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PolyU announces new programmes and optimised flexible admission arrangements for 2023/24, offering a variety of alternative admission routes to students with special talents

HONG KONG SAR – Media OutReach – 28 September 2022 – The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has launched the new departmental scheme-based admissions arrangement as well as two new elements, namely “Artificial Intelligence and Data Analysis” (AIDA) and “Innovation and Entrepreneurship” (IE), from the 2022/23 academic year onwards to better equip students for societal needs. The University is also offering a variety of admission schemes to provide quality tertiary education to students with special talents and help them excel in both academia and their area of expertise. Starting from the 2023/24 academic year, PolyU will further optimise some of the departmental scheme-based admissions programmes, the flexible admission arrangements and other admission schemes, so as to enrich students’ learning experience and prepare them to become “leaders of tomorrow” with a global vision and strong sense of social responsibility, enabling them to bring positive impact to the community.

Prof. Kwok-yin Wong, Vice President (Education) of PolyU, and Prof. Ben Young, Vice President (Student and Global Affairs) of PolyU, introduce new programmes and the optimised flexible admission arrangements in the 2023/24 academic year.

Prof. Kwok-yin Wong, Vice President (Education) of PolyU (centre), and Prof. Ben Young, Vice President (Student and Global Affairs) of PolyU (3rd from right), introduce new programmes and the optimised flexible admission arrangements in the 2023/24 academic year.

New programmes: Focusing on Chinese history and culture to deepen and widen the scope of study

Hong Kong plays a significant role in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as well as other national development strategies. As such, young people who are biliterate, trilingual and well versed in Chinese history and culture are talents that the city longs for. In this regard, PolyU’s Faculty of Humanities will launch the new BA (Hons) Scheme in Chinese History and Culture in the 2023/24 academic year. The programme aims to deepen students’ understanding of Chinese culture through various dimensions such as history, philosophy, religions, arts and technologies. With an emphasis on both integration and practicability, students will be given chances to learn outside the classroom and participate in activities like field trips and visits. The programme will be taught in both Putonghua and English to enhance students’ language ability and oral proficiency.

Besides, the Linguistics programmes offered by the Faculty of Humanities will be restructured as the BA (Hons)/BSc (Hons) Scheme in Language Sciences, Translation, and Speech Therapy to cultivate the next generation of language talents. The new programme will offer new elements such as Language Analytics and Speech Therapy, to better equip students for societal needs. Students can select their Major in their second academic year from Speech Therapy, Linguistics and Translation, and Language Sciences and Analytics according to their own interests and specialities. In particular, the curriculum of BSc (Hons) in Speech Therapy is designed with reference to the practice/registration standards of speech therapists in the UK, US, Canada and Australia. Graduates will be qualified to practise as registered speech therapists in different service settings, such as the Hospital Authority, schools and private clinics.

In addition, PolyU’s School of Accounting and Finance will launch the first BBA (Hons) in Digital Finance and Investment under the BBA (Hons) Scheme in Accounting and Finance to respond to the needs of fintech talents. PolyU’s School of Fashion and Textiles will also restructure and rename the BA (Hons) Scheme in Fashion and Textiles to BA(Hons) Scheme in Fashion to address the demands of industry talents.

PolyU’s Vice President (Education), Prof. Kwok-yin WONG, said, “We have been enhancing our undergraduate programmes in line with the needs of social development. Starting from this academic year, PolyU has launched the departmental scheme-based admissions arrangement and two new elements, AIDA and IE, so as to meet future societal needs. These developments are well-received by students in general, as they find that the enhanced curriculum can help broaden their perspectives, enrich their academic knowledge and improve their competitiveness. Looking forward, Hong Kong will give full play to its unique strengths to speed up its integration into national development. Meanwhile, PolyU will continue to nurture more talents for societal needs. I hope that all of our students can leverage the flexible study options provided by the University to better equip themselves for the opportunities in the future and make contributions to the community.”

