Summer Issue, 2012

London, United Kingdom History and Heritage take Centre Stage Over 300 alumni and business leaders celebrated the HKU Centenary at a luncheon in London’s Drapers’ Hall. The event on May 15, 2012 was co-organised with the Hong Kong Association which is chaired by Baroness Lydia Dunn 鄧蓮如女男爵 . “HKU has cultivated a large contingent of talents who have become the backbone of Hong Kong. Its influence reaches far beyond Hong Kong; it embraces a global perspective.” Liu Xiaoming 劉曉明 , Ambassador of the PRC in the UK “The dream is alive and the dream is well. And the University has a very great future ahead of it.” Lord Wilson of Tillyorn 衛奕信勳爵 Former HKU Chancellor and alumnus, spoke on the University’s history and its links both with the UK and in particular the University of Aberdeen tracing back to Patrick Manson and Dr Sun Yat-sen. Lord Wilson and student mentees in the UK Lady Pamela Youde and Michael Thomas, Former Attorney-General of Hong Kong 94-year-old Mrs Nellie Bonsall (2nd left), the most senior alumna in the UK Chapter and Ms Irene Man, founding Chairman of the UK Chapter Alumni Networks 42