Advisory Board
Student of the Year - Advisory Board
Gary Liu
Chief Executive Officer, South China Morning Post Publishers Limited
Gary Liu
Chief Executive Officer, South China Morning Post Publishers Limited
Gary Liu is CEO of the South China Morning Post, a leading news media company that has reported on China and Asia for more than a century with global impact. Founded in 1903, SCMP is headquartered in Hong Kong, where it is the city’s newspaper of record. Along with its flagship news products, SCMP is also Asia’s leading magazine publisher with a portfolio of premium lifestyle and fashion titles including Cosmopolitan, ELLE, Esquire, Harper’s BAZAAR and The PEAK, and is home to cpjobs.com, a big data-powered recruitment platform.
Prior to joining SCMP in January 2017, Gary was CEO of Digg, spearheading the New York start-up’s transformation from aggregator to data-driven news platform. Previously, he was head of Spotify Labs, where he led emerging technologies and business strategies for global markets, after joining as global director of ad product strategy. He has also worked at AOL and Google.
Born in the United States, Gary grew up in Taiwan and New Zealand, before returning to the American Northeast where he lived and worked for 20 years. He currently lives in Hong Kong with his wife Katrina, a pediatric dentist. Gary is an economics graduate from Harvard University.
Mr Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges GBS JP
Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Mr Winfried Engelbrecht-Bresges GBS JP
Chief Executive Officer, The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Mr Engelbrecht-Bresges joined The Hong Kong Jockey Club in 1998 and has been its Chief Executive Officer since 2007. Under his leadership the Club has undergone significant transformation, becoming one of the world’s leading racing organisations, while its Charities Trust is now one of the world’s top ten charity donors.
Mr Engelbrecht-Bresges is a Board Member of the Community Chest and an Executive Committee Member of the Hong Kong Management Association. Internationally he is Vice Chairman of the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities and Chairman of the Asian Racing Federation.
Born and raised in Germany, Mr Engelbrecht-Bresges is a graduate of the University of Cologne in Economics, Finance and Statistics. He has a lifelong passion for horse racing and breeding thoroughbred horses and was a Board Member of the German Racing and Breeding Authority for 10 years, serving as Executive Vice President for six years. He is also an avid football fan, and played football professionally in Germany before graduation.
Bernard Charnwut Chan
Hong Kong Deputy, National People’s Congress; Convenor of the Executive Council of the HKSAR
Bernard Charnwut Chan
Hong Kong Deputy, National People’s Congress; Convenor of the Executive Council of the HKSAR
Bernard Charnwut Chan was born into a Thai-Chinese family in Hong Kong and is a graduate in studio art from Pomona College in the USA. He was a member of Hong Kong’s Legislative Council for 10 years. He is the president of Asia Financial Holdings and Asia Insurance. Mr Chan is also a Hong Kong deputy to the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, a member of the Hong Kong Executive Council, chairperson of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service, chairman of the Hong Kong-Thailand Business Council, chairman of The Jockey Club CPS Ltd Advisory Committee, and chairman of the Committee on Reduction of Salt and Sugar in Food.
Allan Zeman, GBM, GBS, JP
Chairman, Lan Kwai Fong Group
Allan Zeman, GBM, GBS, JP
Chairman, Lan Kwai Fong Group
Dubbed the “Father of Lan Kwai Fong”, Dr Zeman successfully developed Lan Kwai Fong into one of Hong Kong’s most popular tourist and entertainment districts. Having lived in Hong Kong for over 45 years, he has been very involved in government services as well as community activities. He was chairman of Ocean Park from 2003 to 2014 and is now the park’s honorary advisor. He also serves as an independent non-executive director of Sino Land Company, Tsim Sha Tsui Properties, Global Brands Group, Television Broadcasts Limited, and Pacific Century Premium Developments, which are all listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. Dr Zeman is the non-executive vice chairman of Wynn Macau, a prominent gaming operator in the US and Macau. In 2015, he was appointed as a board member of the Airport Authority of Hong Kong and a representative to the APEC Business Advisory Council.
