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I feel truly honored and privileged to receive the MPPM Entrance Scholarship from the Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies, The Education University of Hong Kong.

The Scholarship provides me with financial support and allows me to continue my studies at the EdUHK and further explore the field of public policy and management with sufficient resources like having Dr Isabella Ng serve as my supervisor.

Without the Scholarship, I am afraid that my dream of having a postgraduate study and conducting research related to Shan Burmese migrants in Thailand can never come true.  

I appreciate the Programme and the Department for providing students with Scholarship opportunities.    

  
-    By Mr SAI Hkur (MPPM student, September 2023 Cohort)

Receiving a full Entrance Scholarship from the Master of Public Policy and Management at The Education University of Hong Kong is a huge milestone in my academic journey. This scholarship has not only helped me to pursue a postgraduate degree but has also enriched my education with access to world-class faculty and resources.

The Programme itself has equipped me with a comprehensive understanding of policy analysis, strategic communication, and management, making me better prepared for my future career. It has broadened my global perspective and also paved the way for a promising future, where I can contribute to positive change and make a meaningful impact on society.

Thanks for the Scholarship opportunities and I wish the MPPM every success in the future.

-    By Ms Tun Pa Pa Kyaw (MPPM student, January 2023 Cohort)   
 

A selected group of students of our Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Social Entrepreneurship and Development Studies students recently had the privilege of visiting the LinkedIn Hong Kong office.

A selected group of students of our Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Social Entrepreneurship and Development Studies students recently had the privilege of visiting the LinkedIn Hong Kong office. This visit was designed to provide students with a comprehensive understanding of LinkedIn's role in the professional ecosystem and the ways they can utilize LinkedIn Learning to refine the skills crucial for their future careers.
 

Introduced by Mr Ivan Wong, Head of Government and Academic, students were exposed to the transformative role of LinkedIn as a key professional networking platform. They gained a nuanced understanding of how LinkedIn has revolutionized the methods professionals use to network, collaborate, and explore career opportunities.

As part of our commitment to preparing students for the dynamic workforce in the future. The BSocSc(SEDS) programme team has meticulously crafted learning paths for our first-year students that focus on building a diverse, comprehensive skill set, preparing them to meet future work challenges with confidence.

Through this strategic engagement with LinkedIn and its resources, our goal is to provide our students with the knowledge and tools they'll need to excel in their future careers.

Three student representatives from the Bachelor of Social Sciences (Honours) in Social Entrepreneurship and Development Studies participated in a three-day intensive entrepreneurship training camp, organised by the Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Centre for Entrepreneurship and Centre for Family Business, from 2^nd to 4^th November. 

The camp included lectures on entrepreneurship theory, field visit and project roadshows. Guest speakers shared their own stories and insights on overcoming challenges in the early stages of starting a business. The camp also featured visits to a provincial e-commerce demonstration enterprise to gain valuable insights into management strategies. The activities concluded with business plan development and project roadshows, where participants received feedback from a panel of judges.

Jimmy Yeung was greatly inspired during this camp. He explored different entrepreneurial models from the cases shared by Professor Au, which helped him improve himself on the entrepreneurial path. 

Master of Arts in Personal Finance Education [MA(PFE)] Programme invited Mr Xie Long, an experienced enterprise trainer, to deliver a financial career advising session for our students.

Dr TAN Weiqiang, Programme Leader of MA(PFE), presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Mr Xie.

Mr Xie Long is a commercial bank veteran with over 20 years of experience in financial management and enterprise training. His expertise covers career planning in finance, credit risk control for banking, banking marketing, team management, banking compliance management, and positive leadership. He holds a Master of Business Administration degree from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Mr Xie has served in the Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (ICBC), Ping An Bank, Standard Chartered Bank Group, and ZAC. During his tenure as Channel Director and Executive Director at ZAC, Mr Xie was also responsible for in-house training for the business teams and the cadre members.

Mr Xie shared the career advice with our students.

This sharing session framed an overview of the banking and other financial fields for MA(PFE) students and greatly inspired them in their career development in finance. Mr Xie shared many practical and tailored suggestions with our students on their career development in finance, including commercial banking, internet finance, and corporate finance. He also shared his rich experience in banking management with MA(PFE) students.

In this presentation, Prof. Hayhoe shared with us the features of Chinese culture that drew her into 50 years of interaction with Hong Kong and a broader China.  She enlightened us to learn lessons from Chinese civilization that have given people agency, strength, resilience and hope in the time of drastic social changes.  She guided us to understand a constant balancing between opposites rooted in Chinese culture - the discipline of Confucian learning patterns and the deep insights coming from Daoist thought.

The first MPPM Policy Case Competition, held by the Master of Public Policy and Management (MPPM), was successfully organized on 18 November 2023. It was an attempt to provide a hands-on opportunity for students to analyze and resolve real-life public policy problems through case studies.

