2009 Annual Review
HKUSTAA is a unique and valuable network of mostly young professionals across industries. This network exists for 3 purposes: 1. Empower Alumni. 2. Give Back to HKUST. 3. Contribute to the Society. It is my honor to serve the Association. This report highlights some of the achievements by a team of enthusiastic alumni with which I am proud to work with.
1. Empower Alumni
Launched first-of-its-kind Graduate Mentoring Program
We have invited 11 multinationals to provide mentors for this innovative program for our young graduates. We have received a large number of application of mentees since the opening for application. Based on their quality of application, 13 were invited. The kick off ceremony officiated by HKUST president Professor Tony Chan was held on 16th Oct with him and Prof. Roland Chin (Deputy to the President), Prof. YS Wong (Vice President for Administration and Business), Charles Ho (GMP Program Director) and myself to join the toast. It is our pleasure to have the presence of many Deans and mentors as VIPs as well.
An advertorial in Sing Tao was published on 22nd Oct as an acknowledgement to all supporters. The program was also reported by Ming Pao on 16th Oct, 17th Oct and Sing Tao on 24th Nov.
On behalf of the Association, I would like to thank the following mentors and their colleagues from the HR and PR departments of their companies for their support:
• Vincent Tung, Managing Director, HK Site Management, Alstom
• Simon Leung, Director of Operations, APAC Wireless Innovations Group, Andrew International Corporation
• Andy Wong, Human Resources Business Partner Executive, British American Tobacco
• Taky Woo, Director – Merchandise, The Dairy Farm Limited - Mannings
• Dominic Wong, Services Sales Manager, IT Sales, HP
• Annabella Lo, Country Manager, Solution Partners Organization, HP
• Ted Suen, Infrastructure Technology Outsourcing (ITO) Greater China and Korea Leader, HP
• Albert Wong, Manager, Service Management, Greater China Group, IBM
• Michael Ma, Management Practice Leader, Hong Kong Supply Chain Management, Global Business Service, IBM
• Amy Yau, Partner, Audit, KPMG
• Karmen Yeung Partner, Tax Advisory, KPMG
• Jeffrey Wong Executive Director, Technology, Morgan Stanley
• Roger Yu, Manager, APAC Revenue Management, FedEx
• Torsten Stocker, Vice Preident, Monitor Group
• John Diener, Chief Strategy Officer, ZuelligPharma Asia Pacific
• Doug Stanton, Chief Human Resources Officer, Zuellig Pharma Asia Pacific
Organized 6 Get-Togethers
December 2008 - With Starbucks, At Starbucks
January 2009 - Hiking in the North East New Territories
February 2009 - Sharing with Dr William Lo on wine investment strategy
March 2009 - Saturday dinner at an all-American style café
May 2009 - Photography outing to Sam Mun Tsai
June 2009 - The Jewelry of Life
July 2009 - Let Us Take a Break. Have a Drink & Play Pool!
August 2009 - A Cup of Tea
September 2009 - Skipped due to the preparation of GMP Kickoff
October 2009 - Get-Together, Support "天災無情; 人間有愛 - 山區村寨醫療站電影籌款"
November 2009 - Skipped due to the preparation of the Annual Dinner
Continued Project Sundial
3 successful entrepreneurs have accepted our invitation to contribute and be part of this innovative project which aims at promoting inspiring entrepreneur stories of HKUST alumni, establishing the first entrepreneurship scholarship in HKUST and building a quality network among HKUST entrepreneur alumni. The entrepreneurs are:
Mr. Ken Wong, Asia Vision Technology Limited
Mr. Francis Kwok, Radica Systems Limited
Mr Alvin Lam, PacificLink iMedia Limited
Mr. Winky WK Wong, Artenano Chemical Limited
2. Creatively Give Back to the Alma Mater
Supported President Fun Run on 2009/5/31
Completed 29 laps in one hour
-Raised HK$11500 for our Alma Meter
Outreached to the future alumni through the Outstanding Student Executive Awards (OSEA)
OSEA is a voluntary service internship for HKUST students and was firstly launched in February 2009.
-Over 50 program applicants,
-Around 25 shortlisted for interview and training,
-13 Student Executives (should be Student Executives or students and executives) appointed,
-9 Student Executives (as above) awarded Certificates of Merits,
-2 received the Outstanding Student Executive Award presented by President Professor Paul Chu on 11th May 2009,
-OSEA award news reported by Ming Po on 2009/5/12.
Supported Confluence Dinner
The HKUST Alumni Confluence Dinner was held on 13 May 2009. Over 20 alumni joined this meaningful event. Our sincere gratitude to alumni speaker - Dr Jack Lau, awardee of Ten Outstanding Young Persons 2000, for his sharing on his past campus experience, entrepreneurship, and advice to the students in career development.
