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This year’s Medstart, the two-day medical school immersion programme for secondary school students interested in studying medicine in Hong Kong, inspired participants through activities on the theme of non-communicable diseases. The event aimed to impress upon the students the importance of public health issues, and how they relate to medicine. The Faculty welcomed its new batch of freshmen for the year 2018-19. Around 100 freshmen had a spectacular stay in the Medic Orientation Camp 2018, organised by the Medical Society, HKUSU. Highlights of the three-day camp included using deductive skills in the Detective Game and dances campfire. The freshmen worked hard and made many new friends as well as memories, which would support them as they start their university lives. Medstart 2018 Focuses on Non- communicable Diseases Medic Orientation Camp Lights Up Freshmen’s University Lives AMSAHK Wins Runner-up Award for Disability Awareness Campaign medical students and the public about the problems encountered by people with disabilities and to promote social inclusion and acceptance. In addition, AMSAHK was successful in its bid to host the next Asia Pacific Regional Meeting in 2019. Fourteen AMSAHK delegates from Hong Kong attended the annual gathering of the International Federation of Medical Students’ Associations (IFMSA) Asia Pacific Regional Meeting, held in Seoul, South Korea in early July 2018. Participants shared ideas, experiences and projects on the theme of “Mental Health”. During the gathering, AMSAHK’s #DifferentlyAble – A Disabilities Awareness Campaign was placed 2nd among many other inspiring projects and programmes. This campaign aims to educate Next Generation 38