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The Young Scholars Programme mentoring cum student presentation gathering 2016


The Young Scholars Programme (YSP) Mentoring cum Student Presentation Gathering 2016 was successfully held on 11th March. There were 73 undergraduate top students, and about 12 faculty members, mentors, and guests attended the event.

With the support from 25 faculty members and 20 participating companies, the programme offered overseas study tour, leadership trainings, business mentorship, internship opportunities and community services, aiming to train up students to be an all-rounded future business leader with professional and practical skills.  Two YSP students who are in their final years of study, Carol Huang Mei-yu, BBA China Business, and Ada Au Pui-yee, BBA Accountancy, shared how the YSP benefited their university lives.

Carol said, “The YSP helps to build connections among excellent students from different departments, and we can learn from each other’s experience. It has been a fruitful journey for me. The trainings, workshops and mentoring activities in the programme enhance my competitiveness in the business world."

She gave her favourite quote to conclude the university life, "Be an explorer! Don't be afraid to fail! Everything counts! "

Another participant, Ada, felt positive about the event, “This gathering event provides me a precious opportunity to share my learnings with teachers, guests and other YSP members. I enjoyed this evening very much especially meeting my mentor and mingling with friends from other departments.”

During the event, a group of students also presented their learning experience in the Seoul Study Tour 2015. They were:

  • Eunice Yip Hiu-lam, BBA Global Business Systems Management
  • Kelvin Ho Man-chun, BBA Global Business Systems Management
  • Leon Lee Ho-wai, BBA Global Business Systems Management
  • Tony Ngai Tsz-fung, BBA Business Economics

Dr Weiquan Wang, YSP Management Team Convenor and Associate Dean of the College of Business (Undergraduate programmes), Dr Christoph Schneider, Assistant Professor of the Department of Information Systems, Ms Wisteria Cheung, Senior Teaching Fellow of the Department of Marketing, Dr Zachary Leung, Assistant Professor of the Department of Management Sciences, Dr Raymond Wong and Mr Alfred Ma, both Assistant Professors of the Department of Accountancy, jointly congratulated the students for their outstanding achievements in the toasting ceremony.

A cocktail session was arranged before the dinner providing opportunities for mentors and mentees to mingle.

The college would like to express our gratitude to all the participating companies for mentoring CB students:

  • Bank of Communications, Hong Kong
  • CSC Asia Limited
  • Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu
  • Financial PR Hong Kong
  • GMF Entertainment
  • Hewlett-Packard HK SAR Limited
  • HSBC Markets (Asia) Limited
  • HSBC
  • Jardines Group
  • M-Vision Consulting Limited
  • Phoenix Capital Securities Limited
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Ralph Lauren
  • Rightlink Technology Limited
  • Treasury Markets Association
  • UOB Kay Hian (Hong Kong) Limited

About the Young Scholars Programme

The College launched the Young Scholars Programme in 2009 with the aim of nurturing outstanding undergraduate students to become future leaders in the region/world. The programme provides the following opportunities:

  • Overseas study tour during Year 1 summer break
  • Leadership training and other workshops for whole-person development
  • Networking with top business students admitted locally and overseas
  • Professional mentorship provided by professors and/ or professional practitioners
  • Cultivation of social responsibility through community services and voluntary work

For details and application to the programme, please visit the YSP website.