CUHK

MENTORSHIP

PROGRAMME 2014

Summer

Newsletter

Office of Student Affairs

 

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Table of Content

Mentees of Sir David Akers-Jones

CHEUNG Fuk Shing …………………………………………………. P.8

LAU Pui Yan ………………………………………………………. . P.8 TONG Ka Ki ………………………………………………………… P.8 Wong Tsz Yan ……………………………………………………….. P.8 ZOU Quan …………………………………………………………… P.8 Mentee of Ms. Diana Au Yeung MA Ching Man ………………………………………………………. P.9

Mentee of Ms. Agnes Chan KAM Tsz Ching ……………………………………………………… P.9 Mentees of Ms. Belinda Chan LIN Jiayi ……………………………………………………………. P.9 TRAN Chun Yin ……………………………………………………... P.9

Mentees of Dr. Chan Cheuk Hay LI Ka Lee …………………………………….……….……….…….. P.10 Mentee of Mr. Eric Chan TSE Cheuk Lam……………………………………………………… P.11 Mentee of Prof. Chan Kan Ip, Philip WONG Tze Kiu ……………………………….………….………….. P.11 Mentee of Mr. Craig Chapman CHEUNG Lok Yan …………………………………….…………….. P.12 Mentee of Dr. Cheong Chit Sun, Jackson KOO Chi Hong ………………………………………………………. P.11 Mentees of Mr. Evan Chiu MA Ka Yee…………………………………………………………… P.12 LI Huanhuan…………………………………………………………. P.12 Mentee of Ms. Chiu Yim Fan, Joanne TSE Yuen Tung……………………………………………………… P.13 Mentee of Mr. Jeremy Choi Angela TONG ……………………………………………………….. P.13 Mentee of Mr. Gary Choy LAI King Ngai ……………………………………………………….. P.13 ZHOU Yue …………………………………………………………... P.13

 

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Mentees of Dr. Chung Wai Ling, Margaret

LUI Wing Tung ……………………………………………………… P.14 Perry KU ……………………………………………………………. P.14

Mentee of Ms. Eliza Fan CHOW Shuk King …………………………………………………… P.15 Mentees of Ms. Ha Suk Ling, Shirley PAN Yue ……………………………………………………………. P.16 YIU Tsz Shing ……………………………………………………….. P.16 Mentees of Mr. Gordon Hau LUK Ka Wing ………………………………………………………… P.15 MOK King Shing……………………………………………………… P.15 Mentee of Mr. Thomas Hoeborn MA Cheuk Kin ………………………………………..……………… P.16 Mentee of Mrs. Elsie Hui SHUM Chi Wing ……………………………………………………… P.17 Mentee of Ms. Iris Hung YE Hao Kai …………………………………………………………… P.17

Mentee of Ms. Alice Ip POON Mei Suet ………………………………………………………. P.18

Mentees of Ms. Ip Miu Yin, Sarah CHU Shun Ying ……………………………………………………… P.18 LEUNG Tze Zhen Tina ………………………………………………. P.18 Mentees of Mr. Peter Jackson HO Chun Ho ………………………………………………………… P.19 MATTES Jessica Sandra ……………………………………………… P.20 Mentees of Dr. Paul Kan PENG Xueni ……………………………………………………….… P.22-23 CHEE Ching Him …………………………………………………….. P.23 Mentee of Mr. Sanson Ko CHAN Hoi Yan……………………………………………………….. P.20 Mentee of Mr. Joseph Koc LAU Tsan Yee………………………………………………………... P.20

 

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Mentees of Mr. Kwan Chuen Kin, Peter

CHAN Ka Kin ………………………………………………………... P.21 SHEN Luyuan ………………………………………………………... P.21 Mentees of Ms. Jessica Kwan CHENG Wai Yi ……………………………………………………… P.24 LEE Ka Kee Joey……………………………………………………… P.24 Mentee of Mr. Lam Hong-wai, Weymond CHAN Chun Chau ……………………………………………………. P.21 Mentee of Mr. Anthony Langridge

LEUNG Lok Lam ……………………………….……………………. P.25 Mentees of Dr. Angela Lau FUNG Chun Kit………………………………………………………. P.26 SUN Xiao ……………………………………………………………. P.26 Mentees of Mr. Lau Chor Yuen, George Belinda CHAN………………………………………………………… P.27

To Cheuk Man………………………………………………………… P.27 Mentee of Mr. Edward Lau SUNG Ka Wing ……………………………………………………… P.26 Mentees of Mr. Lionel Lau CHOI Yu Hin ………………………………………………………… P.28 LEI Chon Pang ……………………………………………………… P.28 Mentee of Mr. Richard Law Harry WONG ………………………………………………………… P.27 Mentee of Ms. Law Fan Yee Josephine Arya CHOY Po Yee ……………………………………………………….. P.29 Mentee of Dr. Lee Woon Ming, Wendy TAI Ching Kiu ……………………………………………………….. P.29 Mentee of Mr. Daniel Lee LU Mingdan ………………………………………… ……………… P.30 Mentee of Mr. Edward Sin & Mr. Martin Leung YIN Lian Zhu………………………………………………………… P.31 Mentee of Mr. Leung Wing On, Louis XU Fange …………………………………………………………… P.32

 

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Mentee of Mr. Bernard Li CHEUNG Kin Chung ………………………………………………… P.31 Mentees of Mr. Teddy Li LUI Cheuk Lok……………………………………………………….. P.33 WONG Kam Chun……………………………………………………. P.33 Mentee of Mr. Jamie Ling WONG Wai Lam …………………………………………………….. P.32 Mentee of Dr. Luk Che Chung YIM Vivian ……………………………………………………..….… P.32 Mentee of Ms. Mak Man Yee, Cindy TUNG Chau Han …………………………………………………… . P.34 Mentee of Mr. Vernon Moore LAU Him Wing ……………………………………………………… P.34 Mentees of Ms. Agnes Nardi CHAN Kei Yee ………………………………………………………. P.35 Mickey LI ……………………………………………………….…. .. P.35 Mentees of Dr. Ng Chi Ho LEE Kit Lam ………………………………………………………… P.36 William WANG……………………………………………………… P.36 Mentee of Mr. Ngai Man Fu SO Man Ching ……………………………………………………….. P.34

Mentees of Mr. Peter Nixon Gene KIM …………………………………………………………… P.37 LING Wai Lam ……………………………………………………… P.37

Mentee of Ms. Queena Pun Yu Dong …………………………………………………………… P.38 Mentee of Ms. Margaret So HUANG Zhen Xian …………………………………………………... P.35 Mentee of Ms. Florence Tse CHOW Kin Ming……………………………………………………….. P.38 Mentee of Mr. Tse Wai Chuen, Tony LAI Wing Tung………………………………………………………. P.39

 

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Mentee of Dr. Richard R. Vuylsteke CHANG Ho-Ting…………………………………………………….. P.39 Mentee of Mr. Michael J. Wellsted PAN Shenyi ………………………………………………………….. P.39 Mentee of Ms. Ada Wong Gilbert LO ……………………………………………………….…. P.40 Mentees of Mr. Andy Wong CHOW Hei Tung …………………………………………………….. P.40 HO Cheuk Wing………………………………………………………. P.40

Mentees of Ms. Lily Wong LEE Wing Hong ……………………………………………………... P.41

LI Siyuan ……………………………………….…………………… P.41

TAM Sin Ting …………………………………………………….… P.41 Mentee of Mr. Wong See Ho, Anthony LAM Hoi Lung ………………………………………………………. P.42 Mentee of Mr. Wong Kai Tat, Dickson Regina TSE ……………………………………………………..…… P.42 Mentees of Mr. Bernard Wu Tak Lung TSANG Tin Yau ……………………………………………………... P.43 ZHUANG Yalin ……………………………………………………… P.43

Mentee of Ms. Cary Wu CHEUNG Wing Yi …………………………………………………… P.43 Mentees of Ms. Yip Lam, Christine

SHAO Yushi ……………………..…………..…………..…………… P.43 YUNG Siu Fung ……………………..…………..…………..……….. P.43

Mentees of Prof. Yip Wai Man

CHAN Wai Tung …………………………………………………….. P.44 PANG Wing Ki ………………………………………………………. P.44

Mentees of Ms. Deko Yeung CHEN Zhi …………………………………………………………… P.45 HO Shuk Ting ……………………………………………………… .. P.45 Mentee of Mrs. Cindy Young LAM Ka Ki …………………………………………………………... P.45-46

 

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Mentee of Mr. Yung Wing Ki, Samuel LIU Mengying ……………………………………………………… .. P.47 Mentee of Mr. Zhang Shu, David KAN Cheng Hung ……………………………………………………. P.45

 

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M y mentor Sir David is experienced in civil services and policy formulation. During each meeting on Saturday, we would discuss local and international news, and share our perspectives of the issues such as dispute in trade agreement between China and Taiwan and the Malaysian lost aircraft accident. Sometimes, we commented on the

policies lately released and engaged in discussions to find out in what ways the government can do better, and I benefited from it by thinking from more social perspectives. Sir David also told us that most of the political disputes are related to the historical factors, so learning more about the history of countries is conducive to understanding of the political affairs.

Sir David also listened to our sharing of university life and gave advice on our career plan. He also shared his experience in voluntary work to encourage us to care more about the community and take action. Moreover, I found the sharing of his personal life experience impressive. His story inspired me as it shows that determination and humbleness are the keys to success. He reminded us that the most important things for living is to enjoy life and like the people you meet. We should not to make life so busy that we forget to make a life.

It is my pleasure that my mentor is caring and attentive to our future plans, who offers a lot of advice for our career planning. I hope with his advice, I can understand more about my aspiration and better equip myself for achieving my goals.

Wong Tsz Yan (Public Health)

I have the opportunity to meet the previous mentees of Sir David. Most of them are now working as the high-ranking officials in the government or other commercial organizations. When I chatted with them, I could learn more about their jobs and it broadened my horizon. As I talked with them in English, it helped train my communication skills too. I think it

is really great to have all the mentees coming together as friends, and I hope to join their other meetings later. I would like to keep a close relationship with Sir David as what they do even after this academic year. Even after I graduate, Sir David could still give us advice on our career path and other matters.

