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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
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”while drinking at a rivulet, stop to Charlie Lee, the Chairman of The There were also “mobile-selfie”
consider its source.” Charlie Lee Charitable Foundation, sessions where guests took
won the bid for the painting with selfies and then uploaded them
One of the highlights of the Gala HKD360,000 and the money onto an online platform. To the
Dinner was a charity auction was donated to the Gerald Choa delight of the many participants,
featuring a traditional Chinese Memorial Fund for medical the photos were then projected
painting by Professor Philip Chiu, education. onto big screens.
Assistant Dean (External Affairs),
with personal calligraphy by T h e d i n n e r a l s o f e a t u r e d The new Faculty logo was given
Professor Sung. performances by students who a place of pride at the venue. The
sang and danced to convey their new logo - consisting of two
The subject of Professor Chiu’s gratitude to the Faculty teachers. overlapping apricot leaves, one
painting is a black paradise The performers wore tee-shirts purple and one green - has been
flycatcher with a long tangerine- which bore the winning design, in use since 2013. The design is
coloured t ail perching on picked from 23 entries in a the brainchild of Professor Francis
the branch of a kapok tree competition initiated by students, Chan: “The pronunciation of
blossoming with red flowers. who wanted to choose a “birthday apricot ( 杏 ) is akin to that of the
Professor Sung’s inscription was gift” for the Faculty. word 'fortunate' ( 幸 ) in Chinese.
taken from the classical medical This is a subtle reminder to all
encyclopaedia Bei Ji Qian Jin It was an enjoyable night for of us at the Faculty that it is a
Yao Fang: “A great doctor treats alumni, with many of them turning privilege to be able to devote
the state; an average doctor up with their spouses and children - ourselves to the practice of
treats the patients; and a some of whom are now studying at medicine to serve people.”
below-average doctor the Faculty of Medicine. Photos of
treats the diseases.” alumni’s “good old days” in school A one-off special logo was also
were displayed at the venue. designed to commemorate the
35th anniversary. In addition to
the Faculty colours of purple and
green, the concept of LEAF
was used to symbolize
“Growth, Nurturing
and Full of Life.”