14 November 2016Dear fresh graduates of LT,
Invitation to participate at LT Graduation Dinner 2016 November 25
Congratulations to you, alumni of LT for your hard work in the past years. I wish you all well in starting your career. This year we will see you in the graduation ceremony on the 26th of November. Kenneth, Richard and I would like to organize the LT Graduation Dinner 2016 on November 25 (Friday) since the graduation day may best be shared with your family. This event was organized for the first time last year and we had a very good turn-out rate. We got 5 tables then. It aims at celebrating the graduation of our fresh graduates (BALLT, BATI and MALS of the class 2016, and Ph. D. holders). We also want to invite all teachers to share your joyous graduation.
LT is a big family. Our alumni work in all different fields in society, here and out of Hong Kong. We treasure the time we had the honor to spend together with you, and we will like to build up a life-long relationship with you after your graduation. We want you to share your time with us that evening, if not in other LT seminars and Alumni Association activities. Let us establish another good and long-lasting tradition for all of us.
Life is a long journey and we as teachers are proud to stay by your side during your years of growth, both mentally and academically. Now, your willingness to come back to LT will be a good sign that we will keep you company and you ours in the long march yet to be accomplished. We welcome you all and we are looking forward to seeing many of you soon!
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Date: November 25, 2016 (Friday) Time: 7:00 – 10:00p.m. Venue: City Chinese Restaurant (城大中菜廳), 8th Floor, Amenities Building, City University of Hong Kong Cost: HKD 220.00 per head for all participants (including teachers) |
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Payment Method: Please deposit HK$220 by ATM to the account 293-318028-006 (account holder: City University of Hong Kong) of Hang Seng Bank Limited (bank code 024) on or before 13 18 November 2016 (Friday) 5:00pm. Then send an email to Ms. Grace Lau of LT Department (grace.lau@cityu.edu.hk) with a photo of the pay-in slip and the following information marked on the COVER of the pay-in slip also by 18 November 2016 (Friday):
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Best wishes,
Caesar Lun
LT Alumni Coordinator
16 December 2015Dear alumni,
The College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences would like to know if the alumni of our Departments have received any awards in the past two years (i.e. between 2014 and 2015). Such information will be useful for the College Editorial Board to prepare an alumni series in the College Magazine in order to praise our alumni for their achievements, and also our department for its teaching excellence.
If you have any award to report, could you please get back to ctsso@cityu.edu.hk by 28 Dec 2015 with the full English name, ex-student ID number, and the name of the award(s) received.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Mr. Steven So (x7593) for details.
Thank you very much and wish you a Merry Christmas!
藺蓀
LT Alumni Coordinator
30 November 2015
各位同學、老師：大家好！
劉美君系主任、區劍龍老師和我以及各位出席的老師衷心感謝各位校友的支持，參加了昨天首次舉辦的畢業生聚餐和校友團聚晚會。我們聚集了學系四次更名後11 個不同班級的校友，濟濟一堂，歡度了一個難得的夜晚。感謝黃文漢幫我們做司儀，還有其他校友義務幫我們籌集禮物、抽獎、照相等等。校友們的熱情反映了大家對老師、學系和大學的感情，讓我們當老師的感到無上的光榮、萬分的欣慰。通過香港城市大學，我們變成了一家人，可以互相扶持，互相鼓勵，共同進步的，溫情永存的一家人。我很感恩。同學的情誼是我們做老師最大的精神回報，越久越醇，而絕不是像我們的薪金一樣，很快就隨風而逝，gone with the wind。
通常校友會給人的印象是：同學在事業上若不成功，便永不相見，那是一個勢利的、炫富的場所，大家有機會認識其他的校友，或許也能增強自己的社會關係以及增加連帶的切身利益。當然，我不覺得這種常態是錯誤的，只是不夠美好，也絕不理想。我們希望各位校友能夠珍惜同窗之誼；我們希望大家繼續關心學術；我們希望大家知道他們從大學教育中得到的不只是一紙畢業證書，還有一輩子的情誼和對真理的追求。這份同窗的情誼，讓他們明白世上還有值得期盼的溫情；這種真理的追求，讓他們在亂世之中能夠穩定心神，知所進退。還有，我們希望他們明白，人生的過程，其實就是一個延續生命的文化傳承過程。生命永不止歇；文化繼續發揚光大，因為我們一代一代人樂於傳承自己認為珍貴的精神和價值；我們互相扶持，相濡以沫，共同把社會、國家和世界推向至善。
說開場白的時候我說我希望將來我們的大學能夠變成私立大學，因為怕耽誤大家的時間聽我癡人說夢，所以我沒有解說一番。我沒說的是，我們香港城市大學位於達之路上，我私心以為這是有玄機的。將來，我們的教育如能真正的成功，校友如果覺得他們的成就有賴於大學的栽培，我相信我們一定可以做到像美國的著名私立大學一樣，光靠校友的捐款就可以擺脫經濟上對政府的依賴，對排名的癡迷，我們可以根據教育的最高目標“己達達人”進行真、善、美的教育。希望那時的學生也不會是只關注手機和成績的學生就好了。達之路上的達之大學，不是非常美妙的暗示嗎？校友們，這就是我的城大夢，說出來讓你們見笑了！但是，有話不好好說，那又不是我的作風了。好，希望大家保持聯繫，互相提攜，共同進步！祝大家週末愉快！萬事順意！有空常回來大學走走，也參加我們一些校友的活動！
藺蓀
LT Alumni Coordinator
29 October 2015 (Updated: 16 November 2015)
Dear fresh graduates and other AL, CTL alumni,
Invitation to participate at LT Graduation Dinner and Alumni Reunion 2015
It is my pleasure to announce a new initiative in the Department of Linguistics and Translation (also formerly known by you as Dept. of Languages, Dept. of Applied Linguistics, Dept. of Chinese, Translation & Linguistics depending on your years with us), LT Graduation Dinner and Alumni Reunion 2015. This event aims at celebrating the graduation of our fresh graduates (BAL, BATI and MALS of the class 2015, and Ph. D. holders). We also want to invite all our alumni that are available that evening to come for reunion with us, the teachers, and your new associates.
