Outstanding Industrial Attachment Scholarships

Motivating Outstanding Achievers for Further Success

VTC curriculums uphold a ‘think and do’ approach requiring all Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) and Hong Kong Design Institute (HKDI) Higher Diploma students to complete the designed industrial attachment programmes prior to their graduation.  This Scholarship is aimed at encouraging students to work hard during their industrial attachments while recognizing those with an outstanding performance.

Over the past years, the CYMA Charity Fund has provided generous support for OIAS, while at the same time also established the CYMA Charity Fund Scholarships with the aim of recognising those who have made significant improvement in their academic performance.  As Governor of the Fund, Dr Albert Ma said: “Although the scholarship offers a relative small sum of money, such a form of encouragement makes students realise that good performances are appreciated by others and that utmost efforts are necessary for every task to achieve good results.  The award may also herald a turning point for the students to find a direction in life.”

Besides offering scholarship donations, Dr Ma’s company also actively contributed to the VTC Industrial Attachment Programme, providing students with internship practical training opportunities.  He said: “Industrial attachments let students understand the real workplace practices, apply what they learnt into practice and overcome the problems encountered.  When students discover their own inadequacies, they will spur themselves to learn harder thereby uplifting their intellectual level.  These students who are equipped with practical experience as well as professional knowledge and skills constitute an important supply of competent talents for employers from various sectors of Hong Kong.  Our company is one of the beneficiaries.”