STARS and other admission schemes unleash students’ potential

PolyU offers a variety of admission schemes to serve as alternative admission routes for those whose exceptional achievements cannot be fully reflected in their Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education (HKDSE) examination results. In addition to the Outstanding Sportsmen Recommendation Scheme (OSRS), which has been running for over 20 years, the University has commenced the Special Talents Admission and Recognition Scheme (STARS) in the 2022/23 academic year. Students who have demonstrated remarkable talents in sports; arts and culture; community service and leadership; and Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) will be provided with opportunities to receive quality tertiary education.

Under the scheme, the University will provide all-round support to students with the STARS Residential College and the STARS Scholarship. Prof. Ben YOUNG, Vice President (Student and Global Affairs), said, “Harnessing our quality holistic education, PolyU has been committed to nurturing our students into ‘leaders of tomorrow’ with professional knowledge, as well as an affection for Hong Kong and the country and a global perspective. As we value our students’ talents in different areas, we enable them to cultivate their potential and help them excel in both academia and their domain of expertise. A total of 94 freshmen were admitted through STARS this year. Some of them have participated and won awards in major international competitions, while others have been active in volunteering, or achieved exceptional performance in the area of innovation and technology. I sincerely wish that all the students who joined us through the first cohort of STARS can flourish at PolyU, and fully participate in our vibrant and dynamic campus life.” Prof. Young reminds students with special talents to submit their records of non-academic achievements with their applications, and place PolyU’s programmes higher on their JUPAS list.

Support offered under STARS includes:

  • STARS Scholarship of up to HK$100,000 per year
  • priority to be allocated at the STARS Residential College in the Homantin Halls to experience the diversified activities in the halls
  • individual mentorship of academic work
  • flexibility in learning and study assessments
  • extension of study periods

For details of STARS, please visit https://www.polyu.edu.hk/ar/ug-scholarships/

Separately, designated programmes of PolyU participating in the School Nominations Direct Admission Scheme (SNDAS) in 2023/24 will be increased to 30 from 23 in the previous year. Secondary school principals are invited to submit their nominations to PolyU via an online system between 6 October and 7 December 2022.

Flexible admission arrangements for 2023/24

The flexibility towards the minimum score requirement for JUPAS admissions will be continued in 2023/24. Students who fall slightly short of the general entrance requirements for degree programmes, i.e. “3-3-2-2-3-3” (level 3 in both languages and level 2 in Mathematics and Liberal Studies together with level 3 in two additional electives) but meet the following conditions will be given special consideration for admission:

  • one HKDSE subject result is one level below the required level “3-3-2-2-3-3” with a total score# in their best five subjects at least one point higher than the scheme-based average score for the best five DSE subjects of the last admission exercise
  • have selected PolyU’s degree programmes as their Band A choices, i.e. their first three priorities, in JUPAS


#HKDSE level attainments will be converted to score points where Level 5**=8.5, 5*=7, 5=5.5, 4=4, 3=3, 2=2, 1=1

For further information on applying for PolyU’s undergraduate programmes, please visit www51.polyu.edu.hk/eprospectus/

PolyU Undergraduate Info Day to be held on 8 October 2022

PolyU will hold the Undergraduate Info Day 2022 (Info Day) from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm on 8 October 2022 (Saturday). A broad range of activities will be available on the Info Day, such as admission talks, information seminars, consultation sessions, student sharing sessions, guided visits, exhibitions, and consultations with PolyU academic staff. There will also be talks on the newly launched STARS and the flexible admission arrangements to help prospective students with non-academic talents make an informed choice about their future academic pursuits at the University.

Highlight Events:

  • one JUPAS admission talk for Secondary Six students;
  • two admission talks for non-JUPAS applicants with international qualifications or sub-degree qualifications;
  • one admission talk to introduce STARS;
  • over 70 programme seminars organised by various faculties, schools and departments;
  • over 60 guided tours to various laboratories or facilities; and
  • student sharing and consultation sessions arranged by the Academic Registry and academic departments.

The Info Day will be held in a hybrid format. Participants are required to register in advance and choose the desired format and sessions. Please visit www.polyu.edu.hk/infoday/ for further information.

