Bulletin No. 1, 2024

Ho Yuk-wing joined the University Instructional Media Services in 1983 and is now technician of the Audio- Visual Division. One of the founding members of the Staff Football Club, he still sits on its board 30 years on. In 2019, he was conferred the 35-year Long Service Award. P R O F I L E events. Ho and his colleagues also provided student activities with technical support and equipment. The workload was lighter and the pace more relaxed in those days, he said, there being only Chung Chi, New Asia and United Colleges to serve. On the teaching side, the technicians’ main job was to duplicate audio and video tapes as part of the Instructional Media Services’ role of producing class material. Owing to their good work, language teaching units were able to play audio tapes of Cantonese, Mandarin, French, Spanish and German in class. Among the frequent users of their service was the New Asia–Yale-in-China Chinese Language Centre, now known as the Yale–China Chinese Language Centre. Another duty was to print overhead transparencies—plastic sheets to place on the projector—for teachers and students. The early 1980s was a time when electric trains were replacing Hong Kong’s diesel locomotive fleet. Kowloon-Canton Railway Corporation was on an electrification drive, and the change, a transport milestone for the city, coincided with the start of Ho Yuk-wing’s job at CUHK. Thanks to the technological advancement, he would hop on the new electrified rail service every day for a short ride from home in Fanling to campus. Right from the beginning, Ho was mesmerised by the unassuming natural beauty and tranquillity of the University. He says: “It was an unforgettable scene; the blooming rhododendrons were so beautiful. Flowers of the bauhinia blakeana and bauhinia variegata were lining the University Mall. Coupled with the rhododendrons in springtime, the campus made for a magnificent sight.” His work was at the University Instructional Media Services, making videos of large ceremonies, academic conferences and other Ho Yuk-wing Audio-visual help at the ready 44   Chinese University Bulletin | Ho Yuk-wing