long walk for a good cause Sower Action, the charitable organisation helping underprivileged children in rural China receive education, is holding its annual event 'Challenging 12 Hours' on October 24. Participants must finish the 42km Wilson Trail from Yau Tong to Tai Po within 12 hours. Singer-swimmer Alex Fong Lik-sun is the event's ambassador this year. All donations generated will be used for building schools and paying school expenses. Visit www.challenging12hours.org . baptist u goes non-linear through links Baptist University has signed a collaboration agreement with Beijing University, Beijing Normal University and the National University of Singapore on research on non-linear and complex systems and nurturing of postgraduate students. city u fills creative position City University has appointed Professor James Moy, the former dean of the University of New Mexico's College of Fine Arts, as the dean of its School of Creative Media. Professor Moy was also chair of the Department of Theatre at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. five gain honorary doctorates The University of Science and Technology will confer honorary doctorates on five distinguished persons at its congregation in November. They are entrepreneurs Lee Shau-kee and Ronnie Chan, Cathay Pacific chief operating officer Philip Chen, computer scientist Andrew Yao Chi-chih and mathematician Professor Yau Shing-tung. students get back to the future A model for a future home by four students from DMHC Siu Ming Secondary School, TWGHS Kwok Yat Wai College, Sai Kung Sung Tsun Catholic Secondary School and St Paul's Co-educational College has won the Young Power Award organised by CLP Power Hong Kong and Junior Achievement Hong Kong.
