CityU CSCI Mentorship Programme – Networking Event 2025

I was great to be invited to participate the networking event organized by the College of Science (CSCI) Mentorship Programme on 22^nd Mar 2025. The event aimed to visit a new Student Residence at Whitehead, Ma On Shan and then BBQ together at Whitehead Barbecue. Firstly, I met two mentees Mr. DENG Ruiqi and Mr. ZHANG Zhihan.  I gave my book named “Extenics: The Logic of Innovation” to my students. Then we took a photo together at the entrance of the student residence.

This student residence was named “Lee Shau Kee Student Residence Village” on 6 Dec 2024 that appreciated Lee Shau Kee Foundation’s support to CityU. Lee Shau Kee was the founder of Hong Kong property giant Henderson Land Development. He died in March 2025 at age 97. We all remembered his contribution to CityU.

Top view of the student residence, which is divided into three buildings, one is for undergraduate, the second is for postgraduate, and the third is the mixed residence.

Inside the residence area, we took a photo with Prof. Daniel Ho.

We were divided into four groups, led by volunteers. Many international students live here and participate in volunteer work.

A new sport complex was in there.

Then we visited the fitness room.

After that we visited the undergraduate residence.

Multipurpose rooms and shared kitchen were visited.

And then the student representative led us to visit his room.

This is a twin room.

Finally, we took a group photo for memory.

The second event was Whitehead Barbecue.

I took pictures of our happy time.

Then we found that Prof. Alex Wong arrived here by canoe.

Lastly, I took a photo with Prof. Wong and all participants.

I took a photo with Prof. Wong and Prof. Ho before I left.

Reference:

The College of Science (CSCI) – https://www.cityu.edu.hk/csci/

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20210817: CityU College Mentorship Program: Development of Prototype with Mentees - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/08/cityu-college-mentorship-program.html

20210624: CityU HK Tech 300 - Seed Fund Interview - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/06/cityu-hk-tech-300-seed-fund-interview.html

20210407: Meeting with student mentees in CityU College Mentorship Program - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/04/meeting-with-student-mentees-in-cityu.html

20210305: CityU College of Science - Mentorship Programme Kick-off Ceremony - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/03/cityu-college-of-science-mentorship.html

20190910: Lunch with Prof. Raymond Chan and Prof. CS Lee in CityU for College of Science’s Mentorship Programme - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/09/lunch-with-prof-raymond-chan-and-prof.html

Leader 2030 Webinar – How Are AI Projects Different from Traditional IT Projects

The Executive Study Group (ESG) webinar named “Leader 2030 – How Are AI Projects Different from Traditional IT Projects” was held by Asia Pacific Institute for Strategy Limited (APIFS) on 19^th Mar 2025. Before the webinar, Dr. Mark Lee introduced the mission of Leader 2030 that aims to develop leadership capabilities for 2030s and build a strong network of future-focused leaders. Then he introduced the guest speaker Mr. Eric Moy (CEO, KB Quest). 

In the beginning, Mr. Eric Moy briefed the trend from Large Language Models (LLM) to Large Reasoning Models (LRM). Only DeepSeek is open source in the top level of LRM.

Then he mentioned from Agentic to AGI that AGI possesses the ability to understand, learn, and apply knowledge across tasks at a level comparable to human intelligence. And then he demonstrated the latest AI Agent “Manus” as example. It showed how to compare NVDA, MRVL & TSM stock prices and wrote website to demonstrate it.

After that Mr. Eric Moy compared the definition between traditional IT project and AI project. The key differences are from rule-based decision to Agentic AI / AI making decision.

He said AI projects’ scope was difficult to define and framework was still evolving.

Different skills and team composition included data scientist, machine learning engineer and domain experts that emphasized on research and experimentation but not focused on coding and system integration.

Testing of traditional IT project and AI project were different from focus on functional testing to model accuracy. Where data were core component in AI project.

Finally, Mr. Eric Moy mentioned three dimensions to be considered as AI project completion that were accuracy, time and cost. The most important one is to establish a hard deadline! Maintenance is also considered as ongoing such as new version of GenAI launch.

Lastly, he reviewed five factors of distinctions.

He recommended AI project flow from coaching to executive for expectation management and then defined the firm deadline, after that define minimal acceptable standards and ensure executive involvement.

At the end, he concluded three must-dos for AI adoption and they were accountable, controls and AI assistant.

After Q&A, Dr. Mark Lee introduced the next topic entitled “The Secret for Successful Strategy Execution”.