TONG Ka Ki (English)

T he CUMP is very well-organised. Mentors of the programme are from a diversified background. Kick-off gathering and regular follow-up and publication allows mentees to keep in touch with mentors regularly.

The mentee group consist of schoolmates from different majors and also students or alumni from CUMP of previous years. I can learn a lot from valuable sharing from mentor as well as various experience from other mentees.

CHEUNG Fuk Shing (Quantitative Finance and Risk Management Science)

S ome of the mentees have graduated and they shared their experiences during work and travel. Sir David also made comment about their successful stories and encourage us to be determined.

We talked about the real estate policy in Singapore and reflected the same policy in Hong Kong. Besides, we discussed Chinese traditional poems and English poems.

Sir David shared second half of his personal story with us and some of his private photos over all these years. We also discussed some current issues and he showed us

the importance of using atlas.

ZOU Quan (Professional Accountancy)

W e celebrated Sir's birthday!

We went to Harbour Plaza Hotel in Hung Hom

to celebrate Sir's birthday! Mentees from different year gathered

together and had fruitful inter flows and exchange.

LAU Pui Yan (Chinese Language

and Literature)

Former Chief Secretary

Hong Kong Government

Mentor: Sir David Akers-Jones

 

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T his was our first meeting, we all introduced ourselves and our expectations of the programme. Diana shared her working experience and

encouraged us to well prepare ourselves for our future careers.

MA Ching Man (Social Work)

Director of Training and Development

The Peninsula Beijing

Mentor: Ms. Diana Au Yeung

T hanks to the CUHK mentorship programme. It provides me with great opportunity to have some valuable time

with my mentor, Agnes. In our first meeting, my mentor came to visit CUHK and I showed her around the cam-

pus. She shared a lot of her life experience and gave me some career advice. Afterwards, I had dinner with my

mentor and other mentees. We talked about our career aspirations and they encouraged me to try new things and not to fear

failure. I have gained new insight and perspective from them. It was a delightful evening.

KAM Tsz Ching (Psychology)

Experienced Human Resources professional Mentor: Ms. Agnes Chan

W e had dinner in Lei Garden Sha Tin New Town Plaza. Ms. Chan is very nice and she invited her former mentees to join the dinner

too. We had a great chat. Ms. Chan shared with us her career development and shared some experience we should know for our future career.

TRAN Chun Yin (Integrated BBA Programme)

T his programme provides a good platform for me to communicate with the senior managers in different companies, which is really nice. My mentor

Belinda Chan is an elegant lady and I have communicated with her via several emails.

LIN Jiayi (Integrated BBA Programme)

Personnel Manager (Resourcing)

Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering Company Limited

Mentor: Ms. Belinda Chan

 

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I t is a good opportunity for me to make a nice friend with someone who are enthusiastic and

outstanding in education. Not only does it let me familiarize with Hong Kong education, but also know that there are people putting much effort in education with the same goals and ideas with me. I have much motivation to achieve my dream which is to be a teacher in the future.

I like my mentor so much as he is really a kind person. He is willing to share his thoughts with us, especially the ideas of education. I admired him a lot as he contributes much in education and gives the entire best thing to his students. He puts a lot of resources in adding the facilities for his school in order to give the best learning environment to his students. Although his office is simple and small, without sea view and luxury decoration, he enjoys his works. He is a helpful person. He said we can find him if we have any problems. It is true that he is patient to listen to us and help us solve problems. I do want to say thank you to

him. I will learn from him to contribute to education as much as I can.

The visiting to Sing Tao Daily Newspaper is the most unforgettable memory for me. I was strongly stimulated by talking with Mr. Siu, the CEO of Sing Tao Daily Newspaper, and Mr. Lo, the captain of Bastille Post. On that day, Dr. Chan invited them to have lunch with me and Sukey, another mentee of Dr. Chan. We talked about what university is and what we have to learn at university. It is out of our expectation that our discussion lasted for two hours. Mr. Lo gave us lots of valuable ideas that made me shocked since I had never thought about those questions. One thing he strongly emphasized is we have to be independent and critical. We should

have our own ideas. People always repeat the same thing but it is like a slogan as they do not know what the

importance and meaning of it. The time was great that I have learned a lot from these eminent people.

Dr. Chan used the spirit of New Asia College (I will work hard to overcome all the obstacles) to encourage us to work harder.

LI Ka Lee (Chinese Language and Literature)

W e had a lunch gathering in Tai Koo Shing with the CEO of Sing Tao Daily,

Mr. Siu Sai Wo. He was a classmate of Mr. Chan when they studied at CHUK. We then headed to Sing Tao Daily to have a visit. Apart from knowing how a newspaper company runs, we also learnt some admirable personality from our mentor and successful people like

Mr. Siu.

HUI Yuk Yi

(Architectural Studies)

President & Principal

Hong Kong College of Technology

Mentor: Dr. Chan Cheuk Hay

“艱險我奮進 困乏我多情”

-Anthem of New Asia College

 

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Head of Products & Services

Hutchison Global Communications

Mentor: Mr. Eric Chan

E ric invited me to go for a firm visit in mainland China. That is Hauwei, an IT infrastructure company in Shenzhen. This is a very great opportunity as I have mentioned about my passion to IT

firm to Eric. Apart from Hauwei, I have learnt a lot about Knowledge Management which is very niche in Hong Kong.

TSE Cheuk Lam (Integrated BBA Programme)

Greater China President and Postdoc Supervisor

UQAM Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme

Mentor: Prof. Chan Kan Ip, Philip

I 'm thankful for Philip's time to care for us. Although we are all very busy and may not have a lot of chances to meet up

or contact each other, Philip still remember us whenever there are events suitable for us. It's a pity that we can't join the

activities. Hope we can have more gatherings later!

WONG Tze Kiu (Psychology)

W e introduced ourselves and Jackson talked about his experience in his field and how we could prepare for our future career. He also encouraged us to look for more hobbies and learn more apart from our major of studies.

KOO Chi Hong (Environmental Science)

Vice-Chairman, Chief Executive Officer

Far East Global Group Limited

Mentor: Dr. Cheong Chit Sun, Jackson

 

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Managing Director

ChapmanCraig Limited

F or once I doubt my ability to interact with somebody so wise, like Mr. Craig Chapman. My first impression of Craig is a person with broad horizon, from the globe to tiny details of places that he has travelled to, and as well as from the past to the present. He understands life as it is, and is able to discuss it from different perspectives.

Being offered with this opportunity to build a solid mentor-mentee relationship with Craig, we, along with the other two mentees, meet regularly at his office in Admiralty. We take turns in bringing up news articles and sharing our insights. I remember Craig having said that we are also going to meet one-on-one in the near future, and he is arranging a visit to an investment firm for us.

I was inspired by Craig on the following attitude in life,

1. "Something that everyone has got the same is time."

2. "We cannot undo the past so work on the present."

3. "Do not delay what you want to do, do not give yourself excuses such as being occupied by your major courses."

4. "Be afraid of not making mistakes."

5. "The most important thing in a company is people

Opportunities do not always happen and we are young for only once. Being serious in our study is important, but we should not neglect our development outside the classroom. Benefits from a mentorship programme like such is what we cannot obtain from our textbooks. Thank you for organizing this programme!

“Something that everyone has got the same is time.”

-Mr. Craig Chapman

CHEUNG Lok Yan (Quantitative Finance)

Mentor: Mr. Craig Chapman

General Manager

Metropark Hotel Wanchai Hong Kong

Mentor: Mr. Evan Chiu

M r. Chiu is a nice and talkative mentor. It is great that I could have a chance to visit different rooms of the hotel. This makes me understand

more about the hotel industry. Through having dinner in the hotel with Mr Chiu, I have found his passion towards his job. The food was also very special and delicious. I am grateful to have the opportunity to meet Mr Chiu.

MA Ka Yee (Medicine)

W e had the dinner with my mentor, Mr. Chiu, in Metropark Hotel, Wanchai. Before having the dinner, we had had a hotel visit. Then, we had

dinner at Le Chef restaurant. We shared a lot to each other, such as our studies, hobbies and expectation of future career path, etc. After that, we are more familiar with each other now. All in all, it was a wonderful night!

LI Huanhuan (Hotel and Tourism Management)

 

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I have a good time during the mentorship programme. I met with my mentor, Joanne, and her husband for dinner in early June. They told us a lot about their job and the business world. And soon, our mentor group will meet again.

TSE Yuen Tung

(Integrated BBA Programme)

Mentor: Ms. Chiu Yim Fan, Joanne Vice President, Human Resources

Champion Technology Limited

Partner, Tax

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Mentor: Mr. Jeremy Choi

T his is our first meeting - an enjoyable lunch at Central. Mr. Choi is very friendly and the conversation went smoothly. We got to know more about one another and set our goals this year.

Angela TONG (Risk Management Science)

Vice President, China Investment

Champion Technology Limited

A s a mainland student, I benefit a lot from this programme . It is a good way for me to know more about Hong Kong through deep talks with local people, either with my mentor or another mentee. Also, as a business student, I have better understanding about the whole picture of the local business world.

I regard my mentor, Mr. Gary Choy, as a smart and considerate friend. The topics of our conversation are broad, from my personality to the whole business environment in Hong Kong. Now I have clear idea about local views of the current business situation. Besides that, I also enjoy meals with my mentor in Jockey club as well as Central, and see Hong Kong from a different but fresh aspect. What's more, Gary also encourage me to be more outgoing. The other mentee in my group is Jonathan, he is also friendly and helpful person.

Mr. Gary Choy once invited me to an agarwood talk. He said that he found agarwood culture really interesting and wanted to share with us. He worked as tour guide to introduce an agarwood museum to me. I think it is nice of him to share his interest with me. Also, he arranged a meeting with me and his former mentee, I got some useful suggestion from that meeting.

