Page 3 - CUHK MEDICAL ALUMNI Newsletter Issue 1 Vol 1 2015

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DEAN'S MESSAGE

“A culture is no accident.

It is built by our shared experiences.”

- Professor Francis Chan

Dean, Faculty of Medicine

s the first medical alumnus taking up the Deanship
Aposition, I am very excited to see the publication of
the first issue of CUHK Medical Alumni Newsletter.

Time flies. I still remember vividly the first day of my study
of the MBChB programme at CUHK. Like a child, full of
boundless curiosity, my classmates and I were itching to
explore all the new things and to meet as many new people
as possible at CUHK. We were greeted by our Founding
Dean, Professor Gerald Choa, a solemn and warm-hearted
gentleman. We quickly made friends with fellow classmates
and arranged to venture into every known and every unknown
place at CUHK and at our teaching hospital, the Prince of
Wales Hospital.

Like a tree, we alumni of the MBChB programme are the
roots which we have continued to draw nutrients from the
ground, a foundation laid so well by all our dedicated and
beloved teachers. The alumni have been branching out supporting the leaves - cohorts of medical
students. A healthy tree requires all parts to function complementarily, making strengths more effective
and weaknesses more irrelevant. This tree has been growing stronger and stronger.

Over the past 34 years, we see our alumni making remarkable achievements in their respective fields.
They earn trust and respect of local, national and international communities. A forward-looking and strong
organisation is shaped by a culture which is continuously rejuvenated by the addition of new blood with
fresher perspectives. A culture is no accident. It is built by our shared experiences. Our shared memories
that inspire each and every one of us to strive for excellence in whatever endeavours we choose to pursue.

As a child, I heard a story that a mother asked her son to break one arrow and then asked him to break
a bundle of five arrows. The moral of the story is the strength of unity. I believe that through the many
inspiring and heart-warming stories in this and future issues of the alumni newsletter, plus the use of the
latest online social media technology, we can remain in close touch with one another. We can continue
to draw upon this invaluable resource of present and future alumni for strength and support to write life
stories that are worthy of sharing amongst ourselves, our children and societies.