Prosperians 昕物 Vol.17

頁殷書軒指定讀物

昕 物 PROSPERIANS THE OFFICIAL ANNUAL PUBLICATION OF THE HSBC PROSPERITY HALL (2021-2022)

VOL 17

Love in the time of COVID-19

題 HALL ACTIVITIES RECAP WORDS FROM YOU ALL PHOTO GALLERY

contents 03

HALL MAGAZINE TEAM

38

INTERNATIONAL MEETUP

04

HALL 2 INTRODUCTION

40

MID-AUTUMN FESTIVAL MOVIE NIGHT

05

RM & RT INTRODUCTION

41

LUNAR NEW YEAR

11

THE ESSENTIALS RA COUNCIL 2022

42

E-SPORT

18

HALL FACILITIES

44

HK TECH 300

21

FLOOR MEETING

45

UP TEAM HIKING

23

IT TEAM WORKSHOP

46

CHRISTMAS PARTY

27

SPECIAL HALL NIGHT TALK SERIES

47

PROSPERIAN NIGHT

33

PEK CUP

業昕之夜

hall magazine team TEAM LEADER

Evelyn WRITERS

Kim

Clarissa

Cici

Hee Jung

DESIGNERS

Payton

Haidi

Kartik

Bernardus

Karren

INTRODUCTION HSBC PROSEPRITY HALL2 The place we live, the place we dream, the

The Prosperity Hall comes as a family.

place we love indeed. HSBC prosperity Hall.

In this humble building, hundreds of

Feel our strong passion of being in unity

students have lived the name of their name

from hearing residence shout for their

"prosperity" to the most. Known by the

players at the FIFA tournament, Desert

name Prosperians, we residence celebrate

Night, and International Meetup, Mid-

Prosperity from the inside, our connection

autumn and CNY celebration, which

with people, and the knowledge we

strengthen the internal connection between

grasped.

individuals, making Hall 2 a place like home.

This magazine will now lead you all the way through our way to Prosperity.With various

These are just a few to mention. This year's

events full of diversity, life in Hall 2 is never

annual magazine will pack it all up for you,

less interesting. In this magazine, we have

with all the activities in record, and a few

recapped the activities and summarized our

words from our family members.

colorful life of Hall 2. We have the Special Hall Night Talk, Hiking, Internation Night, and other activities

RM & RT INTRODUCTION

2021-2022

RESIDENCE MASTER

DR. RAY CityU HSBC Prosperity Hall is one of the oldest student residence halls in CityU. As shown in the Hall 2 website, we can find the previous 16 historial hall magazines since 2005, and this year we are very proud to announce the 17th issue of the Hall magazine. Special thanks go to the Hall magazine team, resident tutors, resident association and also all the hall residents.

The global pandemic has created new challenges to every one of us on the planet, and it is a valuable learning experience for us to apply technology to tackle this kind of global health problems when our education and business world suffer from significant interruption. We strongly believe that the COVID will be gone, our study and normal daily lives will resume back to normal, and more importantly, the friendship and memories that we have created together in Hall 2 will remain forever.

This is an usual year, apart from the COVID, we also received a number of fraud cases affecting many residents and students in Hong Kong. However, the best way to tackle these kinds of challenges is to have a better education and also understanding of digital literacy in the current era when our human world is in the process of becoming a Metaverse or an fully AI-enabled society.

This is the 4th year that our student leaders in hall 2 have collaborated with other student leaders in CityU for organizing a successful signature "CityHack" Hackathon with a lot of support from our students, academic units and industry partners.

Another flagship event called SPECIAL Talk series, with support from CityU SRO, we are very fortunate to have invited 6 prominent speakers to share the value of S.P.E.C.I.A.L. to our residents. Looking forward, we expect our residents will continue to create new values not only for themselves, but also to care for people in need for a better society at large.

RESIDENCE TUTORS ARMAN

Hi! I'm Arman, a Data Science student from Kazakhstan.

I'm in charge of 1 & 2 floors, Hall facilities, and SPECIAL Hall Night Talk. Monthly inspirational talks with leaders from various industries give inspiration to everyone and push listeners to dream big. By listening to guests, I have discovered many new things and planned my future career. As a member of the Facilities Team, ensuring that facilities are functioning right and helping people feel Hall 2 as a home is a magnificent experience for me. I'm delighted to live in Hall 2 and contribute to the development of residents.

