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SCMP Reporter

Hang Seng Bank has donated millions of dollars to be used for scholarships at prestigious overseas universities.

It is hoped the four local and two mainland students who have been awarded scholarships this year will not only benefit from the education themselves but also will be able to contribute to the betterment of Hong Kong.

The four local students are Bonnie Poon Ming-yim of Island School, Lilian Wong Man-wah of St Paul's Co-educational College, Mary Ng Chi-ling of St Stephen's Girls' College and Angus Chong Kung-wai of Li Po Chun United World College of Hong Kong.

The two mainland recipients are Zhang Minmin of Peking University and Xu Jia of Nanjing University.

The scholarship is given to students under 25 who are keen to excel and have shown that they are willing to contribute to Hong Kong and develop it into a dynamic and flourishing international city.

Places were offered at Harvard University, Princeton Uni versity, Cornell University and the London School of Economics.

The students all have plans to make Hong Kong a better place to live in. Some of the students intend to work towards developing a more effective economic system, others hope to protect buildings of historical and cultural value.

Island School's  Ming-yim took a year out after her A-level exams to go to Kosovo with a group called 'Youth with a Mission'.  Ming-yim spent three months with Albanian refugees in Kosovo.

Ming-yim said she learned a lot from the trip and had gained some invaluable lessons about life.

'I considered quitting my studies after my examinations, but this trip has made me determined to further my studies so that I can be of some use to people and help to make Hong Kong a better place to live in,' she said.

Ming-yim said Hong Kong's media gave out some negative and unhealthy messages to people.  '[The media] disseminates bad moral concepts. They glorify the triads in films, for example,' she said.

But despite  Ming-yim's disappointment with the media, or perhaps because of it, she wants to work in the media. She will study communications at Harvard.

'I intend to return to Hong Kong and help put the media back on the right track,' she said.

With people like  Ming-yim around, Hong Kong and the mainland can look forward to a promising future.

We wish her the best of luck at Harvard.



Scholarship winners will use knowledge to improve the SAR