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Recipe For Success 成功秘訣, Ici Editorial Team

AMBROSIA 客道 : The Magazine of The International Culinary Institute

The International Culinary Institute provides students an array of opportunities to enhance their knowledge, interact with experts, and participate in special events and competitions.

國際廚藝學院提供學生開拓人生的良機，讓他們提升知識、與專家交流互動、參與特別活動及競賽。

Eau De Vie 生命之水

AMBROSIA 客道 : The Magazine of The International Culinary Institute

A healthy diet works best when a person is spiritually and physically well-balanced. Food is fuel and its effects will vary, depending on the degree of harmony in a person’s body. Spa treatments are an excellent way of ensuring that a person’s digestive system is in tune and can make the best use of the nutrition it receives. Jeremy Payne explored the spa path to good eating at the T Hotel.

為達致最佳的健康飲食效果，平衡身心靈是不二法門。食物猶如燃料，其功效取決於身體的內在平衡。水療能夠確保腸道暢通，讓身體充分吸收食物的營養。我將在此介紹 T 酒店的出色水療服務與健康美食，為你帶來一趟精彩的美食與健康之旅。

Food Nation 美食天堂

AMBROSIA 客道 : The Magazine of The International Culinary Institute

Hong Kong derives its name from a Cantonese expression 香港, which means "fragrant harbour". Scholars attribute the name to incense factories that stored merchandise in Aberdeen warehouses in the 19th century, but these days it's the scent of cooking that fills the air with sweet aromas as a wave of new restaurants open their doors. As Daniel Jeffreys reports, the city's vibrant culinary scene has made its appetite for skilled labour almost insatiable.

英文"Hong Kong"得自於「香港」的粵語諧音，「香港」意指「芳香之港」。根據學者研究，在19世紀之時，石排灣港口﹝今香港仔一帶﹞因運銷香樹製品馳名遠近，享有「香港」之美譽，其後整座島嶼亦因此得名。時至今日，隨著眾多新餐廳的次第開張，令香港飄香四溢、享譽全球的已不再是香料，而是各種美味佳餚。而這座城市蓬勃發展的飲食業，亦對訓練有素的專業人員求才若渴。

Talent Magnet 人才匯聚

AMBROSIA 客道 : The Magazine of The International Culinary Institute

The Vocational Training Council's International Culinary Institute (ICI) began accepting students last Autumn in preparation for the opening of its new purpose-built campus at Pokfulam, which is expected to be completed in 2017/18. ICI is destined to become a key player in Hong Kong's burgeoning culinary industry. The AMBROSIA team describes how the brand identity for the new institute has been forged.

職業訓練局(VTC)轄下的國際廚藝學院(ICI)已於去年秋季開始招收學生，其位於薄扶林的新教學大樓則預計會在2017/18年竣工。隨著香港餐飲業蓬勃發展，ICI將扮演重要角色。《AMBROSIA》的團隊，將為您講述了ICI建立品牌形象的精彩故事。

Rising Tide 風起雲湧

AMBROSIA 客道 : The Magazine of The International Culinary Institute

In 2017/18 the Vocational Training Council's International Culinary Institute will open the doors of its new building in Pokfulam. The leaders of Hong Kong's culinary industry have welcomed the project, which is designed to speed the flow of trained staff to the city's booming food sector.

2017/18年，職業訓練局成立的國際廚藝學院(ICI)將正式啟用位於薄扶林的新教學大樓，力求為香港蒸蒸日上的餐飲業提供源源不絕的專業人才，而此舉無疑是香港餐飲業翹楚所喜聞樂見的。

Twin Drivers 兩位主席承先啟後 創立國際廚藝學院

AMBROSIA 客道 : The Magazine of The International Culinary Institute

Vocational Training Council chairman Dr Clement Chen and the chairman of the ICI's steering committee Dr Andrew Leung have been key players in spearheading the launch of Hong Kong's new International Culinary Institute (ICI). Both see the new gastronomic academy as a major milestone in the development of the city's international gourmet industry.

職業訓練局(VTC)主席陳鎮仁博士和國際廚藝學院督導委員會主席梁君彥博士是創立國際廚藝學院的領軍人物，陳博士和梁博士深信國際廚藝學院的成立是推動香港的國際餐飲業發展更上一層樓的里程碑。

Turning Thirty

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The Hong Kong Design Institute played host to the kick-off ceremony for the Vocational Training Council's 30th Anniversary on February 29th 2012…

Designing A Solution

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

These examples of work from this year's graduates show not only creativity but also problem solving. Here, the students themselves take us through their projects…

Poetry In Motion

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The Emerging Design Talents 2016 programme has seen a truly spectacular selection of creativity from this year's graduates.

Play On

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Music lab is the work of Higher Diploma in Interior Design student, Forest Lai Yip Lam, and pays tribute to the Hong Kong music Industry…

Keeping In Fashion

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The Fashion Archive at Hong Kong Design Institute is a treasure trove of historical and significant pieces. We explore the huge collection and discover how it's helping to launch new careers.

Extreme Constructs

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

A group of Master's in Architecture students experienced life in the Arctic to understand how best to design modern environmental structures that can survive extreme conditions.

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Outstanding Alumni

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Organised by the Hong Kong Design Centre, the Hong Kong Young Design Talent Awards celebrate and support up-and-coming designers, awarding sponsorships for overseas placements to help them reach their potential. Eunice Tsang speaks with four HKDI graduates among this year's winners.

