Project Mingde 20+ 明德工程20+

This volume commemorates over twenty years of Project Mingde’s journey, an initiative established by Professor Nicolas Yeung, a 1971 graduate in Civil Engineering of The University of Hong Kong, and his late wife Lorene. The University motto in Chinese, 明德格物, is a call to manifest virtue (明德, Mingde) and to investigate (格物, Gewu). Inspired by this motto, Project Mingde has two core missions: to provide students with experiential learning opportunities through hands-on charitable building projects, and to support rural education policies for ethnic minority tribes in impoverished localities in the Chinese mainland and Vietnam through minor projects. Founded in 2003, Project Mingde has since grown from a construction-focused initiative into a broader programme encompassing community engagement service and scholarship awards.

Project Mingde 20+ highlights more than twenty past projects, each reflecting the commitment and dedication to service and education by all the stakeholders. The book also celebrates the thriving community of academics, students, and alumni that has emerged through Project Mingde’s work.

Project Mingde was founded in 2003 and is an initiative under the Department of Civil Engineering at The University of Hong Kong.