Lau Ming-wai
Vice-Chairman, Youth Development Commission
Lau Ming-wai
Vice-Chairman, Youth Development Commission
Mr Ming Wai Lau is the Director of MWYO, a youth-oriented think tank. He is also the Chairman of Chinese Estates Holdings Limited and the Chairman of the Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre, an independent policy think tank.
Mr. Lau is active in public affairs. He is the Vice-Chairman of the Youth Development Commission. He is the Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Ocean Park Corporation, a Council Member of the City University of Hong Kong, a non-official member of the Chief Executive's Council of Advisers on Innovation and Strategic Development, and a member of the Exchange Fund Advisory Committee. He was awarded the Gold Bauhinia Star (GBS) for his meritorious public and community service in 2017.
Mr. Lau holds LLB, LLM, and PhD degrees from King’s College London and the London School of Economics, University of London. He is also a registered attorney in the State of New York and a CFA Charterholder. He has been a Visiting Lecturer at Harvard Law School since 2014.
Judging Panel
Student of the Year - Grand Prize
Tammy Tam
Editor-in-Chief, South China Morning Post
Tammy Tam
Editor-in-Chief, South China Morning Post
Ms Tam joined the South China Morning Post in late 2011 as senior editor and took up the role of editor-in-chief in January 2016. She began her career in journalism at the Hong Kong Standard before switching to the television industry for 20 years. She has been responsible for managing newsrooms and leading coverage of major local, China and international news events. Ms Tam played a key role in launching the city’s first free-to-air 24-hour television news channel. She holds a master’s degree in journalism and bachelor’s degrees in English and law.
Andy Ho Wing-cheong
Executive Director, The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups
Andy Ho Wing-cheong
Executive Director, The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups
Mr. Andy Ho Wing Cheong is the Executive Director of The Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups (HKFYG).
Mr. Ho has served the Federation for over 30 years with a wide range of responsibilities, including corporate strategy development, neighbourhood and community, as well as counselling services. He also oversaw the education services which included the HKFYG Lee Shau Kee Primary School, the HKFYG Lee Shau Kee College and kindergartens. He was formerly responsible for leading the community-based Youth S.P.O.T. services in all districts of Hong Kong and coordinating over 450,000 registered members and 200,000 young volunteers of the Federation.
Mr. Ho is active in a number of community and welfare organizations, government bureaux and District Councils. He is an elected Member of the Hong Kong Council of Social Service Executive Committee and sits as a Member of the Consultation Panel of the West Kowloon Cultural District Authority.
Mr. Ho is a Registered Social Worker in Hong Kong. He holds an M.A. from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and a B.Soc.Sc. (Hons.) from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Professor Joseph Sung Jao-yiu
Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics (Clinical), Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Joseph Sung Jao-yiu
Professor of Medicine and Therapeutics (Clinical), Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Joseph J.Y. Sung is the seventh Vice-Chancellor and President of The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). Professor Sung is a renowned scientist in gastroenterology and was appointed Mok Hing Yiu Professor of Medicine in November 2007 in recognition of his significant contributions to the prevention and early diagnosis of gastroenterology cancers. His research interests include intestinal bleeding, Helicobacter Pylori, peptic ulcer, hepatitis B, and colorectal cancer. He has published over 680 full scientific articles in leading journals, edited or authored more than 15 books, and also refereed for more than 15 prestigious journals.
His contributions to the advancement of medical sciences and academic development have been recognized with awards such as the Distinguished Award for Fighting SARS and Cheung Kong Achievement Award. (2004/2005).
Student of the Year - Visual Artist
Tobias Berger
Head of Arts, Tai Kwun
Tobias Berger
Head of Arts, Tai Kwun
Mr Berger is the Head of Arts, Tai Kwun, the new art and heritage revitalisation project at the former Central Police Station compound.
