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PeopleCollegeCalendarUniversityCommunityContactsSurvival MapRegulations

Tutorial TeamWe are all either

postgraduatestudents or staffmembers of the

University and arehere to help you

during your time atLap-Chee College. We

hope you settle inquickly to your newhome and we look

forward to supportingyou throughout the

coming year.

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MasterProf. Man-Fung Yuen

Chair Professor of Gastroenterology and Hepatology,Li Shu Fan Medical Foundation Professorship in Medicine, The University of Hong Kong

Dear Lap Cheers, Welcome to our big family of Lap-Chee College. Although we may not know eachother very well at present, I encourage you to share your friendship with your peersand us from today. Our College is free from anger, antagonism and hostility. Youshould only find helpful, understanding and sympathetic colleagues in our college.We need your help in building up and enriching this favourable environment alreadyinherited in our College. For your own development, please enjoy and participate in the activities organized byour tutorial team or your fellow colleagues here. We do encourage you to create andinitiate your ideas for our College. With our participation, you would get my assuranceof obtaining your own better life in the University of Hong Kong from a differentperspective. Finally, I hope the experiences you gain here would be marked as one of the importantparts in your lifetime. Your Master,MF Yuen

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Deputy MasterDr. Kelvin WK Yeung

Associate ProfessorDepartment of Orthopedics & Traumatology

Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine,The University of Hong Kong

Dear Lap-Cheers,My warmest welcome to all the newCollege residents this year and currentresidents back to the College! Whateveryou are the new or old students, I believethat you all have going through a toughprocess to get yourself in. But I reassureyou that your efforts made will berewarded by the incredible experience ofour College life! Lastly don’t forget to sayhello and introduce yourself when webump up in the lift lobby. Lookingforward to seeing you all soon!

Senior Resident Tutor Ms. Pauline Liu

Senior Manager (Alumni)Development and Alumni Affairs Office,

The University of Hong Kong

Dear Lap-Cheers,Welcome all of you to Lap-Chee College!This year marks the 5th Anniversary ofLap-Chee College and will surely be a funand eventful year! Feel free to join inactivities that you have never tried before,to make new and good friends here fromall around the world! Participate incommunity service to get to know moreabout the neighbourhood you live in!Most importantly, enjoy your time in Lap-Chee College!

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Tutors 2017-2018 and their responsible floors

Dr. Brenda Alegre(6/F and 7/F)Assistant LecturerSchool ofHumanitiesFaculty of Artsbrendara@hku.hk

Ms Xu Zhou, Jodie(8/F and 9/F)PhD Candidate,School of BiologicalScience, Faculty of ScienceJodiexu@hku.hk

Dr YAN Shuo, Jason(10/F and 11/F)PostdoctoralResearch Fellow,Dept of Electricaland Electronic Engin.yanshuo@hku.hk

Mr. Greg Wu(12/F and 13/F)PhD CandidateCentre for AppliedEnglish Studies,Faculty of Artsgregwu@hku.hk

Dr. Maggie Yan (14/F and 15/F)Postdoctoral Fellow,Dept. of Social Workand Social Admin,Faculty of SocialSciencesmaggievi@hku.hk

Mr. John Akrofi Kubi(16/F and 17/F)PhD CandidateDept. of Obstetricsand Gynaecology,Faculty of Medicineu3003288@hku.hk

Ms Sharon Tsui(18/ F and 19/F)English TeachingAssistant, CAES,Faculty of Artssharonhoitungtsui@gmail.com

Ms Crystal Lee(20/F and 21/F)Student, Master ofLandscapeArchitecturecrystal0@hku.hk

Mr. Angelo Perucho(22/F and 23/F)PhD. CandidateDept. of DiagnosticRadiology,Faculty of Medicinejperucho@hku.hk

Mr Naushad Hossain(24/F and 25/F)Research AssistantDepartment ofElectronic andElectrical Engineeringnhossain@hku.hk

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25 August 2017 BBQ

1 September 2017 Admission-cum-Welcome dinner

2 September 2017 Cycling

9 September 2017 Hiking

11 September 2017 Briefing session on readmission

23, 30 September2017

Mooncake Distribution

11 November 2017 Yum Cha

24 November 2017 5th Anniversary Concert

March 2018 (TBD) 5th Anniversary DistinguishedLecture

Facilities

Yao Ling Sun Cultural Commons, 3/F

Yao Ling Sun Cultural Commons wasestablished with a bequest from the late Mr.Yao. It creates an exceptional focal point forstudents from all over the world to meet,share and contribute. The Cultural Commons provides a mirror-walled multi-purpose Studio, a stylish StudentLounge, a well-furnished Chinese Tea Chamberand an audio-equipped music room. You may approach the staff at the securitycounter for booking details.