ZHOU Yue (Professional Accountancy)

Mentor: Mr. Gary Choy

 

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Biomedicine Consultant / Director

Amazing Grace Holistic Health Care Centre

Mentor: Dr. Chung Wai Ling, Margaret

M y mentor, Dr Margaret Chung is a very generous and nice person who always puts a smile on her face every time we meet her. No matter how busy she is, she would still arrange some time for our gatherings. Most importantly, our gatherings never only consist of mentees from current year but also mentees from last year or even those who

have graduated for several years. So, even if CUMP 2014 would be ended, I am sure I will be invited to Dr. Chung's house again to join their sharing.

Not only does Dr Chung invite us to regular gatherings, she also invites us to a lot of meaningful events. For example, 322 Regen Marathon and

Carnival, Outstanding Young Persons Annual Gathering and Music concerts, etc. Through joining different varieties of events, I have

gained all round exposure and benefited a lot by meeting other outstanding professionals from different fields. They inspired

me of having the correct attitude when facing my future career path.

The most unforgettable memory is the annual gathering with some outstanding young people. There was a section in which

every awarded member prepared the speech of what activities or

plans they were going to do in the coming future. After listening to their

speech, I truly appreciate their efforts made in contributing to the Hong Kong society. In particular,

one mentioned that, those who are awarded the Ten Outstanding Young Persons Selection but did not join its

association is a pity, because they will miss a lot of opportunities to make their dreams come true.

During one of the gatherings, some previous mentees who are doctors now

watched a TV show that is about doctors. It is really funny when

they kept pointing out the misleading and wrong medical

procedures and knowledge from the show.

Perry KU (Food and Nutritional Sciences)

Enjoy a concert performed by Czech Philharmonic with

Dr. Chung. LAI King Ngai (Food and

Nutritional Sciences)

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The first dinner at Dr. Chung's home. She has

invited not only the mentees of  CUMP this year, but also all mentees she

has ever had in CU. Many of the mentees were graduated and some are working as doctors.

LUI Wing Tung (Biology)

 

 

 

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I would like to express my sincere thanks to my mentor Eliza Fan for offering me a variety of chances to

enrich my social life. Eliza’s active engagement in voluntary service in her packed schedule greatly impressed me. For our first meeting, she invited me and my friends to join the kick-off ceremony for a service programme launched by Rotary Club. Eliza introduced her friends to us and we were excited to exchange our experience in voluntary service. After that ceremony, I also got the chance to have an elderly home visit, which gained me more interactions with a different age group.

Apart from inviting me to participate in voluntary service, Eliza gave me advice about how to select a service trip with the better effect on receivers and what kind of internship would benefit me in a long term. Furthermore, in the second meeting, which we attended and enjoyed a youth music concert outdoors, she was kind to tell me that she could provide assistance if I could not find an intern position for this summer. With her strong support and encouragement, I feel more positive and motivated in planning my career pathway.

Thank you CUMP for matching such a nice and generous mentor with me.

CHOW Shuk King (Sociology)

Human Resources Director

Pico Global

Mentor: Ms. Eliza Fan

Principal of Risk Advisory Services

BDO Limited

Mentor: Mr. Gordon Hau

I t was an inspiring and meaningful dinner. Our mentor, Gordon had booked us a table in a marvelous hotel for our first meeting.

I was embarrassed as I was late due to the class at school, but Gordon was so understanding and forgave me.

In the meeting, we have discussed what activities we are going time do in this year including CUHK tour and firm visiting.

Not only discussing our year plan for the mentorship programme, Gordon even shared his experience of working in Madagascar. He also talked about his perspective on the accounting industry and told us how should we prepare to be an accountant. Of course, the dinner was delicious too. But Gordon's words were the most memorable thing of the night.

MOK King Shing

(Professional Accountancy)

W e had a great time with Mr. Gordon Hau to enjoy the buffet dinner at Courtyard Marriott.

He shared his funny stories of his job and his experiences of working in an international accounting firm.

LUK Ka Wing

(Professional Accountancy)

 

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Director

DIGITALHONGKONG.COM

Mentor: Ms. Ha Suk Ling, Shirley

I think the programme is good because I have learnt a lot. For example, my mentor shares her

work experience, some experience about life and what I should do as a university student. This helps me have a more clear view about my future career.

I think Shirley is nice and she suggested some activities to mentees to see whether we want to join. Also, the mentees of Shirley over the years have shared their work experience and their life experience with me. It is great to have so many new friends.

We visited the Jockey Club Museum of climate Change at CUHK last time. We visited that museum because one of the mentees is working there. We learnt a lot about climate change. I think it is a good experience for me to have a look about climate change and some plants and birds at CUHK. After that, we had lunch together. This gave me a chance to listen to other mentees' experience and Shirley's sharing so we can have a deeper understanding with each other.

YIU Tsz Shing (Information Engineering)

W e joined a guided tour to Po Fu Lam Village and visited The University of

Hong Kong , during which I got to know a lot of new friends and gain new perspectives towards the Hong Kong society.

PAN Yue (Systems Engineering & Engineering

Management)

General Manager

Conrad Hong Kong

Mentor: Mr. Thomas Hoeborn

M r. Hoeborn was not in the meeting because he got an urgent meeting in Shenzhen. However, he is so kind to arrange the meeting for all mentees with the colleagues Ms. Ada Wong and Ms. Abby Wu, from Conrad HK.

MA Cheuk Kin (Food and Nutritional Sciences)

 

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Human Resources Director

Jones Lang LaSalle Limited

O n 18 Jan 2014, my mentor Elsie, other mentees and I enjoyed our lunch in "Chi Lin Vegetarian" which is in Diamond Hill. "Chi Lin Vegetarian" is a restaurant which serves customers with excellent vegetable dishes. It was my very first time having a vegetarian meal. The dishes were out of my expectation. They tasted great.

Undoubtedly, we spent some time getting to know each other since it was the first time we met. The conversations were good and comfortable and we did had a great time there. Thanks Elsie for that! After the meal, we spent time visiting the Nan Lian Garden which is built in the Tang Dynasty style. It is a fantastic garden which studded with clusters of bizarre rocks and planted with a lot of old and valuable trees. Walking around the garden, we all found peace. It made us feel like we were in Xanadu. We did not know that place before Elsie took us there. I have never thought for a second that there is such a good place in Hong Kong. What a pity that we forgot to take photos of our own! Anyways, thanks Elsie for exploring Hong Kong with us! Just can't wait for the next gatherings!

SHUM Chi Wing (Integrated BBA Programme)

Mentor: Mrs. Elsie Hui

O verall the experience is pleasant and the mentees are all very polite. They were young and enthusiastic. Sometimes getting them in a group helped as they could share experience among themselves. During the outing I could speak to them individually and let them flow the questions to me without pressure. I guess the mentor – mentee

relationship is to give them more exposure to people outside home and school, and perhaps expose them to other things beyond study.

It benefits me too keeping contact with the young people, getting better understanding what they think, what they like.

Elsie Hui

M eetings with Iris are interesting as we cover various topics from education to engineering to finance. Iris is very curious about our

views on current affairs and on university education. She would ask for our comments on area she is currently dealing with but she is unfamiliar. For example, as a Private Equity investment manager, she is investigating the prospect of an online-gaming company. She herself has seldom played game, so she does not know how these companies make profits. Therefore, she bought it up and we shared our views on that. As a result, not only will she obtain more ideas but also we will acquire more hand-on experience on current business deals.

Through discussions with her, I am able to understand the differences among mergers and acquisitions, angel investment and private equity. Also I get to know the differences between PE in China and PE in other developed countries. Besides, I share my personal career development path with her and she provides much help in career path selection and preparation.

YE Hao Kai (Systems Engineering and Engineering Management)

Investment Director

CLSA Capital Partners Limited

Mentor: Ms. Iris Hung

 

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Executive Director

Sino Land

Mentor: Ms. Alice Ip

M s. Ip has rich experience in human resource management (HRM). Not only did she shared valuable knowledge of HRM but also her career path to me. I am thankful for her advice on my future development. Apart from career development, we also discussed some hot issues in Hong Kong. The discussion also broadens my horizons. At the

same time, I would like to express my gratitude to Career Planning and Development Centre for giving me the chance to meet with Ms. Ip.

POON Mei Suet (Integrated BBA Programme)

Clinical Psychologist

Fullife Psychological Practice

Mentor: Ms. Ip Miu Yin, Sarah

M s. Ip Miu Yin, Sarah is an experienced Clinical Psychologist. As a Psychology major, I am very glad to have Ms Ip as my mentor this year. Ms. Ip and I had our first gathering in February. She invited me to visit

her office and have lunch with her. Our chat was very inspiring. She has shared with me her views on the field of Clinical Psychology, some current practices in the field and the prospects of Psychology graduates. She gave suggestions on how I could better prepare myself for my future career. Other than that, she gave a book written by her, The Helicopter Parents, which includes her observation on helicopter parents in Hong Kong, and some family cases she has dealt with over the years. This book has no doubt helped me understand more about this parenting style in Hong Kong. All in all, my gathering with Ms. Ip was very fruitful. I am looking forward to learning more from her in our upcoming gatherings.

CHU Shun Ying (Psychology)

It was my great pleasure to meet with my mentor, Ms. Sarah Ip in March, 2014. I was first invited to visit her office where she has assessment as a Clinical Psychologist with her clients. I learnt about essentials of an office for psychological practice such as the appropriate setting and tables for children. Then, we went to a restaurant nearby for lunch. Sarah gave me her book about monster parents as a gift, and we discussed issues related to parents in society nowadays, and her journey in publishing the book. She also told me her path in being a Clinical Psychologist, challenges in her career and interesting cases she encountered. Through the conversation that day, I obtained a clearer picture of work and points of concern of a Clinical Psychologist, and built up a closer relationship with Sarah. I am sure there will be a lot more to learn from Sarah and I am looking forward to out gatherings in the future.

LEUNG Tze Zhen Tina (Psychology)

I appreciate very much the opportunity to meet my two mentees, Sharon Chu and Tina Leung. I was impressed by their commitment in university life, the strain in preparing for their future, and their enthusiasm about the clinical psychology

profession. They gave me a better understanding of the young generation, and of course, the elite and striving ones. I might learn more from them than vice versa! I also felt enjoyable sharing about my work experience with them like friends. I look forward to our coming gatherings!