Undergraduate admission in the 2022/23 academic year

  • Among PolyU’s full-time public-funded undergraduate programmes, BSc (Hons) Scheme in Hotel and Tourism Management was the most popular, being chosen by 1,123 JUPAS applicants as their first choice. BSc (Hons) Scheme in Computing and AI and BBA (Hons) Scheme in Management and Marketing placed second and third, attracting 1,083 and 1,036 applicants respectively. More than 91% of PolyU admittees this year chose the University’s programmes as their Band A choices.
  • In terms of admission grades, the top three programmes were, subsequent to the Main Round Offer of JUPAS, BSc (Hons) in Physiotherapy (average score for the best six HKDSE subjects: 39.8), BSc (Hons) in Radiography (average score for the best six HKDSE subjects: 38.1) and BSc (Hons) in Occupational Therapy (average score for the best six HKDSE subjects: 37.6) respectively.
  • Among the admittees via JUPAS, the average score for the best five HKDSE subjects was 23.9.
  • 277 undergraduates admitted this year achieved 5** in at least one subject, with both Chinese and English at level 3 or above, in the HKDSE examination, attaining a notable admissions profile.

Hashtag: #PolyU

Bybit CEO Calls For Wall St to Embrace Crypto

Wall St Should Look to Adapt to Crypto, Not the Other Way Around

VICTORIA, SEYCHELLES – Media OutReach – 28 September 2022 – Ben Zhou, co-founder and CEO of Bybit, the top 3 crypto exchanges in the world by web traffic, has called for the traditional markets to embrace the change being driven by crypto.

Speaking at the Pantera Blockchain Summit Asia this week, Zhou discussed the growing convergence between traditional financial institutions and crypto. “The infrastructure is already in place and large institutions are already exploring and engaging at multiple levels with crypto leaders,” he commented.

But he said, “Wall St could do a lot more to truly embrace the innovation in the market and remain relevant.” adding that traditional financial service firms run the risk of facing the same fate as Nokia.

“Wall St has much more to gain if it embraces crypto, rather than the other way around.” he added.

Zhou was referring to Wall St’s traditional approach of assimilating innovation, within its increasingly outdated business model, only to see the innovation stifled and suffocated under internal processes and restrictions.

“There is a new financial services model for the world that is rapidly evolving,” the crypto CEO said. “The energy, innovation, and momentum are all with crypto.”

He used the exodus of talent to illustrate his point and how ‘The Street’ needs to catch up in this crypto race so as not lose out as top performers. “Talent is attracted to crypto by its faster-paced environments, its hunger, and its unrestricted ability to innovate,” he said.

Moderator Franklin Bi, confirmed as much when he talked of how during his time on Wall St, it would take 2 to 3 years to bring a new product to market, not the 2 to 3 weeks it takes Bybit.

Zhou co-founded Bybit in 2018 as a crypto derivatives exchange with a handful of trading pairs. Since then, it has grown into a one-stop shop for all things crypto with a 10-million-strong user base. Zhou achieved this, he said, partly because of crypto’s “can do” attitude.

Hashtag: #Bybit

About Bybit

Bybit is a cryptocurrency exchange established in March 2018 that offers a professional platform where crypto traders can find an ultra-fast matching engine, excellent customer service and multilingual community support. Bybit is a proud partner of Formula One racing team, Oracle Red Bull Racing, esports teams NAVI, Astralis, Alliance, Virtus.pro, Made in Brazil (MIBR), City Esports, and Oracle Red Bull Racing Esports, and association football (soccer) teams Borussia Dortmund and Avispa Fukuoka.

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Bybit Launchpad 2.0 to List PUMLx

Bybit Launchpad 2.0 to List PUMLx

GOLD COAST, AUSTRALIA – Media OutReach – 28 September 2022 – Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, has unveiled its latest listing on Bybit Launchpad 2.0 — PUMLx. PUMLx is the utility token of PUML Better Health and is now available to all Bybit users worldwide.

PUML Better Health is the original web3, move-to-earn platform for Corporate Wellness. PUML specializes in the move-to-earn, fitness, and wellness industry. Users are rewarded with PUMLx tokens on the Ethereum blockchain for completing health challenges such as steps, sleep, meditation, and more. The PUMLx token will drive its expansion into the consumer move-to-earn space by rewarding users with daily step claims within its mobile apps.

