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Hi, my name is Trevor Mak and I'm a graduate in the 1984 MBA class.
I stay connected because I think this is a great school and
I benefit the education and I want to repay to the school through working for them in Hong Kong.
We actually, in Hong Kong have done two very interesting or exciting functions
outside of Canada. We have done two convocations in Hong Kong. One was in 1998 and the second one was in 2008, which is 10 years apart.
We have been able to bring out all the students who are in Hong Kong
who would like to walk across the stage in front of the board of directors from the U of A to receive their degree again.
In most cases some of these families have never seen their son graduate, so we said why don't we bring it out to the home country which is Hong Kong.
Initially we had over a 1,000 people joining the function.
This is a very successful event and very memorable. And we are planning to do it one more time in
hopefully, not 2018, but sooner.
Today is hockey day in Hong Kong and we have bring out some
Canadian hockey players who are holding Stanley Cup rings to themselves
I think mostly Calgary Flames and one Oilers. These people are playing floor hockey with kids in the school.
Today we have about 10 alumni joining us to help out the guests to answer questions that we may have about going to study in Alberta, especially the U of A.
We have two young grads, one from 2011 who just came back, and I think they provide a very good perspective on student life and study in Alberta.
I think it is a wonderful experience to actually stay connected with your Alma mater, and also with the students who come from the same background.
Actually they are coming back to work in different professions in Hong Kong, and it's actually good for fresh grads to find out ideas and suggestions
on how to stay connected with the community in Hong Kong to be successful.
The T-shirt is about doing great things like we are doing today, and we're going to volunteer our time to help the U of A to promote their presence
in Hong Kong and also in Canada. And I think we also say to our alumni, 'come to us,' and it's a great place to meet new friends and old friends.
DO GREAT THINGS! YEAH!