Sarah Ip

 

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Chief Executive Officer

PJ Square Limited

Mentor: Mr. Peter Jackson

It was a chilly, piercing day of winter, as I recall, in the first meeting with mentor Peter Jackson.

It was early March and winter seems unwilling to depart too soon.

My fellow mentee, Jessica and I were mixed with emotions. Loaded with a mild sense of anxiety

on one hand, for we were uncertain how it might turn out in our first interaction but filled with

anticipation and excitement on the other, picturing the pleasantness of it.

As we finally reached the office and passed through the threshold Peter embraced us with a warm

welcome, his heartening handshake and his fatherly smile settled all disconcertion. In his homely

furnished office we made ourselves comfortably seated, surrounded by a feeling of serenity and

spend the later hours together and that was how a truly wonderful relationship really began.

Peter's experiences from his early childhood to his journey as an adult enchanted his audiences and

were well perceived by two pairs of eager ears. He is a true cosmopolitan, a man of erudition and

judiciousness. I remember asking Peter what made him a man of such learning, for I was astonished

by his intellect. His response was simple but yet illuminating, he replied "I am just curious". What he

said instantly reminded me one of the many quotes of Albert Einstein and appreciates the wisdom in

it much more, when someone inquired him a similar question he coincidentally replied: I am no genius,

I am just curious.

Peter has taught me many lifelong lessons, the value of intellectual curiosity, the courage to follow one’s

passion and the determination to pull it through. It has been a great opportunity for me to take part in

CUMP, and in coming months, I look forward seeing Peter, shaking his hand, to learn from him and

repay his fatherly smile.

“ I am no genius, I am just curious.” - Mr. Peter Jackson

HO Chun Ho (Systems Engineering and Engineering Management)

 

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W e had the meeting in Peter's office and had the hotpot dinner. We first introduced ourselves and Peter did mock-interviews with us and looked over our CVs for better improvement. I think it is very kind of him to help us, because there's a lot of room for me to improve my interview skills and also my CV. We hope to find a more specific industry for my career path.

MATTES Jessica Sandra (Chinese Studies)

Chief Executive Officer

PJ Square Limited

Mentor: Mr. Peter Jackson

General Manager, Contract Logistics, HK and South China

UTi Hong Kong Limited

M r. Ko gave an introduction of the supply chain business to me and also allowed me to visit UTi's ware house. Mr. Ko invited his colleagues to share their working experiences with me. Photo taken with Mr. Ko and his colleagues in his office.

CHAN Hoi Yan (Integrated BBA Programme)

Mentor: Mr. Sanson Ko

Mentor: Mr. Joseph Koc Group Director, Strategic Marketing

Jardine OneSolution

W e met with Joseph for few times, we talked about the difficult situation or decision we may confront in our workplace in future. Joseph emphasized that we had to establish our bottom line before our graduation in order to overcome those challenges in future. Besides, he also suggested us to think and tell him more about our

summer plan and future job's plan which could be related to my studies. He gave me some inspiring thoughts which could help me plan my career path.

LAU Tsan Yee (Sociology)

 

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Managing Director

Chun Wo Decoration Engineering Company Limited

Mentor: Mr. Kwan Chuen Kin, Peter

P eter invited us to participate in the World Health Day event's organization. It is really meaningful and fruitful. We joined their meeting and discussion.

Peter shared his points of view on career planning and life experience. He also gave us personal suggestions of career development. He told us the basic attitude towards life is to never give up and the importance of having a plan. He really shared a lot of his life wisdom. I finally got a direction towards life.

SHEN Luyuan (Architectural Studies)

T he programme gives me chances to know and mingle with the professional, specialized in his field, which help me know more about Peter and

the current trend of the industry.

Peter is very helpful and his advice on our career path is useful.

We assisted him in organizing a fun fair day and we learnt project planning under the guidance of Peter.

CHAN Ka Kin (Professional Accountancy)

Experienced Human Resources professional

Mentor: Mr. Lam Hong Wai, Weymond

I am grateful to have dinner with mentor and the other mentee in a restaurant called Brunch Club &

Supper in Causeway Bay. We have talked about our travel and internship experience. Weymond gave us some feedback and shared some point of view as an experienced human resource manager. It is a nice day and both of us have learnt a lot from him.

CHAN Chun Chau (Integrated BBA Programme)

 

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Mentor: Dr. Paul Kan

I n late March, I attended Mr. Paul Kan’s annual Derby Reception as a helper together with other

mentees. On that day, I participated in the pre-event preparation under the guidance of the manager. He taught us how to the arrange seats for guests, how to distribute gifts to them and other matters for special attention in a formal banquet. After the beginning of the luncheon, I was responsible for assisting a doctor in offering health tests to guests. During the whole process, I interacted with many people from different background. Sometimes I needed to translate the testing results from Chinese into English for foreign guests. Indeed that was a challenging task which required the ability to react and communicate with different people

quickly. At first I was a little bit nervous and in a tearing hurry. When I was inputting the guest’s personal information I even misspelled a lady’s name and she was unhappy about it. That made me more nervous. However, the doctor was so kind and patient to me that I could continue to work without being blamed. Mr. Paul Kan was busy greeting guests but he still found time to talk to us and took photos with us. Because of Mr. Paul Kan, I had my first time to be exposed to these detailed work behind such a high-level reception and I felt lucky and excited to be taught by seasoned professionals. I have learnt a lot beyond my expectation and I also know more my own ability. When the reception was near the end, we

mentees were invited to watch the horse racing. That was really an unforgettable experience to me.

In April, I was again invited to a seminar on agarwood identification and appreciation by Mr. Paul Kan in his capacity as a founder of the Institute of Agarwood. The seminar was held in his private Imperial Museum. It was divided into two parts. The first part was a lecture about agarwood and then followed by appreciating different grades of agarwood from various areas. I have never touched agarwood before. Therefore, all of this seemed to be interesting and novel to me. The arduous search process for agarwood was impressed me. Its fragrance made me feel comfortable and relaxed. Apart from learning agarwood, I also viewed

 

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Chairman

Champion Technology Group

other collections. I marveled at these gorgeous and valuable collections although I knew little about them. I am so interested in agarwood after the seminar.

I thank my mentor Mr. Paul Kan so much for providing me with these opportunities to learn. It widens my knowledge and enriches my life experience. Besides, Mr. Paul Kan himself is also a good example of success. To sum up, I am glad to participate in CUMP and become a mentee of Mr. Paul Kan. This is a precious experience in my university life.

PENG Xueni (Statistics)

A ttended Mr. Kan's annual Derby event at Shatin Racecourse. We helped out

with setting up the venue for lunch (setting name cards, preparing gifts, etc.) and with a photo-taking booth during the afternoon. We also watched a race and took on a tour around the course.

CHEE Ching Him (BBA - JD)

Here is the BMW Hong Kong Derby event at Shatin Racecourse.

 

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Director & Unit Head, Professional Services Segment Origination and Client Coverage

Standard Chartered Bank

Mentor: Ms. Jessica Kwan

I was delighted to spend some quality time with my mentor, Jessica, and the other mentee, Joey. During our brunch date, we first shared about our school lives in CUHK. To our

surprise, Jessica's experiences were pretty similar to us - or say, CUHK hasn't changed much over the years. We also talked about the career paths and gained better understandings about how exactly it is like to work in the business field. The advices we got from Jessica were valuable and we looked forward to meeting her again.

CHENG Wai Yi (Quantitative Finance)

W e had breakfast at the Kowloon Peninsula Hotel. We first talked about our academic situation and the purpose of joining CUMP in order to know more

about each other. Our mentor shared her experience, like her university life and how she got her first job. We built a closer relationship.

LEE Ka Kee Joey

(Integrated BBA Programme)

From Jessica Kwan - Unit Head, MM Hong Kong/ D&I Council member (Mentor of CHEUNG Wai Yi & LEE Ka Kee Joey)

1. Why did you agree to take up external mentees?

As a people manager, I have a lot of opportunities to work with the younger generation. The mentor role for university stu-dents enables me to get in touch with them from different angels. I believe sharing my observation and experience may get them better prepared for their future career.

2. What did you like best/least about the mentoring relationship?

I love to learn from them. Their brought up is totally different from our generation and it is very interesting to learn about their thinking process, doubt and concern. It trains me to be a good listener.

3. In what ways you have contributed to your mentee’s development?

Proactively share my work/ life experience, observation on their communication skills as well as the IG recruitment inter-view. I believe it helps my mentees to reflect and refine their skills and career plan.

4. What challenges you have encountered so far to make this relationship effective?

Think of different type of activities to add more colour to our get together.

5. How can the mentoring relationship be improved?

More chat via different channels In between face – to – face gathering will make us closer.

Jessica Kwan

 

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Executive Chairman

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Limited

M r. Anthony Langridge is like a mix of friend and teacher since he always creates a relaxing and comfortable atmosphere when he is sharing his knowledge, experiences and stories of achievement. Moreover, he is a very supportive mentor that he always

encourages us to ask him different questions about our academic, career, life and friends. I feel blessed to have a mentor like Mr. Langridge because he is dedicated to help me figure out where I want to go after graduation and help me establish a positive attitude towards life. Even Mr. Langridge has a tight schedule, he still contacts us actively by monthly meetings and regular emails. For example, even Mr. Langridge had to meet his business partner in early February, he still ask Frankie, his personal assistant, and Lucy, a fresh graduate from our major, to have a lunch meeting with us, in order to let us know more about his job from his personal assistant and the industry from a fresh graduate student’s perspective.

Since I am new to the field, Mr. Langridge is very kind to offer me the summer internship in his firm. As a result, it helps me gain practical work experience and introduce me to potential future work environment. Mr. Langridge also encourages me to consult him during my internship so that he can help me decide whether these meet my career wishes and interest.

We had the last meeting in early April, this time we had prepared a list of questions beforehand to ask Mr. Langridge and he was very patient to answer all of our questions in details. “Once a mentor, always a mentor.” This is what Mr. Langridge told me in the meeting. I truly believe that our relationship will last forever and applying for the CUMP is the best decision I have made in this academic year.

LEUNG Lok Lam

(Insurance, Financial and Actuarial Analysis)

Mentor: Mr. Anthony Langridge

“Once a mentor, always a mentor.”

