On the Donor

The Hew Foundation is a privately held foundation established for the disbursement of awards and bursaries for education related endeavours.

In 2015, The Hew Foundation agreed to donate a sum to the Faculty of Law for the establishment of a scholarship fund for an annual award to up to two registered law students at The University of Hong Kong. 

Purpose and Scope

A maximum of two scholarships, amounting in total to not more than HK$15,000, shall be awarded to law students for participating in educational activities, including but not limited to exchange programmes, internships, research field work and service learning, which is held outside Hong Kong and in any Asian jurisdiction, including Mainland China.

Selection Criteria:

• Academic merit;
• Financial need; 
• Quality of the proposal of the educational activity

For undergraduate students, the Scholarship cannot be held concurrently with other enrichment scholarships administered under the HKU Worldwide Exchange Programme.

The awardee(s) will be required to submit a short report to the Foundation following the completion of the intended activities for which the scholarship was awarded for.