Quality Alchemist (品質煉金術師)

2026年8月1日星期六

HKSQ 4th Preparation Meeting for the 11th World Summit for Chinese Quality 2026

Minda and I joined the HKSQ 4^th Preparation Meeting for the 11^th World Summit for Chinese Quality (WSCQ) on 1^st Aug 2026 in PolyU. Before the meeting, we met Mr. Ben Tsang and Dr. Jane Wong and then we had breakfast in U Garden staff canteen together.

The six summit roll-up banners were received and checked.

I took a selfie with Ben, Aaron, Jane and Minda.

Dr. Jack Wu and Ms. Angela Wong arrived and I took a photo for them before meeting.

I also took a selfie again.

After the meeting, we had lunch together.

(Left: Jack Wu, Aaron Tong, Ben Tsang, Jeff Tang, Jane Wong, Angela Wong Minda Chiang and I)

In afternoon, Jack, Angela, Jane and I prepared certificates for speakers and participants.

We have also prepared A3-sized notification arrow labels (similar to those used in other conferences), which will be posted on 5^th Aug 2026 (the day before the summit).

And also posted into the Events at PolyU.

Reference:

HKSQ - www.hksq.org

HKSQ Exco Meeting and Other Meeting:

20260725: HKSQ 3rd Preparation Meeting for the 11th World Summit for Chinese Quality 2026 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/07/hksq-3rd-preparation-meeting-for-11th.html

20260711: HKSQ 5th Exco Meeting and the 11th WSCQ Preparation Meeting 2026 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/07/hksq-5th-exco-meeting-and-11th-wscq.html

20260516: HKSQ 4th Exco Meeting and the 11th WSCQ Preparation Meeting 2026 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/05/hksq-4th-exco-meeting-and-11th-wscq.html

20260330: HKSQ Preparation Meeting for the 11th World Summit for Chinese Quality (I) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/03/hksq-preparation-meeting-for-11th-world.html

20260306: HKSQ Exco Meeting and Spring Dinner 2026 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/03/hksq-exco-meeting-and-spring-dinner-2026.html

20251212: HKSQ Exco meeting and celebrating the Winter Solstice Festival 2025 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2025/12/hksq-exco-meeting-and-celebrating.html

20250215: HKSQ 3rd Exco Meeting 2025 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2025/02/hksq-3rd-exco-meeting-2025.html

20241220: HKSQ 2nd Exco Meeting and Winter Solstice Dinner 2024 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/12/hksq-2nd-exco-meeting-and-winter.html

20240408: HKSQ Bank Meeting 2024 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/04/hksq-bank-meeting-2024.html

20240127: HKSQ Website Knowledge Transfer Meeting 2024 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/01/hksq-website-knowledge-transfer-meeting.html

20230727: HKSQ Financial Meeting and Visit to CityU Exhibition - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/07/hksq-financial-meeting-and-visit-to.html

20230520: HKSQ The 3rd Exco Meeting 2023 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/05/hksq-3rd-exco-meeting-2023.html

20221120: HKSQ Knowledge Transfer Meeting 2022/2023 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2022/11/hksq-knowledge-transfer-meeting-20222023.html

20220702: HKSQ The 3rd Exco Meeting 2022 (Online) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2022/07/hksq-3rd-exco-meeting-2022-online.html

20211211: HKSQ - The 3rd Meeting for the 35th Anniversary Book - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/12/hksq-3rd-meeting-for-35th-anniversary.html

20211010: HKSQ - The 2nd Meeting for the 35th Anniversary Book - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/10/hksq-2nd-meeting-for-35th-anniversary.html

20210829: HKSQ Meeting for the 35th Anniversary Book - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/08/hksq-meeting-for-35th-anniversary-book.html

20210306: HKSQ The 1st Exco Meeting 2021 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/03/hksq-1st-exco-meeting-2021.html