-Mr. Anthony Langridge

 

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President

Nu Skin Enterprises Hong Kong and Macau

H aving known Angela for nearly 6 months, I think Angela is an easy-going, nice and friendly business leader. In these recent months, Angela and I met twice, she is kind and caring to us. In our conversations, we communicated well and knew that we have some background in common. For example, both of us are interested

in marketing and treat it as a long-term career development area. Both of us prefer working on fast moving consumer goods. As I have some work experience, sometimes, when we talk, we both have resonance on some common pages of topic and ideas. That makes us feel good as a catalyst to our mentorship. On the other hand, regarding mentorship, Angela is a guiding angel to me when I have doubts, wonders and dilemmas on academic development and in the working environment. There are so many philosophies to cope with projects, people and potential problems when you are involved in a company. Angela, as a passionate, experienced and optimistic leader in a multinational cooperation, often shares her own insights and tactics on the issues. Among those philosophies, two golden rules shared by Angela are to love your job and to be optimistic that every obstacle has their ways to break.

Moving away her light halo in her success, she is a confident, modern and charming lady. An impressive thing worth mentioning is that, we use ‘whatsapp’ as a frequent communication tool. She is also open-minded that she can accept our teen thinking and understanding that she know how mostly the post-80s think. She would not judge but appreciate and respect our post-80s’ lifestyle and think there is difference but no relative superiority between two generations. Communication and adaptation are the keys to not only workplace efficiency, but also social and interpersonal harmony between generations. Speaking of lifestyle, Angela leads a healthy one that she loves exercising. That explains her young appearance and her energetic spirit.

“From her, I can see the beauty and ‘juvenation’.”

FUNG Chun Kit (Global Studies)

Mentor: Dr. Angela Lau

F irst, I would like to take this opportunity to thank my mentor Dr. Angela Lau for taking her precious time off and having lunch with me. We had a great talk and discussion on application for a new area. This is a very successful meeting.

SUN Xiao (Biomedical Sciences)

Chief Executive Officer

Jetstar Hong Kong Airways

Mentor: Mr. Edward Lau

Hi Edward,

I am glad to write in this book for you. You are the mentor who inspires me a lot on my career path and its relationship with my major study as I am a fresh transfer-in student in Risk Management Science, not much familiar and get into it. You have clear much puzzles for me so that I can be brave and able to pick up the remaining university life. Without you, I think I would still be in the cloud.

The airline industry you are doing is very amazing as I have never thought that airline can be linked to every part of other industries, e.g. the price of the forward contract of oil. You have broadened my horizon a lot.

Also, with a groupmate Calvin from Hotel Management, I learn a lot from him too.

Really grateful to this mentorship programme.

Love,

SUNG Ka Wing (Risk Management Science)

 

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Senior Manager

Edelman

Mentor: Mr. Lau Chor Yuen, George

M r. Lau, another mentee called Joyce, Joyce's friend, and I had lunch together in the canteen in New Asia College. We talked about many

different topics. Mr. Lau shared his daily life and travel experience with us. He also expressed his views towards some political affairs as Joyce's friend is preparing for a presentation about global political issues. He encouraged us to participate more in the activities held by CUHK in the campus such as watching movie and attending seminars because they are very beneficial and interesting.

To Cheuk Man

(Integrated BBA Programme)

W e had lunch in Wan Chai where I worked as an intern there and our offices are within walking distance. Had a friendly introduction, he told

me some information about the Public Relations industry.

Having another lunch with George, we discussed daily life and corporate culture. He was interested in my progress working in L'Oreal and also of my recent trip to the Harvard Conference in February. He shared some of his funny stories at work. He is such a friendly mentor, interested in knowing young people nowadays, and interested in my career growth.

George was nice to whatsapp me to ask about my day and progress at work. He also invited me to a charity concert. He called me for the concert but I couldn't make it as I had engagement, but ended up we had a pleasant conversation with George on the phone.

Belinda CHAN

(International Business and Chinese Enterprise)

Principal Consultant - Corporate Governance

Robinson's Legal Training Limited

Mentor: Mr. Richard Law

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I had great time with my mentor, Mr. Richard Law. We talked about our recent life (studies and work), hot social issues both local (universal suffrage) and international (Crimean crisis), my career development and my future plans. It was an excellent occasion for exchanging different viewpoints and inducing further reflection.

Harry WONG (Global Business Studies)

 

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Managing Director

Klenco (Hong Kong) Co. Ltd.

Mentor: Mr. Lionel Lau

People who are standing behind the sofa are guests invited by mentor.

O n that day, my mentor, Mr. Lionel Lau

invited two engineers and his niece as guests. I am so grateful of that he tried

to create a platform to let us to exchange our idea and to know about each other.

We ate poon choi as our lunch together with them first.

After that, we started our conversation. I remembered that we talked everything such as learning, career, traveling, family and so on. In the middle of conversation, lucky, we can taste the dessert, mango pudding, made by mentor's wife. It was yummy.

Also, my mentor brewed tea to us after starting communication. The most remarkable thing was that he brewed the extremely expensive tea leaves, $2000/catty, to serve us. It was the first time that I have tried a cup of tea which was so deluxe.

CHOI Yu Hin (Engineering)

M y mentor, Mr. Lionel Lau invited me and another mentee to his home to celebrate the

Chinese New Year.

We have a Big Bowl Feast with them and their engineering friends.

They share their engineering working experience in Japan and also their life experience.

We learnt a lot from them both in living style and future of engineering career.

LEI Chon Pang

(Systems Engineering and Engineering Management)

 

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Managing Director

Beanstalk

Mentor: Ms. Law Fan Yee Josephine Arya

我們和 Josephine 午餐聚會時討論了三個不同的範疇，讓我

獲益良多，包捨健康問題、怎樣面對壓力，及專注做事的重

要。

關於健康問題，Josephine 強調我們需好好照顧自已的身

體，因為身體的素質會直接影響工作的效率，而我們也應該

學會時間管理，平衝休息及工作的時間。

另，關於怎樣面對壓力，mentor 指我們應學會 personal

skills ，她以自身經驗教導我們應該學會放鬆，不應該太緊張

於個別事情。

又，關於專注做事的重要，Josephine 以品牌 Jenny Cookies 說明專注單一工作的重要，不應三心二意，應全心

為自己的目標努力。

CHOY Po Yee (Chinese Language and Literature )

K obe and Yolanda impressed me as two enthusiastic young ladies with a strong passion to learn and enrich themselves. Our moments of sharing were exceptionally rewarding, not just to them, but perhaps more to myself, as I rejuvenated by learning new stuff and new perspectives from the generation of today.

Josephine Law

H aving our dinner at the Chinese Restaurant in the university, we talked about summer internship, my placement and some research. Wendy is a brilliant women, she has range of interest and experience. We

have learnt a lot from her.

TAI Ching Kiu (Computer Science)

Branch Manager, HK & Macau

Autodesk Far East Limited

Mentor: Dr. Lee Woon Ming, Wendy

 

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Human Resources Director - Greater China Region

TÜV Rheinland HK Limited

Mentor: Mr. Daniel Lee

I have been dreaming of having a mentor who can guide me along the journey from university to work life. As for my career goal, I want to work in the human resources industry after graduation, but it is difficult for me to find someone who has so much experience in this area. And it is even harder to find someone who can spare so much time to help me achieve

my career goal. That's why I feel so lucky to be admitted to the CUHK mentorship programme. To me, CUMP is like a bridge, connecting me with my mentor. Through matching mentees with mentors, holding New Year Gathering, and many other kinds of activities, CUMP provides various opportunities for both mentors and mentees to interact with and learn from each other.

Words cannot express my gratitude towards my mentor, Mr. Daniel Lee. Mr. Lee is a warm-hearted mentor. He welcomes me to ask questions if I have any, through phone, email, and face-to-face conversation. He is always willing to take time from his busy schedule to talk with me. He is also willing to generously share his experience and insights in every gathering.

My mentor and I both agreed that, before every gathering, I could send him a list of questions that I want to ask via email in advance. I remember once I asked him what a good teamwork was in his view. When I met him, my mentor didn't answer this question directly. Instead, he gave me a personality test. That test aims to examine what kind of working style I belong to. I felt a little confused because I didn't see any connection between teamwork and this personality test. But when I finished this test, my mentor then explained to me how teamwork and individual working style were closely related. And I have to admit that so far this is the best answer to teamwork understanding that I have ever heard. More interestingly, my mentor took me to his company's football match in the following gathering. When I was watching the game, my mentor told me that he wanted me to see how team spirit was supposed to work. Through the personality test and football match, I now have a deeper understanding of teamwork. More importantly, I appreciate that my mentor spared so much time to answer my questions.

The topics we discussed about:

1. Comparing working in the human resources industry in Hong Kong, China, and other parts of the world

2. The upcoming trend in the human resources industry

3. The challenges faced by human resources management nowadays

4. Main job areas of human resources management

5. How to gain a better understanding of organizational culture

etc.

Mr. Lee and I sometimes discussed about workplace culture in Hong Kong and in Mainland China. As my mentor also has working experience in Mainland China, he would kindly share his observations with me during gatherings. For example, he told me the alcohol drinking culture in dinner tables among businessmen in Mainland China. What surprised me was that he told me this culture was not that dramatic or terrifying. In my mentor's opinion, people should be more open-minded to different cultures and traditions. More interestingly, he still suggested that if I don't want to get involved in this drinking culture, I should find some excuses for it such as being allergic to alcohol. If I insist on it, people will not encourage me to drink alcohol anymore. I think this tip will be very useful in the future.

LU Mingdan (Psychology)

T his year my 2 mentees, Lucy and Daniel are well prepared before our meeting and very positive during the whole process.

Especially for Lucy, she is very interested to be a professional HR. Before our first meeting, she sent me some pages of questions. During the meeting, if she was not clear about the answers, she would ask follow-up questions. Sometimes I did not have enough time to answer all her questions. I am really happy to have a mentee not just listen to me but also share her point of views openly.

The programme does not just benefit to the mentees but also to myself.

Daniel Lee

 

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Mentor: Mr. Edward Sin Mentor: Mr. Martin Leung

Director Deputy General Manager

Palm Capital Asia Partners Ltd. TL Property Consultants International Ltd.

