Quality Alchemist (品質煉金術師)

2026年9月5日星期六

The First Lecture of SYE2066 in CityUHK (Dongguan) 2026

Prof. YC Chau and I serviced CityUHK (Dongguan) for the class of SYE 2066 “Professional Engineering Practice” and the first lecture was held on 5^th Sep 2066. We arrived the campus and took a photo for memory.

We met Prof. Ron Kwok and to have lunch together.

Our office located in coworking space Room0541 in AC4.

There is a gym here.

We visited the music room too.

And then we settled in the CityU(DG) Lodge.

We found the Chengxian Road that is the Chinese name of CityU Eminence Society.

Walk around after the dinner.

On Saturday morning, we had breakfast in the student canteen.

The first class we introduced ourselves to year 2 students.

Prof. YC Chau’s learning approach was introduced using the formula “L = P + Q” stands for “Learning = Programmed Knowledge + Questioning insight”.

Then I introduced myself and shared through connecting the dots.

Starting the lecture, YC showed a video to explain “Do the thing right vs Do the right thing”.

And then student 2min self-introduction.

Finally, YC introduced different management and quality tools that are commonly used in the industry.

At the end, we took a group photo with students.

We had lunch near YC’s Dongguan home.

Thanks for YC’s lunch.

After that I took Metro to go to the Humen Railway Station.

And then took High Speed Rail to go to Shenzhen North Station.

High Speed Rail is fast and on time.

Finally, I took Metro to go to Futian Port and back to HK.

Reference:

CityUHKDG - https://www.cityu-dg.edu.cn/home

BEng in Intelligent Manufacturing Engineering - https://uga.cityu-dg.edu.cn/en/Intelligent-manufacturing-engineering

Related to CityU Dongguan (DG):

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2026年9月3日星期四

Visit to MonoTx for starting COMP Student’s Capstone Project 2026

I lead my student Mr. KO Ka Ming, Kenny to visit the Mononuclear Therapeutics Ltd. (MonoTx) on 3^rd Sep 2026. It is a new capstone project named “AI-Powered Automated Identification and Counting of Immunostaining Corneal Cells for Research and Product Development”. We would like to design and build a custom AI tool to automate the accurate identification and quantification of immunostaining corneal cells. We appreciated Dr. Wendy Cheng (COO, MonoTx) who support the student project in Department of Computing, PolyU.

Then Dr. Wendy Cheng and Ms. Mirinda Choi introduced their project operation to us.

After that we visited MonoTx laboratory.

Finally, we took a photo with Mirinda for memory.

After the visit, Kenny and I went back to PolyU and had lunch together.

Many thanks for MonoTx gave this opportunity to PolyU COMP student to employ his computer science knowledge into biotechnology field.

Reference

MonoTx - https://monotx.com/

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

2026年9月2日星期三

Visit to Vitargent Biotechnology for starting COMP Student’s Capstone Project 2026

I lead my student Mr. CHEUK Chak Kai, Jason to visit the Vitargent (International) Biotechnology Limited on 2 Sep 2026. It is continuous the previous capstone project named “AI-powered system to automate the detection of developmental defects in zebrafish embryos”. We would like to enhance previous ML model to be usable application for the company.

Then Dr. Xueping Chen introduced their laboratory daily operation.

She demonstrated and explained some case studies. There were many goldfish tanks with zebra fish there. But most of the lab work has moved to Guangzhou.

Dr. Chen then demonstrated a very simple program called "ImageJ" as an example. We hope our applications can be as simple as ImageJ.

Some images from testing and counting results were explained.

Finally, we took a group photo inside the laboratory.

Before the visit, Minda and I invited Dr. Xueping Chen to have lunch together in the restaurant named “Kodette” in 17W Science Park.

Reference

Vitargent - http://www.vitargent.com/zh-hk/home-2/

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

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2026年9月1日星期二

Leader 2030 - The 5 Traps of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the Balanced Scorecard (II)

The Executive Study Group (ESG) webinar named “Leader 2030 - The 5 Traps of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the Balanced Scorecard (BSC) (II)” was held by Asia Pacific Institute for Strategy Limited (APIFS) on 1^st Sep 2026. The part 2 webinar aims to discuss traps of KPIs and strategy maps. In the beginning, Dr. Mark Lee reviewed previous two KPI traps and they are “Not Linking to Strategy” and “Not Validating the Links”.

Then he introduced the trap three named “Not Setting the Right Performance Targets”. Sometimes, the individual performance targets were contradiction and not benefited to the overall financial performance.

For example, short-term focus results may be damage but it improved long-term financial target.

The fourth trap named “Validity and Reliability”. Measuring indicators should be correct and representative.

The fifth trap entitled “Sticking to Your Numbers Too Long”. Based on company status and development, KPIs should be changed. The challenge is performance assessment systems evolved behind the business development.

Finally, Dr. Mark Lee introduced the strategy maps and briefed the “Fundamentals of a Strategy”.

Four levels to link KPIs to Strategy based on BSC are Financial, Customer, Internal Process and Learning & Growth Perspectives. It demonstrated the link of cause-and effect chain, as well as, visual framework provided.

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

Leader 2030 - Empowering the Next Generation of Leaders - https://www.apifs.org/Leader2030-en

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20260819: Leader 2030 - The 5 Traps of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and the Balanced Scorecard (I) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/08/leader-2030-5-traps-of-key-performance.html

Previous talks summary:

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

2026年8月29日星期六

HSUHK MSc-GSCM & MSc-DITM Programme Orientation Day and Cocktail Reception 2026

I am honor to be invited by Dr. Jack Wu and Prof. Daniel Mo to join HSUHK and Master of Science in Global Supply Chain Management (MSc-GSCM) & Master of Science in Digital Innovation and Technology Management (MSc-DITM) Programme Orientation Day and Cocktail Reception on 29^th Aug 2026. It is my second time to join it. I am the chairperson of advisory committee for a master programme named Master of Science in Digital Innovation and Technology Management (MSc-DITM) in School of Decision Sciences, The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (HSUHK).

Before the event, I met many friends and took some photos for memory.

(Left: I, Prof. Daniel Mo, Dr. Jack Wu and Prof. Samuel Chan)

(Left: Dr. Jack Wu, Prof. Eugene Wong, Prof. Samuel Chan, Mr. Lam Wan Choi, Ir Dannies YK Ho and I)

(Left: Prof. Daniel Mo, Ir Dannies YK Ho, Dr. Danny Ho and I)

We met Dr. YM Wong again.

In the beginning, Dr. Stephen Ng (Head and Asso. Professor (SCM) MSc-GSCM Programme Director) gave welcome speech.

Prof. Chan Wai Sum (Dean of the School of Decision Sciences) gave welcome remark by video.

Subsequently, the chairs of advisory committee in both programmes MSc-DITM & Msc-GSCM in School of Decision Sciences toasted all participants. (Right 1^st is Prof. Nelson Chow who is chair of advisory committee in MSc-GSCM and he is also Professor of Practice in LMS, PolyU).

And then we took a group photo.

After that all teachers introduced their topics to the MSc students.

We took a group photo for advisory committee members.

Prof. Ng Chi Hung, Stephen (Head and Asso. Professor (SCM) MSc-GSCM Programme Director) expected all new students enjoyed their school life.

After the break, I joined the MSc-DITM programme session. Prof. Daniel Mo chaired this session.

The Professional Development Activities (PDA) is very good arrangement to connect professionals sharing their experience to the students.

Then I introduced myself and sharing HKSQ and Science Parks’ work.

One of slide from the programme session was Anti-Deception. It is very important to alert some mainland China students that they didn’t understand Hong Kong government system.