Victoria Day Hike in Eldred King Woodlands, Aurora
Spring is finally here. It is the time to go out for some fresh air and exercise, and appreciate what Mother Nature has provided us. Alumni, family and friends are welcome to join us on this Spring Hike. Details as follows:
Date and time: Victoria Day – Monday May 22, 2017 at 1:30 pm
Location: Eldred King Woodlands/Oak Ridge Trail (north of Aurora Road, west of Markham Road)
Length and duration of hike: About 10 km, 3 hours
Meeting place and direction: Take 404 north, exit at Aurora Road, go east on Aurora Road passing McCowan Road, turn left on Markham Road (going north), pass St Johns Sideroad, go on for about 1 Km and turn left for Eldred King Woodlands Parking lot.
PLEASE ARRIVE 15 MINUTES EARLIER.
Cost: Nil for hiking
Registration: Please register before May 20, 2017. Forward your name, cell phone number, an emergency contact name and phone number to Hannah Cheung at emailhcathonta@gmail.com.
Dinner (Optional): 6 pm at Grand Lake Banquet Restaurant (at Hwy 7 & Kennedy), about $30 to $35 per person. Those who are unable to come to the hike but want to join for dinner, please contact Augustine Chan direct at augustinetoronto@hotmail.com.
Reminder: The trail is not considered difficult. Nevertheless, you are advised to wear either hiking boots or sturdy shoes with good traction. A hiking stick is also recommended. You should assess whether you yourself are suitable for such activity. HKUAAO is not liable for personal injuries. You must inform the hike leaders/coordinators before the start of the hike about any health problems and allergies and the location of special medications. They must follow the leaders’ directions. Parents and guardians must supervise children in their care.
All registrants and their guests are asked to read the waiver attached.*
By registering, you are acknowledging that you and your guests have read, understood, accepted and will abide the terms and conditions of the said waiver.
April 9, 2017 Annual intra-squad tournament
The HKUAAO table tennis group has been growing organically in the past few years. We are glad to see a few new faces participating in our annual intra-squad tournament held at CCTTA on April 9, 2017. Twenty participants were divided into 5 teams through random draw to play for the team championship. Of which, winning teams were determined by the aggregate result of the singles and doubles competition. Individual awards were also presented to the singles winners and the most improved players. Players ranking were re-shuffled to reflect their results in singles.
Congratulations to Danny Leung, Aries Cheng, Hector Chan and Dan Lam for winning the team championship; TY Kwan, Aries Cheng, Steve Fung and Dan Lam for winning the singles award.
Reported by Hector Chan
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April 2, 2017 HKUAAO Annual General Meeting & Dinner
With the keen support of HKU alumni, mentees, families and friends, as well as guests from other university alumni associations, we had 153 attendees at the HKUAAO annual dinner held at Premier Ballroom & Convention Centre on April 2, 2017. The outgoing president (2016/2017), Dennis Au-Yeung, reported on the highlights of events of last year, and thanked all alumni, founding and current board members, supporters and volunteers for their invaluable support. He further passed the Brick to the new president (2017/2018), Wilson Chan. We sincerely thank Dennis for his diligent service to HKUAAO. Wilson Chan shared his vision as the new president of HKUAAO. He vowed to upkeep the excellent quality of alumni services offered by HKUAAO in the past years. Congratulations, Wilson! We had the honor of having Ms. Kathy Chan, Director of The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office, to be our keynote speaker. Ms. Chan pen-pictured the present-day Hong Kong environment in terms of economy, trade, living, culture, etc., and presented the HK Government’s initiative of attracting the second generation of HK overseas immigrants to reside and pursue their career in Hong Kong. The coordinators of various individual interest groups reported on the past activities, which provide excellent opportunities for Alumni to promote their interests as well as to bond with one another. It was impressive for us to see 7 out of our total 9 mentees were able to join the dinner, with the courtesy of vehicle rides by Romeo Au, Dr. K.F. Siu and Lilian Ma. The dinner was also honoured by the presence of guests from different Alumni Associations of Universities in Hong Kong. Sophia Chan, Chairperson of the Joint-University (HK) alumni group, announced the upcoming joint-university alumni initiative and challenge to set a Guinness record. One of the highlights of the dinner was a much praised and entertaining singing performance led by our talented alumni, Eddie Ho in conjunction with Margaret Lau and John Sin. We thank Margaret Law for an excellent job as MC, as well as many alumni/volunteers who together delivered a HKUAAO annual dinner of great success.
