CUHK MBA 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner

(From left) Sir C.K. Chow, Prof. Andrew Chan, Prof. Yang-sheng Xu, Mr. Tony Fung, Mr. Richard Li, Prof. Kalok Chan, Mr. Armstrong Lee, Prof. Joseph Sung, Dr. Norman Leung, Mr. Eddie Ng, Prof. Lu Li, Prof. Benjamin Wah and Ms. Stephanie Villemagne

2016 marks the 50th anniversary of CUHK MBA program. Organized by the CUMBA Alumni Association, over 800 alumni, Faculty staff and guests from different sectors joined the celebratory Gala Dinner on December 4 at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, to reunite and share fond memories of the past five decades.

It was a full house of distinguished guests from the Government, local and overseas institutions, as well as from the fields of business and media.

On this joyous occasion, the event was kicked off with speeches by the Officiating Guest Prof. Joseph Sung, Vice Chancellor and President of the CUHK; the Guest of Honor Mr. Richard Li, Chairman and Chief Executive, Pacific Century Group; Mr. Armstrong Lee, CUMBA Alumni Association and Chairman of the MBA 50th Anniversary Gala Dinner.

Following their speeches, Prof. Sung, Mr. Li, and Mr. Lee were joined with other honorable guests to mark the historic moment with a toasting ceremony. The guests included Prof. Kalok Chan, Dean of CUHK Business School; Dr. Norman Leung, Chairman of the Council of CUHK; Mr. Eddie Ng, SBS, JP, Secretary for Education, HKSAR Government; Mr. Tony Fung, Chairman of Aquis Holding Limited and Chairman of MBA Advisory Board, CUHK Business School; Prof. Lu Li, Director General of Education, Science and Technology Department, Liaison Office of the Central People’s Government in HKSAR; Prof. Yang-sheng Xu, President of CUHK Shenzhen; Prof. Benjamin Wah, Provost of CUHK; Prof. Andrew Chan, Director of Executive MBA Program, CUHK Business School; Ms. Stephanie Villemagne, Associate Dean (Graduate Programs) and Director of MBA Programs, CUHK Business School; Sir C.K. Chow, GBS, JP, Chairman of the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited.

Additional highlights included music performances, rope skipping performances by Hong Kong Rope Skipping Club, slideshow of CSR contributions and happy moments of our MBA alumni over the past 50 years, and lucky draw.

This finale event bonded the attendees together to embrace the past and envision the future of our MBA programs, bringing the year-long anniversary celebrations to a perfect close.

This article was first published in the CUHK Business School’s website on December 5, 2016.