The second CityU Employers’ Luncheon was hosted on 30 March. The event was supported by 500 guests, among them there were 300 representatives from local and multinational enterprises, 120 students and 80 academics. The event, also featured a project exhibition displaying students’ achievements, helped to build closer ties between the University and the employers in order to enhance the competitiveness of CityU students.

Dr. Michael Chan Yue-kwong, Chairman of Café de Coral Holdings Limited, was the keynote speaker. In his speech titled “Management for Millennials”, Dr. Chan shared his insights on management. He also advised young people to make sure that they maintained a global perspective and to equip themselves with intelligence, emotional quotient and more importantly, adversity quotient.

Mr. Philip Tsai Wing-chung, Vice-Chairman of Deloitte China, has attended the CityU Employers’ Luncheon for two years in a row. “The Employers’ Luncheon is a great occasion for me to meet CityU students, to understand their aspirations and to share my experience with them,” he said. “It’s definitely a wonderful platform that strengthens ties between the University, employers and students!”

The employers in attendance were senior management representatives from a variety of corporations based in Hong Kong and abroad. Among those attending were HSBC, Ernst & Young, MTR Corporation, Microsoft, PwC, Nan Fung Group, Samsung, L'Oréal Paris, The Hong Kong Jockey Club and many more.

The Booster Station cheered up CityU students with free snacks, fruits and “booster cards” at the Hi-bye Bridge.

CityU students seized the opportunity to showcase their talents to employers at the exhibition, where achievements of over 70 projects were displayed. Pluto Mok Tsz-nok (Creative Media, Year 3) showed Dr. Michael Chan the car-racing accessories with his own surface design.

Prof. Horace Ip Ho-shing, Vice-President (Student Affairs) offered encouragement to CityU students who demonstrated much creativity and applied academic knowledge in their projects.

A talking T-shirt. How's that? A T-shirt that can display messages and signs programmable by your iPhone. One more channel of communication to people around you as you walk down the street, or when you are in the MTR, in a pub, or when you are too shy to say hi to someone.Tamar Wong Hei-ting (Creative Media, Year 4) invented the Wearable Canvas, a wireless LED-fitted T-shirt with a drawing app that allows tailor-made text or design patterns to be instantly displayed on the fabric.

Students from Department of Physics and Material Science presented their “Signio Sign Language Translator Glove” that uses capacitive touch sensors to help deaf and mute individuals to communicate with others.

About 300 employers supported the event and visited the student project exhibition. Mr. Philip Tsai (left), Vice-Chairman, Deloitte China, attended the Luncheon for two years in a row.