EVELYN Hi, everyone! I’m Evelyn, the Residence Tutor responsible for the 3rd and 4th floors, PEK, hall magazine, and hall signature events. I’m a year4 Biological Science student, and this is my third year in Hall2. For the past two years, I participated in a lot of hall events as a resident. Now I am so glad I can serve as an RT this year. I hope all of you guys can make friends and enjoy your stay in Hall2.

ALEX Hi guys, this is Alex from the RT team!!! I’m Alex, the RT responsible for 5,6/F! This is my third year in hall 2 with a different role, I am in charge of E-sports team and returning issue. There are lots of amazing stuff to do in Hall 2, like having morning tea in Shek Kip Mei, singing karaoke, etc.

Reach me out if you wanna play PS5! Anytime I will be here to chat with you!

YEWON Hello! I'm Yewon, a year 3 Data Systems and Engineering student from South Korea. This is my second year staying in hall 2 and my first year serving as an RT. I'm in charge of the 7th and 8th floors, advocacy, and our hall's IT team. I'm pleased and excited to organize IT workshops and CityHack with IT talents. HSBC Prosperity hall is such a great home with so many amazing opportunities to get involved and discover new interests. I highly recommend going to as many events/activities as you can. You never know who you’ll meet or where it’ll lead you! Please don’t hesitate to come to me for anything you may need!

PETER Hello everyone! I’m Peter, the Residence Tutor who is responsible for the 9th and 10th floors. It is my honour to serve as an RT in Hall 2 this year. Being in charge of the RA, the Go-Global Team, and the disciplinary, I find it marvelous when I am taking up this important role. Hall 2 is a warm place that everyone of you would support each other and participate actively in the events. To be honest, I really enjoy living in this cocoon. It is hoped that you would also enjoy the atmosphere here. If you are looking for a person to chat with and play, I would be here. Bless all of you and wish you have a wonderful stay here.

CLAIRE Hi everyone! I am Claire, the Residence Tutor taking care of the 11th floor. I graduated from CityU years ago, now a firstyear Ph.D. student in Electrical Engineering. Fortunate enough to have spent four years in the student residence, I treasured my time in the community and hope you would enjoy residential life as well.

You are warmly welcomed to join the events held by the hall Undergraduate-Postgraduate (UP) team under my charge.

Our team is working to facilitate communication between undergraduate and postgraduate students and share insights about postgraduate studies with our residents.

2021 - 2022

THE ESSENTIALS RA Council 2022

CHLOE Hello! I am Chloe, the Information Technology Secretary of Essential this year. I am a year 1 student, currently studying in BBA Finance. This is my first year to join the big family of Hall 2. I am looking forward to getting along with all of you in the coming future.

Hall 2 is an enthusiastic place where people can easily get along well with each other. I believe you can definitely meet some new friends and gain lots of remarkable memories in Hall 2. I wish you a fruitful hall life!!

JADA Hello! I am Jada, the General Secretary of Essential, the 18th Residents’ Association Executive Committee of hall 2. I am living on the 6th floor and I am a year 1 student studying Information Systems. Hall 2 is an amazing place for us to meet new friends. Hall 2 is so warm as there is a tight relationship between hall mates.

I enjoy hall life in hall 2 very much.

KADEN Hello!! I am Kaden, the Cultural Secretary of Essential. I am living in 3/f and I am a year 2 student of Electrical Engineering. It is my pleasure to meet you all!!! This is my first year living in Hall2 and it is already my second home. I will work hard for all students from all social backgrounds. I will make our community better and more suitable for all cultures. Please don’t hesitate to find me and play with me!!!

Hope you guys have a wonderful hall life!!

BABIES :Hello!! I am Babies, the External VicePresident of Essential. I live in 3/f and I am studying Social Work Year 1. Nice to meet you all!!! This is my first year living in Hall2. Hall2 is my second home and I have many “family members” here. I really enjoy playing with my friends in hall2!!! Please feel free to find me and play with me!!!

Hope you guys have a healthy and fruitful hall life!! (⁎⁍̴̛ᴗ⁍̴̛⁎)

KENDRA : Hey I’m Kendra from 205B!! I am the Welfare Secretary this year. It’s really nice to meet you all and I believe this is a destiny that we met! In my mind, hall2 is not only a place for sleeping, but also a place where I treat it as my second home.

