Alumni Stories

林準祥收藏數以千計的香港老照片，會逐張尋找它們的故事。他亦去過大英圖書館，解破一個關於紙幣的歷史謎團。

黃文杰（Vincent）任職的機構是「物流及供應鏈多元技術研發中心」（LSCM），由創新及科技基金撥款成立。黃文杰指出，受老父患老人癡呆症啟發，走上研發護老助弱科技之路。目的是透過研發新科技，去解決現存香港的社會難題。

李志光醫生每天都習慣彎着腰跟小病人說話。也許因見過太多苦楚，本應退休，卻選擇留任籌劃兒童醫院，及推動香港剛起步的兒童紓緩治療。

Tony創辦了全港第一間只做環保建築的建築師樓，他深信建築是講求人與人之間的關係、自己的故事和感情。「這個世界有改變嗎？我自己的小小信念，你不能以一己之力改變這個世界，但你可以改變身邊的人，慢慢令身邊人逐小逐小改變，建築的發展都是由小區做好示範，這個社區做得好，可能就會變成一個政策。我相信夢想是重要的，每個人都有改變的力量。」

吳宇軒從小熱愛大自然，在大學主修生態及生物多樣性。大學二年級時，首次認識樹藝。畢業後，考取了樹藝師牌照，希望為本港的樹藝界發展帶來貢獻。

「大部分壁虎擁有自斷尾巴能力，並不代表牠們能無限「甩尾」，再生的尾巴除了外觀與原生的不同，也屬於無脊椎的軟組織，因此每斷一次，背上脊椎會缺少一截，當到達臨界點便無法再斷。」

Alumnus Timo Sysiö (BSc, MPhil), an attaché at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs (Finland), hosted an exclusive visit to the Ministry for HKU students and alumni on April 26, 2019. Great to see a growing alumni network in Northern Europe!

沐浴於林，開放感官，引領身心與大自然重新接軌，達到療癒效果，這就是日本林業廳於1982年推出「森林浴」(shinrin-yoku) 的意思。法律學院和社會科學院校友 Amanda (易琪) 畢業後在律師行拼搏多年，卻因為2014年一個人生轉捩點，轉投大自然為她的「合伙人」，成為森林療癒 (Forest Therapy) 嚮導，積極透過其創辦的「香港森林浴」，讓都市人擁抱一直被忽略的大自然。

國際知名歷史學家、香港大學第十一任校長王賡武教授：歷史是微觀至一個人的成長和背景，宏觀至組織、地區、國家和人類發展的過程，這些都是「與過去互動而成的關係」。要了解過去，今天才懂得選擇；要了解歷史，才懂得選擇過去的經驗來分析此刻發生的事情。

南豐紗廠（The Mills）重建後的空間不但保留舊有歷史，更結合商業零售、文化空間、初創共享工作室等不同功能，為本地私人活化發展帶來啟示。

「啄木鳥十分懂得挑樹，會選隱蔽的地方啄洞，讓雛鳥在安全環境成長。美國曾有研究表示，這些樹洞可成為20多種野生動物的家，例如松鼠、黃鼠狼、老鼠等小型樹棲動物，其他雀鳥亦能使用」

「跳高女神」楊文蔚出身基層家庭，被人標籤為一個沒有教養的街童。正正運動讓她擺脫街童的身份，逐漸開展充滿機遇的人生。

Alan Chan has turned around KFC’s flagging fortunes in Hong Kong

Yuri Hung has embarked on a journey with the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Youth.

編按：2015年7月27日，正於美國普林斯頓大學主修數學的香港學生盧安迪，在香港大學訪問當代數學大師蕭蔭堂教授。蕭教授為哈佛大學數學教授，早年獲普林斯頓大學博士學位。兩人雖生於不同年代，但同樣醉心數學，是次訪談是兩代數學研究者的對話。

2018 marks the 10th anniversary of HKU alumni climbing Kilimanjaro. Terry Chan, founder of CruxPro Limited, has led expeditions to Africa's highest mountain, as well as other famed peaks.

A dedicated group of HKU students, alumni and staff members ran in the inaugural charity marathon in the name of the Brothers & Sisters of Love Your Neighbour Club

Dr Peter Lee’s new poetry chapbook, "Something Celebrative or Immortal Under Another Birdless Sky", by Jamii Publishing

Dr William Tong, a specialist in clinical virology, passed away on May 2, 2018.

Dr Leung Sing-fai, a clinical oncologist, passed away peacefully on January 20, 2017.

