The Hong Kong athletes achieved historic results of 1 gold, 2 silver and 3 bronze in the Tokyo Olympics, which drove the sports atmosphere in Hong Kong, and also attracted attention to the prospects of full-time athletes.
The Education University of Hong Kong announced today (31st) the establishment of the "Elite Athlete Friendly University Fund", which will award elite athletes a bonus of 30,000 to 120,000 Hong Kong dollars to support them in continuing their education.
The inauguration ceremony was held this morning (31st). Eastern Olympics table tennis bronze medal winners Du Kaiyan and Li Haoqing attended the full HK$120,000 scholarship.
Both athletes hope to progress to a master's degree in the future. Li Haoqing believes that graduating from a bachelor's degree may not be competitive enough. She hopes to continue studying or consider working in education because she wants to share her experience with the next generation.
Du Kaixian wants to continue to develop in the direction of sports, and has also thought about starting a business and opening a restaurant.
Medal athletes get 120,000 and other Olympians get 60,000
The Education University of Hong Kong today announced the establishment of the "Elite Athlete Friendly University Fund" to promote the sustainable development of local sports, support athletes to continue their education, make dual-track development and change the track.
The fund will provide a full tuition scholarship of HK$120,000 to college students who have won Olympic medals, such as the Eastern Olympics table tennis bronze medalist Du Kaiyan and Li Haoqing, and will also provide college students participating in the Olympics, such as windsurfing athlete Zheng Junliang and track cyclist. Liang Baoyi and competitive gymnast Shi Weixiong provided a half tuition scholarship of 60,000 Hong Kong dollars; and awarded a 30,000 Hong Kong dollar continuing education fund to Li Zhenhao and Huang Jinbao, friendly ambassadors for elite athletes of the University of Education.
Li Haoqing said that the short-term goal is to complete a bachelor's degree within 5 years, but believes that university graduation is still not competitive, and hopes to progress to a master's degree and develop in education.
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Du Kaiyan wants to open a restaurant and Li Haoqing wants to engage in education
Du Kaiyan and Li Haoqing are enrolled in the Bachelor of Health Education (Honours) program, and they will be promoted to the second year in September. Due to the need for sports training, the two expect to complete the course within 5 years.
Du Kaixian said, "When I was 27, I felt that I must have a degree. The seniors are flexible (courses), and then I will want to study for a master's degree." She chose to study Chinese medicine this semester. It’s as if Ren哋 helped me with acupuncture and moxibustion, he would wonder if there is a problem with the edge degree.”
She thought about becoming a coach or kick-off arena in the future, and continue to develop sports, but she also considered opening a restaurant, "drink scary coffee in the day, drink and listen to music at night."
Du Kaixian considered working as a coach or kick-off arena in the future. He also thought about opening a restaurant. He wanted to "drink scary coffee in the day and listen to music at night."
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Li Haoqing last semester's academic achievement point average (GPA) was as high as 3.7 points, indicating that the short-term goal is to complete a bachelor's degree within 5 years, but believes that "the department depends on the family society, the university graduates are not good enough, and the competitiveness is relatively low", so I hope to continue to study for a master's degree, and also express my desire to develop in education.
Regarding the new school year, she smiled and said that she was quite worried, "I have been full-time for 12 years, and if I don't have the opportunity to sit in the classroom and listen to the teacher's lectures, it will be shocking." But she also looks forward to returning to campus to meet with other students.
Parents were worried about their daughter’s future but they had no regrets
Mother Du said that she was worried about her daughter's future, but she felt that the career of an athlete was short and should be cherished. She was fortunate to teach the Yamato coach to provide advice and assistance so that her daughter could continue to study.
Mrs. Li was choked when sharing, saying that she had no previous experience reference at the time and was quite worried. However, seeing her daughter's ability to take care of both sports and examinations, and her table tennis performance was also impressed by her, she let her go and let her pursue her dreams.
Zhang Renliang, president of the University of Education, hopes to help athletes open up diversified outlets, and is deeply gratified for the successful transformation of many athlete alumni.
(Photo by Ou Jiale)
In his speech, Zhang Renliang, President of The Education University of Hong Kong, said that he hopes to help athletes open up diversified outlets through university education. The director of Shangxian expressed his deep gratitude.
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