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Welcome Home – Alumni Celebrate Alma Mater’s 10th Birthday

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Revisit HKUST's Splendid History

You are invited to revisit the splendid history of HKUST as presented in a special 10th anniversary commemorative book — HKUST Soars: The First Decade. This is the story of a university which has defied the odds and redefined a culture in just one decade.

Designed to capture the University's upbeat spirit and illustrated with many archival and specially taken photographs, the book takes you back to the founding days, through to the present, and ends with a glimpse of the future.

The publication is now available in hard cover at HK$95 in the Souvenir Shop. All alumni enjoy a 10% discount. The Chinese version will be available in August.

You have all been part of this incredible story. You made it happen. Let's share in the pride and joy!

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Hiking Trip

On 4 March, the MBA Alumni Association held its first hiking trip of the year. Twenty-one alumni and friends participated. The hike covered stage one of the MacLehose Trail, from Pak Tam Chung through Long Ke Beach to Sai Wan Pavilion.

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Golf Outing

A total of 32 alumni, friends and faculty members, including Dr Steve DeKrey and Prof K C Chan joined the golf outing at Panyu, Nansha, in April. The weather was perfect and all participants had a lot of fun. Another golf outing is scheduled for the end of the year. MBA alumni please watch out for further details.

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Come and Join our 10th Anniversary Celebrations

"HKUST Soars" — The University launched its 10th anniversary programs with ceremonies both on and off campus on 23 April, to kick off the celebrations for the whole year. The off-campus Launching Ceremony was officiated by the Chief Executive, the Hon Tung Chee Hwa, together with Dr the Hon Sze-Yuen Chung, Pro-Chancellor; Dr Vincent H S Lo, Council Chairman; President Chia-Wei Woo; Prof Paul Ching-Wu Chu, President-Designate; Mr Kaxton Siu, President of the Students' Union; and Mr Terr y Leung, President of the Alumni Association.

Highlights of the forthcoming events include the 10th

Anniversary Carnival and the 10th Anniversary Alumni Homecoming Dinners. Alumni are welcome to participate and

bring along family and friends.

The 10th Anniversary Carnival will be held on 23 September on the University campus. There will be a wide range of booths featuring fun and games, and a kaleidoscope of special programs. The Alumni Homecoming Dinners will take place in October. Hosted separately by the four Schools, the dinners will be the largest homecoming event ever held on the campus, and will be an excellent opportunity for you to renew ties with former classmates and teachers. The tentative schedule for the dinners is as below:

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President Woo to Become Honorary President

of HKUST Alumni Association

The HKUST Alumni Association presented a symbolic gift — a crystal globe — to President Chia-Wei Woo at the farewell dinner organized by faculty and staff on 25 May. The crystal globe represents the mission to maintain strong ties among alumni from all over the world. During the presentation by Mr Terry Leung, the President of HKUST Alumni Association (right), President Woo was also invited to become the Honorary President of the Association.

Please visit the 10th Anniversary Website at http://www.ust.

hk/10A for more details on the other celebration events.

Designed by WebServe Technology Group Limited, a company set up by HKUST alumni under the Entrepreneurship Program, the website also displays the major milestones and achievements of the University in the past 10 years.

School Date Venue

Science 6 October Chinese Restaurant Business and Management 6 October S H Ho Sports Hall Humanities and Social Science 6 October U C Bistro Engineering 7 October S H Ho Sports Hall

The off-campus Launching Ceremony was held at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in April .

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Editorial: Office of University Development and Public Affairs

Contributors: Mavis Lee, Sean Lin, Amy Wong, HKUST Alumni Association Design and Production: Publishing Technology Center

Alumni News is published quarterly by HKUST's Office of University Development and Public Affairs to report on news and activities related to HKUST alumni.

The next issue of Alumni News will be published in September 2001. Contributions from alumni are welcome, and should be received by 20 July 2001. Send in your article to us either by fax to 2705-9119, or by e-mail at [email protected].

(c) 2001 by Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. All rights reserved.

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Sean Lin graduated in 1994 with a BBA major in Management. He was the Chairman of the HKUST Students' Union Organizing Committee and the Founding President of the HKUST Students' Union. He is a Senior Inspector in the Hong Kong Police Force and is studying part-time for an MBA/MSc (ISMT) at HKUST.

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New Alumni Directory System

Would you like to find a long-lost classmate? Would you like your classmates to keep in touch with you? The Alumni Directory on the Web will provide a good channel.

