座談會簡介從小喜歡天馬行空的我，與很多人一樣經常做夢，小時候曾經夢想過將來做警察、消防員、會計師、律師、飛機師、教師，當然少不了還有政府的政務主任和行政主任。可惜大學畢業後只能進入一間私人銀行做個小職員，每天坐在中環某甲級寫字樓的高層中，對著幾部電腦屏幕和做數不清的刻板數字工作。1991年2月仍寒但陽光普照的一天，我如常在午飯時間帶上份報紙，買了盒初級白領最愛的义雞飯，坐在中環碼頭享受著熱飯與陽光帶來的溫暖之際，眼球突然間被報紙上的一行字吸引著 --- "香港科技大學學生事務處招聘二級行政主任"。又大學、又學生、又行政主任，正正擊中我當時的心理需要! 還沒趕及把口中已到喉嚨椗那塊肥美的义燒吞下，便立即連跑帶跳的衝回雲層中的辦公室，趕緊把早前已用過申請其他工作的個人履歷再作修改，立即入紙申請這份Dream Job！ 最後居然在亂打亂撞的情況下加入了科大這個大家庭，跟本從未想過一做便做了25個年頭。回想過去的25年，現實中不知不覺把夢和想變成事實。我眼見這麽多同學和校友在實踐他們個人理想和創業夢時的堅持、努力和信念，實在值得與人分享。我便嘗試把其中十多位校友創業的心路歷程，原汁原味以文字記載下來，並加上自己多年的觀察，分析為何科大會静静地成為創業夢想家的搖籃的可能原因，寫成《夢想 X 熱情 -- 青年創業家的路》一書，讓大眾知道夢想是可以用努力和想像力而實現的，我們無論是什麼年紀也應該用積極的態度去面對這個充滿機遇的世界。作者將在今次的午間座談會帶大家進入他的夢想世界，與及分享書中科大校友的創業故事。出席此座談會的同學可獲HLTH1010課程中"Activities"單元的"Wellness and Personal Enrichment" 1.0小時學習時數。同學須於入場及離場時出示學生證以作記錄。名額有限，請報名留座。講者簡介小時的蕭觀明(Donny)住在公屋，在科大25年的光陰早已把三千煩惱絲全掉在科大校方不同的地方。現為學生事務處副處長 、創業中心副主任、教職員協會主席。曾做過校董會民選的職員代表，亦曾經因為公開說夢想而被同事取笑，更在幫助學生創業時被人嘲笑是門外漢。多年來與眾多學生和校友結下不解緣，為他們解難獻法，很多更成為好朋友。眼見眾多的同學和校友們非常積極的為自己的萝想而努力，特別是那些選擇走創業這條艱辛的路的一群，他便覺得值得把他們創業的心路歷程記載下來讓大家分享，於2015年7月出版《夢想 X熱情 -- 青年創業家的路》一書，此書在香港書展名列十大最暢銷榜。

About the TalkProfessor David Zweig was a young foreign student at Peking University in the mid-1970s. At this talk, he will share and discuss photos he took from November 1975 until April 1976, providing both historical context and personal observations. In particular, he will highlight four key points of the political drama:The initial establishment of the Big Character Poster compound at Peking University which attacked Deng Xiaoping’s summer 1975 reform programEmotional outpouring and mourning for Zhou Enlai following his death in January 1976Intensified assault on Deng via the Big Character Posters at Beida in February 1976The mass demonstration of support for ending Maoist policies in Tiananmen in April 3-4, 1976The photo essay is available online in China Perspectives, 2016 (1), p.5-28.About the AuthorDavid Zweig is Chair Professor of Social Science, and Director of the Center on China’s Transnational Relations (CCTR) here at HKUST, where he has worked for the past 20 years, and is a past recipient of the SHSS Outstanding Teaching Award and the RGC’s Prestigious Fellowship (2013-14).His research interests include China’s ‘resource diplomacy’, China’s human resources, Chinese politics and political economy, and Mainland-Hong Kong relations. In addition to many articles and several co-edited books and special journal issues. He has also published 4 books with topics ranging from the Cultural Revolution in the Chinese countryside, rural reform, China’s brain-drain and reverse migration, China’s internationalization, and its relations with oil rich states in the context of the continued global dominance of the US.For enquiries, please contact Victoria Caplan at 2358-6756.