After graduating in art history and economic science from the Ruhr-University Bochum in Germany, he completed the DeAppel Curatorial Training Programme in Amsterdam before worked as a Curator at the Museum Fridericianum in Kassel.
In 2002, he was Artistic Director of the 8th Baltic Triennial of International Art in Lithuania, going on to senior roles in New Zealand, South Korea and Hong Kong as Curator of Visual Arts at M+ Museum for five years to 2015.
Dr Edmund Lee Tak-yue
Executive Director, Hong Kong Design Centre
Dr Edmund Lee Tak-yue
Executive Director, Hong Kong Design Centre
Dr Edmund Lee is the executive director of Hong Kong Design Centre, a non-profit organisation dedicated to raising Hong Kong’s profile as a hub of creativity, driving value creation through design and innovation. He is a fellow of the Royal Society for the encouragement of arts, manufactures and commerce. Dr Lee currently serves as a board director of PMQ, a member of the Design Council of The Federation of Hong Kong Industries, a nominated member of the Hong Kong Brand Development Council, and on several other advisory committees. His public duties include chairmanship or membership of a number of professional management bodies and service organisations. Dr Lee received a PhD in biotechnology from King’s College London and an MBA from Warwick Business School. He has also completed advanced training in non-profit management at Harvard Business School.
Darren Long
Head of Graphics & Magazine Design, South China Morning Post
Darren Long
Head of Graphics & Magazine Design, South China Morning Post
With more than 25 years of experience, Darren Long leads the Post’s award-winning graphics and magazine department. He has launched and rejuvenated dozens of titles in Hong Kong, Malaysia and London. He has won awards on three continents.
Student of the Year - Linguist (English)
Professor Jette Hansen Edwards
Chair, Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Jette Hansen Edwards
Chair, Department of English, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Jette G. Hansen Edwards is Professor of applied English linguistics and Head of the Department of English at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Her current research focuses on the relationship between accentedness and intelligibility for different varieties of English as well as politics, identity, and language use in Hong Kong. She has published widely in applied linguistics, including 5 books (Phonology and Second Language Acquisition, Acquiring a nonnative phonology: Linguistic Constraints and Social Barriers, Peer Response in Second Language Writing Classrooms 1st and 2nd editions, and The Politics of English in Hong Kong: Attitudes, Identity, and Use), and more than 40 book chapters and journal articles. Her research on Hong Kong English has been cited in The Economist and she has written articles about English in both Hong Kong and China for The Georgetown Journal of International Affairs. A native of Denmark, Jette Hansen Edwards was educated in the United States; she has been teaching in Hong Kong tertiary education for over 15 years.
Susan Ramsay
Editor, Young Post, South China Morning Post
Susan Ramsay
Editor, Young Post, South China Morning Post
Ms Ramsay is the editor of Young Post, the youth edition of Hong Kong’s leading English newspaper, the South China Morning Post. She has more than 20 years’ experience in media, having been a journalist in South Africa before moving to Hong Kong. She has held her current role since 2008, bringing young readers news, views and reviews on local and global issues and keeping Hong Kong’s dynamic secondary school student community well informed on topics from science and the environment to social concerns.
Professor Steve Walsh
Head of Applied Linguistics and Communication, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University
Professor Steve Walsh
Head of Applied Linguistics and Communication, School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences, Newcastle University
Steve joined ECLS in March 2007 from Queen's University Belfast where he had been working for almost 10 years. Most of his working life has been spent abroad, working as an English language teacher and teacher educator in Spain, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Poland and China. He is committed to teacher education, especially second language teacher education, and enjoy working with teachers to develop a closer understanding of teaching and learning in all contexts.
Student of the Year - Linguist (Cantonese)
Josephine Ma
China News Editor, South China Morning Post
Josephine Ma
China News Editor, South China Morning Post
Josephine Ma is China editor for the South China Morning Post. She has been covering China news for the paper since 1999 and was a Beijing-based correspondent from 2003 to 2009.
