Hong Kong Book Fair Seminar - SUNNY CHAI’s New Book “Managing Balance”

I was honor to attend Dr. Sunny Chai (CityU EngD Cohort) seminar for his new book named “Managing Balance” and published by CityU Press and the seminar was held on 19^th July 2023 in Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). When I arrived the venue, we took a photo for memory. 

I also met Dr. YC Chau and took a photo before the seminar.

Dr. Szeto Wing-hong is another CityU EngD cohort is also there.

In the beginning, CityU Press video was played and Mr. Lester G. Huang introduced CityU development.

Prof. Christine Huang (Director, CityU Press) introduced four new series planned to be published under CityU Press. 

Mr. Man Cheuk Fei (Moderator) introduced Dr. Sunny Chai and he read through his book and briefed the summary of Sunny’s life story including balance of selection of study, study aboard, then back to family factory, as well as, balance between business and ideal.

Dr. Sunny Chai firstly briefed CityU Press invited him for interview in April and requested to write a new book in July 2023. He took this challenge and shared his experience to young generation. Then he committed to donate all income from the book to CityU. 

Sunny said what he saw as a child mostly at the factory and then he like computer and studied in summer holiday in F.1. After that he study in USA for Business and Administration per his father expectation. He learnt in study aboard are independent and balance.

After that he returned to family factory. He said most factory second generation met the difficult for transformation. He was lucky transferred from lighting devices to electronic scale. In 1994, his consumer scale is the number one in the world. Then he transferred again from OEM to OBM. He said vertical transformation is extended to different industry to use scale/balance and horizontal transformation is customer (e.g. buy brands).

Finally, Mr. Man Cheuk Fei (Moderator) summarized Dr. Sunny life philosophy in three elements and they are Timing, Situation and Location (Book page 88).

During Q&A, we asked why Sunny selected EngD, what is your view on Hong Kong industry development, how to encourage young student to study engineering, etc.

After the seminar, I took a photo with Mr. Man Cheuk Fei who is a distinguished journalist, and Publisher and Chief Executive Officer of the Master Insight Media Limited. He is also the moderator in Prof. Way Kuo new book sharing seminar.

Group photo with Dr. Raymond Leung and Mr. Lester G. Huang.

Many people queued for Dr. Sunny Chai signing his new book.

Reference:

CityU Press - https://www.cityu.edu.hk/upress/books/new-releases

20230512: Prof. Way KUO New Book Sharing Seminar - The Absence of Soulware in Higher Education - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2023/05/prof-way-kuo-new-book-sharing-seminar.html

Dr. Sunny Chai’s past CityU & FHKI activities:

20221114: The 6th & 7th CityU Distinguished Alumni Award Presentation Ceremony - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2022/11/the-6th-7th-cityu-distinguished-alumni.html

20210817: CityU Eminence Society –The 1st Executive Committee Meeting of the Sixth Executive Committee - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/08/cityu-eminence-society-1st-executive.html

20210727: The FHKI 61st Annual Dinner - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/07/the-fhki-61st-annual-dinner.html

20210323: CityU HK Tech 300 – Launching Ceremony - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2021/03/cityu-hk-tech-300-launching-ceremony.html

20200930: PolyU Webinar Series (1) - Booting Re-industrialization - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2020/09/polyu-webinar-series-1-booting-re.html

20190330: CityU EngD Society Annual Dinner cum Prof. Bieng Chuah Retirement Celebration 2019 - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2019/03/cityu-engd-society-annual-dinner-cum.html#more

20180329: FHKI International Forum: Cloud Computing, Big Data and AI in Realising an Intelligent Society - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/03/fhki-international-forum-cloud.html

20180622: FHKI AI & Big Data Workshop (人工智能和大數據工作坊) - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2018/06/fhki-ai-big-data-workshop.html

20101024: Technology Management, Social Responsibility and Crisis Communications - https://qualityalchemist.blogspot.com/2010/10/technology-management-social.html