T he first gathering with my mentors was inspiring. We had dinner at a Japanese restaurant. Mr. Sin and Mr. Leung shared a lot with us, which included their career development and experiences dealing with NGOs. I did get inspirations from them. We all look forward to our next gathering.

YIN Lian Zhu (Sociology)

Senior Manager, Assurance

PricewaterhouseCoopers

I n late March, I was glad to take a chance to have the first gathering with my dearest mentor, Bernard Li, the senior manager in PwC. As a year-2 student studying Professional Accountancy, I was very green to know the accounting profession. Having no internship experience and technical exposure to real accounting operations, I felt

unfamiliar with the accounting industry. Even, I still don't know how to make the best use of my university life.

CUMP 2014 has offered me a chance to meet the professional in accounting industry. In the gathering, Bernard Li, my dearest mentor, shared about his career life with me and fellow mentee. What is more, in order to give us a clearer direction and facilitate our interaction, he even invited his mentee in the past to join our gathering to share her own experience as a PAC student. Her sharing was very inspiring and gave me some new insights to view my career: I should go beyond my comfort zone and explore myself more for discovering any potentials.

Bernard gave us a brief picture of the accounting industry nowadays and suggested us to equip ourselves in order to succeed in the accounting profession. More importantly, he recommended us to take part in various school activities and actively participate in foreign exchange programme and some internship programme to get fruitful experience and exposure. These would benefit us both in our career and our personal growth. "Cherish every opportunity in front of us, leave no regrets for our future" - this was an essential message that I got from Bernard.

"Cherish every opportunity in front of us, leave no regrets for our future"

-Mr. Bernard Li

Now, summer vocation has come. Apart from taking rest, I have made the best use of time to take my first step to start my career. I am now working as an intern in a CPA firm. Taking advice of Bernard, I start familiarizing myself to accounting industry to see if I am suitable to choose it as my career. Now, throughout the internship period so far, what I gain is more than what I give. CUMP 2014 definitely gives me rooms to reflect myself and learn from my mentor. More importantly, it is a precious chance for me to get along with my dearest mentor.

CHEUNG Kin Chung (Professional Accountancy)

Mentor: Mr. Bernard Li

 

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Chief Financial Officer, Hong Kong & North East Asia

Standard Chartered Bank

Mentor: Mr. Jamie Ling

T hroughout the mentorship programme, Jamie has committed to it fully and paid so much effort in maintaining a good mentor-mentee relationship. Although he is very busy, he still squeezes his time for meetings and I am so delighted to learn a lot from him! I

still remember he taught me how we should look at things from different angles and how important networking with people is. We also had discussion on some current business issues which I gained a lot! Meanwhile, Jamie is a nice person with heartwarming personality. Despite his work from dawn till dusk, he still remembered what I told him in the meeting long before and did some catch up on it. I am so thankful to have Jamie as my mentor and availing myself of this opportunity, I would like to say a big Thank You to him!

WONG Wai Lam (Integrated BBA Programme)

Cluster Chief Executive (Hong Kong

West) / Hospital Chief Executive,

Queen Mary Hospital &

Tsan Yuk Hospital, Hospital Authority

Mentor: Dr. Luk Che Chung

I had lunch/tea break with Dr. Luk and other mentees. We discussed several current issues and what it means to be a good doctor.

We keep regular communication via whatsapp.

YIM Vivian (Medicine)

Mentor: Mr. Leung Wing On, Louis

President

Wing On Professional Group

H aving lunch with my mentor, Mr. Leung in Central, we talked a lot about my career problems and schedule for the future. Mr. Leung gave me so

many cheers and guidance. After that, I also had a chat with colleagues from Wing On CPA & Associate. They gave me many suggestions about future development too.

We keep regular telephone conversation and share more on our daily life.

XU Fange (Professional Accountancy)

 

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C UHK Mentorship Programme provides me a valuable opportunity and platform to

build up a fruitful relationship with my mentor, Teddy and groupmates. If I need to describe CUMP with one word, I would choose "diversified". Mentors and mentees come from different backgrounds, which makes the programme more vivid and variegated. A fund manager might have a mentee from science, or, a law student could have mentorship with an Engineer. While matching between mentors and mentees is not restricted by their backgrounds, both parties are able to have a wider exposure on different aspects and occupations. Though the programme only last for one year, I am sure the mentorship will be ongoing and sustainable in the future.

I would say the bonding within my group is very strong. Mr. Teddy Li is a very nice and caring mentor with rich experience and a wide network in finance sector. It is very nice of him that he always introduces his friends to me. Through chatting with Teddy and his friends, I gain a deeper insight in banking and finance sector, as well as advices and opinions on my academic path. Another mentee, Nelson, is studying the same major with me, and we were the committee members in the same society as well. That is why the bonding between us are strong. It is more like friendship than mentorship.

We meet at least once a month, because Nelson and I are helping Teddy on a monthly voluntary service. During the service, we put down our work and study, and enjoy the night playing with elderlies. Teddy shows his care and respect to the elderlies. We are lucky to have such a friendly mentor and have so much to learn from him.

LUI Cheuk Lok (Quantitative Finance and Risk Management Science)

I took part in the voluntary services held by Teddy and his fellow church-mates. This was an enjoyable night as we contributed to serve the elderly and the needy, which was meaningful. And I also meet some of his friends which are working in the finance field. I would grasp the chance to learn more from them.

WONG Kam Chun (Quantitative Finance)

Director

Optiver Holding Hong Kong Limited

 

Mentor: Mr. Teddy Li

 

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Vice President, Administration and Logistics

Champion Technology Limited

Mentor: Ms. Mak Man Yee, Cindy

C indy is a very friendly mentor. She arranged activities like a seminar about agarwood in the Imperial Museum and dining in the Helena May so that we could broaden our eyeview. In the seminar,

not only did we acquire knowledge of types and uses of agarwood, we also had a chance to touch and smell it. If Cindy did not invite us to join such an activity, I might not even know what agarwood is. I also enjoyed very much our lunch at Helena May, which is a declared monument of Hong Kong. It was such a pleasure to dine there and take photos. I would like to thank Cindy for her time.

TUNG Chau Han (Integrated BBA Programme)

Executive Director

CITIC Pacific Limited

Mentor: Mr. Vernon Moore

I am very glad to have Mr. Vernon Moore, CFO of Citic Pacific, to be my mentor. I have participated in other mentorship programmes before, but CUMP is not just one of those but is different. To be honest, before joining CUMP, I did not expect to be assigned to someone of such high level. This gives me a unique opportunity to learn from an experienced businessman.

My first meeting with Mr. Moore was not as formal as I anticipated, but it was rather relaxed. We had a fruitful conversation and we covered various topics, from my education background, to future career advice, and to contentious social issues. I was particularly interested in Mr. Moore's experience of working in a Chinese company from a foreigner's perspective, and he shared how the working environment is different from 20 years ago. Going forward, I hope I can seize the opportunity to learn more from my mentor, particularly in the field of corporate governance. I am sure that with his profound knowledge I will be able to explore the area comprehensively.

LAU Him Wing (Juris Doctor)

. Mentor: Mr. Ngai Man Fu Chairman

Fullness Christian Vocational Training Centre

M y mentor shared his working experience and told us some life attitude that we should try our best in very moment , no matter in any situation.

SO Man Ching (Public Health)

 

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Chief Executive Officer

Business Environment Council Limited

Mentor: Ms. Agnes Nardi

M s. Nardi has a tradition of having tea gathering every year with all her mentees, including mentees of previous years. This year, Mickey (another mentee) and I were

asked to organize this event for all the mentees. We had the gathering at the Football Club. I met the previous mentees of Agnes, including Jimmy, Sam, Emily and Ronald. We chatted about everything, such as work, school, Olympics and current issues. After the tea gathering, we also played snooker. It was my first time to play and I enjoyed it very much. It is such a memorable experience for me to share with my mentor and other mentees.

Apart from this annual tea gathering, Mickey and I also had lunch with Agnes. We shared our academic experience and discussed some

current issues.

It is my pleasure to have the gatherings with Agnes. I believe that in future, there would be more and more gatherings and activities, which can further enhance our relationship.

CHAN Kei Yee

(Geography and

Resource Management)

I t was a very nice gathering with my mentor, Ms. Nardi at Dan Ryan at Festival Walk. We had chatted for a long time and she was caring

and concerned about how we were doing in the university. Besides study, she also asked whether we had encountered any difficulties in applying for internships or exchange programmes, as well as encouraged us to seek assistance from her should we need any.

I was very happy to have such a nice and caring mentor!

Mickey LI (LLB)

Director, Recruitment and Resourcing, Human Resources

KPMG

Mentor: Ms. Margaret So

D oris and I had our first dinner with Margaret and we set our goals to achieve in the following year. We shared a lot of our past internship and travel experience.

On the other hand, Margaret shared a lot of her life experience and her story and keys to success in HR field.

We have come to a consensus to keep in touch with each other and Margaret is very kind to be our monitor of our goals.

Margaret gave advice on personal CV and Cover letter through Email and we received positive suggestions and encouragement. She also shared the recent job searching experience and travel experience with us.

HUANG Zhen Xian (Risk Management Science)

 

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Chairman and Managing Director

Suga International Holdings Limited

Mentor: Dr. Ng Chi Ho

We had a nice dinner in a Japanese restaurant in which we shared our recent experiences. LEE Kit Lam (Electronic Engineering)

We had a joyful chat at the Hyatt Hotel, together with previous mentees of Dr. Ng.

William WANG (Quantitative Finance)

 

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G reat participants as they are proactive in setting up meetings and asking for help in specific areas in which I can be of assistance. I too have learned from my mentees and they maybe don’t realize it but they have a lot to contribute to perceived experts. Thanks to CUHK for setting up and continuing to manage this programme.

Peter Nixon

Managing Director

Potential Dialogue

Mentor: Mr. Peter Nixon

M r. Nixon brought us to Dymocks, the book store, where he introduced us the

business development manager. This has indeed expanded my network because I am deeply interested in publishing sector which I have told Mr. Nixon. I am very grateful for him to introduce the manager to us.