Congratulations to Professor Manying Ip, President of HKU Alumni Association of New Zealand and HKU overseas mentor, for being awarded the Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit (CNZM) 2018!

“Our mission at MedArt is to serve the forgotten through medicine and music,” Dr John Ngan, its Founder, shared in the article.

Inspired by the slogan "HKUnited We Run", Miranda joined the HKU Marathon Team, which she would like to "do something" for the HKU family. The "can-do” spirit further drives Miranda to join the 10Km race and Full Marathon (42.195Km) in 2007 and 2017 respectively.

Dr Ray Zhong is the first awardee of the New Zealand Chinese Youth Scientist Award 2017. He is a lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Auckland, New Zealand where he moved to after obtaining his PhD from the Department of Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering, HKU in 2013.

梁鳳鳴醫生，Angela Leung十年前開始跑步，人生第一次參加公開跑步賽事是2007年的渣打馬拉松10公里並順利完賽。自此梁醫生成為了本地10k，半馬，全馬等各大小賽事得獎台上的常客。2017年，Angela更在柏林衝線並拿下獨特的六大馬拉松獎牌！

What began as a reunion of HKU’s Master of Science in Electronic Commerce and Internet Computing (MEICOM) in 2003 became a life-transforming Marathon journey for one alumna – Pauline Tse. She went from being a sedentary office lady to a recently honoured champion of the World Marathon Majors...

For eight years, Ray has been out in the field exploring all across Hong Kong to capture and record different creatures by camera. So far, around 100 species have been collected and details on most of them were published in a book《香港兩棲爬行類眾生相》.

Teddy Law, founder of the hiking website Oasistrek 綠洲 and writer of the publication《咫尺山林：香港郊野的思緒漫遊》, said Hong Kong is not as “concrete” as we think, and it is no less beautiful than other travel regions and countries popular among Hong Kong people.

This past summer, Max and Edna were amongst the 80 students from local and overseas tertiary education institutions for six-to-eight-week internships in different departments of the Airport Authority (AA).  

Joyce took a rather unconventional path when she completed my undergraduate studies. Instead of finding a job with a media agency, she headed to Beijing as a communications intern at the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) China office.

International Business and Global Management graduate Yuxin Hou has a career that truly involves global management and not only that, it challenges the norm. He is the Manager of China Business at The Global Institute For Tomorrow (GIFT), a Hong Kong-based independent think tank and the Project Manager of "The other Hundred" - an international photography competition and photobook project that showcases 100 worldwide photo-stories, each moving beyond stereotypes and introducing readers to the vast majority of people and cultures overlooked by the mainstream media.

建築師陳麗喬早前辭去高薪厚職，開發網上平台 ，期望連結舖位業主及有意創業或舉辦藝文活動的年輕人，以低廉租金活用都市閒置空間，同時帶動地區人流，達至業主租戶「雙贏」。

原本連樂譜也看不懂的梁騫仁（Austin），大學時唸生物醫學工程系，為打發時間參加合唱團，卻被古典音樂吸引，於20歲重新學音樂，展開音樂人生。

Nineteen Riccians, mostly in their 50s, reached the summit top at Mount Hehuan – Wuling – at 3,275 meters (10,745 feet) on bicycles. Mount Hehuan is Taiwan’s tallest mountain accessible by road, and Wuling is generally heralded as the hallmark of cycling, the "Mecca" of cyclists.

Adam Wong, Billy Choi and Argo Yeung began their triathlon adventures less than two years ago. They enjoy every triathlon race, not because they want to beat their competitors but because, as a team, they get to push their limits even further than they can alone.

生物醫學應屆學士畢業生謝熙朗（Jackie），在學時成為港大首批到英國愛丁堡大學，修讀銜接獸醫學士第一年課程的學生，如今Jackie決定再次踏足英國，繼續修讀餘下三年獸醫課程，冀將來成為獸醫，或投身與動物、生物醫學有關的科研工作。

An architecture alumnus won various international photo awards with his mesmerizing landscape photos.

紅斑狼瘡症聽來可怕，但那本紅色配白色的自傳，封面上那個滿臉紅點的女孩，卻很可愛。說的是《如果我沒有紅斑狼瘡症》一書，作者也就是病者本人余穎妍。六年前出版作品後，余穎妍經常到學校分享，她說希望透過自身經歷將正能量帶給學生。除了學校禮堂的台上，作為戒毒社工，她還有不少以生命影響生命的機會。

Professor Albert Lam has been awarded a Member of the Order of Australia (AM) in the 2017 Australia Day Honours list published in Sydney.