Professor Peggy Mok
Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Peggy Mok
Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Prof. Peggy Mok received her B.A. in Chinese with first class honours from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and her M.Phil. and Ph.D. in linguistics from the University of Cambridge. Her research interests lie in phonetics, especially with cross-linguistic and psycholinguistic perspectives. She is interested in both speech production and perception. She investigates both segmental and prosodic properties of speech, but focusing more on prosodic aspects in recent years. Speech acquisition in different contexts is an important theme in my research. Additionally, She is also interested in forensic phonetics, and the bilingual mental lexicon.
Professor Tong Ho-kin
Dean, Faculty of Humanities, The Education University of Hong Kong
Professor Tong Ho-kin
Dean, Faculty of Humanities, The Education University of Hong Kong
Dr Tong has worked in the field of Chinese language education for 30 years. He started as a secondary school teacher and joined what is now The Education University of Hong Kong, after completing his doctorate at the University of Sydney in 1995. He is currently acting dean and associate dean of the Faculty of Humanities. He has served on key subject committees for the Hong Kong Curriculum Development Institute on Chinese language education and has been invited to chair the Assessment Panel (Chinese language) of the Chief Executive’s Award for Teaching Excellence. His major interest is to promote learning and teaching of the Chinese language in multilingual and multicultural contexts.
Student of the Year - Linguist (Putonghua)
William Zheng
News Editor, China, South China Morning Post
William Zheng
News Editor, China, South China Morning Post
William Zheng is a veteran journalist who has served and led major Hong Kong and Singapore media organizations in his 20-year career, covering greater China.
Professor Cheung Dan
Advisor of Fong Shu Fook Tong Foundation, Researcher of Women’s Studies Center of Peking University, GAPSK Chief Academic Advisor
Professor Cheung Dan
Advisor of Fong Shu Fook Tong Foundation, Researcher of Women’s Studies Center of Peking University, GAPSK Chief Academic Advisor
Professor Cheung is an advocate in Mandarin Chinese in Hong Kong and Macau. She is the founder of Hong Kong International Chinese Language and Teaching Association. HKICLT is a non-profit organization that composes of more than 200 individuals Mandarin Chinese teachers and scholars and actively hold seminars, lectures and culture trips for the community in Hong Kong. Professor Cheung has been a senior consultant Judge of Hong Kong School Speech Festival (Chinese) for more than 3 decades and she is also an active speaker of Chinese culture and languages in many events and conferences.
Professor Cheung has published more than 300 books in learning Mandarin Chinese and most of them are widely available in the market.
Student of the Year - Community Contributor
Leong Cheung
Executive Director, Charities and Community, The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Leong Cheung
Executive Director, Charities and Community, The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Leong Cheung has been the Executive Director of Charities and Community at HKJC since 2014.
Prior to joining the Club, his previous roles include being the Operating Partner with Bain Capital, Managing Director of Global Sourcing & Supply Chain at Esquel Group, founder and CEO of an education focused Internet venture, and a senior consultant at the Boston Consulting Group. Leong is also co-founder and chairman of an innovative social enterprise, RunOurCity. Leong has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
Cliff Buddle
Editor, Special Projects, South China Morning Post
Cliff Buddle
Editor, Special Projects, South China Morning Post
Mr Buddle has more than 30 years’ experience as a journalist. He started as a reporter covering court cases in London for a news agency supplying Britain’s national newspapers. He joined the SCMP in 1994 and, as chief court reporter, covered landmark constitutional cases following Hong Kong’s return to China. He has worked as an editor on the opinion pages, as news editor and as chief leader writer, and was deputy editor for six years. As acting editor-in-chief, he oversaw a major revamp and redesign of the newspaper in 2011.
Chua Hoi-wai
Chief Executive, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service
Chua Hoi-wai
Chief Executive, The Hong Kong Council of Social Service
Mr Chua leads the HKCSS, which represents more than 460 non-governmental social service organisations. He was president of the Hong Kong Social Workers Association from 2004 to 2008 and has also participated in a number of the government’s statutory and advisory bodies. He is currently a member of the Commission on Poverty and chairs its Special Needs Group Task Force. He is also a member of the Elderly Commission, the Hong Kong Housing Authority, the Land and Development Advisory Committee, and the Committee on Promotion of Organ Donation.