20200523: HKSQ 3rd Exco Online Meeting using Zoom - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2020/05/hksq-3rd-exco-online-meeting-using-zoom.html

20200430: HKSQ Official Bearers Meeting and Online Exco Trial Meeting - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2020/04/hksq-official-bearers-meeting-and.html

20200307: HKSQ Exco Meeting during Coronavirus Spreading Period - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2020/03/hksq-exco-meeting-during-coronavirus.html

20181029: HKSQ Special Meeting for Bank Issue - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/10/hksq-special-meeting-for-bank-issue.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting:

HKSQ Strategic Meeting & 1st Exco Meeting 2024 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/10/hksq-strategic-meeting-1st-exco-meeting.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting 2023 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/10/hksq-strategy-meeting-2023.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting and the 1st Exco Meeting 2022/2023 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2022/10/hksq-strategy-meeting-and-1st-exco.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting 2021 cum IKA Silver Medal Award Celebration - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/10/hksq-strategy-meeting-2021-cum-ika.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting 2020 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2020/12/hksq-strategy-meeting-2020.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting 2019 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/11/hksq-strategy-meeting-2019.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting 2018 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/09/hksq-strategy-meeting-2018.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting 2017 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2017/08/hksq-strategy-meeting-2017.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting 2016 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2016/09/hksq-strategy-meeting-2016.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting 2015 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2015/08/hksq-strategy-meeting-2015.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting 2014 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2014/08/hksq-strategy-meeting-2014.html

HKSQ Strategy Meeting 2013 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2013/09/hksq-strategy-meeting-2013.html

The HKSQ Strategy Meeting 2010 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.hk/2010/08/hksq-strategy-meeting-2010.html

2026年7月31日星期五

HKTDC Webinar – The Ultimate Guide to AI Selection for SMEs (AI Agent)

HK Trade Development Council (HKTDC) held a webinar related to AI agents and named “The Ultimate Guide to AI Selection for SMEs: Choosing the Right Tools Makes Effectiveness” (中小企挑選AI終極指南揀啱工具事半功倍) on 31^st July 2026. The guest speaker was Ms. Rannes Man (Hong Kong AI-Solve Academy/香港AI培訓學院創辦人) and she shared her experience in using AI agents and real application cases for SMEs.

Firstly, Ms. Rannes Man compared LLM and AI agents to the difference between a consultant and an employee. From answering to doing! AI agent is equal to brain plus hands plus memory and self-loop.

The core different between LLM and AI agent was summarized in table based on 5 dimensions including Capability, Tool Usage, Memory, Initiative and Error Handling.

And then Ms. Man briefed how AI agent works that has five steps and they are “Receive Goal”, “Plan & Decompose”, “Act with Tools”, “Check Results” and “Deliver”.

After that she introduced four types of AI agent. The first type is “Universal Cloud Platforms” such as Manus and Genspark. Its pros are easy to use and powerful but it has privacy concern and cost scale with usage.

The second type is “Desktop/Local Vendor Tools” that has better privacy concern and vendors stable but it depends on vendor ecosystem and limited customization.

The third type is “Open-Source/Self-Built Frameworks” such as Openclaw, Hermes and Custom Build. It has very high privacy control and long-term cost saving, as well as deep customization. Its tradeoff is high technical skill required and no official support.

The last type is “Embedded/Vertical Type” like Excel Agent, n8n and Codex. It is easier to adopt through adding AI inside trusted tools. But scope is narrow and tool-bound limitations.

Finally, Ms. Rannes Man introduced how SMEs choose different types of AI agents. It separated into three branches including “Fast/Try/No Tech”, “Privacy-focused” and “Complex logic”.

Ms. Man also demonstrated her AI agent team (multi-Agent). She employed 8 agents in her company. Then she demonstrated some cases to us.

Lastly, she gave some tips for SMEs starting AI agents that pick one daily repetitive task, select an Agent type and then start small with approval gate.