座談會簡介陳曉蕾女士2009年離開報館, 開始全職採訪，並在不同媒體以不同方式發表專題報導。她近年探討的議題包括香港農業、低碳、剩食、環保、教育改革、衰老死亡和善終，同時也擅長以人物專訪和描寫，帶出相關的議題。陳女士在讀書會中會和大家分享她採訪背後的動力和故事。其著作亦會在讀書會即場發售，歡迎向作者索取親筆簽名。陳曉蕾女士簡介香港記者，長期關注城市可持續發展議題，報導《死在香港 : 流眼淚》取得2014年香港書獎、《剩食》取得2012年香港書獎、台灣開卷好書2011年十大最佳中文創作；《有米》取得2013年十大好書龍虎榜最高票選。 其他作品包括《阿媽》, 《好味》, 《死在香港 : 見棺材》等。名額有限，請報名留座。如有查詢，請聯絡黄小姐 (2358-6751)。

About the TalkDr. Susanna Ho of the Center for Language Education at HKUST will discuss and compare her two novels: Mother’s Tongue: A Story of Forgiving and Forgetting and her very recent, Who’s that Ant? Whose Dead End?. She will explore how she sees the world through the eyes of the main characters: a Nameless Woman, addressed as "Mum" in the first and an Ant in the other.In this book talk, she will share how she makes sense of her world through writing. Upon reading a section from the book, she will illustrate the source of inspiration, be it from a personal or world event, or a book that she was reading at the time of writing. We hope the presentation will illuminate both Dr. Hos work and the writing process itself.Copies of the books will be available for sale and signing.About the AuthorDr. Susanna Ho received her B.A. from University of Manitoba (majoring in English literature), her M.A. (Teaching English as a Second Language) from City University of Hong Kong, a PG Certificate of Education from the University of Hong Kong, and her PhD from Macquarie University, Sydney. At HKUST she teaches English for Academic Purposes and English for Specific Purposes at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels.Through her research in second language writing, interdisciplinary discourse, and autonomy in language learning, she explored her subjects’ writing practices and writing experiences and found each had a story to tell. It was through recounting their stories that her own childhood passion for writing was rekindled. Her first novel, Mothers Tongue: A Story of Forgiving and Forgetting was published in the USA in 2013 and her latest Who’s that Ant? Whose Dead End? is due out in early 2016.For enquiries, please contact Victoria Caplan at 2358-6756. 

About the Talk
"Success in investing doesn't correlate with I.Q. once you're above the level of 125. Once you have ordinary intelligence, what you need is the temperament to control the urges that get other people into trouble in investing." – Warren Buffett

Value investing is a dynamic and ever-evolving investment strategy. In his book "The Value Investors: Lessons from the World's Top Fund Managers", Mr. Ronald Chan interviewed 12 value-investing legends from around the world to learn how their personal background, culture and life experiences have shaped their investment mindset and strategy.

Join Ronald to hear about his writing journey, and to learn what it takes and means to be a successful value investor. He will autograph your copy of his book which is available for purchase after the talk.

Students may attain 1 hour in "Wellness and Personal Enrichment" of the "Activities" module in the HLTH1010 Course after attending the talk. Please show your student cards on arrival and leaving. Limited space, please register.




About the Speaker

"Never aim to be a person of success, but a person of value!" – Ronald Chan, Library Book Talk (Sept 2013)

Ronald is the founder and Chief Investment Officer of Chartwell Capital Limited, an investment management company based in Hong Kong. He is a frequent contributor to financial newspapers and magazines in the Asia-Pacific region, and is the author of "The Value Investors: Lessons from the World's Top Fund Managers" and "Behind the Berkshire Hathaway Curtain: Lessons from Warren Buffett's Top Business Leaders." Ronald received Bachelor of Science degrees in Finance and Accounting from the Stern School of Business at New York University.



For enquiries, please contact Celia Cheung at
2358-6768.