The Office of University Development and Public Affairs is pleased to announce that a new Alumni Directory System is now in place on the Web. Please visit the new directory at

http://www.ust.hk/alumni to renew your ties with long-lost

classmates.

With this directory, you can post your name, e-mail and homepage address details. You can also search for your friends' contacts. The new Alumni Directory works on an upgraded system, and will be more efficient than the former system in adding or retrieving records.

Your comments and suggestions on the new system are most welcome. Please e-mail us at [email protected].

Believing to Create...

I have often been asked the question, "Why did you choose to go to a brand new university without a track record?"

It all started 10 years ago, back in the summer of 1991, after my A-level examinations. After attending talks and introductory sessions arranged by different universities, a decision was called for. And the following words really inspired me.

"What is the likelihood that during your entire lifetime, you would have the opportunity to be a pioneer at a new university?"

"The framework is there, it is now up to you to create something out of it!"

That was why I enrolled at HKUST as one of the first intake of undergraduates in 1991, together with 594 young risk-takers who shared the same vision. At HKUST, I got plenty of opportunities to create something from scratch. The biggest challenge was forming the Students' Union. Together with several new-found friends, I put up a notice on campus inviting fellow students to a meeting on setting up our own Students' Union. The rest is history.

Ten years later, and I can see so many breakthroughs and creations at HKUST as well as what the graduates themselves have accomplished. The University and her people have really achieved a lot for herself and for Hong Kong. This is because 10 years ago these people believed that this day would come. And now they see it with their own eyes.

I remember one day I came across the approved budget of the Students' Union posted on the notice board. It had a turnover more than 10 times the budget we had the day I handed over the Union seal. These were the tangible results we alumni had created together. "It is only when you choose to give first, that you can get in return." I truly appreciate the power of education — to see the new generation achieving even more than their predecessors.

So, now 10 years have passed. Has the opportunity for creation passed? Of course not.

Creation comes from believing — believing in something that has not yet existed or happened, something that has not yet been created or dreamt of. The University has now taken her first steps. To echo the theme of the 10th anniversary, it is time for her to lift off and soar.

How high can she fly? The sky is the limit !

Sean Lin

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Over 240 alumni and students gathered at the 10th Anniversar y Alumni-Students Confluence in the University’s Chinese Restaurant on 24 April to share memories and experiences as HKUST entered its 10th anniversary year.

Jointly organized by the Student Affairs Office and the HKUST Alumni Association, this Confluence was specially held as one of the celebrations for the 10th anniversar y. President Chia-Wei Wo o hosted the function. It was also the Confluence with the highest number of alumni participants since the event was inaugurated in 1998.

The evening commenced with introductory remarks from the Director of Student Affairs, Mr Luke Wong, followed by a warm welcome from President Woo and an address by the President of HKUST Alumni Association, Mr Terry Leung.

At ever y table, questions and answers bounced enthusiastically back and forth as students were keen to learn from their "big brothers and sisters", and the alumni just as eager to share what they had learnt since they left their alma mater. They also participated in an interesting "people-matching" game designed by the Alumni Association.

The evening’s mood was best captured by the President of HKUST Alumni Association, Mr Terry Leung. "What a great turnout! Both alumni and students are eager to celebrate HKUST's achievements at this histor ic m i l e s ton e . I l o ok for w a rd to t h e s a m e l e ve l of participation at the coming anniversar y and alumni events," he said.

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Business School Alumni Website

A new Business School Alumni Website was launched recently by the School of Business and Management with the support of the Publishing Technology Center. The objective is to foster closer links between the School and its alumni.

Highlights of the website include Career Services, Forum and Alumni Update. All School of Business and Management alumni are welcome to post job vacancies or search for job information, exchange views with fellow alumni and to update their personal records

on-line.

Please visit the website at

http://alumni.bm.ust.hk. If

you have any comments and suggestions, please send them to [email protected].

Welcome Home –

Alumni Celebrate Alma Mater's

10th Birthday with Students

Sean Lin and his classmates (1994)

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Happy faces of the organizing committee members of the HKUST Students' Union (1992)

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Attention:

New Format for Alumni News

To celebrate the 10th anniversary, the Alumni News will take on a new look starting from the next issue (Autumn 2001). The 8-page Alumni News will be produced in full color with an expanded content. Please also note that the News will feature a column "Alumni Notes", containing messages from alumni. You are welcome to send your news and updates to us.