LT is a big family. Our alumni work in all different fields in society, here and out of Hong Kong. We treasure the time we had the honor to spend together with you, and we will like to build up a life-long friendship and sense of belonging with you after graduation. We want you to share your time with us at least once a year, if not in other LT and Alumni Association activities. Let us establish another good and long-lasting tradition for all of us. Kenneth and I were inspired by the attendance rate of the 30th Anniversary Home-return reunion on 30 November 2014 where we had more than 80 people. We dream that one day we will have to move to the Hong Kong Convention Center to hold this celebration.
Life is a long journey and we as teachers are proud to stay by your side during your years of growth, both mentally and academically. Now, your willingness to come back to LT will be a good sign that we will keep you company and you ours in the long march yet to be accomplished. Do join us, if not with your presence, at least with your heart! We welcome you all and we are looking forward to seeing many of you soon!
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Date: November 27, 2015 (Friday) Time: 7:00 – 10:00p.m. Venue: City Chinese Restaurant (城大中菜廳), 8th Floor, Amenities Building, City University of Hong Kong Cost: HKD 180.00 per head for all participants (original cost: $224) |
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Payment Method: Please deposit HK$180 by ATM to the account 293-318028-006 (account holder: City University of Hong Kong) of Hang Seng Bank Limited (bank code 024) on or before 13 20 November 2015 (Friday) 5:00pm. Then send an email to Mr. Steven So of LT Department (ctsso@cityu.edu.hk) with a photo of the pay-in slip and the following information marked on the COVER of the pay-in slip also by 13 November 2015 (Friday):
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Best wishes,
Caesar Lun
LT Alumni Coordinator
15 September 2015Dear alumni friends,
Not long ago, we gathered together with some of you to celebrate CityU’s 30th anniversary.
Flourishing in various fields, you have proven excellent evidence to the development of our department (now renamed as Department of Linguistics and Translation, LT < CTL) and inspiration to current students. For our current students and future students, we are now calling for your help with promoting our internship programme. I hope we can reply on your support as always for fruitful internship experience for our LT students.
Our department has been striving to secure partnership with local and international companies and organizations to provide our students with diverse opportunities in the summer semester to gain real life working experience. Currently we have established partnership with more than 30 companies and NGOs in Hong Kong, the Mainland, and Taiwan. We intend to secure more internship partnership so that more LT students can benefit from knowledge application in workplaces. So, we are now calling for your support to recommend potential internship partners.
If you are confident or see the possibility that LT students would fit as interns in your company/organization, please help us submit an intent of collaboration to your company/organization, and we will follow up afterwards.
If you wish to get more information on the internship programme, you may visit our official website at http://internship.lt.cityu.edu.hk, and also our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/LTintern.CityU. You may also contact us by calling 34426546 (Ms. Joey Wong), or 34426267 (Dr. LI Bin).
Dr. LI BIN
LT Internship Coordinator
11 December 2014On the 30th of November, 2014, Department of Linguistics and Translation hosted an Alumni Reunion Luncheon at City Top and 87 alumni and professors participated. The food was great and the atmosphere was even greater, with Andy Wong (BAAL) and Christine Leung as MC’s. Special thanks are also due to Christine Leung (BALS), Mandy Cheung (BATI) and other alumni, in appreciation of their meticulous preparatory efforts on-site and before. Joshua Tsui (BALS), Leo Cheung (BACHM), and Tin Wong (BATI) recorded these memorable moments with their photographic skills. Prof. Hon Chan, Acting Head and Dr. Peppina Lee, Assistant Head also joined the event. So did our cherished Mr. Tom Lai who has just started to enjoy his retirement.
After the first round of food, a slide show of historic photos brought back many sweet memories to us: from the transformation of City Polytechnic into CityUHK, to the different phases of development of our department. There were table prizes and free gifts donated by the Alumni’s Office and the alumni enjoyed around 2 hours of happy reunion together. The bondage of the department was never stronger among the graduates. In future, hopefully, our strong ties with the alumni will help us in getting more valuable career talks and internship places for our present students.
Caesar and Kenneth
Organizers
