Dr Humphrey Leung Kwong Wai, JP

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

I would first like to express my heartfelt thanks to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for conferring upon me the honour of this Fellowship. This is a prestigious honour that I dearly treasure. A big reason why I feel so honoured and yet humbled by the University Fellowship is my strong ties with PolyU, my alma mater, which started almost 40 years ago when I was an Electronic Engineering student.

If I have to summarise the life-long benefits that PolyU has provided me, I would use a few words starting with the letter “P”.

The letter “P” not only stands for “PolyU”. To me it also aptly symbolises the more profound concepts of “Profession,” “Person,” “People,” and “Passion,” concepts crucial to our success as individuals and the progress of our society.

PolyU, as a distinguished university, offers the opportunity for an excellent education and training to prepare the graduates (including me) to build a productive career in our “Profession”.

Furthermore, inspired by the motto of “To learn and to apply, for the benefit of mankind,” PolyU aims to instill in each “Person” enrolled in its courses a desire for life-long continuous learning and sharing. Only through continuous learning can we advance our knowledge and develop the capability to create and capture opportunities as they arise, overcome challenges and contribute to the benefit of society.

As education is a life-long pursuit, our relationship with PolyU has continued even after graduation. From time to time, as we face new challenges, we may come back to PolyU to meet with our Professors and President to seek advice and share our real-world experiences.

I am profoundly grateful to all of PolyU’s “People,” in particular President Tong, Professors, Faculty members and all those PolyU staff whom I have had the pleasure to both gain knowledge from as well as work together with.

I am also grateful to all of the other “People” I have shared experiences with throughout my life, including my colleagues, friends and associates in my profession as well as my beloved family, my parents, my wife, my three boys and their friends in my personal life. Their sharing, their love and their unwavering support have not only contributed to whatever professional success I have enjoyed. More fundamentally, they have made me the person who I am today.

Therefore I am proud to be a Fellow of PolyU, and I will continue with my “Passion” for what I have been doing while contributing to the benefit of the community and mankind. I am passionate about what I believe, and I believe that when we follow our passion, success will follow us.

Thank you.

Dr Chung King Fai, SBS

Dr Humphrey Leung Kwong Wai, JP

Dr Dennis Ng Wang Pun, BBS, MH

Ms Josephine Siao Fong Fong, MBE

Professor Wang Jianhua

Mr Alexander Woo Chung Ho

Dr Royce Yuen Man Chun, JP

(in alphabetical order of last name)