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17 unusual facts about Hong Kong Polytechnic University


EuAuto Technology

The propulsion system was engineered in cooperation with Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Fernando Cheung

After he moved back to Hong Kong in 1996, he became a lecturer at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Gigi Leung

Later, she went to the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where she gained a diploma from the School of Design.

John Frazer

His early research was developed at the Architectural Association in London, Cambridge University, the University of Ulster, and at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University where he was Swire Chair Professor, head of the School of Design and Director of the Design Technology Research Centre.

Kit Hung

He attended the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago for his BA in Design (Combined Studies), 2001 and a M.F.A. in Studio (Film, Video and New Media, 2005 respectively.

Kitty Poon

Poon joined the Hong Kong Polytechnic University in August 2005 and was promoted in 2006 to the post as an Assistant Professor of the Department of Applied Social Sciences.

Kitty Yuen

She studied at the Sacred Heart Canossian College and the Hong Kong Polytechnic University Design Department.

Lifestyle China

Lifestyle China (Simplified Chinese:中国式生活; Traditional Chinese:中國式生活) is a qualitative design research project ever organized in China by the Asian Lifestyle Design Research Lab of the School of Design at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Logistic engineering

Hong Kong Polytechnic University - Bachelor of Science in Logistics Engineering and Management

Lui Che Woo

Lui was also awarded the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa by the University of Victoria in 2001; the degree of Doctor of Social Science, honoris causa, by the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2002; an Honorary University Fellowship by the University of Hong Kong in 2002; the degree of Honorary Doctor of Laws by Concordia University in 2004, and the degree of Doctor of Business Administration, honoris causa, by the Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

In 2006, a fund was set up at the School of Hotel and Tourism Management of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University for academic research and scholarship for outstanding students.

Mark Leung

Leung first approached Hong Kong Polytechnic University's School of Design seeking incubation services to form a game development team.

Roy Horan

Horan is currently teaching at the University of Hong Kong.

Taikoo Dockyard

Hong Kong's Taikoo Dockyard continued its own government training schools, which were later superseded by Hong Kong's Technical College.

Taxicabs of Hong Kong

Although LPG-powered vehicles are supposed to be relatively non-polluting, and do indeed reduce roadside pollution, a 2007 study by Polytechnic University indicated that older LPG taxis emitted at least double the amount of carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons compared to diesel.

Tsui Ming-sum

Ming-sum Tsui is a professor in the Department of Applied Social Sciences at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.

Wikimania 2013

Wikimania 2013 was the ninth Wikimania conference and was held from August 7–11, 2013 at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.