Dear CityU Runners,

City University of Hong Kong will once again organize a delegation to participate in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2012 to be held on 5 February 2012 with the objectives of promoting CityU as a healthy university and strengthening unity among the CityU community. The Delegation will include all staff & their dependants, students, and alumni and their dependants. We are honored to have our President, Professor Way KUO, to serve as Head of the CityU Delegation and lead our participants in the run.

CityU had successfully recruited 780 delegate members for the Marathon in 2011 and we aim to form a bigger delegation for next year’s race. If you are interested in joining the CityU Delegation, please visit the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2012 website at http://www.hkmarathon.com. The updated information and application details will be officially announced by HKAAA, the Organizer, on 3 October 2011. Please register online as soon as possible after the announcement as there are limited quotas for each race category and they will be filled up before the registration deadline.

After your registration for the race, you should submit your enrollment form for joining the CityU Delegation either through online enrollment or by fax or in person to the Physical Education Section at the Hu Fa Kuang Sports Centre on or before 18 November 2011.

For details about the CityU Delegation and enrollment procedures, please see attached information leaflet or visit our website at http://www.cityu.edu.hk/marathon.

We look forward to seeing you at the Marathon!

Organizing Committee for the CityU Delegation
Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2012
(Jointly organized by SDS, HRO, CDFO, ARO, MGT & CONVO)

Alumni find inspiration at Convocation Talk – Career Navigator

Convocation Talk – Career Navigator was successfully held on 24 September. The Standing Committee members would like to thank participants for joining the event. Our sincere gratitude also goes to guest speaker Dr Szeto Wing-fu (the Executive Director of Hung Fook Tong Holdings Ltd and author of 《老闆要的不是牛》) and alumni guests Ms Dilys Chau (Partner of Ernst & Young) and Mr Chris Chan (Founder of software development company IGPSD Ltd) for their inspiring talks. Their personal experiences and advice gave insights on steering career goals in the competitive job market, and equally importantly, maintaining a positive outlook despite challenging times. View the photo gallery HERE.

Standing Committee members look forward to greeting alumni at CityU Banquet 2011

The Convocation has joined forces with ARO to coordinate alumni participation in this signature event of the Students’ Union being held on campus on 27 October. It’s a great opportunity for alumni to unite with current students and University staff for a wonderful evening of food, performances and united passion for the University. For those who have successfully booked your tables, see you there!

Six members of the CityU Eminence Society have been recognised in the HKSAR Chief Executive Honours List or appointed as Justices of the Peace – The Hon Leung Chun-ying, Mr Herman Hu, Mr Brave Chan, Mr Jonathan Chan, Mr Nelson Yip and Ms Jessie Yu.  A celebration dinner was held on 6 September where the attending recipients shared their feelings on receiving the awards and their experience in serving Hong Kong.  Check out the photo gallery HERE.

Geng Chun Ya, the Chairperson of Hong Kong (City University) Association of Mainland Graduate in the radio programme of RTHK shared that some of the many ways that the Alumni Relations Office (ARO) had involved in integrating the Mainland alumni and students into CityU community. Tune in more.

The Alumni Association of School of Law of

City University of Hong Kong

香港城市大學法律學院畢業同學會

The Annual Dinner 2011

Date:   4^th November 2011 (Friday)

Time:  19:00 to 22:00

Venue: Maxim’s Palace, Shun Tak Centre, Hong Kong
(美心皇宮 香港上環信德中心)

Price: HK$450 per head (crossed-cheque made payable to “CityULawAlumni” and send to Miss Minnie Wat at 10/F Grand Building, 15-18 Connaught Road Central, Central, Hong Kong).

Registration and Deadline: By e-mail to Miss Minnie Wat at minniewat@gmail.com before 26^th October 2011.

Notes:

It is time to meet with your classmates and friends.

Spouses, friends, and guests are warmly welcome.

Look forward to seeing you….

「我在為理想而活。」iGPSD創辦人及總經理陳康成說道。自從08年頂著金融海嘯的難關，他沉著應變、轉危為機，把創業的夢想變成現實。今時今日，iGPSD已經在康成的帶領下成為智能手機應用程式（Apps）產業中的新星，其客戶包括各大知名機構、企業，同時也與一些非牟利機構（NGO）聯手推出即時的手機軟件。

受到家族事業的影響，康成從小就為自己定下了創業的目標。在中學時代已經開始撰寫電腦程式的他，一直將微軟創辦人比爾蓋茨看作是資訊科技界裡最厲害的人。進了城大之後，主修電子計算機工程的他同時又兼任《城大月報》的副總編輯。「在大學生涯最難忘的是在出版雜誌前幾天通宵達旦的趕工，在學會房間睡覺。」繁忙的功課及學會活動以外，康成仍然堅持在校外做自由職業人，利用空閒時間寫網站、寫程式。「早點接觸社會比較好。」他道。