Being an Exco member in hall2 is indeed a privilege for me! I hope to bring you all an enjoyable hall life and lifelong memories! Feel free to find me whenever you are bored or hungry

WAIKIU : Hello! I’m WaiKiu, the President of Essential. I live in 6/f and major in Information Systems.

It would be my pleasure if you would like to chat with me! (it is not recommended to ask me about anything about academics except if you would like to get an F XD). I think Hall2 is an excellent place for us to enjoy our hall life.

Therefore, I would like to join the Exco and make our residents feel the same! Treasure and enjoy your hall life!

TRACY : Hello, my name is Tracy and I’m a year 1 student studying BA Chinese and History Add bitSecretary of body text (CAH).I’mathelittle Promotion of The 18th Resident’s Association Executive Committee of Hall2. This is my first year living in Hall 2 and we need your support in the upcoming events.

Hope you all have a wonderful and memorable hall life! Love you and see you guys soon.

TERRY Hi, I am Terry!! I am the Public Relations secretary of Essential, the hall RA this year.

Nice to meet you guys in hall 2!! I live in 2/F, so please feel free to find me and play with me, I would love to see you guys!! I am now studying Electrical Engineering, and this is the second year of my study. I love hall 2 so much because I think that the residents of hall 2 are so warm and the atmosphere of hall 2 is so nice to me!! Please enjoy your beautiful hall ‫́•)و‬life in HSBC Prosperity Hall!!! (•̀ᴗ

CHING Hello!! I am Rain, the Sports Secretary of Essential, The 18th Resident’s Association Executive Committee of HSBC Prosperity Hall. I am a Year 1 student who study accounting. You are welcome to find me on 10/F~ I am glad to see you all! Hall2 is a great place with a warm atmosphere, let’s enjoy our hall life together!!

TIFF Hello! I am Tiff, the Recreation Secretary of Essential. I am a year two student who is studying Electrical Engineering. I live in the 2/F, and I hope you guys can find me to play together. I really enjoy living in hall 2 because of the warm atmosphere. Please keep supporting us in the following year. We would provide residents the best hall life as long as we could. I hope you guys enjoy living in Hall 2.

ELLEN : Hi! This is Ellen from 4/F, the Internal Vice President of the Exco this year. I'm a year one student majoring in social work.

Hall 2 is a welcoming environment that makes me feel at ease while allowing me to have fun. I chose to be a member of the Exco because I want you to feel the same way I do! Please feel free to find me to chat, play or have some massage!!

SEBAL Hello! I am Sebal, the Financial Secretary of Essential. I am living in 6/f and I am a year 3 student studying Electrical Engineering. This is my first year living in hall 2 and I am looking forward to the upcoming hall life here. Hall 2 is a place that effuses warmth and hospitality just like your home. Hope you all love to live here and please look forward to our upcoming events.

HALL FACILITIES

GROUND COMMON ROOM

Facilities: Karaoke PS5 Board Games

PIANO ROOM

GYM ROOM

COMPUTER ROOM

READING ROOM

COMMON ROOM

COMMON ROOM

FLOOR MEETING

~ Floor 3 & 4

We introduced ourselves and elected floor representatives and fire marshals. I briefly explained the yearly plan of floor activities. After that, we played a game called 'guess word' (like Charades) for 20~30 min. Hall 2 category was also one of the categories and they could get some more information about our hall.

- Yewon Lee

~ Floor 7 & 8

Floor Meeting

In this first ever Floor meting, new residents take the time to get to know their fellow hall mates and elect floor representatives and fire marshalls.

~ Floor 1 & 2

~ Floor 9 & 10

Floor Meeting

~ Floor 9 & 10

IT

m a e t

p o h s k r o w

By HSBC Propserity Hall (Hall 2)

IT TEAM

HALL 2

On 23 October 2021, the IT Team from HBSC Prosperity Hall (Hall 2) collaborated with CityU Google DSE Club organized a chatbot workshop. This workshop aims to learn how to create a chatbot using google’s DialogFlow platform. 40 people attended

Chatbot Workshop

the workshop - ranging from City University students, Dr. Ray, and students from CityU Google DSE Club.