Common Space, 4/F

The two rooms on the 4th Floor are open forall Lap-Cheers with 24-hour access. The corner room provides a large commonspace with comfortable seating for biggroups of residents to relax and let thediscussion flow. The second room includes a bar area with aview over Smithfield Road where you can chill,unwind, and enjoy life. The rooms are generally open round the clock,but may be booked for special events. Thebooking instructions are as follows:

Bookings can only be made by Lap-Cheers,on a first-come, first-served basis.Bookings can only be made up to one weekin advance at the security counter. Theduration of each booking is limited to twohours.The minimum number of users for eachbooking is five.In consideration of other residents, onlyone room can be booked at once.

 

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Laundry Room, 26/F The laundry room is equipped with washingmachines and dryers that can be operatedwith a smart card distributed to all residents.You may add money to the smart card at theservice counter of the General Office, JockeyClub Student Village III.

LAP-CHEE COLLEGE is one of the four new residential colleges situated onLung Wah Street, Kennedy Town. The College was named after Professor Tsui Lap-Chee, the14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong. At Lap-Chee College weoffer an academic and social environment that is both intellectually vibrant and culturally rich.

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Visiting Scholar Programme

The Visiting Scholar Programme initiated bythe College offers accommodation tooverseas scholars conducting researchactivities at the University, The recipientscholars, who are nominated by HKU Faculties,Departments or Centres, will usually beoffered free accommodation in our collegefor one month so as to facilitate in-houseacademic and learning activities. Thisprogramme aims to promote dynamicdiscussions and idea exchange betweenscholars and our residents.

High Table High Table is a longstanding tradition of TheUniversity of Hong Kong, and it is one of the mostimportant enrichment events of hall education atwhich students get to experience a formal dinnerand have their horizons broadened through thedinner talks delivered by Guest Speakers. It alsooffers opportunities for students to engage intodialogues with their fellow residents from differentbackgrounds.  All residents of Lap-Chee Collegeare required to attend our monthly High Table anddress in formal academic gowns.

Activities and Programmes

The Lap-Chee’s Mind is a newly initiatedprogramme that aims to raise awareness ofpsychological wellbeing among residentsthrough psycho-educational sessions andexperiential workshops. Residents will havethe chance to increase their knowledge ofpsychological issues and ways to approachand help friends and people in a mentalhealth crisis by attending the internationallycertified Mental Health First Aid course. Inaddition, a series of mindfulness-basedworkshops will be held to allow residents torelease stress through body relaxation,meditation, yoga and various arts activities.

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College Ambassador Programme

A group of outstanding undergraduate andpostgraduate College residents fromdifferent faculties and countries of origin willbe nominated annually to serve as CollegeAmbassadors. The ambassadorial team will receive trainingin public speaking, teamwork, and leadership,among other things, in order to realize theirfull potential. Through these trainingworkshops the Ambassadors will gain theknowledge and skills required to representthe College and the University in variousevents and promotional activities. Top College Ambassadors have anopportunity to join a cultural trip at the end ofthe academic year.

Village to Village Project

This programme aims to provide a platformof our HKU students to develop a sense ofsocial awareness and social responsibility.Students can learn to appreciate the culturalheritage of those historical villages andunderstand the challenges those villages faceat this time of modern China’s economic take-off. Most importantly, the message ofcompassion and community engagement canbe rooted in the minds of our residents. In collaboration with Zhejiang University, theCollege has initiated its first "Village to Village”project this summer. Participants from thetwo universities were divided into two groups.One group visited a small village in ZhejiangProvince and produced a documentaryrelated to the village's cultural heritage - 18Legendary Weapons of Chinese Martial Arts.The other group  worked with local NGOs toorganise various activities and services tohelp local visually impaired people.  

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Think@Café

Think@Café is an academic program organized byLap-Chee College, which provides a platform forstudents from various disciplines to learn fromeach other’s research areas, as well as giving themthe opportunity to engage in intellectual debateson many interesting topics. At these entertaining gatherings, variouscontemporary scientific and social issues arediscussed in a very relaxed atmosphere over teaand snacks. At previous sessions, the topics ofconversation have focused on cutting-edgeresearch in science, technology, medicine, history,education and general culture. Following the great success of the sessions,Think@Café has grown to become part of the HKUcommunity, thanks to the funding it receivedthrough CEDARS from the "CampusInternationalization and Integration FundingScheme" that will cover the whole academic year. Future plans include sessions at different HKUhalls, as well as many other exciting debates atLap-Chee College on the most up-to-date topics ofour times. 