04年，大學剛畢業的康成面對「沙士」後期香港低迷的就業環境，暫時擱下創業的大計，選擇投身上班族。「我學會了在逆境中堅持不懈，以學習的態度來工作。」康成侃侃而談，「在那裡我知道我確實熱愛這份工作，並且認識到了人生中最好的一群朋友。」談到08年的創業，他笑言「是憑著自己的一股衝勁去闖，在沒有合作夥伴的情況下從居家辦公室開始，客源都要自己去找。」康成對自己的第一個客仍然印象深刻。一位傳媒集團的行政總裁看中了他的作品，適逢該集團有意利用網絡平臺推廣新計劃，雙方一拍即合，推出的應用程式大受好評。

剛剛做了老闆2年多的康成，已經有了自己的一套管理哲學，就是「僕人領導」、「任務導向」。另外，他希望可以將最優秀的人才招聚在一起，為同一個理想而努力。「做老闆不是欺壓，而是服務員工。我會給他們創造出一個最高效而具靈活性的工作環境。」康成自己是個節奏快的人，所以也希望員工都能積極投身這份自己所愛的工作中。「設定期限最有效，每一項目都有期限。員工合理的請假我都可以批准，只要他能按時完成任務就行。」至於如何能提高員工的士氣，康成說道：「我是一個喜歡與人交流的科技人，我經常與同事聊天以瞭解他們的想法。要成為我的員工，首先我要確認他是真心熱愛這份工作，我才會請他加入這個團隊。另外我會給每個員工分配一個任務，整個過程會由他們自己從頭到尾一手包辦，這樣當任務完成之後，他們自然會有一種滿足感，也會為自己的工作成果而感到自豪。」

陳康成認為，智能手機的市場遠比電腦大，甚至可達十倍，如果這個市場應用於教育或者金融領域，可使世界發展得更快；未來有一天，所有的東西都將在iPhone和iPad上實現。康成可說是一名有願景的八十後，他認為「能力越大，責任越大」，除了打理iGPSD，他也定期做義工，又參加領袖課程，未來更想繼續修讀工商管理學碩士。「我希望香港人能為自己的理想而活。多一些有理想的人，香港才會進步。」

Since the launch of the Alumni Ambassador Scheme (AAS) in 2003, over 1,400 alumni have joined up and exemplified the “Caring by Serving” spirit by providing voluntary services to their Alma Mater.

This issue we continue to feature the Alumni Ambassadors’ Stories Collection. Let’s tune in the stories of our Alumni Ambassadors, Savio Wong, Amanda Wu and Yo Yo Lui and learn their impressive voluntary service experiences in their respective voluntary services!

Enthusiastic alumni leaders from various alumni associations shared mutual updates at the “Sharing Session with Alumni Association Leaders” co-hosted by the Alumni Relations Office and the Convocation on 15 September. Mr CK Chan from EMBA Alumni Association, Mr Peter Ho from CityU Eminence Society and Mr Sam Kung of Management Sciences Alumni Association took the initiative to share their fruitful association experiences, followed by an interactive discussion among the participants. The alumni leaders also iconized creatively on how to “unite alumni to support University development”, a common goal cherished by all, through improvised drawing. Retrieve the joyful moments HERE.

Students joining the 5^th Telephone Affinity Campaign from 4^th July to 9^th August showed that they were glad to have an enriched summer holiday which was filled with happy chats with their alumni fellows. The callers contacted about 3,000 alumni to share latest development in CityU and to seek their support. They also took the opportunity to update contact details to help strengthen the relationship with their alma mater. This year’s campaign generated around HK$0.42 million to support student development initiatives.

“Talking with alumni is such an unforgettable experience,” said caller Hebe Leung. “They shared their work experience with me and encourage me to grasp every opportunity to learn.” Another caller Issac Chun would like to thank all alumni for their generous support to CityU. “We are so proud to be a member of CityU community with so many caring alumni. Their support to the University means much more than monetary!”

Hebe (left) and Issac (right)

In addition to devoting their spare time to make the calls, all participating students supported the campaign with their own donations and joined the Alumni Giving Club.

Student callers showed their support to Telephone Affinity Campaign and made their donation to CityU.

Senior alumni (centre of the front row) visit Telephone Affinity Campaign calling centre and give encouragement notes to students.

Our cheerful and passionate student callers.