UMP Cup Fifth Asian-Pacific Business School – Desert Adventure

Tengger Desert, which is the fourth largest sand desert in China, lies the western part of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. A team of fourteen formed by our students and alumni got a taste of the extreme of temperature and beauty of this desert during the Labour Day long weekend.

A starry night at Tengger Desert

The UMP Cup Fifth Asian-Pacific Business School – Desert Adventure this year aimed at promoting the ideas of environmental protection, coordination, insistence and responsibility. MBA students from 50 business schools (e.g. Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiatong University, NUS, etc) were there to take up the challenge and prove themselves.

Do you remember the willpower you summoned last time when overcoming the obstacles?

CUHK MBA Team completed the 3-day journey of 70km and was the winner among the HK business schools. Another cheering moment is that Joseph Wong (Class of 2015) ranked No. 1 in HK and No. 17 among 1400 participants!

Joseph Wong (left) ranked No. 1 among participants from HK and No. 17 among 1400 participants.

“We have gone through injuries, bruises, blisters and yet, we have made it and realized friendship, courage and determination.” – Edward Chan (Part-time Year 1)

“I had so many opportunities to meet cool MBA students from universities of mainland China. I have met some very friendly and helpful volunteers from the committee team too.” – Joseph Wong

In addition to aridity and dry wind, overgrazing and deforestation are also the reasons of desertification. This Desert Adventure was a perfect chance for us to take a closer look at the environmental problems that we are encountering.