Old Ghost (pen name) was inspired by a comic to gather a group of like-minded people to write a book about dreams. He truly believe in the idea of pursuing dreams, even after the failures he faced at university.

巴勒斯坦、阿富汗、約旦、叙利亞、緬甸── 這些國家都是國際新聞的「常客」，通常配以槍林彈雨的衝突場面，葉維昌卻在以上地方都留下了足迹。

他目前是紅十字國際委員會的對外事務部項目經理，曾經擔任四年駐外代表，是機構現時唯一一位曾於戰區前線服務過的香港人。

Gesa Schwantes, a member working on a World Bank-funded conservation project in Guizhou Province, China, has been cited in the prestigious 2016 UNESCO Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation.

Winnie, a Fine Art alumna who has exhibited works in the Asia-Pacific region, Italy and Canada, set up her workshop in a Fo Tan industrial building back in 2006 and has been participating in the annual Open Studios. Ten years later, she is now the organiser of this annual event.

Wilfred Tang, son of alumna Tsang Hwa, who resides in the United States, visited HKU with his family to search for the plaque of King Edward VII Scholars, as his mother was an awardee back in 1954.

他與視障人士腕表，是命定的宿命，它讓他一炮而紅，也令他雄心壯志拼事業。當信創意就是成功的年代，他最享受游走於無限想像的專注，把創新點子化成生活設計。他是顧力恒，徹頭徹尾的建築師。

78-year-old Kwong Hung-piu, who has participated in the Standard Chartered Hong Kong Marathon (SCHKM) 10K race is a member of the HKU Marathon Team for the past ten years. He is the most senior member of the Team.

“Poetry is like a riddle. You have to guess what I mean. And a good poem always has a key to unlock it.” Currently working as a medical doctor in a palliative care ward, Chan Lut-ming has “numerous encounters with different people, in which the human ‘touch’ generates ‘feelings’” that drive him to write poems.

Medical startups in Hong Kong are far and few between. However, one such startup is Living Tissues Company Limited (in short Living Tissues)  and it is also one of the ten winners of DreamCatchers 100K 2016, which was awarded HK$100,000 after competing against 17 other startups.

10 winners of the HKU DreamCatchers 100K 2016 have been awarded HK$100,000 seed fund.

Startups are not a recent trend for fresh graduates. Nancy and Gary, now husband and wife who graduated from Faculty of Social Sciences nearly 15 years ago, also walked away from stable career paths after spotted a gap in the market to found Red Publish 紅出版, one of Asia’s leading publishers.

Dr John Ho, Distinguished Service Professor at the State University of New York at Buffalo, passed away on Thursday, September 22, 2016.

Whereabouts are the alumni of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre?

To express their gratitude towards their mentor and teacher Professor YC Cheng 鄭耀宗教授, former HKU Vice-Chancellor (1996-2000) and past Dean of Engineering (1987-1989), a group of alumni initiated a donation to establish the YC Cheng Engineering Scholarship last year. It will support Engineering students to participate in overseas learning.

To celebrate the first chapter of the Journalism and Media Studies Centre under the leadership of its founding director Professor Ying Chan, more than 300 journalists, academics, local business leaders, students and alumni gathered on August 31 in HKU’s historic Loke Yew Hall. 

有一段時間，何尚衡每天放工都到港大圖書館去。他白天在小型則樓工作，晚上趁大學圖書館關門前一小時，從西環公司坐車到山上去，在書堆中找香港的商場故事。

When I was a little boy, I was surrounded by bookshelves and books. My father was a professional writer and he wrote Kung Fu novels, which were very hot in the 60s...

Non-local students have many ways to explore and leave traces of their vibrant university life in Hong Kong. Finance student Zhu Yiqing chose to found the literary magazine Praya 海旁 in 2014 with the aim of recording people's lives and thoughts.

Groups of frequent visitors have been seen meandering around the HKU campus lately. Donning colourful garb, these guests move quietly around the campus, enjoying the tastes of summer. They are BUTTERFLIES!

Gordon and his wife Rosie have became "mentors" of the HKU Mentorship in Australia for more than 10 years... they soon found the mentees to be intelligent and fun-loving young adults, longing to find their niche in society...

菲律賓...... 這個外界眼中貧窮落後、行政效率低、政府腐敗的國度，卻成為九十後港青Kenny眼中的樂土，「菲律賓人會憧憬美好的將來，期望與國家一同崛起，我看到香港找不到的活力！」

Riccian David Lu and Nelson Lu, who wish to honour their late mother Mrs Lu Chan Miu-han, established a scholarship designated for students residing in HKU Ricci Hall. 