Student of the Year - Sportsperson
Amy Chan Lim-chee, JP
Executive Manager, Racing Development Board & Headmistress, Apprentice Jockeys’ School, The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Amy Chan Lim-chee, JP
Executive Manager, Racing Development Board & Headmistress, Apprentice Jockeys’ School, The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Ms Chan, a former badminton star, is undoubtedly a familiar name in Hong Kong sport. As a member of the Hong Kong team, she achieved numerous honours in international competition. After retiring from the sport, she furthered her studies at Springfield University in the United States, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in physical education, and later obtained an MBA at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. She subsequently worked for the Hong Kong Sports Institute, contributing to the development of local athletes. In 2006, she became the first female headmistress of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Apprentice Jockeys’ School, where she now oversees the club’s programme to train and develop Hong Kong’s future racing stars.
Kenneth Fok Kai-kong
Vice President of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China; Vice President, The Fok Ying Tung Group
Kenneth Fok Kai-kong
Vice President of the Sports Federation and Olympic Committee of Hong Kong, China; Vice President, The Fok Ying Tung Group
Mr Fok takes a close interest in community work, mostly focusing on youth and sports development. He is currently chairman of the Committee of Youth Activities in Hong Kong, and a member of the Commission on Youth. He is also the vice chairman of Elite Sports Committee of the Sports Commission and president of the Gymnastics Association of HK. In 2016, he was appointed as chef de mission for the Rio Olympics, leading the Hong Kong team which competed in Brazil. He was selected as one of the Ten Most Outstanding Young Cantonese Persons in the World in 2013.
Noel Prentice
Editor, Sports, South China Morning Post
Noel Prentice
Editor, Sports, South China Morning Post
Mr Prentice has been with the South China Morning Post for 21 years. A native New Zealander, he has also worked in England and the Middle East in a variety of fields including sport, news and business. Sport is his first passion and he has helped lead SCMP’s drive into the digital world. He is a prize-winning journalist, with an Award for Excellence for special publications on the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Student of the Year - Performing Artist
Eddy Zee
Head of Performing Arts, Tai Kwun
Eddy Zee
Head of Performing Arts, Tai Kwun
Eddy Zee is the Head of Performing Arts at Tai Kwun. He was a member of the Hong Kong Arts Festival and Hong Kong Dance Company.
Karly Cox
Deputy Editor, Young Post, South China Morning Post
Karly Cox
Deputy Editor, Young Post, South China Morning Post
Ms Cox is the deputy editor of Young Post, which is read by 90 per cent of secondary school students in Hong Kong. Since graduating with a law degree, her focus has been to inspire young Hongkongers to discover the joy of language learning. She initially worked at Pearson, the world’s largest education company and book publisher and, for the last eight years, has had various roles at Young Post. She believes strongly in the life-enhancing qualities of the performing arts, having been involved since childhood as a musician, singer and actor. For the past 10 years, she has been stage manager for several local community theatre groups.
Colleen Lee
Pianist
Colleen Lee
Pianist
Ms Lee is the only Hong Kong pianist to win a medal at the International Chopin Piano Competition in Poland, taking the 6th prize in 2005. She is a past winner of SOTY - in 1995 - and was an HKJC Scholar in 2003.
Since then, she has performed extensively throughout Asia, Europe and North America. Her performance of the “Magic Piano and Chopin Shorts” animation series at the 42nd Hong Kong Arts Festival garnered rave reviews.
Currently, Ms Lee is honorary artist in residence at the Education University of Hong Kong and on the faculty of both the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and Hong Kong Baptist University.
Professor Adrian Walter AM
Director, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Professor Adrian Walter AM
Director, The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts
Professor Walter’s distinguished 30-year career in music education began at the Charles Darwin University. His roles there included head of the School of Creative Arts and Humanities and dean of the Faculty of Law, Business and Arts.