Reference:

Asia Pacific Institute for Strategy Limited (亞太策略研究所有限公司) – www.apifs.org

ESG facebook - https://www.facebook.com/groups/esg08

Leader2030 - Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders - https://www.apifs.org/Leader2030-en

Previous talks summary:

https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/search/label/Executive%20Study%20Group

HKQF the 16th TIC-ITAC Meeting 2025

The 16th meeting of Industry Training Advisory Committee for Testing, Inspection & Certification Industry (TIC-ITAC) under Hong Kong Qualification Framework (HKQF) was held on 18th Mar 2025. We took a group photo for memory.

(Left: John Yuen, Pearl Tse, Stephanie Lam, Jane Wong, Daria Wong, Ms. Wong, Steve Lai, Raymond Wong, SC Tsun, Felix Chan, Terence Wong, Matthew Yien, Tommy Lo, Lotto Lai, Ben Tsang, WC Yue, Michael Chan, and SL Mak)

Before the meeting, SL Mak, Jane, Ben and I took a photo for HKSQ exco member team.

Dr. Jane Wong (Chairman, HKSQ) and Dr. Daria Wong also attended.

Mr. Felix Chan (Chairperson, ITAC-TIC) started the meeting.

Matthew reported that Dr. Jane Wong had shared TIC experience in secondary school (her mother school).

He also briefed my sharing HKQF to PolyU ABCT students in this afternoon.

Then we discussed the promotion TIC activities to secondary school students that cooperated from HKQF, HKCTC and Education Bureau.

After the meeting, I took a photo with Felix and Raymond. Then we discussed my COMP student final year project. Felix showed interest to support.

Reference:

Testing, Inspection and Certification Industry Training Advisory Committee (ITAC) - https://www.hkqf.gov.hk/tic/en/home/index.html

Members of Testing, Inspection and Certification Industry Training Advisory Committee (ITAC) at https://hkqf.gov.hk/tic/en/stakeholders  

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20220526: HKQF the 1st TIC-ITAC Promotion and Consultation Subcommittee Meeting - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2022/05/hkqf-1st-tic-itac-promotion-and.html

20210625: HKQF the 12th TIC-ITAC Meeting - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/06/hkqf-12th-tic-itac-meeting.html

20200609: HKQF the 11th TIC-ITAC Meeting - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2020/06/hkqf-11th-tic-itac-meeting.html

20160908: HKQF the 7th TIC-ITAC Meeting - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2016/09/hkqf-7th-tic-itac-meeting.html

20150602: HKQF the 6th TIC-ITAC Meeting - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2015/06/hkqf-6th-tic-itac-meeting.html

20130206: HKQF the 3rd TIC-ITAC Meeting - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2013/02/hkqf-3rd-tic-itac-meeting.html

20111130: The 2nd meeting of TIC ITAC - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2011/11/2nd-meeting-of-tic-itac.html

20101007: Testing, Inspection and Certification – Industry Training Advisory Committee - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2010/10/testing-inspection-and-certification.html

PolyU ABCT Guest Talk for “HKQF-TIC & Experience Sharing”

I was honor to be invited by Prof. Gary Tang to introduce the HKQF and share my industry experience to the student in BSc (Hon) in Analytical Sciences for Testing and Certification under the Department of Applied Biology and Chemical Technology (ABCT), PolyU on 18^th Mar 2025. My talk topic named “The Hong Kong Qualification Framework for testing, inspection and certification (TIC) and the education and career pathways of the TIC profession”. In the beginning, we took a photo for memory. 

Firstly, I introduced Hong Kong Society for Quality (HKSQ) and its accreditation of ABCT’s course to achieve the requirement of Certified Laboratory Quality Specialist (CLabQS). And then I briefed the Hong Kong Qualification Framework for testing, inspection and certification (TIC).

After that I shared my career experience entitled “Connect the dots” and discussed different testing areas with students. Then student voted that top three interested areas are Medical Test, Toys and Food Test.

Finally, I surveyed students’ expected career and found that most of students hadn’t clear ideas.

Lastly, I took a photo with Prof. Gary Tang and another guest Prof. Choi Koon Kay.

