Summer Visit to Utokyo

Summer Visit to

Utokyo

/Kevin Lo

To establish international relationship and strengthen bonding between various local chapters among Fung Scholars globally, the Foundation facilitated Fung Scholars from Hong Kong and Tokyo in conducting a meeting held in UTokyo Go Global Center on 25 July 2019. This marks the first exchange meeting between the Hong Kong and Tokyo Chapters; in which the happiness, excitement and connection unleashed possibilities for the future development of Fung Scholars’ Global Network.

In the meeting we shared the vision, mission, and formation of Hong Kong Chapter, as well as the friendship connected among different cohorts of Fung Scholars. We also shared how different activities were organised by Fung Scholars throughout the years. For instance, the Christmas gathering held every year in Hong Kong is one of the most popular activities which allows our fellow Fung Scholars to share blessing a n d j o y , a s w e l l a s l o v e a n d encouragement among our network. The HK Fung Scholars also offer different interest groups such as: FS Foodie, FS Travel, and FS Running etc, which are private channels that connect and strengthen friendship and a sense of community amongst Fung Scholars in Hong Kong. We encourage Fung Scholars to propose activities and the Co-Heads of the local chapter will provide full support to make them happen. In the exchange meeting, we also facilitated a brainstorming session to inspire ideas of what Fung Scholars could do and the activities we could initiate in the future. Our fellow Japanese scholars Hiromichi, Masataka, and Akie were kind enough to invite us on a tour around their campus, which marked a beautiful finale of our very first exchange meeting. We would like to extend our heartfelt thanks for their warmest hospitality, and we wish them all the very best in their future endeavours.

This is an unforgettable and encouraging experience that establishes international friendship. We look forward to the next planned meeting between the Fung Scholar Tokyo and Hong Kong Chapters this summer!

Right to left: Mr. Hiromichi Wada (FS18/19, the University of Tokyo) Mr. Masataka Murakami (FS19/20, the University of Tokyo) Mr. Kevin Lo (FS06/07, City University of Hong Kong) Ms. Akie YANAGI (FS18/19, the University of Tokyo)