The CityU Alumni Forum A Rewarding Parenthood: From Communication to Intimacy organised by the Alumni Relations Office (ARO) was successfully held on 6 September. The Convocation, being an event partner would like to express our thanks to participants for joining the event. The talk featured Candy Chea Shuk-mui, a prominent figure in broadcasting, and CityU alumnus Tik Chi-yuen BBS JP, Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Family Education. Dilys Chau Suet-fung, recipient of the CityU Distinguished Alumni Award, was the forum facilitator. Convocation Chairman Karmen Chan and Vice-Chairman Louis Kwok who attended the event enjoyed the interaction with fellow alumni. View the post event coverage and photos.

Convocation Vice-Chairman Robert Lui, a partner of Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu shared his experience on developing professional expertise as well as personal skills in a career talk of the Career and Internship Office on 13 September on campus. The talk attracted some 350 students who were eager to kick start their career in international firms.

Two prominent community figures from the social service and media fields discussed how to develop, grow and sustain a rewarding parent-child relationship at an alumni forum on 6 September.

Ms Candy Chea Shuk-mui, a prominent figure in broadcasting, and CityU alumnus Mr Tik Chi-yuen BBS JP, Director of the Hong Kong Institute of Family Education, were the guest speakers at the Forum themed A Rewarding Parenthood: From Communication to Intimacy organised by the Alumni Relations Office (ARO) of CityU. Ms Dilys Chau Suet-fung, recipient of the CityU Distinguished Alumni Award, was the forum facilitator.

At the interactive discussion, the speakers shared their valuable experience and provided practical examples on how to build a rewarding parenthood and maintain a harmonious family amid busy lifestyles. They also noted their observations on recently-emerged ‘monster’ and ‘helicopter’ parents, prince and princess syndromes, and possible ways to avoid the situations. The importance of developing an intimate parent-child relationship through a high emotional quotient was also discussed.

To close the forum, Candy and Chi-yuen encouraged parents to set themselves as a good model for their children, and allow them to go through both good and bad experiences to build resilience.

Following the inspiring forum, ARO held a lucky draw among alumni participants who checked into the Forum using the ARO mobile application. The prizes included a Samsung Galaxy SIII mobile phone sponsored by CityU Eminence Society and two USBs given away by ARO.

President Professor Way Kuo also provided participants with a few University updates, including the news that Professor Liu Zhi-Qiang from the School of Creative Media had won a prestigious teaching excellence award from the University Grants Committee in recognition of his outstanding teaching performance.

A photo gallery of the Forum is available here to recall happy moments.

Dear Alumni,

City University of Hong Kong will once again organize a delegation to participate in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2013 to be held on 24 February 2013 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 884 delegate members for the Marathon in 2012 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 26 September 2012. Please register online as soon as possible, 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 from 8 October to 9 November 2012.

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 from 8 October 2012 onwards.

We look forward to seeing you at the Marathon!


Organizing Committee for the CityU Delegation
Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon 2013
(Jointly organized by SDS, HRO, CDFO, ARO, MGT & CONVO)

Alumni in particular non-local ones are welcome to join “A day tour at Hong Kong” on 27 October (Saturday) from 9am to 6pm. The tour is coordinated by the Alumni Relations Office with a tour company. The registration deadline is 10 October, so ACT now!

To celebrate the formation of the City University of Hong Kong Social Work Alumni Association and elect its first Executive Committee, an Inaugural General Meeting cum Social Work Dinner will be held at 6:30pm 13 October (Saturday) at City Chinese Restaurant (Shing Hin), 8/F Amenities Building, CityU. More HERE.

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