In the 2nd time to meet Mr. Nixon, we had the meeting at the Pacific Coffee in Wan Chai. Mr. Nixon gave us some of his latest products (for the use in seminar) which are some cards where some reasons of why people do not talk are printed on. At the back of each card are the solutions. Mr. Nixon asked us

to pick the reason that is most suitable for each of us and asked us to explain. Later on, he provided us with some solutions of how to deal with situations where we do not want to talk.

Moreover, he taught us the skill of using 'how' and 'why' to keep a conversation going on.

LING Wai Lam (English Studies &

BEd in English Language Education)

W e had a great gathering with Mr. Nixon in February. Mr. Nixon

invited us to have lunch with him in Discovery Bay, where he introduced us his wife and Susan, who is the business development manager of dymocks, Discovery Bay. We started having more conversations related to our future meeting plans and methods of communic a t ion . Thro ugh the conversation, Mr. Nixon told us to be more active in extracting more information and helpful connections from him. Mr. Nixon encouraged us to have discussion with him via email so we could ask him questions or discuss specific problems with him whenever needed.

Gene KIM (Chinese Studies)

Mr. Nixon and I are holding the latest product card.

 

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Deputy General Manager (Human Resources)

Sino Group

Mentor: Ms. Queena Pun

A s the deputy general manager in HR department of Sino Group, my dear mentor, Ms. Pun, was always in a very busy schedule. It is my second year as her mentee. We met twice this year. The first one was on the programme opening ceremony and the second one was an office visit. And of course, before the visit, Ms. Pun treated me a very nice lunch.

The very unforgettable moment was at the beginning of 2013-2014 academic year, when the programme was recruiting new mentees. The officer of CUMP gave me a call and told me that Ms Pun selected me as her mentee again. I felt honored and accepted the offer gladly.

We both show understanding to each other, especially for Ms Pun’s busy schedule and I sincerely appreciate her precious time and generous help. Though we cannot meet face to face frequently, we always have a nice chat through Whatsapp. Ms. Pun always gives me enough support.

This summer, I will go for the summer programme in University of Cambridge, which lasts from 29 Jun to 23 Aug. Then I face the problem of seeking summer intern which may usually takes place in the middle of summer period. I told Ms. Pun about this problem and she quickly referred me to corporate communications department of Sino. I have to say that it is very surprising and fantastic.

Last but not least, what I want to highlight is that Sino Group has a very friendly office atmosphere. I just felt the kindness and respect on my first day to office. All my colleagues, no matter my supervisors or even the department manager, are just very nice and helpful. Sino pays a lot of attention on corporate social responsibility issues and I am in the Sino Green Group, which takes charge of sustainability report and the Hang Seng Corporate Sustainability Index Series. I think Sino is in the frontier in this aspect and believe it is a very good choice for future career. Sincerely, it is not an advertisement. Compared with most financial institutions, Sino has a much better work life balance.

At last, thank to Ms. Pun for letting me have the opportunity to gain a deep understanding about Sino, one of the leading property developers in Hong Kong. And I also feel grateful to CUMP. It is just the platform that can help me for my university life. They, both my mentor and CUMP officers, devoted a lot and I appreciate their help very much.

Yu Dong (Quantitative Finance and Risk Management)

F lorence has shown me different departments of Philips, the design of the office and some products. It is the first time that i go to a real office. Thank Florence for giving me the chance. I would say that Florence is really friendly. When we asked to visit her office, she agreed immediately. It made me feel warm because she trusted us. Also, she is willing

to share her experience with me and answer my questions about my career. I am looking forward to the following part of this programme.

CHOW Kin Ming (Economics)

Head of Human Resources

Philips

Mentor: Ms. Florence Tse

 

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Director and Founder

Brand Star Limited

Mentor: Mr. Tse Wai Chuen, Tony

I really want to give my thanks to my mentor, Mr. Tse Wai Chuen, Tony. It is just so nice to meet him. I know that he has been very busy at work but he is still willing to spare time on me. Uncle Tony is friendly and I feel comfortable to chat with him. Our meeting was inspiring, we have exchanged our views on some interesting issues and I have certainly

learnt a lot from him. Thanks to CUMP, I can have such a friendly mentor. I would keep in touch with my mentor and I look forward to meeting him again in the near future.

LAI Wing Tung (Economics)

President

The American Chamber of Commerce in Hong Kong

Mentor: Dr. Richard R. Vuylsteke

D espite how busy Dr. Vuylsteke is, we have managed to meet up twice for lunch so far, during which he had given me different pieces of

advice from different perspectives, and as an inexperienced first year student, I have found these pieces of advice very useful and helpful, for both my first year university life and also early career planning. Asides from these, we also discuss a great range of different things, which make these sessions very enjoyable indeed! I really look forward to our next meeting, and to continue to learn from him!

CHANG Ho-Ting

(Global Economics & Finance)

Director

Jardine Lloyd Thompson Limited

Mentor: Mr. Michael J. Wellsted

C UMP provides us with a precious opportunity to get acquaintance with some seniors who have succeeded in their career. From talking to our mentor and the sharing of their experience, we could learn how to make our own career planning, what to pay attention to when hunting a job, how to present yourself to others, and how to better transform

the way we think from a student to a working person. Actually, we mainly focus on our studies at university, so we may not be very familiar with our career planning. But CUMP definitely makes it possible for us to think about our career in advance, which better prepares us for our job in the future.

Mr. Wellsted is a very nice person with strong leadership. He is willing to share his stories with me, and is patient to listen to my problems or puzzles. When I asked him some questions about my career planning, he would analyze the problem with me and then give me some advice, from which I could learn a lot. Also, he gave me some suggestions on choosing the industry that I want to work in after graduation. I am really honored that I could have Mr. Wellsted to be my mentor this year.

Mr. Wellsted was also willing to have some mock interviews with me and help me identify me weaknesses. This is one of the unforgettable memories I have in CUMP.

PAN Shenyi (Risk Management Science)

 

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Director of Human Resources

Conrad Hong Kong

Mentor: Ms. Ada Wong

T hanks for a delightful meeting on Thursday afternoon. Although another mentor from Conrad, Mr. Thomas

Hoeborn, had his meeting in Mainland China, our meeting was great and you introduced your Hotel by pointing out some features of it. Also, we really appreciated the questions that we discussed. The meetings were stimulating and thought provoking - and lots of fun! Thank you for the time and effort. Thus, I got a big picture of CONRAD HOTEL and some inspirations of what HR do.

Gilbert LO (Integrated BBA Programme)

General Manager, Inflight Services & International Affairs

Dragonair Limited

Mentor: Mr. Andy Wong

S ebo and I had dinner with Mr Wong at IFC. It was very nice to chat with him. We had covered a wide variety of topics. He had shared some interesting facts of aviation industry and the technical skills required for cabin crew. He also told us the welfare that the cabin crew can enjoy.

Apart from his working experience, he also gave us advice on choosing our career in the future. For example, he told us that the job types are divided into 2 types: generalists and specialists and their features respectively. He also shared with us some qualities needed in business world, like being proactive.

He encouraged us to go out and experience more. We had learnt that the way to integrate in foreign culture is to explore and show respect to it. This is a good piece of advice for my exchange programme.

CHOW Hei Tung (Hotel & Tourism Management)

I t's a wonderful night. The other mentee of Andy, Tiffany, and I had a nice chat with Andy. He shared some interesting stories and facts with us during the

dinner. He also shared his experience and insights, which we both found inspiring.

HO Cheuk Wing (International Business

and Chinese Enterprise)

 

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Senior Unit Manager

AIA International Limited

Mentor: Ms. Lily Wong

I t is really my honour to have Ms. Lily Wong as my mentor in CUHK Mentorship Programme.

Through different activities and lunch gatherings, a fruitful mentor-mentee relationship has been established during the last six months. I believe this relationship – along with my learnings and inspirations – will last forever.

University students nowadays are criticized for being unaware of social affairs. Having Ms. Lily Wong as my mentor is like a channel for me to connect to society. Ms. Wong always shares her experience at work as well as some impression towards university students. From her sharing, not only can I have an insight in the insurance industry, but I am also reminded the appropriate learning attitudes that a university student should bear. These inspirations will always be the guidance for me even when I have entered the society.

I would like to take this opportunity to express my gratitude to Ms. Lily Wong

D uring the lunch gathering, Ms. Lily Wong shared her own experiences delivering

several enlightening points. Firstly, she told us about how she overcame various difficulties and organized a charity football match. It occurred to me that we should keep a clear mind and try to find a way out when facing dilemmas. Besides, she emphasized that the career outlook and opportunities for self improvement should be considered first when making career decisions. It surprised me that she also shared with us her understanding of dating and relationships. According to her, communication between lovers is of

O n 1 Mar 2014 , Ms. Wong invited us to have lunch at the Chinese Restaurant, Hyatt Regency Hong Kong.

We were glad that Ms. Wong had also asked mentees she had last year from other universities so that we could have a better understanding of the way how our mentor had time with mentees. Also, Ms. Wong shared her working experience with us to encourage us to move forward and put ideas into practice.

TAM Sin Ting

(Chinese Studies)

for all the unforgettable memories and rewarding experience in the Mentorship Programme. Thank you very much!

LEE Wing Hong

(Quantitative Finance)

great importance.

In addition, chatting with other mentees, I realized the importance of having a wide range of knowledge. With a broader horizon, we will enjoy more chances of impressing others during a conversation.

LI Siyuan (Professional Accountancy )

 

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Former Managing Director

Hong Kong Air Cargo Terminals Limited

Mentor: Mr. Wong See Ho, Anthony

I learnt a lot from my mentor. He guided me the direction of my future career and shared with me the actual working atmosphere in this field. For example, after five years with one of the Big Four audit firms, a qualified accountant will have a lower salary in most cases when he leaves for a job in a commercial firm. It may be too realistic and frustrating but very useful.

My mentor is very nice. He is detail-minded and caring mentor to help solve my problem and clear my doubts.

LAM Hoi Lung (Integrated BBA Programme)

Barrister Mentor: Mr. Wong Kai Tat, Dickson

I am grateful to have a nice dinner with Mr. Wong in Central. We discussed about internship, occupying central event and also some interesting court trials we had heard about.

