BBA Broadens His Horizon
Kenny Wong has visual impairment and inevitably he has to read very slow. He thus has difficulties in following the progress of his fellow classmates since young. But to him, his limitations do not determine where he can go. He just sees them as some obstacles. He does not care how slowly he goes and he never stops. With hard work and perseverance, he was admitted to The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. The academic programme offered by the Faculty of Business and the wide variety of extra-curricular activities have greatly broadened his horizon.
Kenny Wong has now graduated from PolyU with a bachelor degree in business administration (BBA), majoring in accountancy and minoring in finance. He chose BBA because this programme covers an extensive range of subjects which could help him grasp a general picture of the business world and develop some business sense. He went for accounting because he believed that with his analytical mindset and his sensitivity to numbers, he would do good in this subject.
Kenny recalled that among the subjects he studied, Introduction to Marketing seems most interesting. The marketing concepts he learned has provided him with knowledge about the habits and psychological states of human beings, which will be useful for him in handling people relations. As for his most favorite subject, Kenny said it should be Business Finance and Corporate Finance because he always likes to understand more about investment and stock market operations.
At PolyU, Kenny has built up both his hard skills and soft skills. For hard skills, he has learned about accounting standards, business laws as well as useful knowledge in other business domains such as management and economics. As for soft skills, his communication skills has been greatly improved through interacting with his fellow students and professors with various cultural backgrounds. He has got very good training in teamwork, leadership skill and career planning too.
In order to gain more experience before graduation, Kenny joined an internship programme and worked for a prestigious insurance company as an internal audit intern in 2019. His main duty was to conduct sample testings to assess the risk of the customers and check whether they had violated the rules prescribed by the Hong Kong Insurance Authority. During the internship, he has the opportunity to apply his auditing knowledge in real life situation and has gained practical experiences in the auditing profession.
Besides, during the four years in the university, he participated in different kinds of co-curricular activities. He particularly enjoyed taking part in the social service group, through which has got some event management experience and how to communicate and establish connections with different generations. He also participated in a number of business case competitions, which provided him with valuable opportunities to polish his presentation and writing skills, apart from consolidating his technical knowledge.
While Kenny wanted to fully engaged in campus life, his visual impairment inevitably posed some constraints. Therefore, he would like to thank PolyU for providing him a worry-free learning environment and has guided him through a very fruitful journey in the university. For example, SAO had provided him with an iPad to read contents that were too small or too far. The university also makes available a special room with assistive devices for students with visual impairment e.g. magnifier. Kenny could thus study comfortably in this special room and even invited classmates to discuss projects there. The faculty and SAO staff approached him regularly to see if he needed any further support in study and career planning. With all these careful thoughts from PolyU, Kenny has had a wonderful time at PolyU.
Upon graduation, Kenny works in the finance industry. His next goal is to gain more overseas exposure and so he plans to pursue a finance-related master degree in a foreign country in the coming few years.
工商管理課程拓寬視野
黃凱強有視力障礙，難免閱讀速度很緩慢。因此，他自小便很難跟上同學們的學習進度。但於他而言，這些缺憾並不能主宰他可以走得多遠。他只把這些缺憾當作一些絆腳石，不管走得多慢，他從未停步。憑著努力和堅持，他考上了香港理工大學。商學院的課程以及各式各樣的課外活動都大大拓寬了他的視野和胸襟。
主修會計學及副修金融學的凱強已經畢業，取得工商管理學士學位。他選擇修讀工商管理課程是因為該課程範疇廣泛，有很多科目可供選擇，讓他得以掌握商業世界的總體狀況以及培養商業素養。而他最終主修會計學是因為他認為自己強於分析，而且對數字敏感，修讀會計應該得心應手。
在眾多科目中，凱強認為市場學這一科是最有趣的。他從市場學學到有關人類習慣和心理狀態的知識，對他處理人際關係大有幫助。至於最喜愛的科目，凱強首選商業金融以及企業融資，因為他一直都希望多了解投資及股票市場的運作。
在理大幾年，凱強不但學習了硬知識，也培養了軟技能。硬知識方面，他學懂了會計標準，也掌握了商業法律和其他商業領域有用的知識，如管理學和經濟學。軟技能方面，透過和不同文化背景的同學及教授交流互動，他的溝通技巧得以大大地提升。他也在團隊精神、領導能力及職業規劃方面得到很好的培訓。
為了在畢業前取得工作經驗，凱強於2019年參加了一項實習計劃， 在一家頗有名氣的保險公司當內部審計實習生。他主要的工作是進行抽樣測試以評估客戶的風險，以及審查他們有沒有違反香港保險業監管局制定的規則。實習期間，他有機會將學到的審計知識應用於現實環境，並得到審計專業的實踐經驗。
另外，在大學四年，凱強參與了各式各樣的課外活動。他尤其喜歡參與社區服務，因為他從中可以累積一些籌辦活動的經驗以及學習和不同年代的人溝通及建立關係。他也參加了多個商業案例比賽，這些比賽不但讓他鞏固專業知識，還有助鍛鍊他的演講及寫作技巧。
凱強渴望能夠全情投入校園生活，但他的視力障礙也無可避免地為他帶來一些不便。因此他衷心感謝理大為他提供了一個無憂無慮的學習環境，並且帶領他度過一段非常充實的大學旅程。例如學生事務處為他提供了一台平板電腦，方便他閱讀太小或太遠的內容。大學也為有視力障礙的學生設立了一間備有輔助儀器，例如放大鏡的房間。凱強因此可以在這房間裡舒舒服服地學習，甚至邀約同學到那裡討論功課。院系和學生事務處的職員會定時聯絡他，以了解他是否需要任何關於學業或職業規劃上的協助。理大處處設想周到，所以凱強的大學歲月非常愉快。
畢業之後，凱強在金融界別工作。他的下一個目標是要拓闊自己的國際視野。因此，他計劃在未幾年到外地修讀一個有關金融的碩士學位。