Sports Programmes

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Lap-Chee College provides conducive environmentfor different sportive activities to keep its residentsactive and interactive. It is also taking the initiativeto develop and expand other sports disciplines inorder to meet the various interests and demands ofthe college students. The sports teams are student-oriented programsthat aim at developing students’ leadership skills,enhancing sports potentials as well as unearthingtheir hidden sports talents. In addition, the sportsteams serve as platforms for students to interactand make new friends both local and international,within and outside the university premises throughintra- and/or inter-college/hall games and inter-university hall-hall friendly games. Each sportsteam is structured around its management/advisory members, leaders, team players andsupporters groups. You can join any of thefollowing sports teams in any of these capacities: 

Lap-Chee College Fitness TeamLap-Chee College basketball TeamLap-Chee College Soccer TeamLap-Chee College Volleyball TeamLap-Chee College Badminton TeamLap-Chee College Ping Pong (Table Tennis)TeamLap-Chee College Running (Racing) TeamLap-Chee College Swimming TeamLap-Chee College Hiking Team

 Lap-Chee college sports teams are identified bytheir team uniforms, unity and spirit.

Global Citizenship and Diversity

A new initiative in the College, this envisionsour residents to rise above the challenges ofglobal citizenry and acknowledge issues ofdiversity around the world. The College itselfis a diverse community and there are manyissues around us that we used to fearthreading and discussing. This time, theCollege through its volunteers will initiateprojects and events that will dissect issues offeminism and women’s rights, LGBTIQ, peoplewith disability, racial and ethnic diversity andmigrant workers’ welfare among others.Among the first projects of the college thisacademic year is to host the World RegionalConference on Building Girl’Friendly AsianCities as well as a series of film anddocumentary screenings and talks on LGBTIQrights in Hong Kong, China and around theworld. There will also be a planned Collegestaging of Eve Ensler’s The VaginaMonologues as well as counterpoint series inparody, the Vaginaless Dialogues.

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Publication and Promotion (P&P) The P&P team isresponsible for all themain College publications,except the magazine“Rock The Block”.  Threesub-teams are now inplace -  design team,photography team andmulti-media team. Theteammates work closelywith college residents topromote the College’sactivities and itsachievements to bothinternal and externalaudiences.

ART-ivity

This is a space set up to unleash creativityamong artisitc Lap-Cheers. Apart fromorganised art & craft workshops, residentswho have interest or talent in art will form astudent-led art club for regular art making andsharing sessions. They will also work togetherfor an annual art exhibition to showcase theirartworks and celebrate their creative journey. With the success of previous years, Lap-Cheewill continue to support a student-led danceteam. In previous years, the Lap-Chee danceteam has taken part in the Joint Hall MassDance in collaboration with the MorrisonDance Team. In the coming year, residentswho enjoy dancing will be encouraged to havenew connections with various parties andenjoy the opportunities to perform indifferent occasions. Dance workshops willalso be arranged to foster residents’development of their interest and talent indance and performance.

Newsroom

The Newsroom is an independent studentorganization that publishes the magazine“Rock The Block” featuring student life andthe various activities at Lap-Chee Collegeevery academic year.

Dance Team

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Campus

The Main Campus of HKU is situated alongPokfulam Road and Bonham Road on HongKong Island. The Centennial Campus wasopened at the western end of the MainCampus in 2012 to provide additional spaceand a modern learning environment forstudents . The Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine is locatedapproximately five kilometers southwest ofthe Main Campus near Pokfulam. TheUniversity also operates other facilities andresearch centers in Hong Kong and mainlandChina. The following tips are to make your first fewdays a bit less stressful and to help makethings smoother for you. Most importantly,grab a paper copy of the HKU campus map,or save it in your mobile device. Same withyour timetable. If you have spare time, itwould be good to just roam around orexplore the campus to get to know the placebetter.

Food

It should not be too difficult to find a place toeat on campus, although the lines during peakhours from 12:00 to 1:30 pm can getannoyingly long, and certain menu items mayrun out. Among others, the list of cateringoutlets includes:Centennial Campus: Grove (western dishes),Bijas (vegetarian), Super Congee (dim sumand noodles), Deli France (sandwiches andwestern dishes)University Street: UDeli (Asian lunchboxes);Starbucks (coffee and pastries), StudentUnion Canteen (cafeteria)Main Campus: Starbucks (coffee and pastries); Subway (sandwiches);Main Campus Chong Yuet Ming AmenitiesCentre: Cafe330 (organic dishes); CYMCanteen (cafeteria)Main Campus Fong Shu Chuen AmenitiesCentre: Ebeneezers (halal food); SwireCanteen(cafeteria)

