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SPOTLIGHT
JAN 2016
UMP
大學廣場
Korean Cultural Festival
The CUHK campus was hit by the Korean Wave during the two-week
festival which presented Korean culture in different perspectives. The
opening ceremony of the festival was officiated by Prof. T.F. Fok, Pro-
Vice-Chancellor of CUHK and the guests from the Consul-General of
the Republic of Korea in Hong Kong and the Korea Agro Fisheries &
Food Trade Corporation (aT Center). Queen, a Korean female music
band, won rounds of applause at the ceremony with their performance
of blending modern music and traditional Korean music. After the
ceremony, the K-food party allowed visitors to get a free trial of traditional
and popular Korean food such as fish cakes, pan fried rice cakes, instant
cup noodles, potato chips, etc. Besides food sampling, the party was
embellished with fun games and amazing K-pop dances.
Other than the opening ceremony and the K-food party, the exciting
lineup also included a kimchi making workshop, a cultural talk, a K-pop
music night organized by the Chinese University Korean Student
Association (CUKSA), a Korean style makeup class as well as a booth
of Korean traditional games led by the Korean Cultural Society formed
by local students. All of them enabled participants to experience Korean
culture in an interactive way.
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Queen performing at the opening ceremony
Kimchi delight
The i-Ambassador Scheme
The i-Ambassador Scheme provides a platform for students to actualize
their creative ideas into activities of internationalization and cultural
integration. In the academic year 2015-16, 180 students from diverse
cultural backgrounds join this scheme with the aims to promote their
home culture to the CUHK community and facilitate cultural exchange
on campus.
Last term, the i-Ambassadors had received a series of indoor and outdoor
training activities. The indoor training workshops focused on cross cultural
communication, creative idea generation, project management and team
building, while the outdoor training included cultural tours of CUHK, Wai
Chai, Sai Ying Pun, Hong Kong trams and cross cultural leadership training
in Yuen Long. The vibrant yet practical training activities geared the
i-Ambassadors up with their cultural understanding and awareness.
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Learning through a game
Embarking on a cultural journey of the tram
Rich Cultural Blend on Campus
Cultural exchange is a two-way interaction that on one hand we learn the conditions and
customs of other countries, and on the other hand we promote ours to people with different
cultural backgrounds. In last autumn, the Incoming Students Section of Office of Student
Affairs organized/ coordinated a wide range of activities to bring plentiful cultural experience
to the CUHK community as well as vibrancy to the campus.
Kim Yoonbin (President of CUKSA) “Participating in this
festival is significant to us because it was a great way
to promote our culture to the CUHK community. I look
forward to more opportunities like this in the future.”
