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

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Dinner with Dominic Lam to Celebrate His Retirement

Minda and I invited my first boss and friend Mr. Dominic Lam to have dinner for celebrating his retirement from CMA Testing at CityU Lodge Bistro on 21^st Jul 2026. 

I found an old photo of Dominic, taken in 1997 when I received my MPhil in Chemistry and joined CMATCL as QA officer.

Then I arranged HKSQ to visit CMATCL in 1999. Dr. KS Chin was the Chairman of HKSQ and presented flag to Dominic. 

The group photo of HKSQ was taken at the entrance.

Since CMATCL would like to implement safety management and QCC team at that time, I arranged to visit MEEM laboratory, CityU in 1999.

This poem was written by me in CMATCL.

After I was consultant in HKSTP, I arranged HKSTP Lab to visit CMATCL in 2005.

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In 2019, I left HKSTP. But I still contacted my former boss Dr. HL Yiu for CMA Testing reindustrialization opportunity.

In 2021, Dr. Vincent Fung (Former Executive Director, Kin Yat Holding Ltd) and I visited CMA Testing. Kin Yat was one of CMA Testing's major clients for toy testing. At the time, I was working at Vincent’s company (CDM).

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CityU CHEM Alumni Gathering 2026

The CHEM Alumni Gathering 2026 was held at the Ritz-Cariton Hotel in Shenzhen on 12^th Jun 2026. This was the first time the alumni had held a reunion in Shenzhen. My wife and I arrived early and took a photo in front of the banner at the main entrance.

I met my senior classmate, Dr. Kent Lau. I remember he was only one part-time PhD student in the lab at that time, I believe it's because he worked in a government laboratory.

I also met Mr. Yip Wai Yuen who studied MSc in BCH department.

Then I took a photo with Prof. Andy Siu and Prof. Vincent Ko.

Mr. Otto Chan (Director, Business Development & Alliance, Synmosa) is my junior classmate. We always met in the BCH laboratory when I was MPhil student.

Before start the dinner, we took a group photo with Prof. Kenneth Leung (My classmate in AP & BCH) for memory. 

We took a selfie before dinner.

In the beginning, Prof. ZHU Guangyu (Head of CHEM) gave welcome speech and reported CityU and CHEM department’s international achievement.

Tonight's keynote speech was given by Dr. Zhou Hongwei (周宏偉, 南方医科大学深圳医院院长) , who was a PhD graduate of CityU in 2006. He appreciated Prof. Nora TAM training on bacteria in mangroves.

After that Prof. Wang Xin (Dean, College of Science), Prof. Kenneth Leung (VP, Research), Prof. ZHU Guangyu (Head of CHEM) presented souvenir to Dr. Zhou Hongwei and took a group photo. 

The professors at the head table toasted all the guests.

During the dinner, it has game to make friends with alumni using WeChat.

I took a photo with Ms. Crystal Wan, the event organizer, who arranged the event very well.

I met Dr. Larry Lo and three girl alumni who had been my students in the MSc in Environment Management and Technology. I taught the course named “BCH 6116: Quality and Environment Management for Laboratory".

Otto and I took a photo with Prof. Wang Xin.

Group photo in table 2

There is a group photo of all the guests at the tables.

I keep the email announcement for memory.

There were ten alumni tables at the event. I noticed that most of them were PhD graduates, since the event was being held in Shenzhen.

Remark: I completed my HD (Applied Science), BSc (AP) and MPhil (BCH) in 1992, 1994 and 1997, respectively. I would like to give a brief history of the BCHem. The Department of Applied Science was established in 1987 with four science disciplines namely Applied Biology, Applied Chemistry, Applied Physics and Materials Science. Then the Department of Applied Science (AP) was separated into Department of Biology and Chemistry (BCH) and Department of Physics and Materials Science (AP) in 1993. City Polytechnic of Hong Kong (CPHK) had upgraded to City University of Hong Kong (CityU) in 1994. After that BCH Dept. changed name to Department of Chemistry (CHEM) in 2017 and Department of Physics and Materials Science had already separated into Physics Dept. (PHY), and Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) Dept.

Reference:

Department of Chemistry, CityU - http://www.cityu.edu.hk/chem/

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