Ms Fiona Cheung Sum Yu, MH

Chairman Yang, University Council Members, President Tong and Honoured Guests,

I am deeply grateful to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for conferring this prestigious Fellowship upon me today.

Life is full of possibilities. By a strange quirk of fate, I have been connected with PolyU since 2004. That year, a dear friend and mentor of mine Dr Woo Wai-man introduced me to Mr Benedict Lee, former Senior Development Manager of PolyU's Alumni Affairs and Development Office, who invited me to join the Editorial Board of Ming Tao as the Chairman. The publication of Ming Tao, a Chinese publication featuring the success stories of 50 prominent figures in society, is a fund-raising initiative of the University. I was later invited to join PolyU's Student Competitiveness Development Committee where I have been given the opportunity to share my personal experience with PolyU students and to participate in various exchange activities on the Chinese mainland. In addition, I was involved in a number of PolyU fund-raising activities.

The past six years with PolyU have been truly rewarding and I have the feeling that I have been studying at this University. I put my heart into various projects and have benefitted greatly. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the President, Vice Presidents and the PolyU members for providing me with these opportunities, and my friends and family for their support. I hope I can contribute to the further development of this University, and I sincerely wish PolyU greater success in the years ahead, thereby strengthening its position as a world-class university.

Thank you.

Mr Victor Cha Mou Zing

Ms Fiona Cheung Sum Yu, MH

Ms Katherine Hung Siu Lin

Mr Freeman Lau Siu Hong, BBS

Mr Liu Sing Cheong, JP

Professor Liu Yingli

Mr Louis Mak Law Mo

Mr Yau Wah Yau

(in alphabetical order by name)