THE best economics graduate of the Chinese University this year has been awarded $10,000 for her distinguished academic results - but she will not be able to spend any of this money.
It will be used to promote economics education in her secondary school, which she left four years ago.
First class honours graduate Juni Yan Yuk-ping, 22, received the $10,000 cheque from Nanyang Commercial Bank deputy general managers Duan Yong-kuan and Ng Lin-fung and immediately handed it over to her mother school - Tsuen Wan Government Secondary School - as stipulated by the bank.
Yuk-ping was selected from among 105 graduates of the Department of Economics because of her first class honours and her above 3.5 Grade Point Average (GPA) in her four years of study.
Dr Liu Pak-wai, chairman of the university's Economics Department, initiated the scholarship.
'For the recipient, the honour of getting the scholarship is far greater than getting the money itself. All the students in the secondary school will realise that they have an alumnus who came out as the best student in the Chinese University,' he said.
'The scholarship is a gesture to show our appreciation for secondary schools which provide a strong foundation for students. It also serves as recognition of our students' academic excellence.' Tsuen Wan Government Secondary School has decided to use the money to buy reference books for the school library, which currently has a collection of 1,1946. Each new book bought will bear the names of the recipient and donor.
