Dear Alumni and friends FEATURES OF THE MONTH – ACTION NOW!Happy new year ! A few more months to the next AGM but no slack in between ! JOINT CLUB/OTHER ACTIVITIES MIT Invitational Sports Day – January 31, 2010: Whether you crave the chance to show off your sporting prowess, or just a day of fun outdoor activities with your family, the annual MIT Sports Day is the event for you! Activities range from track and field sports to basketball to dodgeball to other light-hearted games for all ages. Whether you crave the chance to show off your sporting prowess, or just a day of fun outdoor activities with your family, the annual MIT Sportsday has the event for you! Activities range from track and field sports to basketball to dodgeball to other light-hearted games for all ages. Come support your fellow alums/friends at the MIT Invitational Sports Day! Friends, family and kids are all welcome! Date: January 31, 2010 (Sunday) Time: 9:30AM - 5PM Venue: HKU (Stanley Ho Sports Centre) 10 Sha Wan Drive, Sandy Bay Registration Link: https://alum.mit.edu/smarTrans/register-login.vm?eventID=39461&groupID=717 Schedule 9.30 Registration 10.00-12.45 Wiffle Ball; Soccer dribbling; Basketball; Dodge ball; Ultimate Frisbee; Relay Race 12.45 Lunch & Photo taking 14.00-4.15 Balloon toss; Egg&spoon race; Mummy relay; Volleyball; Three-legged race; Tug of war; and many more! Tickets (lunch included) Adults USD$18 Kids USD$8 For further details, please contact Ruby Lau, Director of InterClub Affairs of MIT Club of Hong Kong at ruby.lau@ubs.com or Stanford Alumni, Geoffrey Chan (Geoffrey.chan@gmail.com). Creating a World Class Pearl River Delta Metropolis Summit, Bauhinia Foundation - 26 January: We are pleased to pass on the invitation from Bauhinia Foundation to Stanford alumni to attend it's upcoming summit discussing the opportunities and challenges of creating a world-class PRD Metropolis in the next three decades. Senior representatives from Guangdong and Hong Kong Governments, the OECD, the Royal Institution of International Affairs as well as the Hong Kong business community will address the Summit on different issues pertaining to the future development of the PRD Metropolis, from global trends of city development, environmental protection, financial cooperation, upgrading of industries to expansion of the PRD’s domestic market. Details of the Summit can be found on our website at www.bauhinia.org. Date: 26 January 2010 Time:9a-4:30p Venue: Four Seasons Hotel Please register direct and copy president@stanfordhk.org FARM EVENTS Leading Matters – Asia 2010: We are delighted to be invited by the organising alumni clubs in Singapore and Taiwan for their upcoming. Leading Matters event so take your pick of location and date ! Singapore - 30 January 2010 Thank you for those who have expressed interest in joining the Club delegation and you would have been contacted directly. If you have not previously done so but want to now, please register at http://leadingmatters.stanford.edu/singapore (sign up closing 15 Jan !) and contact president@stanfordhk.org (or if you miss the register by date) so we can hook up there. Taipei - 1 February 2010 For further information/registration, please check out: http://www.stanfordalumni.org/leadingmatters/taipei/welcome.htm COMING UP - DON'T MISS ! FARM EVENTS College Fairs: Stanford, among other universities, is often invited to attend College Fairs held by secondary schools and the Club assists the Admissions Office in manning the booths to distribute pamphlets and answer any questions by students and parents. Volunteers required ! See dates and details below and contact secretary@stanfordhk.org if you can lend a hand ! People who have helped really enjoy the experience talking about their times at the Farm :) English Schools Foundation ESF 2010 Higher Education Fair - for the six ESF secondary schools with over 600 students Date: 1 February 2010 Time: 1:30 - 5:30p Venue: Island School at 20 Borrett Road, Mid-Levels. . |