Bulletin No. 1, 2024

2 0 2 4 N o .1 02 Brilliant six decades revisited 04 Diamond jubilee celebrations and milestones 14 A ‘diamond jubilee’ for veteran alumna Lina Yan’s six decades of dedication to her alma mater 20 Selections from CUHK 60th Anniversary Oral History Project 22 Rising to tough challenges —Ambrose King Yeo-chi 26 Humble beginnings —Kenneth Young 30 When genius means more than a piece of paper —Yau Shing-tung 34 Where the heart lives —Serena Jin Sheng-hwa 38 Serving the temple of learning —Chau Yuan-weng 41 Child of CUHK who paid it forward as ‘Chung Chi Nanny’ —Yau Yuk-yau 44 Audio-visual help at the ready —Ho Yuk-wing 47 The watchful guardian of CUHK behind the scenes —Chan Shu-pui 50 Appointments Advisory Committee on Chinese University Bulletin Professor Ho Che-wah Ms Kitty Yu Mr Laurie Pearcey Mr Daniel Cheng Professor Anthony Fung Ying-him Ms Lavender Cheung Professor David Huddart Mr Gary Cheung Professor Lai Pan-chiu Address all correspondence to Communications and Public Relations Office, CUHK, Sha Tin, N.T., Hong Kong SAR, The People’s Republic of China E-mail cpr@cuhk.edu.hk Contents