Throughout, he has been a strong advocate of community engagement. He was founder and artistic director of the world- renowned Darwin International Guitar Festival, which ran for 14 years. He also commissioned numerous new works from emerging composers, helping to launch the careers of some outstanding classical musicians.
Before moving to Hong Kong, Professor Walter was head of the School of Music at the Australian National University where he advocated the use of innovative technologies in performing arts education.
Student of the Year - Scientist/Mathematician
Zuraidah Ibrahim
Deputy Executive Editor, South China Morning Post
Zuraidah Ibrahim
Deputy Executive Editor, South China Morning Post
Zuraidah Ibrahim is deputy executive editor of South China Morning Post in Hong Kong. She oversees the city and international desks and also runs a Sunday magazine, This Week in Asia, which won the Best News Website award from WAN-IFRA in 2017. She was previously deputy editor of Singapore’s largest English newspaper, The Straits Times. She co-authored the book Lee Kuan Yew, Hard Truths to Keep Singapore Going (2011) and a monograph on the Singapore opposition (2017). She studied political science in Singapore and the United States.
Ir. Daniel Lai, BBS, JP
Programme Director, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Ir. Daniel Lai, BBS, JP
Programme Director, The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust
Ir. DANIEL LAI is a seasoned Information Technology professional with 50 years’ experience. He is Programme Director, Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust’s computational thinking and coding education programme, Advisor, IT of Esquel Group; and a Director Hong Kong Quality Assurance Agency. He is a Distinguished Fellow and Past President of Hong Kong Computer Society, Founding Chairman of CIO Board, and a Fellow of Hong Kong Institute of Engineers.
Daniel was the Interim Vice-President (Admin) and Professor of Practice (Computing) of PolyU; Government Chief Information Officer of Hong Kong SAR Government from 2012-14; Head of Information Technology at MTR Corporation Ltd. from 1999 to 2011, and held senior IT managerial positions at The Hong Kong Jockey Club between 1978 and 1999.
Daniel contributed significantly in promoting the development and application of IT in Hong Kong and the region; in recognition of his contribution to the development and promotion of IT, he was awarded Bronze Bauhinia Star (BBS) in 2004, and appointed a Justice of Peace in 2001.
Paulina Chan Shuk-man
Museum Director, Hong Kong Science Museum
Paulina Chan Shuk-man
Museum Director, Hong Kong Science Museum
Ms Chan has been working at the Hong Kong Science Museum for more than 25 years. She is experienced in organising education programmes and exhibitions, including the exhibition “Eternal Life – Exploring Ancient Egypt”, which was held in 2017 with great success. Besides that, she is dedicated to promoting science culture among young people. From 2005 to 2007, she served as the assistant secretary for the Asia Pacific Network of Science & Technology Centres. Currently, she is the museum director of the Hong Kong Science Museum.
Albert Wong Hak-keung
Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
Albert Wong Hak-keung
Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks Corporation
Mr Wong was appointed CEO of the HKSTP in August 2016. With an engineering degree from the University of Hong Kong, and an MBA from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, he also has over 30 years’ experience with multinationals including Schlumberger, Caterpillar, Emerson Electric and General Electric. His responsibilities have included M&A, business development, product management, and business operations.
He is committed to building an ecosystem in Hong Kong to drive development in technology, innovation and entrepreneurship. He firmly believes that Hong Kong’s future depends on the success of this ecosystem.
Student of the Year - Best Improvement
Irene Chan
Head of Public Affairs (Corporate & Charities Communications), The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Irene Chan
Head of Public Affairs (Corporate & Charities Communications), The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Ms Irene Chan joined The Hong Kong Jockey Club as the Head of Charities (Communications and Engagement) in 2015. She led the Charities Communication team to spearhead the development of an integrated communications strategy for the Club’s charities projects and engagement strategy with key stakeholder groups. In February 2019, she was appointed to the position of Head of Public Affairs (Corporate & Charities Communications). She now leads and coordinates the Club’s external communications efforts as to showcase the Club’s unique integrated business model and strengthen our development and positioning of the Club as a world class racing and charity organisation to fulfill our purpose of acting continuously for the betterment of society.