PUML Better Health has successfully launched Move-to-Earn for Corporates by partnering with major corporations such as LVMH, Deloitte, Western Union, and many more, generating significant revenue and growth.

Holders can use PUMLx for staking rewards, asset swapping, purchasing athlete NFTs and other unique utilities. PUMLx is also designed for users to buy PUML’s future in-game NFT named WearX, a wearable watch NFT that can be staked to multiply daily step claims and boost Move-to-Earn rewards.

PUMLx will ultimately help drive the growth and trajectory of the PUML ecosystem as it cements the credibility and integrity of the utility token and then transitions towards a governance token in the future.

Bybit Launchpad 2.0 is a freshly revamped platform connecting users with some of the most sought-after tokens in the space. Bybit users can commit BitDAO (BIT) to subscribe to token allocations or participate in Launchpad 2.0’s new lottery model, where users stake a nominal amount of Tether (USDT) for the chance to win allocations of new tokens. In addition, the best-performing tokens from previous listings are also available for purchase on the Launchpad.

Launchpad 2.0 is part of Bybit’s growth story as the platform recently reached 10 million users.

Hashtag: #Bybit

About Bybit

Bybit is a cryptocurrency exchange established in March 2018 that offers a professional platform where crypto traders can find an ultra-fast matching engine, excellent customer service and multilingual community support. Bybit is a proud partner of Formula One racing team, Oracle Red Bull Racing, esports teams NAVI, Astralis, Alliance, Virtus.pro, Made in Brazil (MIBR) and Oracle Red Bull Racing Esports, and association football (soccer) teams Borussia Dortmund and Avispa Fukuoka.

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ASEAN Countries Unite to End Violence Against Women 

Earlier last week, Lao Women’s Union (LWU) and the National Commission for the Advancement of Women, Mother-Child (NCAWMC) hosted the International Conference on Preventing and Responding the Violence Against Women in ASEAN.

Bybit Launchpool Lists The Angola Project Governance Token AGLA

TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS – Media OutReach – 28 September 2022 – Bybit, the world’s third most visited crypto exchange, is listing AGLA, the utility token of the Angola Project, on the Bybit Launchpool.

The Angola Project is a social NFT system built upon the blockchain-based web3 creator economy. Its aim is to become a mainstream NFT ecosystem by enabling people to create NFT content in their everyday lives. Users, as participants in the Angola project, can issue NFTs with images and video content using NFT cameras for a variety of purposes in the NFT social system. Once users issue NFTs, its value will be appraised by community members within the Angola ecosystem and other marketplaces within the system, and users will have opportunities to earn reasonable yield.

The AGLA token is used as a reward for activities in the Angola system and as a governance token. Users can use AGLA tokens to buy NFTs, or stakes in the marketplace. AGLA tokens earned by NFT sales are partially burned to limit supply and maintain the value. A total of 3 billion Ethereum-based (ERC-20) tokens will be issued.

Bybit Launchpool is a component of Bybit Earn, where users can stake and earn tokens for free with attractive APYs. Users can stake and unstake tokens at anytime, and earn fees on their staked currency. They can also earn bonuses in Tether (USDT).

The Angola system is organized by a web3 DAO with no intermediaries. The DAO is composed of ecosystem participants and investors of the Angola project.

Hashtag: #Bybit

About Bybit

Bybit is a cryptocurrency exchange established in March 2018 that offers a professional platform where crypto traders can find an ultra-fast matching engine, excellent customer service and multilingual community support. Bybit is a proud partner of Formula One racing team, Oracle Red Bull Racing, esports teams NAVI, Astralis, Alliance, Virtus.pro, Made in Brazil (MIBR) and Oracle Red Bull Racing Esports, and association football (soccer) teams Borussia Dortmund and Avispa Fukuoka.

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Vietnamese Surgeons Perform Life-Saving Surgery on Lao Baby

A Vietnamese doctor examines the baby before being discharged from the hospital.

An eight-month-old baby in Laos diagnosed with complicated congenital heart disease was successfully treated back to good health in Vietnam.