Senior administrator visit
The Executive Commitee has visited the HKUST President, Deputy President, 2 Vice Presidents, 3 Deans and other 10 Senior Administrators of HKUST after inauguration.
3. Contribute to the Society
- Care Program Carried on
Service to Ethnic Minority
- Partnership with the Salvation Army
1. Fifteen alumni enjoyed a cross ethnic Chinese New Year party with Nepalese children as well as Chinese elderly persons on 17 and 24 January.
2. Twelves alumni and family enjoyed a day trip to Tai Tong Lychee Valley with ethnic minority families on 12 April.
Service to the Youth
- Partnership with Young Entrepreneurs Development Council
Formed 8 team per semester (Feb - May and Oct - Jan), each consists of 3 members, for School-Company Partnership (SCP) Programme which aims as helping secondary students connect to the commercial world to acquire an entrepreneurial mindset prior to entering the workforce.
Service in Poverty - partnership with Oxfam Rice Sale and HKUST
Arranged over 80 HKUST students to participate in the Oxfam Rice Sale during the weekends of May
Association Development
Annual Dinner at the Hong Kong Jockey Club
To attract even more alumni to come back, for the first time, we will hold our Annual Dinner outside the HKUST campus. The move is challenging both financially and operationally. Thanks to the nice work of the Exco, the program team and many others during the feasibility study, site visit and patron solicitation, we feel fortunate and excited to launch the HKUSTAA Annual Dinner:
Date: Jan 15, 2010
Venue: Racecourse, Hong Kong Jockey Club, Happy Valley
Deloitte becomes our Honorary Auditor
We feel honored to announce that Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu has accepted our invitation to be the Honorary Auditor of HKUSTAA. Our Honorary Auditor will audit our financial statements for the year ended in March 2009. This would be the first time that HKUSTAA's financial statements be audited through a CPA firm and this would mark our first step in continual improvement of the governance of the Association. On behalf of the Association, I would like to express our appreciation to Deloitte for their support.
Invited 6 Honorary Advisors
• Honorable Ir Dr Raymond Ho Chung-tai SBS, MBE, SBStJ, JP (何鍾泰博士 工程師), Legislative Councillor (Engineering Functional Constituency), HKSAR
• Honorable Mr. Paul CHAN Mo Po MH JP (陳茂波議員), Legislative Councillor (Accountancy), HKSAR
• Ir Dr. LO Wai-kwok JP (盧偉國博士 工程師), Past President of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
• Ir Edmund K H Leung OBE JP (梁廣灝先生 工程師), Past President of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers (HKIE)
• Mr. George Lung JP (龍子明先生), Member of the National Committee of The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (全國政協委員)
• Ms Agnes K O Koon (管胡金愛女士), Chairlady of The Hong Kong Federation of Insurers
Awarded as Caring Organization for the 3rd year
We received the Caring Organization 2008-09 Award from the Hong Kong Council of Social Service. The Caring Organization 2009-10 Award is under nomination.
Simplify information access and sharing
We have revamped www.ustaa.hk and built a Unified Document Infrastructure (UDI) which enables secure and convenient access of information within the Association's executives.
Held a Consultation Forum on 2008/12
Acknowledgement
Finally, I would like to express my heart-felt appreciation to the great team in delivering the above outcomes for the Association. Your efforts are greatly appreciated.
Executive Committee Members
Ronny Hui, Deputy President
Lysanda Lam, Treasurer
Kevin So, Vice-President (Membership)
Ken Cheung, Vice-President (Operation)
George Chan, Vice-President (University Development)
Program Directors
Connie Lee
Charles Ho
Jennifer Luk
Germaine Chan
Rita Lo
Roman Cheng
Program Managers
Maggie Chan
Leona Ng
Ming Tam
Ricky Ng
Project and Student Executives
Chan Tak Lun ,
Khor Sher Lyn,
Viola Zhang,
Novia Wong,
Ray Chan,
Joshua Tsui,
Jennifer Hu,
Charles Chung,
Ragavan Meenakshi Sundaram,
Hamish Lam,
Ivan Chan,
Lucy Chau,
Walter Ng
Venus Tsoi
Program Advisors and Supporting Organizations of HKUST
President Prof Tony Chan
Ex-President Prof Paul Chu
Deputy President Prof Roland Chin
Vice President (Administration and Business) Prof YS Wong
Acting Vice President (Reseach and Development) Prof Matthew Yuen
Finance Director Mr. Philip Wong
Deans of Schools
Student Affairs Office
Office of the President
Office of University Development and Public Affairs
Partners and Other Supporting Organizations
GMP companies - Morgan Stanley, Monitor Group, IBM, HP, KPMG, Alstom, Dairy Farm, Cisco, British American Tobacco, Zuellig Pharma and Andrew HK
Sundial publishing company - 才藝館
Many other great Alumni who had helped and continually supported.
