Led by Dr Eden Chow, Senior Lecturer of the Department of Accountancy, a group of HSUHK students participated in the HSMC-Whittier College Social Innovation Competition held at Whittier College in Los Angeles, USA from late January to early February 2019. Organised jointly by Whittier College and the Wu Jieh Yee Centre for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Institute of Youth Sustainability Leadership, and the Centre for Teaching and Learning of HSUHK, the competition aimed at increasing the awareness about critical social and environmental issues locally and across the globe pursuant to selected United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.