Reference:

ABCT - https://www.polyu.edu.hk/abct/

BSc (Hon) in ASTC - https://www.polyu.edu.hk/abct/study/undergraduate-programmes/senior-year/bachelor-of-science-honours-in-analytical-sciences-for-testing-and-certification/recognition-and-prospects/

HKSQ CLabQS Registration - https://hksq.org/certification/hksq-certified-professionals/certified-laboratory-quality-specialist-clabqs-hksq-registration/

20240327: ABCT Guest Talk for “Introduction of HKQF & Experience Sharing” - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/03/abct-guest-talk-for-introduction-of.html

Remember of Dr. Ivan Ng (HKSQ Former Co-opted Member)

A sorrow news received from Dr. KS Chin and Dr. Aaron Tong on 14^th Mar 2025 that Dr. Ivan CK Ng (HKSQ Former Co-opted Member from 2018 to 2021) passed away on 8^th Mar 2025. We lost a quality professional especially in six sigma methodology. He was DBA awarded by City University of Hong Kong in 2015. His study entitled “An Organizational Development Study of the Impact of Cultural Factors on the Implementation of the Six Sigma Methodology in Southern China”. On behalf of the HKSQ Executive Committee, I would like to express our deepest condolences to Dr Ng’s family, friends and colleagues. 

Dr. Ivan Ng shared his research in HKSQ seminar on 9^th Oct 2015 and we took a photo for memory at the end.

There are some events with Dr. Ivan Ng for our memory below.

2013 CityU Spring Research Conference on Systems Engineering and Management Science 2013 (SRC-SEMS'13)

ANQ Congress 2013 Bangkok

2014 ICQ 2014 Tokyo and Technical Visit to Toshiba

2015 IAQ World Quality Forum 2015, Hungary

2017 Shenzhen Association for Quality (SZAQ)

Post-IAQ Tour Day 2

2018 HKSQ Cultural Visit and Technical Visit

We went to Beijing together to celebrate Dr. Aaron Tong awarded China Outstanding Quality Professional (中國傑出質量人) in 2018.

20181206 We attended Hong Kong Quality Management Convention

2019 IAQ World Quality Forum & Shanghai International Symposium

2023 Our last met in Aaron’s mother school student’s concert!

RIP Dr. Ivan Ng

Reference:

20130512: CityU Spring Research Conference on Systems Engineering and Management Science 2013 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2013/05/cityu-spring-research-conference-on.html

20151009: HKSQ Seminar on Organization Development Study of the Impact of Cultural Factors on Six Sigma Implementation in Southern China - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2015/10/hksq-seminar-on-organization.html

20131018: ANQ Congress 2013 Bangkok – Day 1 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2013/10/anq-congress-2013-bangkok-day-1.html

20141020: ICQ 2014 Tokyo – Day 1 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2014/10/icq-2014-tokyo-day-1.html

20141022: ICQ 2014 Tokyo – Technical Visit to Toshiba - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2014/10/icq-2014-tokyo-technical-visit-to.html

20151025: IAQ World Quality Forum 2015, Hungary – Welcome Cocktail - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2015/10/iaq-world-quality-forum-2015-hungary.html

20151027: IAQ World Quality Forum 2015, Hungary – Day 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2015/10/iaq-world-quality-forum-2015-hungary_27.html

20170703: Visit to Shenzhen Association for Quality (SZAQ) New Office 2017 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2017/07/visit-to-shenzhen-association-for.html

20170924: Shenzhen Quality Consumption Festival & SZAQ 30th anniversary dinner - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2017/09/shenzhen-quality-consumption-festival.html

20171016: Post-IAQ Tour in Croatia 2017 (Part 1) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2017/10/post-iaq-tour-in-croatia-2017-part-1.html#more

20180119: HKSQ Technical Visit to Foshan Coca Cola Plant - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/01/hksq-technical-visit-to-foshan-coca.html

20180120: HKSQ Cultural Visit to Foshan Ceramics Museum - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/01/hksq-cultural-visit-to-foshan-ceramics.html

20180414: HKSQ Congratulate to Dr. Aaron Tong awarded China Outstanding Quality Professional (中國傑出質量人) 2017 and visit Beijing Industries - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/04/hksq-congratulate-to-dr-aaron-tong.html

20181206: The 14th Hong Kong Quality Management Convention - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-14th-hong-kong-quality-management.html

20191206: The 3rd IAQ World Quality Forum & 13th Shanghai International Symposium - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-3rd-iaq-world-quality-forum-13th.html

20191206: The 3rd IAQ World Quality Forum & 13th Shanghai International Symposium - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/12/the-3rd-iaq-world-quality-forum-13th.html

20230507: KTS: Sheila Choi & Singing Students Concert - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/05/kts-sheila-choi-singing-students-concert.html