The Q&A session performed at the end.

Reference:

HKTDC - https://www.hktdc.com/

HKAI Solve academy - https://www.hkai-solve-academy.com/

2026年7月30日星期四

HKQF 2026-2027 Award Scheme for Learning Experiences for TIC

The meeting for 2026-2027 Award Scheme for Learning Experience (ASLE) (檢測及認證業學習體驗獎勵計劃甄選小組會議) for Testing, Inspection & Certification Industry (TIC-ITAC) under Hong Kong Qualification Framework (HKQF) was held on 30^th July 2026. Fifth members in TIC-ITAC and two HKQF secretary members are assigned as award panel for candidate interview (10 participants) to evaluation their continuous education under HKQF course and effect on their career life. I am honored to have served as the chair of the ASLE group since 2013, and my term will end in 2026. We took the group photo with the HKQF promotion booklet after the meeting.

(Left: Ms. Peggy Wong (HKQF), Mr. John Yuen (BV), Dr. Jane Wong (HKSQ), I (PolyU), Ms. Bess Choi (HKQAA), Mr. Terence KS Wong (Hong Kong Association of Staff and Workers Education and Vocational Training) and Mr. Matthew Yien (HKQF))

Before left, I took a selfie with all judges.

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://www.hkqf.gov.hk/tic/en/itac/index.html

Award Scheme for Learning Experience - https://www.hkqf.gov.hk/en/award_scheme/index.html

20250729: HKQF 2025-2026 Award Scheme for Learning Experiences for TIC - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2025/07/hkqf-2025-2026-award-scheme-for.html

20230727: HKQF 2023-2024 Award Scheme for Learning Experiences for TIC - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/07/hkqf-2023-2024-award-scheme-for.html

20220915: HKQF 2022-2023 Award Scheme for Learning Experiences for TIC - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2022/09/hkqf-2022-2023-award-scheme-for.html

20210707: HKQF 2021-2022 Award Scheme for Learning Experiences for TIC - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/07/hkqf-2021-2022-award-scheme-for.html

20200709: HKQF 2020-2021 Award Scheme for Learning Experiences for TIC - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2020/07/hkqf-2020-2021-award-scheme-for.html

20191024: ANQ Congress 2019 in Bangkok, Thailand – Gala Dinner - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/10/anq-congress-2019-in-bangkok-thailand_78.html

20161008: HKQF Career Talk on Testing & Certification Industry 2016 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2016/10/hkqf-career-talk-on-testing.html

20150924: ANQ Congress 2015 Taipei – Day 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2015/09/anq-congress-2015-taipei-day-2.html

20130804: HKQF Award Scheme for Learning Experiences of Testing, Inspection & Certification Industry - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2013/08/hkqf-award-scheme-for-learning.html

2026年7月28日星期二

PolyU EDC Webinar – (Human+AI) Safeguarding AI-Generated Educational Resources

PolyU Educational Development Centre (EDC) arranged a webinar entitled “(Human+AI) Safeguarding AI-Generated Educational Resources” on 28 Jul 2026. Dr. Eric Tsui was facilitator and Prof. Xiangen Hu was the speaker.

In the beginning, Dr. Eric Tsui introduced “Human-in-the Loop” and critical thinking is the guard for using AI. He then briefed five strategies for authenticating AI-authored content.

For risk prioritization, there were five level of uncertainties in different AI areas classified as different risk level from low to high. Where language enhancement and citation management are low risk but deep research and advanced reasoning are high risk.

He then proposed to use multiple tools to detect patterns and anomalies in AI-generated content and showed example using six tools including ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, MS Copilot and DeepSeek.

Dr. Tsui mentioned that general purpose tools for idea generation, fact checking; and purposefully-built tools for specific exploration. He also discussed using GenAI to create MC questions.

Prof. Xiangen Hu gave a talk named “Safeguarding AI-Generated Educational Resources.