Reported by Lilian Sin
All HKUAAO directors (2017/2018) make a toast to the guests.
Ms. Kathy Chan, Director of The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office
Dennis Au-Yeung, President of HKUAAO (2016/2017) passed the Brick to Wilson Chan, President of HKUAAO (2017/2018)
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September 25, 2016 Fall Hike Rouge Valley, Pickering
HKUAAO organized its Fall hike on September 25, 2016 along the Celebration Forest and Mast Trails in the Rouge Park. The weather has cooled down significantly from the record breaking summer heat. The sun was out with few clouds. It was a perfect day for hiking. Although the leaves have not yet begun to change colours, the green canopy and the dry trail made for a relatively easy walk. Thirty-three alumni, including their family members and friends turned out for this event. After finishing the hiking in the late afternoon, 23 members stayed for dinner at the Spring Villa Restaurant in Markham.
Reported by Dan Lam
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September 18, 2016 HKJU Badminton Fun Day and Gala Dinner
We are pleased to report that the 2016 Hong Kong Joint Universities Badminton Fun Day and Gala Dinner was held successfully on September 18. Around 300 members of seven Alumni Association enjoyed the event with lots of exercise and fun. This year, the seven Alumni Associations were divided into 2 groups for competition. Group A (Red Group) consisted of CU, HKU and LNU, while Group B (White Group) consisted of PU, BU, CHU and SYU. After 105 badminton matches in the first round, second round and final round, and three fun games including Hula Hoop, Ping Pong Relay and Shuttle Cock, the White Group won the overall champion and the Hong Kong Cup in a very close competition.
A gala dinner was held immediately after the competition. The atmosphere of the dinner was fabulous. The singing and dancing performance from seven Alumni Associations, and the lucky draw with the Grand Prize of a iPad Air 2 donated by our President Dennis Au Yeung, were highlights of the evening.
We would like to share with you some interesting information/statistics:
1. The competition was so close, it went down to the wire and was decided by the 105th match (the last badminton match, Men’s Double 2, Team A5 Amos Tin (CU), K. Ho (CU) vs. Team B4 Peter Kwok (BU), Ernest Lee (PU) with the scores of 22:20 won by team B4.
2.First round – Group A won 41 matches and Group B won 49 matches. Teams A1, A5, B2 and B4 advanced to the second round
Second round – Team A5 defeated Team A1 by 3:2 and Team B4 took care of Team B2 by 3:2
Final round – Team B4 edged out Team A5 by 3:2
3. HKJU Badminton Top 10:
3.1) A total of 100 players (30 women and 70 men) participated
3.2) Oldest player is over 70 years of age
3.3) Youngest player – “Every Player”
3.4) A total of 105 matches, 90 matches in the first round, 10 matches in the second round and 5 matches in the final, all done in 4 hours.
3.5) Shortest duration of a match is 5 minutes
3.6) Longest duration of a match is 22 minutes – Men’s Doubles 1 – (A4 Sam Tang (CU), Joannes Tsang (HKU) vs. B5 Thomas Yeung (BU), Brian Kwan (SYU))
3.7) Second longest duration of a match is 19 minutes – Mixed Doubles (A2 Kimmy Chau (HKU), Albert To (HKU) vs. B3 Betty Chan (PU), Johnny Leung (PU))
3.8) Most lopsided score is 21:0
3.9) Top score is 26:24 – Men’s Doubles 1 – (A4 Sam Tang (CU), Joannes Tsang (HKU) vs. B5 Thomas Yeung (BU), Brian Kwan (SYU) won by B5)
3.10) Second top score – 25:23 – Mixed Doubles (A2 Kimmy Chau (HKU), Albert To (HKU) vs. B3 Betty Chan (PU), Johnny Leung (PU) won by B3)
The hosting Alumni Association in coming year will be Baptist U. We are looking forward to your continue participation and support in the HKJU events.