Irene obtained her first degree in Policy Making and Administration from the University of Essex, an MBA in Industrial Relations & Personnel Management from the City University Business School in London and a Master of Philosophy in International Relations from the University of Cambridge. She also finished a part-time research course in Communications at the Peking University.
Virginia Choi, JP
Managing Consultant & Country Manager, Tamty McGill Consultants International Ltd.
Virginia Choi, JP
Managing Consultant & Country Manager, Tamty McGill Consultants International Ltd.
Virginia Choi has 30 years’ experience in human resources management, especially in talent management. She was president of the HKIHRM from 2001 to 2005, the first female president since its inception in 1977. She is now an executive council member of the HKIHRM and an advisor to its learning and development committee. Ms Choi has been chairperson of the Continuing Professional Development Alliance since June 2004. She is also chairperson of the HR committee and an executive council member of the Open University of Hong Kong, as well as a member of the Public Service Commission and the Legal Aid Services Council. Ms Choi is also a member of the Hong Kong Housing Authority, and sits on its finance committee and audit sub-committee.
Olga Wong
Hong Kong News Editor, South China Morning Post
Olga Wong
Hong Kong News Editor, South China Morning Post
Olga Wong supervises news coverage of major government policy areas including healthcare, housing, ageing, social welfare and education. She has covered environment and urban planning issues for more than a decade. She also undertook a review of the quality of local health news reporting, including coverage of the unprecedented Sars crisis, while pursuing her MPhil at the University of Hong Kong. She was recognised as Best Young Reporter by the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong in 2001.
Student of the Year - Best Devotion to School
Winnie Ying
Head of Charities (Grant Making - Youth, Education & Training, Poverty), The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Winnie Ying
Head of Charities (Grant Making - Youth, Education & Training, Poverty), The Hong Kong Jockey Club
Ms Winnie Ying is the Head of Charities (Grant Making – Youth, Education & Training, Poverty) of The Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Department. She oversees issues related to Youth, Poverty, and Education Camp & Training. She identifies and implements new initiatives, manages funding allocation for projects under these themes.
Winnie started her career as a Social Worker and pioneered several innovative projects for the most neglected communities, including the first work trial and job tasting programme for at-risk youths in Hong Kong in 1995, discovered the social withdrawal phenomenon and set up the first one-stop service centre for “hidden youth” in 2003 providing home-based counselling services.
Winnie holds a Bachelor of Social Work from The Hong Kong Baptist University and a Master of Arts in Social Work and Social Care from The University of Bradford in the UK.
Terence Chang Cheuk-cheung
Former Headmaster, Diocesan Boys’ School
Terence Chang Cheuk-cheung
Former Headmaster, Diocesan Boys’ School
Serving the education sector over 40 years, Mr. Chang has devoted his life to raising students to meet the heights in academic, aesthetic, emotional, moral, physical, social and spiritual areas, thereby meeting the challenges in this ever-changing society.
Before his official retirement as Headmaster of Diocesan Boys’ School in 2012, he has led the school for 12 years and delivered the best education in town.
Alex Ho
Vice President, Recruitment Business and Circulation & Syndication Business
Alex Ho
Vice President, Recruitment Business and Circulation & Syndication Business
Mr Ho joined the SCMP in 2007 as the director of circulation and his responsibilities were expanded to oversee print operations in 2009. He was promoted to senior director of newspaper and recruitment services in 2012 and assumed his current position in 2014.
Previously, he had over 10 years’ experience in sales, distribution and marketing in other media and multinational FMCG companies in Hong Kong, China and other Asian markets. He has an MBA and is a committee member of the Newspaper Society of Hong Kong and the Hong Kong Audit Bureau of Circulation.