Alumni

Alumni Association Formation Update

Further to the set up of Alumni Preparation Committee (PC) in February, regular meetings were held in the past months. It is aimed at the registration process will be completed in Spring 2005.

In spite of zero fund at this early stage, the Alumni PC thanked the alumni, students and MBS friends for their generous donations and warm supports. Should you wish to contribute, please contact Alumni Secretariat Christina Siu at [email protected]

Seek for Volunteers

The Preparation Committee of Alumni Association plans to organise our first annual dinner in the coming spring 2005. It will be a great event which symbolizes the unity of our students, alumni and faculties. We all long for this day. As the event will involve a lot of preparation work, we now would like to invite those enthusiastic volunteers to assist and contribute their time and efforts to make this event successful. Those who are interested, please send your contact details by email to [email protected] on or before Dec 31, 2004. We will contact you afterwards.

Prize Awards

• 2004 - Nelson awarded the MBA with Distinction: The first runner up of the best in project and in overall performance competing with 272 graduands worldwide - Album here.
• 2003 - Veronica Au awarded the MBA with Distinction and the best in project competing with 256 graduands worldwide.

Activities in 2004

Student and Alumni Events in Hong Kong
Details about the alumni and students events based in our Hong Kong centre are shown as below. Please email to Alumni Office for further enquires.

Events from July to December 04

• July - Congratulations to our graduates - Over 200 MBA students attended the Congregation on 9 July, from the full-time, executive and distance learning MBA programmes. The ceremony took place at the Whitworth Hall in Manchester - Album here.
• Professor John Arnold, Pro-Vice-Chancellor, gave a speech at the congregation - Details here
• Aug 20 - Alumni/Students Happy Hours at Lobster bar in Island Shangri-La Hotel - Album here
• Sep 5 - Boat Cruise - Album here
• Sep 15 - Winners and Losers in Mergers and Acquisitions - the Shareholder Perspective by Dr. Nick Collett - Album here
• Sep 30 - Supply Chain Strategy - Micro Management with a Macro Perspective by Dr. Cedric Chau - Album here
• Oct 13 - A Decade of Russian Business - A Personal Reminiscence by Dr. Bob Vass - Details here
• Nov 12 - Strategic Working Capital Management in Multinationals by Edmund Li - Details here
• Dec - Project Presentation by distinguished graduates - Details here

Events from January to June 04

• June - Hong Kong Office Expansion - Expansion at MBS Worldwide's Hong Kong office see the MBS floor from the end of Jul onwards. Enquiries regarding the use of these facilities should email to Ms Christina Siu: [email protected] - Album here.
• May - Project seminar by Dr. Alistair Benson - Album here.
• May - Project and Infrastructure Finance in Asia - A ten year review by Professor Charles Schell - Album here.
• April - The Development of Operations Management into the 21st century by Dr. Alison Smart - Album here.
• March - Project Presentation by recent graduates Open to Students on the Project Stage - Album here.
• February - Reunion in the Year of the Monkey Cocktail Party - Album here
  Christina Siu hosted the function, which attracted more than 80 alumni. The purpose was to draw together all the alumni from the various MBA programmes living and working in Hong Kong to help with networking activities.

Activities in 2003

• Oct - The Future of Work by Dr. Innes Newman
• Sep - Valuing Equities in a Fluctuating Market by Professor Bob Ryan