We are looking forward to the next gathering after Mr. Wong's trip to mainland China.

Regina TSE (LLB)

 

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Chief Executive Officer

Qianhai Equity Fund Investment (Shenzhen) Limited

Mentor: Mr. Bernard Wu Tak Lung

T his programme offers us a great opportunity to know real-life people who are already successful in career and get some useful advice from them to plan for our own career path. And we can also build connections with our mentor.

My mentor, Mr. Bernard Wu, is a very kind man. He is like a father who really cares about us and gives us the right advice to our confusion and problems.

Once I asked him a question about whether I should work first or get a master degree after I finish the undergraduate programme. He told a story about himself. At that moment, I felt like he is just like my father. When I had some problems at home, my father always told stories about himself to help me get rid of it. Mr. Wu is eager to share with us the funny stories in life.

ZHUANG Yalin (Risk Management Science)

T his is a valuable experience to have a talk with those with great achievements about perspectives of life. I have a lot to learn from both mentor and my groupmate. My mentor Mr. Wu is always willing to answer our silly questions. On the other hand, my groupmate is very outgoing and engages in many club positions with a large circle of friends.

TSANG Tin Yau (Mathematics)

Partner

Ernst & Young

Mentor: Ms. Cary Wu

I am lucky to be chosen to join CUMP for which I could meet my mentor, Ms. Cary Wu. She provides me a lot of insights of accounting field and her own experience. I now have more ideas about my probable profession after graduation. And it is very enjoyable to chat with her as we also talk freely on our interests, the society and school life as well. I don’t feel

any pressure at all when meeting and chatting together. And it is really a coincidence that we found out that we studied in the same secondary school!

Thank you for all the efforts and arrangement of the CUMP as well as all other career-planning activities. We, as students, are very fortunate to have all these to better prepare ourselves. Joining these programmes do enrich me a lot.

CHEUNG Wing Yi (Professional Accountancy)

Director of International Affairs

Kingold Group

Mentor: Ms. Yip Lam, Christine

W e had a great time with our mentor, Christine. She shared with us her experience in developing career and also making career

choices over the time. It was a very rewarding experience and she was very generous to share her story.

SHAO Yushi (Global Economics and Finance)

W e came to a cafe and enjoyed the coffee with Miss Yip. Then, she shared her career paths, which impressed me a lot. After that, we talked

about my career planning in the future and I got some valuable opinions from my mentor.

YUNG Siu Fung (Economics)

 

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P rof. Yip, his other two mentees and I had an afternoon gathering at Yip's tea house. Prof. Yip made us nice tea when we were

chatting. In the gathering, we talked about the crucial elements in achieving dreams and goals. As a composer and lyricist, Prof. Yip also shared his experience and insights in song-making.

PANG Wing Ki (Cultural Management)

P rof. Yip kindly invited us to his tea store in Ho Man Tin, while enjoying nice tea he thoroughly shared his life story and personal

beliefs, including his Christianity religion, experience in overcoming numerous hardship, gains and losses after major achievement, as well as his recent passion in integrating pop music with tea culture.

CHAN Wai Tung (English)

Chairman

Teaism Alliance Hong Kong

Mentor: Prof. Yip Wai Man

The woman on the left is Prof. Yip’s major 'disciple' (student), Ms. Eliza Liu. She is now in-charge of his tea culture promotion work in Hong Kong, in which she serves as an instructor for Chung Chi College in organizing Life Education Programme for local secondary students.

Photos taken in Jabbok Tea Shop owned by Professor Yip.

 

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Partner

Ernst & Young

W e have shared a lot about our university life with our mentor, Deko Yeung. She also shared her career life and experience with us. It was

great to have lunch with Deko as we can learn more about our future career.

HO Shuk Ting (Professional Accountancy)

W e had lunch in Tsim Sha Tsui in February. Another mentee, Tina, and me are both accounting students, and we were very excited

about having lunch with a partner from big four accounting firm and wanted to hear more about Deko's personal experience and career advice. During the lunch, we had nice conversation. Deko shared her career path and gave us some advice on preparing for a job in accounting field. As Deko is an alumni at CUHK, she also shared her experience in CUHK, and we told the changes happened at CUHK these years. After the lunch, I felt I learned a lot from her experience, especially her attitudes towards challenges. We kept contact with each other through e-mail and decided to have lunch together sometime later.

CHEN Zhi (Professional Accountancy)

Mentor: Ms. Deko Yeung

Managing Director

Sunflower Travel Service Limited

M s. Lam Ka Ki is a joy to have around and I was very pleased to be assigned as her mentor. She is always curious and is never afraid to ask questions, a valuable quality for someone in the field of research, especially in Anthropology. When I first met Ka Ki, I was very impressed by her enthusiasm in learning and her willingness

to step out of her comfort zone to try something new. She was always taking the initiative to contact me and despite only having time to meet her three times, it felt like we have done so much together. After every meeting, she would write me a thank-you letter detailing what she has learned from it, another example of her diligence. I also commend her participation in an internship program in Sydney, as it takes great resolve and sense of independence for a young girl to organize an overseas trip all by herself. Ka Ki is a bright young lady and I am very privileged to have a chance to know her, I believe she will accomplish great things and I wish her all the best in her future studies and career.

Cindy Young

Mentor: Mrs. Cindy Young

General Manager, Human Resources Department

HNA Group International

Mentor: Mr. Zhang Shu, David

W e had a nice lunch gathering with my mentor, Mr. Zhang and his wife. During the lunch, we chatted some issues about the aviation industry such as environmental management means in airlines operation. Mr. Zhang also mentioned that if I am interested, he could arrange the firm visit to Hong Kong Airlines. Besides, he also

showed some projects he is doing now which I have never thought about it before.

My mentor, Mr. Zhang shared his personal experience for me as a non-local student and how to attain his position from Cathy Pacific to Hong Kong Airlines. For me, that is really inspiring and have a deep concord in my heart.

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KAN Cheng Hung (Geography and Resource Management)

 

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Managing Director

Sunflower Travel Service Limited

F irstly, participating in the CUMP is an enjoyable experience for me. As a

university student, paying effort in researching academics and widening personal network as well as one's horizon, should be balanced. The programme offers different learning experiences for me, for instance, joining the annual dinner of the Sunflower Travel Service Ltd. and activities organized by the HKPASEA with Mrs. Young and other professionals. By participating in these activities, my communication skills is improved.

Moreover, the programme encourages me to challenge myself and make improvement. I used to be afraid of making new friends, especially with professionals or experts. Nonetheless, experiences in developing relationship with my mentor, Mrs. Young, encourage me to make new friends and learn from others. With invitations from Mrs. Young, I got to know the staff from her company, other professionals and senior executives, in order to know more about their career and personal development. I learnt to be brave and they are precious chances to widen my social networks.

These experiences cannot be easily gained in classroom learning!

Mrs. Cindy Young is a nice and considerate mentor who is willing to provide guidance to me. When I first met Mrs. Young in the Launching Ceremony of the CUMP, she shook my hands firmly and said with a bright smile, "Nice to meet you. Make it simple, just call me Cindy! It's always happy to make new friends." Therefore, with the warm welcome from Mrs. Young, we started to share our hobbies, interests and experiences with each other and developed our friendship.

In addition, Mrs. Young is willing to give me different chances to learn and widen my personal network. I am pleased to join the annual dinner of her company. It was a big party that night and chatting with young and energetic marketing colleagues was enjoyable. Although Mrs. Young was busy with international and business agents, she spent time to chat with me

and wished to know my feelings towards the party.

Moreover, Mrs. Young is willing to give me guidance in preparing my future career development. She reminded me to participate in different kinds of extra-curricular activities to enrich my life experience and expand my social network. During the visit to Jao-Tsung I Academy with Mrs. Young, I was introduced to different professionals and one of them, Alex Hung from the Rotary Club of Peninsular Sunrise invited me to join the service trips organized by his company. Mrs. Young is a friendly and experienced mentor who always loves to give a helping hand.

The most unforgettable memory is the prompt guidance and help from Mrs. Young. I would participate in a short-term internship programme organized by the Nicholson Museum of the University of Sydney this summer. As it is the first time for me to travel abroad alone, I feel quite nervous and share it with Mrs. Young. Although Mrs. Young was in a business trip when I sought for her guidance, she replied me via email immediately and asked colleagues from her company who was familiar with Australia to provide me assistance. With the help from Mrs. Young and her colleagues, I was able to get more useful information about the country and plan my journey. Mrs. Young really cares about the

needs of mentee and provides guidance for me.

I would never forget the interesting dialogue between Mrs. Young and me during the Jao-Tsung I Academy. After visiting the historical buildings and museums, Mrs. Young and I were going to have a special lunch in Gingko House. I asked Mrs. Young to take photo with me. "Mrs. Young, is it okay to take a photo here? It's nice!" I suggested. Mrs. Young replied, "Absolutely yes!". Then, Mrs. Young took my smart phone immediately and said, "Stand in front of the door, it's beautiful." I suddenly realized I misled Mrs. Young and said, "Sorry, Mrs. Young. I mean we take a photo together!" Both of us burst into laughter and took a photo together! How a nice and friendly professional executive Mrs. Young is!

LAM Ka Ki (Anthropology)

Mentor: Mrs. Cindy Young

 

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Senior District Director

American International Assurance Company (Bermuda) Limited

Mentor: Mr. Yung Wing Ki, Samuel

M r. Samuel Yung invited mentees to have a dinner gathering at his house. We talked not only about the career and school life, also the current situation in Hong Kong and some thoughts about future.

LIU Mengying (Risk Management Science)

 

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Contact us Career Planning and Development Centre Office of Student Affairs The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Address: 2/F, Benjamin Franklin Centre, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong.

Telephone: 3943 7202

Fax: 2603 5933

Email: cpdc@cuhk.edu.hk 

CUHK Mentorship Programme (CUMP),

organized by Office of Student Affairs of CUHK,

aims to enhance the exposure of CUHK students

through experience sharing and interaction

with experienced professionals and senior executives.

CUHK Mentorship Programme