New To Pmq

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Image Lab 360° is an innovative and entrepreneurial concept that combines creative savvy with business sensibility

The School Of Constructed Realities, Anthony Dunne, Fiona Raby

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Today we visited a new school of design developed specifically to meet the challenges and conditions of the 21st century. It offers only one degree, an MA in Constructed Realities. Having sat through the presentations for the open day, we were still a little unclear about its distinctions between real realities, unreal realities, real unrealities and unreal unrealities... (Article originally written for Maharam Stories, with permission to reprint)

The Crafting Of Design Minds

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The cache of graduate projects from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne on display at HKDI reveals a wide-eyed curiosity that is characteristic of the renowned Swiss school's energetic approach to design education.

Talent Carnival

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The WorldSkills talent sharing competition that began in 1950 has proved to be an international source of inspiration and learning for vocational education. This year the WorldSkills Hong Kong 2014 event paved the way for next year's "skill olympics" in Brazil.

Angel's Share

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The Muses Foundation for Culture and Education is a low-profile organisation founded by May Koon. It has a simple ambition, to provide funding for creative people that will help them realise their potential.

Distance Learning

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The Travelling Fashionistas arrived in Hong Kong this summer to present their novel approach to design education, based on a mixture of international awareness and a hands-on approach to tools and materials

Seize The Day

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

We have entered a new era, when taste and appetites are in flux and opportunities can evaporate in seconds. To triumph, designers need to think with creativity, deplay craft and technique, step forward with passion, and diligently observe the market. The work unveiled at the HKDI's annual design show had all these elements.

Water Born

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

Sheila Levrant de Bretteville caused ecstasy and outrage in 1990 when she became director of the Yale University Graduate Program in Graphic Design and the first woman to receive tenure at the Yale University School of Art. It was not the first time she made waves and certainly not the last. For the last six months she has brought her exceptional talent to HKDI where she led a student-based project designed to help Hong Kong appreciate its unique environment.

Striking A Balance

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The best design education creates harmony between carftsmanship and creativity, with students being equally equipped to manufacture and inspire. This year's annual design show "Search…Becoming - Emerging Design Talents" at HKDI and IVE-Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (Lee Wai Lee) revealed that there are many different ways to achieve the right mix between technique and innovation.

Thought Process

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The HKDI's Department of Product & Interior Design operates on the belief that great designs only become fabulous products if they have good working principles behind them. As programme leader Bill Chan reveals to Summer Cao this approach helps create sustainable careers and a healthier design environment.

Farewell Notes

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

VTC Auditorium at HKDI came alive on July 8th as graduates from the Digital Music and Media programme performed Music in Motion: Playful Gig, a selection of original compositions by students. As Daisy Zhong reports, eight teams competed for prizes including a Grand Award for best overall performance.

Winds Of Change

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

When the HKDI's annual Fashion Show and Image Show took place on two sultry nights in June, graduates from the Department of Fashion and Image Design (FID) blew a typhoon of fresh ideas across a packed audience, as they presented a series of spectacular collections on Design Boulevard. But as Daisy Zhong and Lisa Li report the extravagant shapes on display have a practical role to play in securing a future for some of Hong Kong's most talented designers.

Roll Up, Roll Up!

SIGNED: The Magazine of The Hong Kong Design Institute

The graduation show presented by the HKDI's Visual Communication students was inspired by the circus world and proved that when it comes to innovation the school's creative resources run deep.

Development Of Practical Vocational Training Class Making Use Of Virtual Reality-Based Simulation System And Augmented Reality Technologies, Hoi Kok, Calvin Cheung, Sai Lok, Eric Liu

Staff Publications

Virtual reality (VR) refers to the technologies creating a virtual environment to provide users a sensory simulation of the environment being presented. In Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE), we are in the process of developing a VR-based simulation system having four screens surrounding users to simulate an immersive environment. This application is commonly known as the cave automatic virtual environment (CAVE). The objective of our VR-based simulation system project is to apply the virtual reality and the augmented reality (AR) technologies for practical training in vocational education and training (VET). Our system is used for various training programs …

How Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics (Stem) Project-Based Learning Improves Student Learning, Ho Yeung, Tommy Cheung, Man Hon Chow, Ping Kuen Chiu

Staff Publications

The purpose of this paper is to examine how extra-curricular and academic performance is affected by student participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) under project-based learning (PBL) activities. General observation and quantitative analysis was used to evaluate the two aspects. A solar car team project under the philosophy of STEM and PBL is developed and more than two hundred students from electrical and mechanical engineering field participated in the team project and learnt the STEM PBL core value. The team aims to develop a solar-powered vehicle to demonstrate the viability of a renewable energy through the use of …

Vocational Education And Training (Vet) Of Quantity Surveying In Hong Kong, Ken Hui

Staff Publications

Vocational education and training (VET) in Hong Kong has long been regarded as non-mainstream and second-tier education for students who failed in academic education (Lim, 2008, 2010). The government of HKSAR and some non-government organizations are offering education programmes for these students in concerning with social injustice. In Hong Kong, VET has acquired a stigma and is automatically seen as second-class education. (Lim, 2008). This assertion is tested on quantity surveying education in this study. Quantity surveying education originated as part time day-release programmes which allowed students to receive academic and practical training at the same time. It was then …

Joint Vpet Programme At Higher Diploma Level, Yau Cheung, Frankie Leung

Staff Publications

In 2008, Vocational Training Council (VTC) collaborated with Shenzhen Polytechnic (SZPT) in the introduction of a Higher Diploma in Electrical Services Engineering. As part of the collaboration, Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education (IVE) students spent 2 out of 6 semesters studying at SZPT, and upon graduation, they were given 2 awards from VTC and SZPT separately. In co-ordination for the graduates of the New Academic Structure in 2012, VTC revamped all Higher Diploma Programmes as 2-year, 5-semester structure. The Higher Diploma in Electrical Services Engineering course was revamped and became a stream of the Higher Diploma in Electrical Engineering …