In the beginning, Ilias from CityU Google DSE Club and Woojang from Hall 2 IT Team, as the speaker of the chatbot workshop, explained how to create the chatbot using Google’s DialogFlow and Qwiklab. The participants pay attention carefully to the explanation given. After that, the participants were given some time to try the tutorial, and some of them successfully were able to do the tutorial based on the explanation given. Towards the end of the workshop, a quiz was arranged using Kahoot, and the winners will be awarded unlimited access of GCP (Google Cloud Platform) for 30 days. At the end of the workshop, the speaker and all of the participants took some pictures together.

IT TEAM

HALL 2

On 13 and 20 November 2021, IT Team Workshop organized a personal portfolio workshop. The workshop aims to introduce participants to developing portfolio websites by using Tailwind

Personal Portfolio Website Workshop

CSS. This workshop was hosted by Jonathan and Vannes, and around 20 people attend the workshop.

In the beginning, Jonathan and Vannes explained how to create the website. The participants pay attention carefully to the explanation given. After that, the participants were given some time to try the tutorial, and some of them successfully was able to do the tutorial based on the explanation given. Towards the end of the workshop, the IT team encourage the participant to join the lucky draw, which is worth HKD 700 Festival Walk Coupon for the 3 lucky winners.

IT TEAM

HALL 2

On 29-30 January 2022, City University launched its fourth event of Cityhack. CityHack is the largest hackathon event in CityU, with aims to break the conventional education and give an opportunity for students to create a “hack” through a collaborative effort. This year, there are four topics covered in CityHack: artificial intelligence, biotech, edutech, and fintech. In

Cityhack

the pre-event, Dr. Ray, Mr. Jens-Peter, and Mr. Anson as the speaker explained the rules and aims of CityHack. The participants listened enthusiastically and asked many questions.

During the event, there are 207 students participated creates 41 competing teams. At the end of this event, there are four teams that finally become the Champion.

Congratulations to the champions!

Rude Kittens Driven by Data Top Models Outliers

Special Hall Night Talk Series

H A L L 2 S P E C I A L H A L L N I G H T T A L K S E R I E S

From Black Hole to the Real World: A Chat with a Researcher Turned CEO The first Special Hall Night Talk was delivered by Dr. Wai-mo Suen on September 29, 2021. Dr. Wai-mo Suen had been working as a professor of theoretical physics at Washington University for more than 20 years, and now he is a founder and a CEO of a Cluster Tech.

H A L L 2

On top of that, with the broadening usage of HPC, he founded ClusterTech to provide HPC services in different areas: Financial Engineering, Business Intelligence, Environmental science, Smart city, etc. Lastly, he finished his speech with how they serve their clients with HPC. At the end of the session, Dr. Wai-mo Suen and the attendants had an active Q&A time. Plenty of attendants left the questions on the chatbox, and the doctor had answered the questions with pleasure.

He mainly shared his own story of how he found ClusterTech. In the beginning, he talked about the blackhole and the study that he had done with his professor. After that, he briefly explained about the Einstein equations to mention High Performance Computing(HPC). .

With HPC, he did gravitational wave research, as a professor at the Washington University.

DR. Wai-mo Suen Founder, Chairman of the Board and CEO of ClusterTech PhD (Physics), California Institue of Techonology (Caltech) Professor of Theoretical Physics at Washington University and an honorary professor of the CUHK Led multi-national supercomputing projects on relativistic astrophysics starting in the 90s Asia Pacific Entrepreneur Awards 2017 Hong Kong, InnoStars Award 2019, IFTA Fintech Achievement Award 2019 - Iconic Star Awardee

S P E C I A L H A L L N I G H T T A L K S E R I E S

H A L L

From Telco to Techco

2 S P E C I A L H A L L N I G H T T A L K

On October 27 2021, Prosperity Hall held a second Special Hall Night both in person and online. The speech was given by Dr. Chung Ng, who is a SVP at the Group CTO office of the HKT/PCCW Group. A significant number of people have come to the session to attend not only from the hall residences but SRO and the public.