MIR LIST, A Legend GameFi Project, recently officially launched and released the first version of its NFT product, Marfa Apocalypse

OTTAWA, CANADA – Media OutReach – 28 September 2022 – MIR LIST, a Legend GameFi that combines games, NFT, DeFi and GameFi, has recently been officially launched globally, and the first version of the NFT product Marfa Apocalypse has been released and is now available on the Opensea platform. MIR LIST’s economic model balances user benefits with sustainability and has high quality and playability. The team overcame a series of technical difficulties such as NFT inlay, economic upChain and server expansion, to achieve a gaming experience similar to traditional AAA(A lot of Time, A lot of Money, A lot of Resources) games.

In terms of playablility, MIR LIST introduces a story-based game with good content, builds a new independently explorable combat competitive metaverse – Marfa Continent, unlocks prehistoric beasts, marriage square, gold square, dart missions, XDAG treasure scenes, and creates a globally Web3.0 metaverse opening gaming ecosystem to give players an immersive experience by using hyper-realistic technology .

In terms of technology, the MIR LIST gaming system is built in a network that balances decentralizaiton, scalability and security, with low fees, attracting a large number of both new and old players, ensuring sustainable development, eliminating high costs, thus allows the gaming economy expand rapidly and breaks the Web2 business monopoly, giving developers and players wonderful application experience.

In terms of Token Economy Model (Tokenomic), long running has been considered. And MIR LIST is currently offered platform token with the plan to issue 2 billion pieces for game props, transaction fees, NFT secondary market transaction taxes, voting on major issues, super node applications, and other MIR LIST ecological trade consumption, forming the MIR LIST value assessment model with Marfa Apocalypse NFT.

According to recent market developments, trailer of MIR LIST was launched in Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and other countries. Detailed game scenes, rich storyline, and unique gold-farming model attract the following and retweet of the community. MIR LIST official Twitter number increased to more than 10,000 people and the community reached to more than 100,000 people within a week. In return for the trust of users, MIR LIST also launched a global airdrop activity and was critically acclaimed. Meanwhile, with the integration of social elements, MIR LIST further increases the number of players and allows players to build their own fan communities, further enhance players stickiness .

Game and social are two interdependent modules. In traditional games, players interact, chat and arrange tactics when they play against each other, so the integration of game and social elements is more cater to players’ needs.

To increase the profitability of the game, MIR LIST has introduced a three-in-one play method, which combines the common PvP, PvE and P2E on-chain gameplay, and introduces XDAG, a completely decentralized, POW Mainnet coins based on a Directed Acyclic Graph to form a unique gold-farming model. XDAG is mined entirely by the community, unlocking maps through LP or through in-game matches, randomly exploding special materials, combined with X-crystals and other materials to synthesize XDAG which can eliminate in-game transaction fees and save time, giving community members more value proof to the holders, attracting the attention of the mainstream community and Axie players, and reducing the cumbersome game steps to remain player-friendly.

In terms of the platform’s economic model, MIR LIST has created a unique combination of HAX token and Marfa Apocalypse NFT, where game rewards will be distributed to active players through the NFT and TOKEN model, and adds a complete product closure loop and a clear value assessment model, avoiding the traditional chain game death spiral and the consumption of token by multiple ecologies, resulting in HAX token are in an absolute deflation state, while multiple scenarios require NFT for unlocking. NFT is issued in limited quantities, extremely rare, with extremely strong attributes, having the largest voting weight and airdrop probability in the entire MIR LIST system, which is also the identity medal of MIR LIST.

MIR LIST design concept originated from and service to players, they understand the players and focus on the long-term pursuit of players and revenue. The team continues to strengthen technology, transparent governance and community services to create a phenomenal Legend game production in Web3.0 field.

This year, the gamefi field financing amount has exceeded 4 billion U.S. dollars and the global chain game ecological download volume exceeds 110 million times. According to the current development trend of the chain game ecology, this year is expected to exceed 10 billion U.S. dollars. MIR LIST launched at the time of the rapid development, catch the trend of its rapid development, in the future, along with the continuous improvement of the MIR LIST ecology, it may lead the second half of the Web3.0 trend.

Hashtag: #MIRLIST

Bolikhamxay Police Arrest Two Men for Smuggling MDMA-Laced Coffee

Two men were detained for trying to smuggle MDMA from Vientiane Capital to Bolikhamxay Province.