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Timeless Theme
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Words from SRO
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Hall Logo
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Hall Song
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Timeline
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Former RM
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RTs RAs in History
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Celebrate 15th Anniversary
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Hall Traditions and Cultures
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Professor Edmond Ko Cup
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Words from SRO It is my greatest pleasure to write a few lines to celebrate the 15th anniversary of HSBC Prosperity Hall (Hall 2), one of the very first three Halls built at Phase I, in the Student Residence. Despite of its being the smallest hall (in terms of resident’s population), Hall 2 has successfully cultivated its niche and unique culture with accumulation of experiences and concerted efforts of RMs, RTs /RAs and residents of many generations over the past 15 years. To quote a few examples – the rosy and neatly decorated reading rooms; the very close bonding between RTs and residents that the RTs were the focus of game at Pun-choi Dinner, of course including the RM. In fact at one moment RM Ray’s 15-minute endless trials to set a fallen bottle stand on stage sent chills down my spine. At the last minute, the whole hall exploded into cheers when he finally made it.
Among so many good deeds of Hall 2, one cannot go without touching upon the SPECIAL Hall Night Talk, the brand new initiative launched by Hall 2 with SRO in 2016/17, by inviting the CEOs/Celebrities in town to the Student Residence to share their Keys to Success, condensed in the word of SPECIAL, viz. S – Serve the world P – Passion E – Entrepreneurship C – Coding I – Inovation A – Aspiration L – Life & career
It is encouraging to see the Talk gradually taking root with more and more residents in the Student Residence, other than the steadfast supporters from Hall 2, having realized its intrinsic true value and squeezed time to attend it whenever available. In fact at each Talk, one can see our angle Raisie (Ray’s little princess) busily running around, chirping and giving cookies and drinks to residents. This is one of the many warm episodes Hall 2 residents can feel the presence of RM’s family, and in fact, their devotion and love to Hall 2 are extraordinary to the extent that they are expecting a newborn baby boy Raydon this Spring in Hall 2. Congratulations to Ray and Hall 2 family! To sum up, being a member of the Hall 2 is indeed a privilege and the more one devotes to hall life, the more he/she will gain and grow in this diverse and robust community. Enjoy your life in Hall 2, the Hall which is second to none!
Warmest regards, Wilson Lam Director Student Residence Office
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Hall Logo
Purplish red and yellow are the basic color of our hall logo, In the center, the Chinese name of our hall “業昕” is written in ancient Chinese characters, surrounded by “HSBC prosperity hall” and “City University of Hong Kong”. “業” is extracted from CityU moto “敬業樂群”, which means contributing to work and cooperating and appreciating the people around you at the same time. “昕” means the rising sun, indicating vigour and vitality. Together, “業昕” carries a good wish for all its resident to be the pillars of our society, in dignity and honour.
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Timeline
The construction of hall 2 started
The construction completed Dr. CHAN Kwok Hong Raymond became the first Residence Master The first O Night was held The first Prosperians Talk was held
The first interim RA was formed The first formal dinner was held The first O Camp was held
The naming ceremony was held The hall song was wrote The first official RA was formed
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The first inauguration of RA was held The first formal publication was published
Dr. Kevin Downing became the new Residence Master The first floor decoration was organized
The publication was changed into a magazine format
Dr. Ray Cheung became the new Residence Master The first SPECIAL Hall Night Talks was held IT Team was formed
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HSBC Prosperity Hall Naming Ceremony, 2004
Peter Wong, the one in the middle, wrote the Hall Song lyric, and W C Lam, the boy on the bottom-righ corner is the composer.
