CNews Issue 3, 2009

55 Sharing Expertise Vivienne Poy 利德蕙 (Hon LLD 2006) Vivien Pau 鮑慧兒 (BSocSc 1977) Albert Lai 黎廣德 (BScEng 1980; MSocSc 1984) Victor Fung 馮強 (MSocSc 1982) Senator Vivienne Poy, the first Canadian of Asian descent to be appointed to the Senate in Canada, is also a historian, author, successful fashion designer, entrepreneur and volunteer with many social and cultural organisations. Her latest book Profit, Victory & Sharpness: The Lees of Hong Kong is the story of Hong Kong’s Lee Hysan family and, in many ways, it is also the story of Hong Kong. “... finding our roots is like finding ourselves … I believe that we need to know who we are before we can move forward with our lives and be productive members of society.” Vivien has over 30 years of senior management experience. She is a leading executive coach in Hong Kong and has published a book, A Positive Look at our Strengths – Positive Inspirations by an Executive Coach 《正視我優勢 – 經管教練啟動 正向思維》. In the book, Vivien shares how we can rekindle our passion for life through positive psychology, illustrated with her own management experience and client case studies. She introduces the six basic tenets of positive psychology and shares how they can be applied in different life and work situations. Albert is a man with many hats: he is Founding Chairman of The Professional Commons 公共專業聯盟 , Founding Chairman of Hong Kong People’s Council for Sustainable Development 香港可持續發展 公民議會 , just to name a few. He has recently published a book Release Hong Kong 《釋放香港》. It provides readers with not only his personal observations of sustainable development in Hong Kong but also the stories of his friends working in the civil service. After graduation, Victor worked for newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal Asia and the South China Morning Post before becoming director of communications for two local universities. In September 2008, he joined Hong Kong Baptist University as a principal lecturer, teaching journalism subjects. In May 2009, he published his first book Enhancing your English skills with editorials 《瘋讀社論強化英語》 . Victor and his daughter Michelle 馮奔奔 (LLB 2006; PCLL 2007). Photo: Ming Pao