Networking Dinner with Iowa MBA US Students

It's time for networking with US Iowa MBA students and to celebrate the new year of 2009!

As you know, Iowa MBA students will be coming to Hong Kong attending class in January soon. We will be organizing a seafood dinner gathering at Happiness Harbour Restaurant in Lei Yue Mun on Friday, 9 January 2009.

Due to the limited room capacity, we will only have ~10 seatings available for Hong Kong students which will be on the basis of first-come, first-served. The cost is about HK$300-350 per person. Please fill out the reply form and submit it online no later than 28 December 2008 from the following site:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?key=pfiz0VJ6ssddmPtQegEj7PQ

The location

Happiness Harbour Restaurant is facing the east area of Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula. At sunset, you may appreciate a scene of rosy clouds all over the sky here. At night, you will be enchanted with the view of Victoria Harbour here when you taste your good wine and slap-up feed.

Happiness Harbour Restaurant

No. 53A Hoi Pong Road C., Lei Yue Mun, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Tel: 2340-1998 , Fax: 2340-9992



The transportation to Lei Yue Mun

On Foot
(1) It just takes you 8 to 12 mins to walk from Yau Tong MTR Station to Lei Yue Mun.
(2) It just takes you 5 to 8mins to walk from Yau Tong Bus Station to Lei Yue Mun.
(3) It just takes you 10 to 15mins to walk from Yau Tong Lee Yue Mun Plaza to Lei Yue Mun.


Ferry
(Sai Wan Ho - Sam Ka Tsuen 三家村)
Operator: Coral Sea Ferry Service Company Limited
Boarding location: Sai Wan Ho: Sai Wan Ho Ferry Pier at Tai Hong Street
Sam Ka Tsuen: Sam Ka Tsuen Ferry Pier at Shung Shun Street
You can take MTR to Sai Wan Ho Station, then take a ferry ride at Sai Wan Ho Ferry Pier.
Fee﹕Adult $HK4.80；Children $HK2.40. The journey takes about 7 minutes. Frequency of Ferry is every 24-30 minutes and ferry service hour is from 6:15am - ~11:30pm.

Mini Bus
(1) You can get MTR to Kwun Tong Station, then take mini-bus at Hip Wo Street.
(2) You can get MTR to Lam Tin Station, then take Maxicab No. 24 at bus concourse.

Car Park
You may drive and carpark in the following areas in Lei Yue Mun:-
(1) Lei Yue Mun Government Admin Building Car Park
(2) There are 5 big public car parks at the entrance of the village.

DINNER MENU For Friday, 9 January 2009
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Poached live sea shrimps 白灼生海蝦
Garoupa in two dishes石斑雙味
(i) Sautéed Garoupa Fillets with vegetables. 翡翠斑球
(ii) Braised Garoupa Head and Brisket with spareribs aroupa in Brown Sauce 斑頭腩炆排骨
Steamed scallops with garlic and glass noodle 蒜蓉銀絲蒸扇貝
Stir-fried lobster in cheese sauce with“E-Fu”noodles 芝士焗龍蝦伊麵
Steamed Abalone with with Dried Mandarin Orange Peels果皮蒸鮮鮑魚
Sauteed Crab with Ginger and Scallion 薑蔥焗肉蟹
Seafood and Tofu with Diced Papaya Soup 海鮮豆腐木瓜湯
Braised Seasonal Vegetables in Fish Broth 魚湯浸時蔬
Fried rice in “Yangzhou” style 揚州炒飯
Sesame Glutinous Cake 芝麻桂花糕
Fresh Seasonal fruit platter 鮮果拼盤

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HK$3,600 per table
inclusive of 10% service charges and Chinese tea.
(exclude beverages)

The party will be held on Friday, 9th January 2009, from 6:30pm - 10:30pm. Please come and join us. We hope you can make it! For enquiries, please contact Carol Chan by email to carolchan8@gmail.com for further details.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Tippie Hong Kong MBA Commencement 2008

Finally, I graduated on Sunday, 23 November 2009. This is the fifth congregation for the conferment of degrees by Henry Tippie School of Management of UI, MBA Graduation Ceremony 2008 in Hong Kong. The ceremony was held at the Conrad Hotel. A full page commencement announcement was posted on Hong Kong Economic Times (經濟日報) on Friday, 21 Nov., 2008, and I received one copy of the newspaper on the commencement day.

After wearing the cap, gown, hood, Lotus passed a very nice tassel to me which was specially designed for 2008 graduates of The University of Iowa. We took several group photos and networking with classmates, then the ceremony promptly commenced at 11:00am. We entered the hall in alphabetical order and are seated in alphabetical order. Professor Jay Sa-Aadu , Associate Dean of the Henry Tippie College of Business gave a welcome speech. The keynote address was delivered by Ms Alice Law, Senior Director of The Securities and Futures Commission.

For the presentation of graduates, we would come to the front of the stage and line up in an alphabetical order. When my name is called, I walked to the stage from left to center and shaked hands with Alice Law and continued across the stage to receive my diploma from Associate Dean, Prof. Sa-Aadu. I have my posed graduation photo taken there, then recessed from the right of the stage and returned to my seat. After the conferral of degrees, Graduate's speech is given by our classmate, Ms Farica Lam. Followed the student presentations, the outstanding student award was given to the best students who earned a GPA 4.0. The prizes were given to Ms Farica Lam, Ms Iris Fung and Mr Jeffrey Lee. The ceremony lasted for one hour. UI hired one professional photographer and one cameraman and interviewed with each graduate to give the feedback about the MBA program. I was told that each graduate will be given a disc of all graduation photos and video later to retain a sweet memory.

Following the ceremony, a congratulatory lunch was arranged for the graduates and their families. The lunch included an entree, a main course, dessert and tea. I took additional photos with the guest and classmates. When I left the hotel, I was tired because of the tight schedules in the past weeks in preparing for final exam, projects, taking graduation photos at the studio and graduation ceremony, and so on.

MBA students to meet with Warren Buffett

http://www.news-releases.uiowa.edu/2008/october/101308buffett_meeting.html