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Alumni News<br />
Sophia Yeung<br />
(CKY Class of 2020)<br />
Meeting HKGCC’s CEO, George Leung Siu-kay<br />
Hello everyone, I am Sophia Yeung from CKY’s<br />
Class of 2020, studying Bachelor of Business<br />
Administration in International Business and Global<br />
Management (BBA (IBGM)) from HKU. The<br />
pandemic has reshaped our personal relationships<br />
in unprecedented ways, which is certainly a hurdle<br />
to achieving academic fulfilment and success in<br />
university throughout these challenging times. “You<br />
will never know your limits until you push yourself to<br />
them.” is the only piece of advice I could give. In<br />
terms of academics, it is unfortunate that ¾ of my<br />
semesters are held virtually through zoom. Yet,<br />
despite the uncertainties, rather than limiting myself,<br />
I have joined different programmes offered by HKU,<br />
for instance, a virtual cross-cultural research<br />
programme, to network with ASEAN and Japanese<br />
University<br />
students in teams to deliver proposals to corporate<br />
professionals in solving real-world business<br />
challenges. Not only have I learnt eye-opening<br />
business corporate branding ideas from different<br />
stakeholders’ perspectives, but I also developed lifelong<br />
friendships with students from diverse cultures<br />
and backgrounds. Socially, I am extremely fortunate<br />
to have exclusive internship opportunities during the<br />
pandemic, such as The Hong Kong General<br />
Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC). This internship<br />
offers me valuable business opportunities, activities<br />
and talented people I have met and networked with.<br />
I have pushed myself through all these experiences<br />
during the pandemic, which helped to develop my<br />
strong enthusiasm for working with NGOs to make a<br />
social impact on society. All in all, don’t be afraid to<br />
try something new; who you were when you<br />
graduated from CKY might be vastly different from<br />
who you’re going to be when you graduate from<br />
university.<br />
Sophia at the Faculty of Business and<br />
Economics (HKU Business School)<br />
Sophia’s summer internship in The Hong Kong<br />
General Chamber of Commerce (HKGCC)<br />
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