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Recent Activities of Alumni Associations

Recent Festive Gatherings of HKBU Alumni Association of Australia HKBU Alumni Association of Australia organised a Christmas gathering on 12 December 2019 at Zilver Restaurant, Sydney, which was attended by President Sidney Cheng (Communication), Clara Cheng (Social Work), Peggy Siu (Secretarial Management) and her spouse Andrew Chan, Augustus Ho (Physics) and his spouse, Peter Chu (Chemistry), Richard Lam (Communication), Leung Ting-chun (Civil Engineering) and his spouse Chan Bun-yee (Civil Engineering), Ken Yip (Social Work) and his spouse. Special guests of the gathering included former Head of Department of History of HKBU, Prof. Edward Fung and his spouse, President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong Alumni Association of Australia Owen Wong and former President Steve Lam, President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (Australia) Association Joseph Yu and Committee Member Karen Tam. The Association also extended a warm welcome to Ms. Charmaine Wong, a representative of the Australian Regional Sales Office of Regal Hotels International, who joined the gathering for the first time. The Association was honoured to have Lawyer Karen Tam to give a talk on the latest immigration law of Australia, following which Ms. Charmaine Wong was invited to host the lucky draw and present fabulous prizes to the lucky ones at the gathering. All alumni and guests had a great and happy time. On 18 January 2020, the Association also organised a Chinese New Year Eve gathering at the residence of Peggy Siu and her spouse Andrew Chan, which is at Bella Vista, Sydney. Attending guests of this gathering included alumni President Sidney Cheng and his spouse, Vice-President Lawrence Chan (Communication) and his spouse, Clara Cheng, Eddie Chu (Communication) and his spouse Henie Tsang (Communication/ Secretarial Management), Richard Lam, Leung Ting-chun and his spouse Chan Bun-yee, Ken Yip and his spouse, and their friends and families. Hosts Peggy Siu and Andrew Chan extended warm hospitality to all invited guests, who had a wonderful time singing, dancing, playing table tennis, riddle games and enjoying delicious festive food together. They also took the opportunity to send to each other their best wishes in the Year of the Rat. All alumni, retired or former academic and administrative staff of the University residing in Australia are welcome to join the Association and participate in its events and gatherings. Those who are interested in joining the Association’s chat group to get the latest information about the Association, or joining its events and gatherings, please contact alumnus Sidney Cheng at (61) 415 561 321 or alumnus Lawrence Chan at (61) 410 628 062. HKBU Alumni Association of Australia Christmas gathering     HKBU Alumni Association of Australia welcoming Year of the Rat gathering

HKBU Alumni Association of British Columbia Organised Snake Feast HKBU Alumni Association of British Columbia organised a snake feast in Vancouver on 8 December 2019, which was well attended by 40 alumni and their family members. The participants all had a great time enjoying the dinner as well as the karaoke session that followed. The Association will hold its annual general meeting on 21 March 2020. Alumni interested in joining the general meeting please email to hkbuaabc@yahoo.ca. Participants of the HKBUAA of British Columbia snake feast gathering pose for a group photo.

HKBU Alumni Association of Shanghai Elected New Board of Directors Under the leadership of President alumnus Gilman Too (Communication), the HKBU Alumni Association of Shanghai (SHAA) held a general meeting in early January and the following new Board of Directors were elected for the term 2020-21: President: Gilman Too (Communication) Vice-President (cum Treasurer and Promotion Director): Johnny Li (UIC-Accounting; Green Technology) Secretary: Trinity Tu (Business Administration) Membership Division: Iris Shen (Communication) Recreation Division: Zhang Chi (UIC-International Journalism; Communication) Audrey Wang (Communication) Leon Huang (Business Administration) The objective of SHAA is to connect alumni residing or working in Shanghai. For those who are interested in joining the Association’s activities, please contact alumnus Gilman Too at email: gilmantoo@yahoo.com. President alumnus Gilman Too

HKBU Early Childhood Education Alumni Association Holds Annual General Meeting HKBU Early Childhood Education Alumni Association held its Annual General Meeting on 12 December 2019, during which the following members of the Executive Committee were elected for the term 2020-2022: President: Mr. Chiu Man Lik Bruno Vice-President: Ms. Law Wai Mei Treasurer: Ms. Leung Sau Ting Secretary: Mr. Cheng Kai Yin Miss Tai Ka Man Academic Officer: Ms. Chung Wai Hang Recreation Officer: Ms. Wong Kate Coordinator: Miss Lam Ping Advisor: Ms. Kwan Siu Kau Ms. Chan Hang, MH Ms. Siu Lin Ying Ms. Ho Yin Ping Josephine Academic Advisor: Ms. Yun Pei Kei Kate The new Executive Committee members of HKBU Early Childhood Education Alumni Association pose for a group photo with Associate Dean (Programme Development) of the School of Continuing Education, HKBU, Dr. Amelia N.Y. Lee, MH (front row middle).

HKBU MBA (China) Alumni Join Hands in Combating Epidemic With the continuing spread of the novel coronavirus in the Hubei Province and other parts of the Mainland China, various personal protective equipment items were heavily sought after by hospitals and clinics in Wuhan and other major cities. In view of this, HKBU MBA (China) Alumni Association has mobilised 3,000 alumni to collect and donate surgical masks to the relevant authorities with a view to combating the spread of the novel coronavirus epidemic. It was encouraging to see that this meaningful initiative has gained wide support. On 1 February, the first batch of 12,000 surgical masks was collected and donated to Nanfang Hospital, which is affiliated to Southern Medical University, for its medical support team who were going to Huoshenshan Hospital of Wuhan to join the fight against the contagious disease. The second batch of 5,000 face masks was donated to frontline workers of various ministries to help them with their epidemic prevention work.    Leaders of the Southern Medical University are grateful for the mask donation initiated by HKBU MBA (China) Alumni Association.

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