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Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) has enrolled six elite Hong Kong athletes through the Talented Athletes Direct Admission Scheme (TADAS) launched earlier this year.

The six athletes are Olympic gold medallist fencer Cheung Ka-long, rugby player Forrest Shanna Sanman, table tennis player Kwan Man-ho, swimmer Kwok Chun-hei, Wushu athlete Lau Chi-lung, and track sprinter Shak Kam-ching. All of them are current athletes supported by the Hong Kong Sports Institute. 

The athletes have been admitted to the Physical Education and Recreation Management programme offered by the Department of Sport, Physical Education and Health at HKBU.

HKBU is dedicated to providing full support to Hong Kong athletes and the city’s development of sport. Over the years, the University has been conducting sport science research, and it offers comprehensive and diversified sport science and management programmes to nurture sporting talent in Hong Kong. The University established the Elite Athletes Admission Scheme (EAAS) in 2016 to offer flexible study arrangements for full-time athletes in Hong Kong.

Source and detail: https://www.hkbu.edu.hk/en/whats-new/press-release/2022/0816-hkbu-enrols-six-elite-athletes-through-the-talented-athletes-direct-admission-scheme.html