Vadim never spoke of the difficulties. He emerged from the ordeal with the philosophy that life is to be enjoyed and appreciated...

When more than one billion people in the world live on less than one US$1 a day, how can the poverty trap be broken?

This is the 40th year that I have participated in marathons. My plan is to run full marathons for 50 years...

Rebecca joined Maxim’s Group as an Executive Trainee after finishing her Bachelor of Science in Food and Nutritional Science. Her encounter with Maxim’s started with a cup of caramel macchiato on her first day at HKU...

The unexpected disability of Doris's beloved mum in 2007 inspired her to start the unprecedented barrier-free taxi service, Diamond Cab...

Vincci has met many talented designers who dreamed of developing their own products but were not able to because of limited resources and a lack of professional guidance. It became her dream to help them catch their dreams...

Peter Lee, currently the Panel Chair of English at Ying Wa Primary School, founded an independent online literary journal for young people titled BALLOONS Lit. Journal (BLJ)...

Being a comic book artist had always been my childhood dream. My first opportunity to achieve that dream came when I worked for CULT magazine as a student reporter while at HKU...

Medical alumnus Gordon Wong has made lifelong friends whom he met in the Russia study trip in 2000 organised by the Registry...

香港地貌岩石保育協會主席吳振揚博士及被觀眾視為「男神」的電視節目主持人麥嘉緯，為本港的地質保育出分力……

Car pooling can reduce traffic jams and improve air quality. ‘Join-a-Ride’ can find you ‘riders’ who can share the taxi fare, which is much better than getting stuck in the queue…

This is a story of two generations that has its roots in the mid 1970s. Two Social Sciences students, Stella and David, met each other at an Orientation Camp organised by the Faculty in 1974...

我們跟隨從事環境教育的Janice Lo遊走港大，為的是要了解校園內植物背後的故事 ── 屬於人與樹的故事……

Professor Vivian Yam, Chair Professor of the Department of Chemistry of the HKU is an outstanding scientist born and raised in Hong Kong. Professor Yam’s research mainly focused on the development of luminescent materials...

Professor Emily Chan has participated in frontline international medical humanitarian response work for
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) since the mid-1990s. She has left her humanitarian footprints in more than 30 countries around the globe...

Chris and Derek were the honorees of the Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list. They, together with another three partners, founded 9GAG, a leading social media platform to share jokes with almost 30 million followers on Facebook and 29 million on Instagram...

Acclaimed TV documentaries producer Joani Tang passed away on March 20, 2016 at the age of 49...

When I was a little girl, I was asked to be a flower girl for my cousin’s wedding. Everything about that day was perfect...

Timothy is one of the 300 honorees of Forbes Asia inaugural 30 under 30 list - a list of the top promising young leaders, daring entrepreneurs and game changers in 10 different sectors...

香港大學利瑪竇宿舍是本港現存歷史最悠久的男性宿舍，在上世紀20年代晚期成立……

It all started at the Main Building, in Room 221A (MB221A). Ronnie and Tony first met there at a casual meeting of the HKUSU Arts Association...

“I found that most graduates who left the Hall years ago are leading monotonous lives,” said Will Leung, producer and director of ‘Leetle Stage’, a drama group formed by alumni and current residents of Simon K.Y Lee Hall in 2015.

Writing is the best way for Carmen to deliver her feelings and to share her thoughts with others. Being a writer is a big challenge but the time spent on each word gives her satisfaction.

Elsie Tu, who was conferred a Doctor of Social Sciences (honoris causa) by HKU at the 133rd Congregation, passed away at the age of 102.

The 2016 Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics, valued at USD $3 million, is awarded to five teams studying neutrino physics. One of the teams is Daya Bay experiment led by Dr Wang Yifang and Professor Luk Kam-biu.

Most might think that it is only natural for someone to practice law after completing an undergraduate law degree and the Postgraduate Certificate in Laws (PCLL) program. But for Stephanie Chan, she decided to take the path less taken based on an insight she gained while studying abroad.

Eric is one of seven magicians who represented Hong Kong at the 26th World Championship of Magic, also known as FISM, and competed against 150 other magicians from all over the world.

周耀輝的散文作品《紙上染了藍》，得到了2015年第十三屆香港中文文學雙年獎散文組推薦獎，成為這位1989年開始不斷創作歌詞的作詞人，於歌詞範疇以外的文學獎項。

Dr Wong was honoured with a Fellowship Award from the Japanese Society of Psychiatry and Neurology at the World Psychiatric Association Regional Congress Osaka ...