The competition entailed a rigorous three-stage process, including a poster presentation in the first round, a PowerPoint presentation in the Semi-final, and a debate in the Final, which tested the participants' abilities, knowledge, and resilience.

We are proud to announce ASEAN (Mr Sai Hkur and Ms Tun Pa Pa Kyaw) as the ultimate winners of this competition, and MTA for Cash (Ms Zhang Yingdi, Mr Xia Zhanbo, Mr Zhang Renzhe), Threesome (Ms Yi Shiyao, Ms Li Youying) and SOS (Ms Yan Ziyu, Mr Liu Chenjing, Ms Song Jiaqi, Ms Zhang Luqi) as the First, Second and Third Runner-Ups respectively. They all showed their dedication, expertise, and exceptional performance across all stages of the competition.

Our congratulations are also extended to all other participants, who joined and demonstrated tremendous skill and commitment throughout the competition.

Congratulations to the winner and all the participants for their remarkable performances!

The 2019 Greater Bay Area (GBA) blueprint has pointed to a high concentration of key factors of innovation, an advancement level of internationalization and solid foundation of cooperation within the region. But it also alludes to issues of overcapacity, imbalance and mismatch of the supply and demand structure, as well as institutional differences under 'one country, two systems', that may affect market connectivity and the flow of factors of production. How can Hong Kong, being a major hub of GBA, gain further strength in economic and social innovation and avoid becoming merely a 'follower' adapting to a GBA defined by other municipalities like Shenzhen and Guangzhou?

On 7 November 2023, a seminar themed on Digital Transformation in the Asset Management Industry was successfully held at The Education University of Hong Kong, jointly organised by the Department of Mathematics and Information Technology (MIT) and the Department of Social Sciences and Policy Studies (SSPS).


Professor YU Leung Ho Philip (right standing), Head of Department of MIT, and Dr HU Zhiyong Fox (left standing), Acting Head of Department of SSPS presented a Certificate of Appreciation to Dr Eddie PONG (middle standing) as a gratitude.


Professor LI Wai Keung (first from right hand side), Dean of FLASS, also attended the seminar.

Dr Eddie Pong, the speaker of the seminar, is an expertise in quantitative investment analytics and software development. He is the founder of Rivermap Quantitative Research, a FinTech company in Hong Kong. 

Dr Pong is experienced in investment management and quantitative analysis. He started his career in London where he worked as an investment manager at Amundi Asset Management. He then moved to ING Investment Management to work in the engineered investment strategies group.  Eddie was Head of Asia Pacific Research at FTSE Russell where he oversaw the research and analytics function in the Asia Pacific region.

 
Dr Eddie PONG discussed the latest trends in the asset management industry.

At the seminar, Dr Pong discussed the latest trends in the asset management industry, focusing on the increasing importance of technologies like machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), and cloud computing. Additionally, he explored the growing emphasis on new investment areas such as megatrends and the integration of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors. 

 
Dr Eddie PONG interacted with the students on the professional development in asset management.

Dr Pong advised on students’ professional development in asset management field, such as the skills necessary for professionals to succeed, the opportunities and challenges in wealth and asset management.

On 7 November 2023, the Master of Arts in Personal Finance Education [MA(PFE)] Programme invited Institute of Financial Technologists of Asia (IFTA) to share the prospects of FinTech industry in Hong Kong, and invited Dr Arvin Tang, Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), to share the latest breakthrough in the regulatory technology within the FinTech industry.

Dr TAN Weiqiang, Programme Leader of MA(PFE), presented the certificates of appreciation to Dr Arvin TANG, (ASTRI) and Ms Yolanda CHAU (IFTA).

At the beginning, Ms Yolanda Chau from Institute of Financial Technologists of Asia (IFTA) described an overview on the FinTech trends in Hong Kong, including the talent demands and career advising for the prospective FinTech practitioners. She also introduced IFTA professional designations - Certified Financial Technologist (CFT). CFT is a globally recognised certification programme for FinTech practitioners. 


Ms Yolanda CHAU shared the FinTech trends in Hong Kong.

Later, Dr Arvin Tang, the Director of Multimedia Systems and Analytics under the technical division of the Trust and AI Technologies division at Hong Kong Applied Science and Technology Research Institute (ASTRI), shared the latest regulatory technology in FinTech with our students. Dr Tang discussed the regulatory challenges of data protection in FinTech and introduced ASTRI solution to it, namely, a self-developed federated learning platform developed by ASTRI. This federated learning platform motivates the machine learning training and alternative data to facilitate the regulatory improvement, which is also applied in establishing a new ecosystem for the bank industries. Dr Tang also illustrated some empirical evidence to enhance our students’ cybersecurity literacy.

Dr TANG shared the latest regulatory technology in FinTech with our students.