prof. Jin-Guang Teng (President of PolyU), Dr Miranda Lou (Executive Vice President of PolyU), Prof. David Shum (Yeung Tsang Wing Yee and Tsang Wing Hing Professor in Neuropsychology, Chair Professor of Neuropsychology, Dean, Faculty of Health and Social Sciences) and more than 30 staff and high flyer of Year 1 students from Department of Rehabilitation Sciences (RS) joined the luncheon.

When delivering the welcome speech, President Teng welcomed the students to PolyU and RS, and congratulated for their excellent results on DSE and IB or outstanding sports achievement. He encouraged the students to develop the ability of self-learning and using their professional knowledge that trained by RS to serve the community in the future. 

Prof. Hector Tsang (Cally Kwong Mei Wan Professor in Psychosocial Health, Chair Professor of Rehabilitation Sciences and Head, Department of Rehabilitation Sciences) explained that the High Flyer Mentorship Programme provided a platform for high flyer students to meet with the elite alumni from Physiotherapy (PT) or Occupational therapy (OT) fields.  They are able to receive the advice about the study and future career to strengthen their sense of belonging and take pride in studying PT and OT.

The students also shared the reasons for choosing to study PT and OT programme and the vision of the study during the sharing session.

During the lunch after the sharing, the attendees exchanged their views on different topics, especially regarding the future development of PolyU in Greater Bay Area. They were very engaged in the exchange and looking forward to the upcoming event.