Quality Alchemist (品質煉金術師)

2026年5月11日星期一

PolyU EDC Seminar on Future-Proofing Your Career: Thriving in the AI Era

PolyU Educational Development Centre (EDC) arranged a seminar named “Future-Proofing Your Career: Thriving in the AI Era” on 11 May 2026 in TU616. I was first time to visit EDC.

I arrived the venue and selfie before the seminar start. AI is rapidly shaping the way we work, raising both opportunities and uncertainties for today’s workforce. This seminar aims to explore how individuals can engage with AI thoughtfully and productively.

In the beginning, MC introduced Dr. Chui Chuen Shun, Alex (DBA, MSc., LLM FHKICPA) who is an Adjunct Professor at Hang Seng University of Hong Kong, has spent his entire career working as a professional accountant and business executive.

Dr. Alex Chui introduced new trinity of career success to prepare for the AI era and these three distinct areas are:

i) Technical Literacy (Understanding the tools)

ii) Human-Centric Skills

iii) Adaptive Mindset

Then he added we should become AI-Fluent, not just AI-aware. Learn to be the Pilot, not the engine.

And then Dr. Alex CHUI briefed some skills which were not easily replicated such as critical thinking, EQ, creativity and communication. Those are inter-personal skills!

After that Dr. Chui suggested AI career action plan including experiment AI weekly, Networking, Building “T-Shaped” Profile and Focus on Challenges.

In the future, we don’t compete with AI but collaborate with it. Career path is no longer a ladder but like slashers.

Finally, Dr. Chui introduced concepts of financial freedom or financial independence to survive and thrive in the AI era.

He also quoted Warren Buffetts’ philosophy of share investment and recommended an famous investment book.

Finally, Dr. Alex Chui concluded: "In the age of artificial intelligence, some jobs will disappear, and others will emerge. Success depends on maintaining adaptability, cultivating fundamental AI skills and human-centered skills, and critically evaluating whether AI-generated information is biased or erroneous. To succeed in the AI era, one must focus on mastering uniquely human skills, maintain active skills throughout one's career, and accumulate knowledge and skills."

Lastly, he reminded everyone that the most important things in life are survival, health, and happiness.

After the seminar, we took a photo for memory.

Then I had tea with Dr. Vincent Fung and Dr. YC Chau in the new staff canteen.

Reference:

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

2026年5月10日星期日

Playing pickleball on Mother's Day

On May 10, 2026, we went home to celebrate Mother's Day and booked a pickleball court at “tmtp commons”. We took a group photo before start.

Originally, it is a tennis court and then transferred to pickleball court.

My younger brother Philip is the coach, and my youngest brother Roger plays with him.

And the Philip trained us together.

Overall view of pickleball court and cost $300 per hour during holiday. The court is running by Patrick Lui’s friend – Ethan.

After the training, we took a group photo before left.

We had dinner with mother together.

The mother’s gift from Huawei and my white wine is a gift by Patrick Lui (I Ching classmate and our pickleball coach).

This afternoon, I had lunch with my mother-in-law's family.

Happy Mother's Day!

Reference:

20260302: CNY Family Gathering in Guangzhou 2026 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/03/cny-family-gathering-in-guangzhou-2026.html

20250302: Family Gathering for Ne Zha 2 (哪吒2) Film - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2025/03/family-gathering-for-ne-zha-2-2-film.html

20240303: Visit to Huawei European Town and CNY Family Gathering in Guangzhou - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2024/03/visit-to-huawei-huawei-european-town.html

20230720: Visit Aunt family and stay in HKUST (GZ) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/07/visit-aunt-family-and-stay-in-hkust-gz.html

20150404: Visit to EWHA Womans University 2015 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2015/04/visit-to-ewha-womans-university-2015.html

20110228: Visit South China Normal University, Guangzhou - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2011/02/visit-south-china-normal-university.html

2026年5月9日星期六

Chinese Traditional Wisdom Management Course (中華智慧管理學) - Lecture 3

Minda and I joined Prof. Pang’s (彭泓基教授) course named “Chinese Traditional Wisdom Management” (中華智慧管理學) and the third lecture named “I Ching and Sun Tzu's Art of War” (《易经》与《孙子兵法》) was held on 9^th May 2026.

We took a photo with Prof. Pang and Master Andy Law.

Then Tai Chi class members took a photo with Master Andy Law.

I also took a photo with our Pinkle Ball teacher Mr. Partick Lui.

In the beginning, Prof. Pang explained “Tao” (道) which is to understand the nature. Life is from learning the Tao (學道) to cultivating the Tao (修道) to understanding the Tao (悟道) and finally attaining the Tao (得道). The I Ching is the source of the Tao. Many classmates attended onsite.

Also included online classmates!

Prof. Pang described the core idea between I Chine and Sun Tzu’s Art of War. It included 1) Yin-Yang dialectics, 2) the concept of change, 3) the three powers of Heaven, Earth, and Man, and 4) the idea of cautious warfare.

Then he briefed the content of the hexagram Shi (師) and The hexagram Bi (比) as well as their modern application. Two Guos (卦) indicate from war to peace.

And then Prof. Pang explained the strategy named Winning Mindset (全勝思維). I Ching is like underlying operating system and Sun Tzu's Art of War is like application program.

The hexagram Shi (師) and its Yao (爻) had different meanings at different stages.

The hexagram Bi (比) and its Yao (爻) are also discussed.

After that Prof. Pang using “Coin Divination” (金錢卦) predicted the result of “From Iran's Perspective: The Advantages and Disadvantages of the US-Iran Conflict and Solutions to the Dilemma”.

