Summer Issue, 2013

71 Alumni Networks After three short months of weekend rehearsals, the newborn 60-members HKUAA Choir delivered its inaugural performances at the club premises on June 15 and 22. Lucy Cheung 張翠屏 (BA 1976; MPhil 1987), the choir's convenor began with a brief "overture" speech followed by Dr Michael Ryan (AdvDipEd 1984; MEd 1985), the choir's charismatic and versatile music director and conductor, who introduced the opening English-language songs In These Delightful Pleasant Groves composed by Henry Purcell, April is in My Mistress’ Face by Thomas Morley, Concord (from Gloriana) by Benjamin Britten and Home is a Special Kind of Feeling by John Rutter. The HKUAA Choir has successfully enhanced the interest and appreciation of choral-singing; created a sense of camaraderie amongst members; and above all cultivated the sense of belonging among alumni to our alma mater . HKUAA is committed to providing more singing and music-appreciation opportunities in future for the bene t of alumni and the community. Summer Delights presented by the HKUAA Choir  The media industry has long been a respectable, challenging but highly rewarding industry for those who are passionate about journalism and eager to explore stories that are worth knowing. On June 9, the HKUAA Public Relations Sub-committee invited three HKU alumni who each work in a totally different elds inside the media industry to share their stories and how they perceive their career in this amazingly, exciting industry: 傳媒人報導新聞，讓我們通過廣播了解社會百態以至世界 動向。「距離感」透過報紙、公仔箱，乃至現今的網上 雜誌等等，而大大拉近。畫面中看到的主播、大氣電波聽 到的主持和雜誌的媒體人，從來都是似近還遠。即使是從 事不同形態的媒體工作，三位的經歷和分享同樣使聽眾津 津樂道。 Winnie Tsui 徐蕙儀 (BA 1993) (4th left) Chief Anchor / Producer, News and Business Information, nowTV Candy Chan 陳曉君 (BA 2006) (2nd left) TV Producer, Public & Current Affairs (TV), Radio Television Hong Kong Esther Wong 黃芷婷 (MSc(EnvMan) 2011) (3rd left) Editor, Ecozine.com Winnie, Candy, Esther and PR Sub-committee members Catherine Cheung 張儀玲 (BA 1977), Elaine Ng 吳伊玲 (BA 2006), Yvette Ng 吳於恩 (BSocSc 2010) and Vincent Oey 黃佩發 (BEng(EComE) 2003; MSc(Eng)(EEE) 2006) More on HKUAA Blog: http://blog.hkuaa.org.hk/node/100 Stories of the storytellers - Hong Kong media through the eyes of the journalists Photo: David Fung (david@ichummy.com)