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can offer more power engineering training
and other industry-related programming.”
In addition to improving lab facilities, funds
provide scholarships to encourage top-
notch local students to enter the industry
and succeed.
Hands-on experience
The connections that graduates build with
Husky Energy throughout their programmes
are critical to their success. Working as a
power engineer requires not only theoretical
knowledge, but also real experience in
facilities, known as “steam time”.
Husky Energy recruits power engineers
at all levels and supports trainees in
obtaining hands-on experience with actual
equipment. This has led to permanent job
offers for scholarship recipients who meet
Husky Energy’s high standards. The first
group will graduate in June 2015, confident
in their skills and many with a job in hand.
More Husky Energy-supported graduates
will follow.
In different parts of the world, young
people have different needs. On the
Canadian Prairies, it may be access to
world-class training so they can have
meaningful careers close to home. Other
youth may hope to travel the world to
pursue their dreams.
Alight with academic passion:
Hutchison Chevening Scholars
For students who excel academically,
tremendous opportunities await. HWL
helps those with the brightest potential to
further their ambitions. The rare few are
rewarded with the prestigious Hutchison
Chevening scholarship.
The global Chevening scholarship
programme was founded in 1983 by
the British government with the aim of
providing talented young people from
around the world the opportunity to study
in the United Kingdom and immerse
themselves in British culture. HWL has
supported the Hutchison Chevening
Scholarships since 2002.
Chevening’s global budget each year is
approximately GBP18 million, the majority
of which is funded by UK’s Ministry of
Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
The remaining funding is donated by
organisations around the world, including
HWL. For the past 12 years, HWL has
donated over GBP6.5 million to sponsor
more than 710 scholars from Hong Kong
and Mainland China to study in the UK.
“Since taking up my post in Hong Kong
last September, I have been struck by
what a great friend and commercial
partner Hutchison Whampoa is to the
UK,” said Caroline Wilson, British Consul
General to Hong Kong, in 2012. “This
is exemplified by the fact that HWL is
the most generous funding partner for
Chevening. I am very proud that we have
the Hutchison Chevening scholarship
and want to thank HWL for their massive
contribution. The work ensures that a
fantastic pool of talented candidates
have access to the opportunities the
programme provides.”
“The strong financial support
from this scholarship has been
incredibly helpful.”
Chung Pui-shan,
Hutchison Chevening scholar
With the support of HWL, young people
in Hong Kong can access one of the best
education opportunities in the world.
Alongside their formal studies, they
can experience all the history, heritage,
scenery, art, culture and sport that
Britain offers to broaden their horizons.
“I think the strong financial support from
this Scholarship has been incredibly
helpful, allowing us not only to focus on
our studies, but also to participate in
extracurricular activities,” says Chung
Pui-shan, a current Hutchison Chevening
scholar at the Institution of Development
Studies in the University of Sussex.
“One of the biggest gains from this
programme is definitely the connections
I’ve made,” says Paul Li, the 2004
Chevening scholar and current Vice
President of the British Chevening Scholars
(Hong Kong) Association. “Even when I
travel abroad, I frequently meet up with
other foreign Chevening scholars through
its extensive global alumni network.”
While the complex needs of students vary
from place to place—from the heights of
British education to humble Vietnamese
villages—Hutchison is making a difference
in the lives of young people all around the
world.
Chevening scholars congregate in Britain.