DR. Chung Ng A SVP at Group CTO Office of the HKT/PCCW Group, where he's responsible for leading the group's product and technology roadmap and strategic development A supervisor in the machine learning/ artificial intelligence at the Chinese University of Hong Kong

On top of that, Dr. Chung Ng and the attendants had a Q&A session to actively interact. After answering and going through the questions, the attendants and Doctor took a photo to memorize that moment.

11+ years of hands-on strategy and business development experieces in the Tech/Internet sector Management consulting experiences of McKinsey & Company in business Strategy, VClevel due diligence and market analysis BEng and MPhil in Information Engineering from CUHK PhD in Information Engineering from the University of Oxford

S E R I E S

H A L L

Our Journey to Democratising Global Access to Knowledge

2 S P E C I A L H A L L

Ms. Peggy Choi was invited as a speaker of the Third Special Hall Night Talk. She worked in baking and investments in the US and UK for several leading firms.Then she founded Lynk, a global knowledge sharing company, in 2015.

Ms. Peggy Choi picked ‘Our journey to democratizing global access to knowledge’ as her topic. Under her topic, she introduced DIKW-Data, Information, Knowledge, Wisdom-Knowledge Hierarchy which makes us think about the whole information system and know an efficient, cost-effective and scalable way to find credible information.

Also, she briefly talked about her company, Lynk.

N I G H T T A L K

At the end of her speech, she and the audience had an active Q&A session. The audience asked about Lynk, such as why she decided to found her company in Hong Kong other than the other countries, and etc. She answered the questions with pleasure and finished her speech by taking pictures with the audience.

Ms. Peggy Choi CEO and founder of Lynk, a global knowledge sharing company. Lynk has raised USD35 million in total.

On the Gen T list 2021 and 2018 Before starting Lynk, she worked in the US and UK for several leading firms BSc Engineering with Computer Science Major, and BSc Economics at The Wharton School

S E R I E S

H A L L

Anti Scam Talk

2 S P E C I A L

On 24 November 2021, we held the first anti-scam talk through zoom, which conducted by Ms. Wendy Sze in Putonghua.

Sergeant Wendy very kindly introduced some stories of students around us of our ages who were scammed through telecommunication. First she showed a mock recording of a conversation that has a high probability of occurring, which was realistic and visual. Then she talked about the common tricks and scams used by scammers with the mock conversation. All audiences were shocked to hear about such a large amount of fraudulent experiences and listened carefully. Sergeant Wendy talked about the effective methods to meet the telecommunication scam and the words of reply to suspected fraudsters.

Ms. Wendy Sze Sergeant, Hong Kong Police Force

At the end of the night talk, it is Q&A session. Audiences ask many questions which were about their own experiences and sergeant Wendy was very attentive in answering them.

Through this special nigh talk, everyone improved the safety awareness and gained knowledge on anti-scam.

On 5 January 2022, we held the second anti-scam talk through zoom by Ms. Wendy Sze in Putonghua.

With the same session process, students strengthen their knowledge and can be more careful to meet the possible scams.

The end of the year and the run-up to the Lunar New Year are the popular periods for fraudulent activities and these two anti-scam talks are very important for students.

H A L L N I G H T T A L K S E R I E S

H A L L

Asset Management Digitalization

2 S P E C I A L

On February 10 2022, Ms. Fonia Wong was invited to the special hall night talk as a speaker for the topic, asset management digitalization.

She is a co-founder of Hong Kong Digital Asset Society and a senior director of EBSI Private. In addition, she was the top outstanding young people of Hong Kong in 2016.

She started her speech by asking about what do attendants think about asset management digitalization. After that, she shared her own story of childhood, talking about immigration from China, her academics, language, etc. It was impressive that she shared her ideas and thoughts of academics, personal developments, and experiences. She came up with the asset management, investment banking, and opportunities and wrapped up her speech by answering the questions that attendants were asked for and were curious about.

H A L L N I G H T

It was a great and meaningful time to get a special hall night talk from her about asset management digitalization, which was an unfamiliar topic for most of the attendants. However, with her own anecdote, it was interesting and easy to understand asset management digitalization.

Ms. Fonia Wong Co-founder of Hong Kong Digital Asset Society Senior Director, EBSI Private 2016 Hong Kong Ten Outstanding Young People, Junior Chamber International BA Marketing at PolyU

T A L K S E R I E S

PEK CUP PROFESSOR EDMOND KO CUP

“In running, it doesn’t matter whether you come in first, in the middle of the pack, or last. You can say, ‘I have finished.’ There is a lot of satisfaction in that.”

