๐Œ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐๐€ ๐‚๐ก๐š๐ฉ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ: ๐†๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ž, ๐†๐ซ๐จ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ก & ๐†๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐œ๐ค

Iโ€™m deeply honored to be ๐Ÿ๐ž๐š๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž โ€œ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐”๐‡๐Š ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จโ€ ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ง ๐›๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐š๐ฅ๐ฆ๐š ๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ซ, ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐”๐ง๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐‡๐จ๐ง๐  ๐Š๐จ๐ง๐ . The column aims to spotlight alumni stories that reflect how transformative learning can shape both career and lifeโ€”and Iโ€™m humbled to share mine. Heartfelt thanks to the arrangement and effort from Shirley CHONG and her teammates.

My journey with the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) program began in 2008โ€”a time when the acronym โ€œDBAโ€ often sparked confusion with โ€œDatabase Administrator.โ€ Back then, the program was still in its infancy, with my cohort being only the third since its launch. ๐“๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐ง๐จ ๐ ๐ซ๐š๐๐ฎ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐ž๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ก ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฎ๐ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ 2006 ๐œ๐จ๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ญ ๐š ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ.ย  That spirit of mentorship inspired me and a few passionate DBA learning partners to establish the official CityUHK DBA Alumni Associationโ€”to create a space where learning partners could support one another across generations.



The path wasnโ€™t easy. One of the most telling moments of this experience was ๐š ๐ฉ๐ก๐จ๐ญ๐จ ๐ˆ ๐ค๐ž๐ฉ๐ญ: ๐ฆ๐ž, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ž๐ ๐›๐ฒ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž๐ฌ, ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐š๐ญ๐š ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ž๐š๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ž๐š๐-๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐œ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐ž. That image reminds me of the persistence, passion, and sleepless nights that defined those years. But more than the academic achievement, the program gifted me with a powerful mindsetโ€”one that continues to shape my mission and purpose. Wholeheartedly thank to those who I met, inspired and empowered me in my journey.



Since graduating, Iโ€™ve had the privilege of recommending and meeting future leaders through the program. What started as a personal pursuit of knowledge has evolved into ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง: ๐ญ๐จ ๐ž๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ ๐จ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž, ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ซ๐ญ. ๐ˆ๐ญโ€™๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐๐ข๐ซ๐ž๐œ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐š๐ฒ.

As we approach the 20th anniversary of the CityUHK DBA program next year, I canโ€™t help but reflect on how far weโ€™ve comeโ€”and how much more is possible when we support one another with curiosity, compassion, and collaboration. And stay tuned for our upcoming celebration as we mark two decades of excellence, leadership, and legacy.

To read more about my story, I invite you to ๐ž๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž ๐ฆ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฏ๐ข๐ž๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐‚๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐”๐‡๐Š ๐‡๐ž๐ซ๐จ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ.
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