Library

To enter you will need a student card, whichyou will not receive until mid-September. Noworries, you probably will not need to enterthe Library that soon, but if you do, bringalong a copy of your offer letter and flash itto the security guard by the turnstiles. Tip: Get acquainted with the sections that youwill need the most (e.g. humanities resourceson 2/F, social sciences on 4/F). Find a spotthat you like to be at, as you will most likelyfind yourself bored in between classes, andyou can always head to your favourite spot torelax or study, when the finals arrive. You canalso opt in for alerts when new books andmaterials in your chosen subject arrive in theHKU Portal. Fun tip: The AV section on 1/F has a prettygood collection of movies that you can watchin the carrels or borrow for a week. Have fun!

Overview

The University of Hong Kong (HKU) is theoldest tertiary education institution in HongKong. HKU continues to attract the best localstudents, along with many Mainland Chineseand international students. In the 2014 QSWorld University Ranking HKU was ranked 1stin Hong Kong, 2nd in Asia, and 28th in theworld.HKU has approximately 30,000 students,excluding exchange and visiting students.Almost 40 percent of them are internationalstudents. The University has ten faculties, allof which provide varying undergraduatedegrees as well as teaching and supervisionfor postgraduate-level research (MPhil andPhD) students.

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Health Centre Private clinics cost from HKD200 up, whilepublic hospitals have queues up to 6 hours. Ifyou are sick, the University Health Service(UHS) is your best bet. Book an appointmentthe day before through the HKU Portal, andhead to Meng Wah Complex and follow thesigns. Tip: If you ever need to extend a deadline orskip a midterm due to sickness, you shouldget a medical certificate from UHS. But beprepared for the consequences such as extraweighting on your finals.

Sport Facilities Flora Ho Sports Centre on Pokfulam Roadand Stanley Ho Sports Centre close toCyberport offer complete sport facilities witha gym, swimming pool etc. There is also afitness centre called IHP Active on 3/F of theJockey Club Tower. Most facilities are free toHKU students.

Global Lounge This is a nice place to hang out and chill ifyour classes are more on the Swire Hall side,location-wise. Many events like cultural nights,movie screenings and forums are held here.Pacific Coffee has a store here with a 30%discount for student card holders. 

Academic Services Office Located between Runme Shaw Building andRun Run Shaw Building (i.e. opposite toSubway), this is a one-stop station fortranscript applications, submission of internaltransfer applications and other mattersrelated to certificates and testimonials. Bearin mind that transcripts require 10 workingdays to process, so time yourself.

Banking There are two bank branches on the MainCampus: HSBC (opposite to Subway on RunRun Shaw Podium) and BEA (next toDelifrance on the Centennial Campus). To setup a bank account, HSBC requires you tomake an appointment, while BEA attends towalk-ins. However, you will require a proof ofaddress in your home country, your passport,a proof of residential address from theGeneral Office, a HKID and bank draft or cash.There are ATM machines next to these twobanks, and one next to the Run Run Shawentrance to CYM Amenities centre. Learn howto use these machines, you will pay yourschool bills and utility bills with them.

Transport The new HKU MTR Station is hard to miss.Exit A is on the University Street close to theHaking Wong Podium. For those who take theshuttle bus, the waiting stop to go back tothe college is near the Main Building.

Housing HKU has 20 residential halls and colleges forundergraduate, postgraduate, and visitingstudents. The Jockey Club Student Village III is thenewest addition to university housing. Sitedon Lung Wah Street, Kennedy Town, theVillage was named after The Hong KongJockey Club. Its four Residential Colleges arenow home to 1,800 students..

Printing

Always have your Octopus Card and StudentCard with you on campus. Printing facilitiesare available at Chi Wah Learning Commonsand on 3/F of the Main Library, but bothrequire either a student card  (which you cantransfer printing credits to from yourOctopus card) or an Octopus card.

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Quan Ji Wonton NoodlesBelcher’s Street, diagonally opposite to AromeBakery with a red and white signboardThis shop serves the fresh, succulent wontonnoodles for HKD15, and really is the place with thebest value for money. Add-ons like extra noodles,side of vegetables and soybean milk cost lessthan HKD8, making it one of the great budgetoptions here. What makes it a regular go-to placeis its proximity - straight from Smithfield intoBelchers.

Ming Chef RestaurantHau Wo Street This home-style place is your go-to place forweekend lunches – large portions, deliciousdishes and free soup. Their set lunch and teatime menus vary each week, usually rice withdifferent dishes or rice in soup. Nourishing,comforting and filling, this place serves adelectable selection of Cantonese food for lessthan HKD50.