— Fred Lebow, New York City Marathon co-founder

The athletic meet took place on October 17, 2021. There were a total of 11 athletes participating in this event. Everyone worked hard and ran at their best.

ATHLETIC MEET

The PEK Inter-hall Table tennis Competition was on 13th November 2021 (Sat). The first match against Hall 2 was Hall 6 in MFH-C. Sadly, Hall 2 lost the first round and did not make it to the next round.

TABLE TENNIS COMPETITION

Lunar New Year Celebration Chinese New Year is one of the biggest holidays, and one of the few that college students get days off from classes. Most of the times students would go to meet family or explore the region but due to the pandemic, many were not able to. To make up for this, Hall 2 planned a party to celebrate the year of the tiger on the 1st of February 2022.

Every resident in the hall was invited from the resident master and his family to the students on each floor. The main draw to the party was the food prepared for it. As per tradition, New Year Cake and Chinese dumplings (Jiaozi) were available for people to taste and enjoy. In addition, there were other little snacks and drinks prepared as well for attendees to take and eat. Over 30 people attended the party and partook in sharing of food and games. While this was not how most people traditionally celebrated the lunar new year, the time spent with other hall 2 residents and the food shared made for a fun afternoon.

PUBG TOURNAMENT

WINNERS DRAKEN JESSE VICTOR MIMI SUKI RAIN

FIFA TOURNATMENT

HK TECH 300

On 10 September 2021, City University of Hong Kong organized a briefing about the HK Tech 300 program. HK Tech 300 is an entrepreneurship program that encourages students to launch their own start-up companies. 97 people attended the briefing - ranging from City University of Hong Kong students, alumni, and research staff; (this program was exclusively made for City University), Dr. Ray from HSBC Prosperity Hall’s Master; and Mr. Thomas Chan and Mr. Kwok Tsung Yeung from City University as the host of the briefing.

In the beginning, Mr. Chan and Mr. Kwok explained the aims and vision of this program through a video. Then, they explained more about the advantages and benefits of joining this program.

Furthermore, they also talk about the training that will be given in the program and run-down period. Therefore the participants can be prepared and pay attention to the selection in this program. Towards the end of the talk, many participants excitedly asked the speakers regarding the details and requirements of the eligibility, training, and the funds that will be given by City University for the launch of the start-up. The speakers answer all the questions clearly and patiently. They also recommended all the applicants to take the training, as there will be many good business and interview tips to be given. At the end of the briefing, some pictures were taken altogether.

UP TEAM Post Exam Hiking After months of studying and weeks of testing, most students are looking for an activity to unwind with and get out into nature with. That’s why the UP Team prepared a post-exam hike on the 17th of December. UP stands for undergraduate-postgraduate and is a new team in Hall 2. It was created by Irfan (Hall 2 tutor 2020-2021) as a way to facilitate communication and cooperation between these two types of students at CityU.

The hike, which lasted for about 1.5 hours was tough and not very beginnerfriendly. It was rough on the participants and even managed to elicit some complaints from the group. However once, at the peak, the group was treated to a spectacular, clear view of Kowloon City. the group spends some time on the top of the mountain, enjoying the fruits of their efforts and bonding with each other.

The hike was organized alongside Hall 8 with the residents master of both Hall 2 and 8 (Dr. Ray and Dr. Alex) helping with inter-hall cooperation. The event was initiated by the UP team and the route was chosen by hall 8 on Fei Nogo Shan. Hiking is common leisure time activity in Hong Kong that allows people some exercise and time with nature. Over 25 residents from halls 2, 8, and 10 participated in the event.

Christmas Party On December 22th, the Christmas party was held for the prosperians in the ground floor common room. As a christmas party, there was a green and red dress code and gift exchange. For the gift exchange, they were able to choose buying angel or evil gifts for their dormmates which made the party more exciting with random gifts. On top of that, not only party food prepared but also a lucky draw was ready for the prosperians: home pad mini, kodak ultra F9 film camera, and innisfree hand cream were ready as prizes. Even though wearing a mask was required because of Covid-19, lots of prosperians had fun and were able to relieve their stress from finals and academics.

PROSPERIAN NIGHT