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- Lingnan honours 53 outstanding research scholars as total number of patents for research projects hits record high
- Grandchildren engage in intergenerational care to relieve parental pressure: early grandparent-grandchild bonds prove crucial
- Heavy pressure on Hong Kong’s compound carers
- Higher nomophobia linked to more frequent social media use during less busy periods of negative emotion
- Educating retail investors to understand companies’ actual cash flows can effectively curb blind stock buying
- Endangered Lantau Short-legged Horned Toad may be undergoing speciation
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- In the footsteps of the Nobel Laureate: Lingnan launches the inaugural Samuel C.C. Ting Elite Class
- First cohort of the Samuel C.C. Ting Elite Class seeks fresh international horizons
- Lingnan University Flag Guard Team joins Beijing exchange tour Beneath the national flag: witnessing youth and mission
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- 54 Lingnan scholars in Stanford University’s World’s Top 2% Scientists
- Prof Sam Kwong Tak-wu elected Fellow of the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada
- Prof Jean-Michel Morel elected Foreign Member of the Luxembourg Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Prof Helen Geng Hongyan wins UGC Teaching Award
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- Five distinguished individuals receive honorary fellowships
- President S. Joe Qin speaks on interdisciplinary AI and governance at Digital Universities Asia 2026
- Lingnan co-hosts 2026 Summit on AI Ethics and Governance
- Lingnan and the Civil Service Bureau co-organise the first Government Career Fair
- Five innovative projects featured at InnoCarnival
- Cybersecurity Awareness Day 2026 to promote anti-fraud information
- Leading media and communications scholar Prof Meng Bingchun joins Lingnan University Institute for Advanced Study as Senior Lingnan Scholar
- Lingnan hosts South-South academic symposium focusing on development dilemmas and innovative cooperation in Global South
- Aquatic Meet 2026: athletes break four records
- Lingnan Host Family Scheme 2026-27 launches
Department of Economics celebrates its 30th anniversary with a gala dinner
- Faculty/Programme News
Issue No. 198 Oct 2026
The Department of Economics of Lingnan University hosted a gala dinner on 10 October to mark its 30th anniversary. Distinguished guests of honour and speakers included Prof Jesus Seade, former Vice-President of Lingnan University, Emeritus Professor of the Department of Economics, and
current Mexican Ambassador to China; Prof Edward Chen Kwanyiu, former President of Lingnan University; and Prof Xin Yao, Vice-President (Research and Innovation) and Tong Tin Sun Chair Professor of Machine Learning.
Prof Larry Qiu Dongxiao, Sydney S. W. Leong Chair Professor of Economics and Head of the Department of Economics, delivered the welcoming remarks, expressing his heartfelt gratitude to the faculty, staff, students, alumni, and partners for their unwavering support over the past three decades.
About 200 guests attended the dinner, including Prof Wei Xiangdong, former Dean of the Faculty of Social Sciences at Lingnan University and current Secretary General of the Hong Kong Examinations and Assessment Authority; Prof Lin Chen, Vice-President and Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Business) of The University of Hong Kong; alongside representatives from other universities, Lingnan colleagues, as well as alumni and current students from the Department’s various programmes, who all shared in the joy of this memorable evening.