Reported by HK Pong and Romeo Au
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June 5, 2016 Spring Hike Rouge River Valley, Pickering
To welcome spring, HKUAAO organized a hiking for its alumni, their families and friends on June 5, 2016 along the Rouge Valley in Pickering. In spite of the forecast of rain, 15 members turned up for the event. To our surprise, weather was cooperative apart from a few drizzles. The trail was interesting and very scenic. After the hiking, the group gathered for a dinner at the LHL Seafood Restaurant in Scarborough.
Reported by Dan Lam
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April 3, 2016 Ontario Inter-Collegiate Chinese Debate Alliance
In 2015/16, HKUAAO continues to be the scholarship sponsor of Ontario Inter-Collegiate Chinese Debate Alliance (OCDA), aiming to promote the use of Chinese (Cantonese) language in debates among Ontario university students.
This was OCDA’s 25th annual dinner and awarding ceremony. There were 14 teams from five Universities in Ontario participating and the competition was held from November 2015 to March 2016. Several HKU alumni and other notables in the local Chinese community were in the judge panels to adjudicate and gave valuable comments to the debating teams.
The team, which best delivers its strategy and its members who can demonstrate superb debating skills, is the champion; this year’s winner, the BLUE team from University of Toronto, is no exception. Although not all of the participants can be part of the champion team nor can they all become the best debater of the year, the learning spirit and resolve participants exhibit all these years, however, are certainly admirable.
Reported by K.C. Choi
HKUAAO director K.C. Choi presenting awards
HKUAAO director Verdi Yau giving a speech
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Results of the Photo Contest 2015
By the deadline of December 31, 2015, we received 87 photos from 13 participants under the categories of People & Sports, Nature and Birds. The selection process was divided into two stages. The first stage was by an adjudication panel to select the best 5 photos under each category. The panel was chaired by Stephen Siu, President of the Chinese Canadian Photographic Society of Toronto, with members Irene Chu and Dennis Au-Yeung, our past President and present President. In the second stage, the pre-selected photos were displayed at the 2016 AGM and Dinner of HKUAAO on March 20, 2016. Participants of the AGM Dinner voted to determine the winners. Results of the contest were as follows:
A. People & Sports
1st Position: Michael Lam, Joy of Bird Watching 2nd Position: Michael Lam, 防守是實力 3rd Position: Queenie Cheung, 力拔山河
B. Nature
1st Position: Alice Chow, 秋意通幽 2nd Position: Alice Chow, 燦爛迎蜂 3rd Position: Elza Lee, Cherry Blossom – LOVE
C. Birds
1st Position: HK Pong, Eastern Bluebird 2nd Position: HK Pong, Prothonotary Warbler 3rd Position: HK Pong, Common Yellowthroat
Reported by HK Pong
March 20, 2016 HKUAAO Annual General Meeting & Dinner
The HKUAAO Annual General Meeting was held on Sunday, March 20, 2016 at the Diamond Banquet Hall and Restaurant in Markham. All existing board members, except Alice Chow and Loretta Hoi, stood for election and were all re-elected. King-Chor Choi and Eddie Ho were also elected to the Board. The AGM was immediately followed by the annual dinner. Over 120 alumni, guests and friends attended the dinner, with Peter Chung who graduated in 1948 as the eldest alumnus and Erfei Song who graduated in 2014 as the youngest. Honorable guests include Nick Choi, Deputy Director of HKETO, Stephen Siu, President of the Chinese Canadian Photographic Society of Toronto and the presidents of six other university alumni associations in Ontario.
At the dinner, President Dennis Au-Yeung announced that Professor Lap-Chee Tsui, former Vice-Chancellor of HKU has been appointed as the Honorary Chairman of HKUAAO. He also announced that HKUAAO would be the chair of HK Joint Universities Annual Event in 2016 and the event would be held on September 18, 2016.
Results of the 30th Anniversary Photo Contest have also been announced at the dinner. The contest has 3 categories: People & Sports, Nature, and Birds. The adjudication panel chaired by Stephen Siu, along with members Irene Chu and Dennis Au-Yeung, has pre-selected 5 photos from each category. Attendees of the AGM dinner voted and determined the winners at the dinner. The results were as follow:
People/Sports: Michael Lam
Nature: Alice Chow
Birds: Hin Ki Pong
Reported by Alice Chow
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