16 March 2019
The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK) held its Founders’ Day cum University Naming Dinner tonight (16 March) at JW Marriott Hotel in Admiralty. Over 500 guests from different sectors of the community participated in the event and witnessed the important milestone in HSUHK’s history. Mrs Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the HKSAR Government, officiated at the ceremony and congratulated HSUHK’s forward march to the future in new directions.
Ms Louisa Cheang, Chairman of Board of Governors of HSUHK, expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the HKSAR Government for its strong support and recognition bestowed on HSUHK, which made HSUHK the first self-financing tertiary institution to be granted university status under the HKSAR Government’s Roadmap for Becoming a Private University. She thanked all stakeholders for their efforts and contributions, saying that HSUHK would continue its mission to nurture well-rounded young talents and become a leading non-profit, private liberal-arts-oriented university in the region.
In her speech, Mrs Carrie Lam said, “The HKSAR Government adopts a parallel approach to drive the complementary development of publicly-funded and self-financing tertiary education. HSUHK’s journey to university demonstrates how private universities could offer students more choices with variety and help to build a more diversified tertiary education system in Hong Kong, thus benefiting students with the contributions and support from different sectors of the community. I am thankful for HSUHK’s contributions to Hong Kong for the past 40 years, and I wish HSUHK continuing success in the future to nurture more talents for Hong Kong.”
Dr Moses Cheng, Chairman of Council of HSUHK, said the acquiring of university title was an affirmation of HSUHK’s founders’ vision and ideals, as well as a recognition of the dedication and commitment of everyone at HSUHK for the past eight years.
Professor Simon S M Ho, President of HSUHK, was grateful to the support from the community to HSUHK. He said HSUHK would uphold its founding motto ‘Erudition and Perseverance’ and diligently implement the initiatives set out in the University’s “5-Year Strategic Plan” to offer more innovative and diversified programmes and nurture more responsible future professionals and leaders for the society.
At the Dinner, the Chief Executive, together with senior management of HSUHK and the officiating guests, participated in the “New Milestones” commemorative ceremony and toasting to mark the significant milestone of HSUHK to become a private university with a difference. HSUHK also presented souvenirs to recent major donors to recognise their contributions and support to the development of the University. The air of festivity was further enhanced by the performances by Dr Moses Cheng, Chairman of Council of HSUHK, Ms H M Tong, Council Member of HSUHK, Dr Tom Fong, Vice-President (Organisational Development) of HSUHK, HSUHK’s alumna Ms Cheryl Yung, and the HSUHK Sinfonietta. The performances helped to raise funds for the University’s development and made the gathering occasion a warm and memorable one for the guests.
Participating guests of the Dinner included Mr Kevin Yeung Yun-hung, Secretary for Education, Dr Tan Tieniu, Deputy Director of the Central Government’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong, Professor Anthony Cheung Bing-leung, Chairman of Committee on Self-financing Post-secondary Education, Mr Tim Lui Tim-leung, Chairman of the Education Commission, Ms Louisa Cheang, Chairman of Board of Governors of HSUHK, Dr Moses Cheng, Chairman of Council of HSUHK, and members of HSUHK’s Board of Governors and Council.
Mrs Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the HKSAR Government, wished HSUHK continuing success in the years to come.
Ms Louisa Cheang, Chairman of Board of Governors of HSUHK, said it was HSUHK’s mission to become a leading non-profit, private liberal-arts-oriented university in the region.
Dr Moses Cheng, Chairman of Council of HSUHK, shared his memory on HSUHK’s journey to become a university from Hang Seng School of Commerce and later Hang Seng Management College.
Professor Simon S M Ho, President of HSUHK, said the University would diligently implement the initiatives set out in its “5-Year Strategic Plan”.
Mrs Carrie Lam, Chief Executive of the HKSAR Government (7th from left), Ms Louisa Cheang, Chairman of Board of Governors of HSUHK (6th from left), Dr Moses Cheng, Chairman of Council of HSUHK (6th from right), Mr Kevin Yeung, Secretary for Education (5th from left), Dr Tan Tieniu, Deputy Director of the Central Government’s Liaison Office in Hong Kong (5th from right), Professor Anthony Cheung, Chairman of Committee on Self-financing Post-secondary Education (4th from left), Professor Simon S M Ho, President of HSUHK (4th from right), Mr Tim Lui, Chairman of the Education Commission (3rd from left), Dr Ho Tzu-leung (2nd from left) and Mr Thomas Liang (3rd from right), representatives from Founding Families, Ms Rose Lee, Immediate Past Chairman of Board of Governors (2nd from right), Mrs Margaret Leung, former Past Chairman of Board of Governors (1st from left) and Dr Patrick Poon, Governor and Chairman of Fund-Raising and Donation Committee of HSUHK (1st from right), participated in the “New Milestones” commemorative ceremony.
Toasting ceremony to celebrate HSUHK on its march to the next chapter of its history.
Over 500 guests from different sectors of the community attended the Founders’ Day cum University Naming Dinner.
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