Dr. CHAN Kwok Hong Raymond
陳國康博士
To most of the residents, Student Residence is another home away from their home. To me, it has been my home and even I left the Prosperity Hall for almost 10 years, it was still one of my sweetest home, and lots of wonderful memory. Being the founding Residence Master, I was most fortunate to have the opportunity to work with wonderful teams of Residence Tutors, dedicated Residents Associations and fans of the Hall, from scratch. We wanted to be the best as well as to be unique from other halls. We are the first to have our Hall Song and Hall Emblem. We promote unity while respecting diversity. We foster personal development but also facilitate academic achievement. We have our own spirit and history. Years later, when you return to Prosperity Hall, you can still find your face in the pictures displaying on G/F, trophies received because of your contribution, and jokes you made along the corridors. This is Prosperity Hall, always our home away from home! A home always full of wonderful experiences and memories! Raymond Chan
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2007-2016 I am pleased to congratulate HSBC Prosperity Hall on their 15th Anniversary. I had the honour to serve Hall 2 for 8 wonderful years as Residence Master and during that time saw many students achieve many of their goals for study and subsequently obtain well-paid and rewarding jobs in Hong Kong and beyond. Many of those members of the Hall 2 family continue to stay in touch and comment on the value hall life added to their studies. Congratulations to the HSBC Prosperity Hall family past and present on this important milestone of 15 years! Best wishes for the future, Dr Kevin Downing
Dr. Kevin Downing
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Residence Tutors
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Residence Associations
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HSBC 業昕堂 Prosperity Hall
15歲生日快樂
Happy 15th Birthd
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Traditions and Cultures HSBC Prosperity Hall is not just a place to sleep. Rather, it is our home. A place where we live, we grow, we prosper. Thanks to all enthusiastic predecessors, a firm, yet lively tradition is formed, laying a solid foundation for the younger Prosperians to build on, to enrich and to pass on to the next generations.
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Hall 2 House Logo
Signature Banner
Hall 2 Mascot 小白 TWO
The signature banner acts like the guest book signed in a banquet. What makes it different is that it is a huge guest book taking record of exisiting and ex-residents.
Time Tunnel If you want to explore the history of Hall 2, you can travel through this “time tunnel”. 014
The passing of Golden Bowl The Passing of Golden Bowl is a special ceremony in the Inauguration of Residents’ Association, which represents passing the spirit of prosperity and our history from the Ex- Residents’ Association to the new one.
Wishing Board The Chinese name of this wishing board “Ging Guo Ban” literally means passing through a GPA of 3, or even exceed 4. On examination eves, residents will fill the wishing board up with their goals written on red papers Besides, they will also touch the sugar canehung on the board, playing with the homophone in Cantonese ja IRR), which symbolizes they will be able to do well in the exams.
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《滙豐業昕堂落成十周年誌慶》對聯 （舍堂導師溫子祺撰、楊雯懿書，2011年）
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“Chinese couplets for celebrating the 10th anniversary establishment of HSBC Prosperity Hall” (Composed by Residence Tutor George Wan and Written by Wenyi Yang, 2011)
上款：「滙豐業昕堂落成十周年誌慶」 下款：「歲次辛卯舍堂導師仝敬立」 上聯：「業精於勤 縱覽詩書希聖哲」 下聯：「昕始乎夕 放懷中外究科研」 對聯本為辛卯年（2011年）春聯，後適逢舍堂即將 踏入落 成十周年誌慶，遂重書並製成卷軸，恭掛於大 堂，以資紀 念。 上下聯首字嵌入本舍堂名稱。上聯「業精於勤」，典 出唐韓愈《進學解》：「業精於勤荒於嬉」。「縱」 ，解 廣泛。「詩書」，以儒家五經中的《詩經》和 《尚書》代 指世間群書。「希」者，仰慕也。 下聯「昕」有黎明、晨 曦義。「夕」是黃昏、晚上。 黎明由晚上而來，代表每日 周而復始，循環不息。 學業和事業，要勤力才會成功，相 反只顧玩樂，人就 會荒怠。透過廣泛閱讀有益的書籍，仰 慕聖賢哲人的 行為和思想，從而增進知識和提高品德。 由 白晝到晚上，晚上又到黎明，日夜雖然循環不息， 時間卻 每分每秒的流逝。實在需要把握時間，孜孜不 倦地擴闊眼 界，接觸中外先進的科研知識，才能卓立 於變化萬千的新 時代。
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The couplets were originally composed for celebrating 2011’s Chinese New Year. Because of the 10th anniversary establishment of the HSBC Prosperity Hall at 2012, the couplets were re-written. The name of our Hall in Chinese are filled in the first character of both upper and lower couplet. Chinese classics sentences are cited in the couplets. It is hoped that the couplets can remind our residents: - Hard working on academic and future career. Keep reading good books and classics, to think about what the ancient saints said and done, in order to enrich our knowledge and to enhance the moral standard. - Treasure the time, not to waste any second and minute. To have a good knowledge on science and technology for facing the great changes in the modern world.
The annual publication “Prosperians“ became one of our trandition from 2005. Each year, our RT, RA and residents contribute a lot efforts to this magazine. Reading through the pages, you will be able to rewind the old times.