Ba Fang Yun Ji Dumpling RestaurantBelcher’s Street The nearest place to satisfy a craving fordumplings, this restaurant offers four types ofdumplings – chives, pork, spicy Korean andvegetarian. Service is quick and their set menusoffer value for money. My recommendation – getthe Double Set with Wonton Soup. You get tendumplings, five of two kinds and six wontons forHKD34. 

5. COMMUNITYLap-Chee College is situated in Kennedy Town at the western end of SaiWan on Hong Kong Island. Kennedy Town was named after the 7thGovernor of Hong Kong, Arthur Edward Kennedy. Kennedy Town is a convenient place to live. You may find the closestsupermarket, Wellcome, on your way to Kennedy Town MTR station.PARKnSHOP with a wider variety of daily necessities can be found onthe other side of the MTR station. In addition to international fast food chains, such as McDonald’s andKFC, there are also a number of local eateries in Kennedy Town. Here area few picks, but bear in mind that one man’s meat is another’s poison.Most of the places below do not come with English menus, but mosthave pictures on the walls – point and order usually works.

Shui Shang Ren Noodle ShopBelcher’s Street Also on Belcher’s Street, this noodle place offers awide variety of meatballs and fishballs to go withnoodles. You can get a really filling meal underHKD40 – go for the beef brisket noodles or thefishball noodles, add on a side of vegetables withoyster sauce and a bowl of fried fish skin. Thenproceed to have your typical Hong Kong meal.

Cheung Heung RestaurantBelcher’s Street This place sells baked pastries outside itspremises, making it a really convenient spot tograb some egg tarts and Polo buns for less thanHKD5 apiece. It closes by 6pm, so remember todrop by during day time.

Sun Hing Dim Sum The 3 a.m. dim sum place has acquired enoughravings and reviews so I’m just putting it on thislist because it deserves to be on this list. Line upand eat with a few friends to really be able to trytheir selection of pastries and buns.

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ITYHing WahSmithfield Rd near intersection with Catchick St This tiny shoplot sells various pastries such assesame buns, baked red bean pastries etc butthey also sell curry fishballs and street snackscommonly found in Hong Kong. A great place tostop by to grab a quick snack before heading offsomewhere else. Closes in the late afternoons.

Tai Hing Thai RestaurantCatchick Street Insanely authentic and great Thai fare. The bestThai place in Kennedy Town, albeit pricey. Stirfriedgreens with garlic and chilli start at HKD48, buttheir Tom Yum Seafood Soup is heavenly. Beware,this is not a place for those who can’t stand spicyfood – almost every item here will make yousweat. Their pomelo salad is refreshing, and thebest way to enjoy is to come with a few friends,order what you see from the walls and sweat whileyou eat. An amazing place. Closed on Mondays. 

Igawa Japanese RestaurantCatchick Street This slightly upscale place has the typicalselection of what you would expect from aJapanese restaurant that charges between HKD80to HKD120 for a person on average. Nice food, aslightly quieter ambience makes this an optionwhen you’re feeling fancy. Tip: avoid the vegetabletempura – HKD50 for 7 pieces

Ho Ho RestaurantBelcher’s Street, in the apartment building next toKFC Order their fried rice dishes or their noodle dishes– slightly larger portions than average at the sameprices, so you can easily get a hearty meal forless than HKD40. If you come in a large group, ajug of soya bean is on the house. They offer ahuge selection and combination of typical HongKong fare – there will be something for everyone.

 Asia RestaurantNear the Post Office No, this place only sells local cuisine. From 2.30to 6.30pm, their tea time sets serve toast, hotdrinks, a variety of noodles for under HKD25,making it a quick budget meal. Their regularselections are expansive and their drinks arebetter than average. Recommended when youwant a traditional coffee shop ambience nearby.

Lap-Chee College 

URL: www.lapcheecollege.hku.hkEmail: lapcheecollege@hku.hk

Jockey Club Student Village III

 URL: http://www.jockeyv3.hku.hk/

Email: jockeyv3@hku.hkTel: (852) 3917-1419

 Address: 9 Lung Wah Street, Kennedy Town, Hong Kong

 General Office | Office Hours

Mondays to Fridays: 09:00 – 18:00Saturdays: 09:00 – 13:00

Sundays, Public Holidays and University Holidays: Closed

The public emergency number for police, fire, and ambulanceservices in Hong Kong is 999

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Check in with your own cardVisiting hours: 9am – 11pm

Guest limit: 2 per hostDo not enter Kwun Lung Lau

No smoking in LCC or JCSVIIINo drunkenness & public disturbance

High Table is compulsory