KE Spotlight
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Faculty Knowledge Exchange Awards 2024
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HKU Impact: Social Media Competition 2024
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KE Excellence Award and HKU Innovator Award 2023
Impact
![Preserving Hong Kong Sign Language: HKU's Inclusive Approach to Safeguarding an Endangered Language](http://www.ke.hku.hk/f/story/1259/380c260/handshape_detection_c.jpg)
Preserving Hong Kong Sign Language: HKU's Inclusive Approach to Safeguarding an Endangered Language
In the vibrant city of Hong Kong, a groundbreaking preservation initiative is underway to save a language that is on the verge of extinction – the Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL). As the primary means of communication for approximately 6,000 individuals, HKSL is an integral part of the deaf community's cultural identity.
Engagement
![Lifting the Burden of Hopelessness](http://www.ke.hku.hk/f/story/1221/380c260/Wellbeing%20Guardians_5.jpg)
Lifting the Burden of Hopelessness
"We want to intervene well before someone needs professional help, so we have moved away from a medical approach to a bio-psycho-social approach. Suicide is not only a medical problem, it’s a public health problem."
Global
![Rural Sustainability Programme – APAC Initiative for Regional Impact (AIRI) Held Inaugural Regional Roundtable](http://www.ke.hku.hk/f/story/1190/380c260/Photo4a.jpg)
Rural Sustainability Programme – APAC Initiative for Regional Impact (AIRI) Held Inaugural Regional Roundtable
AIRI is a proud extension and scaling up of our Rural Sustainability programme at Lai Chi Wo, where the great work has been recognised by the UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation in 2020
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The Migration Mystery of Hong Kong’s Danaid Butterflies
With its forests of high-rises reaching for the sky, Hong Kong is often referred to as a concrete jungle. But about 40% of the SAR’s total land is made up of public green spaces containing a rich diversity of flora and fauna.