昕物
Prosperians
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Prosperians Night is an important appointment for both the new and existing residents to come together at beginning of every semester. On that night, residents of the same floor w sit together at a round table which looks like the traditional reunion dinner we have in Lunar Chinese New Year’s Eve. Besides the delicious food, lucky draw and games, the most highlighted event would be the floor-photos taking session at the end, which would become a block of “Time Tunnel”.
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We are the first Hall to organise Orientation Camp in the Student Residence community. The orientation camp not only provides a chance for new residents to develop friendship with each other, it also help to strengthen the connection between the new and existing residents in our Hall. Games are specially designed to help students to get adapt to hall life.
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Weekly floor dessert night is one of the most popular activities in our hall. Delicious and special desserts are made by Prosperians whole-heartedly. Every room will take turn to prepare dessert for the whole floor. Wide varieties, specialty and internationality of our floor desserts are similar to the famous restaurants introduced by the Michelin Guide.
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Weekly Dessert Gathering
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Over the past few years, Prosperians have travelled to different parts of the world and explored a number of diverse cultural scenic spots and heritage. Being an annual tradition of Hall 2, Prosperians have been looking forward to the study tour every year. Until 2012, Prosperians had already organized study tours to broaden their horizon for eight consecutive years, learning the diverse cultural traditions and aspects of different countries In a historical and modern cultural experience that has enriched Prosperians’ life experience in 2016 our fellow Prosperians have gone on a trip and acquired a chance to exchange social experience with fellow Korean students. They have gained first hand insights on how the city they are visiting are developing ter travelling to their desired destinations. Prosperians will write post trip reflections and even organize cultural nights to share their travelling experience with other residents. Other than the cultural involvements that Prosperians have experienced, some experiences are so unique that it can only
be experienced throughout joining the study tour with other Prosperians. Throughout the whole process of planning and executing their travel plans, Prosperians have learnt how to better prioritize and organize their travel destinations.
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@ cityu-hall2
https://github.com/cityu-hall2/ where we host our open source projects
Hall 2 IT Team The world is becoming more and more dependent on computer and Internet technology. Hall 2 IT Team was formed to bring computer science to Hall area.
CS First Club is to equip more residents with basic programming knowledge. “Create. Code. Tell Stories”: we will sit together, design our own stories and create animation using an intuitive tool, eventually to share them. Residents do not required to have any programming background, just bring your laptop and join us.
Introduction to Mobile Development Workshop is to teach residents how to develop their own Apps for their mobile phones. We started with programming languages, then some app concept, and further, guide participants to build an app during the workshop.
iPad Swift Playground is an event to provide residents with iPads from Apple to learn Swift programming language with Apple’s Playground app.
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A World Leading Startup Journey Ray Chan, CEO & Co-Founder of 9GAG
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Should All University Students Learn How to Code?
SPECIAL Hall Night Talks
Speaker: Miss Michelle Sun 辛婥琳, Founder & CEO of First Code Academy
Moderator: Mr. Lau Ming Wai 劉鳴煒, BBS, JP, Chairman of Commission on Youth, CityU Council Member, & CityU Honorary Fellow
How Can We Create New Opportunities Using Space?
Speaker: Kevin Chan, Founder & Chairman of StoreFriendly Self Storage Group 儲存易 迷你倉集團 Moderator: Nicolette Tong, Executive Vice President, The Wave
Presented by the Student Residence Office (SRO) and HSBC Prosperity Hall (Hall 2), SPECIAL Hall Night Talks (業昕之夜) are special monthly talks providing a dynamic and quality learning platform to student residents to meet and talk with renowned elites in the society. The guests will be invited to share their keys to Success on the SPECIAL areas of:
Ideas that Can Rock the World Jong Lee, Co-curator of TEDxHK and Founder of Code Club HK
Age 27: from an Idea to a $100,000,000 Business
Jong Lee, Co-curator of TEDxHK and Founder of Code Club HK
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Serve the world Passion Entrepreneurship Coding Innovation Aspiration Life & career
Making a Better World
Cesar Jung-Harada, Founder of MakerBay and Former MIT Project Leader
Creating a HK Unicorn
Shing Chow, Founder & CEO of Lalamove
A New Kung Fu Culture in HK and the World
Hing CHAO, CEO of Hong Kong International Kung Fu Festival and International Guoshu Association
Achieving the top of the World
Mr. Kwok Ho-Ting Marco, world champion Hong Kong cyclist
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Professor Edmond Ko Cup Great memories for all Prosperians fighting for honor.
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Our Honors selected
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