Bulletin No. 2, 2020

From Doctor-Scholar to Leader-Communicator   7  On his first working day as Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sung held receptions for staff and students to chat and exchange views and ideas. He set up a blog to share his thoughts with members of the University and the public. In the first post, entitled ‘The Values and Ideas of University Education’, he wrote, ‘The duties of a Vice-Chancellor should be centred on educating students and identifying research talent. To identify and nurture talent, you have to first understand what students and teachers think and need. I am willing to listen to teachers and students, and communicate with them with mutual respect and trust.’ Professor Sung is clear about what qualities he envisages for the model student: an individual with humanistic values, integrity and the ability to think independently, a person who leaves no stone unturned and has the right mindset in the pursuit of knowledge, someone who cultivates the self and sets an example for others, and is conscious about serving society and protecting the environment. It is a tall order but it is a challenge that Professor Sung is more than eager to take on and he seizes every opportunity to engage and challenge them. It is face-to-face interaction that he finds most stimulating. He has been making acquaintances with new students and colleagues every day since he assumed the vice-chancellorship and has even taken opportunities to participate in campus events. A photograph of Professor Sung shows him seated on the floor in an orange shirt, surrounded by students, smiling and eyes fixed on something higher up in the distance. It had been barely two weeks into his office, and he had invited all staff and students of the University to watch the World Cup Final with him at the University Mall. One would assume from the colour