Prof. Pang got the hexagram Ben (賁) and explained each Yao (爻).

Since 3, 4 & 6 Yao are Moving Yao (動爻), the final result should be the hexagram Zhen (震).

The hexagram Ben (賁)’s mutual hexagram (互卦) is the hexagram Xie (解) which is the process.

And then Kinsen used “Coin Divination” (金錢卦) to predict the leader meeting between US and China. I recorded the result and we got the hexagram Jiji (既濟卦) with two Moving Yao (1st and 5^th Yao).

Finally, Prof. Pang briefed the tactical thinking of surprise and conventional tactics (奇正戰術思維).

Some war cases were quoted.

Lastly, he explained the Winning Mindset (全勝思維) application in the modern competition.

The core concepts of Winning Mindset including Indirect Confrontation (非直接對抗,), minimal cost (最小代價), Overall Success (整體圓滿) and Positive Strategies (積極策略). Master Andy Law tells us that Winning Mindset is the same as the core concepts in Tai Chi (太極)!

After the lecture, we had lunch with Prof. Pang together.

(Left: 吳偉鴻, Kinsen, Rachel, Patrick Ng, Karen, Evelyn, Carlotta Wong, Prof. Pang, 力行, I, Minda, Pauline, Cylinna, Patrick Lui, 謝瑩 and 梁礪鋒 (Joseph))

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

20260418: Chinese Traditional Wisdom Management Course (中華智慧管理學) - Lecture 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/04/chinese-traditional-wisdom-management_18.html

20260411: Chinese Traditional Wisdom Management Course (中華智慧管理學) - Lecture 1 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/04/chinese-traditional-wisdom-management.html

20260330: I Ching classmates joined the SunChiuMan (新潮民) 6th anniversary dinner - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/03/i-ching-classmates-joined-sunchiuman.html

20260322: I Ching Pickleball Team Practice (III) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/03/i-ching-pickleball-team-practice-iii.html

20260314: 2026 Seminar on Traditional Chinese Culture - I Ching Studies and Taoist Education: Wisdom of "Dream of the Red Chamber" and the "I Ching" (中國傳統文化之2026易學及道化教育講座: 紅樓夢與易經的智慧：情為何物？直教死生相許！) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/03/2026-seminar-on-traditional-chinese.html

20260223: I Ching Class CNY Trip to Zhongshan (易經班新年中山之旅) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/02/i-ching-class-cny-trip-to-zhongshan.html

20260124: I Ching Pickleball Team Practice - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/01/i-ching-pickleball-team-practice.html

20260117: Pickleball Practice for I Ching Classmates - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/01/pickleball-practice-for-i-ching.html

2026年5月8日星期五

Visit to Vitargent Laboratory for Demonstrating the Result of COMP Student's Capstone Project

I lead my student Mr. AU YEUNG Tsz Pui to visit the Vitargent’s laboratory on 8^th May 2026 after his capstone project presentation. His capstone project named “AI-powered system to automate the detection of developmental defects in zebrafish embryos”. We took a photo in the Vitargent Laboratory.

Then AU YEUNG Tsz Pui demonstrated the application program to classify the zebrafish embryos to Dr. Xueping Chen (Academic Advisor, COMP)

And then he installed the python and environment into Dr. Xueping Chen’s computer for her staff training use.

After that Minda and I invited Dr. Xueping Chen and my student to have lunch in Harbourview Grill (Inside Science Park) together.

I appreciated Dr. Xueping Chen gave an opportunity to my student and this project would be continued and enhanced for more effectiveness and efficiency.

Reference

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

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

20260422: COMP Capstone Project Presentation 2026 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2026/04/comp-capstone-project-presentation-2026.html

20250902: Visit to Vitargent Laboratory for starting COMP Student’s Capstone Project - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2025/09/visit-to-vitargent-laboratory-for.html

20250324: Visit Vitargent (International) Biotechnology Ltd for COMP Students’ Capstone Project - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2025/03/visit-vitargent-international.html

20230518: Installation of President CityU (Met Xueping’s supervisor Prof. Shuk Han CHENG) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/05/installation-of-president-cityu.html

20181103: OUHK Testing and Certification Day 2018 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/11/ouhk-testing-and-certification-day-2018.html

20150626: HKSQ Seminar on Food Toxicity using Fish Embryos - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2015/06/hksq-seminar-on-food-toxicity-using.html

20150324: HKSTP Graduation Ceremony of Incubation Programmes & MOU with HKQAA - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2015/03/hkstp-graduation-ceremony-of-incubation.html

20141229: My ISO Journey of 10 years in Science Park - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2014/12/my-iso-journey-of-10-years-in-science.html

20141113: OUHK Testing and Certification Conference - Day 2 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2014/11/ouhk-testing-and-certification_13.html

20130428: Technical Seminar on Product Testing and Certification 2013 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2013/04/technical-seminar-on-product-testing.html

20110323: Visit BCH Laboratories in City University of Hong Kong - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2011/03/visit-bch-laboratories-in-city.html

2026年5月6日星期三

PolyU Meeting with Prof. Gary Tang and Dr. Joe Lam about AI for TIC

Prof. Gary Tang and Dr. Joe Lam (ABCT Dept) invited me (COMP Dept) to discuss opportunities to add AI elements into their MSc or undergraduate course especially in Testing, Inspection and Certification (TIC) Industry. AI for TIC (AI4TIC) will be the future development direction. We had tea in block Y and took a photo for memory.