He discussed the MC or other questions generated by AI either too simple or not make sense. Inconsistent of generated results due to different model employed by student and teacher.

And then he introduced four kinds of confusion by educators and they are Evidentiary, Normative, Operational and Governance.

Prof. Hu used ten issues to test three filters and they are Ownership, Visibility and Measurability. Only one out of ten survives all three filters. Most of issues are fail in Visibility.

It is not through tools, but through artifacts. AI-generated drafts are genuinely useful for Expository, Feedback and Assessment.

Finally, Prof. Hu introduced their platform “A living laboratory of AI learning platforms”.

The Q&A session performed at the end.

Reference:

COMP - https://www.polyu.edu.hk/comp/

EDC, PolyU - https://www.polyu.edu.hk/edc/

20260624: PolyU EDC Webinar – Designing Assessments in the GenAI Era - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/06/polyu-edc-webinar-designing-assessments.html

20260624: PolyU EDC Workshop – Flipped Learning Signature Showcases - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/06/polyu-edc-workshop-flipped-learning.html

20260511: PolyU EDC Seminar on Future-Proofing Your Career: Thriving in the AI Era - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/05/polyu-edc-seminar-on-future-proofing.html

20240826: PolyU EDC Webinar on GenAI in Learning and Teaching - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/08/polyu-edc-webinar-on-genai-in-learning.html

20240813: PolyU EDC Webinar on Flipping with FLIP - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/08/polyu-edc-webinar-on-flipping-with-flip.html

2026年7月27日星期一

Visit to ACP for COMP Student’s Capstone Project 2026

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Mr. Peter Suen for PolyU COMP Capstone Project at ActiveCarePharmacy Limited (ACP) in 2026 again. I took my students (Mr. Au Yueng Tsz Pui, Kevin and Ms. TAN Paula Katryn Wang, Paula) to visit ACP on 27^th July 2026 to understand the project background. We took a group photo in the main entry of ACP.

ACP engineer Jack explained the operating procedures to them.

Mr. Du (杜工) also explained the special process and demonstrated the entire procedure.

Finally, we took a photo in front of the new automatic medical dispensation machine for memory. Kevin just graduated, and we hope this opportunity will be helpful for his future career development.

Reference

ActiveCareGroup - http://www.activecaregroup.com/

COMP - https://www.polyu.edu.hk/comp/

20251017: Visit to ACP for COMP Student’s Capstone Project - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2025/10/visit-to-acp-for-comp-students-capstone.html

20250324: Visit ActiveCarePharmacy Limited for COMP Students’ Capstone Project - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2025/03/visit-activecarepharmacy-limited-for.html

Industrial Lunch and I Ching Classmate Dinner

On 27^th July 2027, Dr. YC Chau and I had lunch in PolyU and discussed AI platform for KOL, i4.0 and company visit. I brought the book for Dr. Luk Chi Fai’s brother who is very interested in I Ching. It is Shum Yat-fei's new book (岑逸飛新書) named “Surviving in Chaotic Times: The culmination of 80 years of wisdom by Elder Shan Jin” (亂世易活──山今老人80載智慧結晶)

At night, Minda invited I Ching classmates to have dinner in CityU. I led Mr. Partick Ng to the restaurant. I Ching classmates had already arrived.

Food is very good.

It is vegan burger.

Finally, we took a group photo for memory.

(Left: I, Minda, Zoie, Cindy, Rachel, Partick and Karen.)

Reference:

彭泓基教授 - https://www.master-insight.com/author/penghongji/

屈機TV (屈基論) - https://www.youtube.com/@wgtvhk/playlists

2026年7月25日星期六

HKSQ 3rd Preparation Meeting for the 11th World Summit for Chinese Quality 2026

Minda and I joined the HKSQ 3^rd Preparation Meeting for the 11^th World Summit for Chinese Quality (WSCQ) on 25^th July 2026 in PolyU. Before the meeting, we had breakfast in U Garden staff canteen again.