The Warwick Graduates’ Association Hong Kong (WGAHK) held its 10th Anniversary Cocktail Reception on Saturday 27th March 2004. The event, held at British Council Hong Kong, was well attended by over 100 guests & alumni.

The reception was co-hosted by Professor David VandeLinde, Vice-Chancellor of University of Warwick and Miss Yvonne Leung, current Chairman of WGAHK. The fact that Professor & Mrs VandeLinde could join the reception after only getting off a long flight 4 hours prior to the start of the reception was certainly a strong spirit booster to WGAHK.

WGAHK was honoured to have Professor VandeLinde, Miss Yvonne Leung and our Guests of Honour – Ms Elsie Leung, Secretary for Justice, HKSAR Government, Dr. David Li, Chairman/CEO of Bank of East Asia, and Mr. Andrew Millburn, Deputy Director of British Council Hong Kong – delivering opening speeches for us.
　

Link to speech by [ Ms Elsie Leung ] or [ Dr. David Li ]

The speeches were followed by a ribbon cutting ceremony, which symbolised the start of the celebration year. More anniversary celebration events have been planned with the main event being the grand annual dinner which will be held on 4 December and a WGAHK 10th anniversary souvenir book is being prepared to be published at the same time.

After the ribbon cutting ceremony, Professor VandeLinde presented the Certificates of Appreciation to 10 graduates for their continuous support and valuable contributions to WGAHK. These graduates include past and present Chairmen of WGAHK and those who have served the WGAHK executive committee for 10 years. He also presented a gift from Warwick Graduates’ Association to WGAHK, which was accepted by our Chairman Miss Yvonne Leung.

WGAHK was very pleased with the turnout rate of the reception as well as the mix of participants. Besides graduates, there were current & ex Warwick staff, current Hong Kong students (who were back for the Easter Holiday), current UK students (who were here on an exchange programme), school counsellors, representatives of other alumni associations etc.

From its beginning as a small but eager group, WGAHK has now developed into one of the most active UK alumni associations in Hong Kong. We believe that a tight network and a strong fraternity among our graduates here will provide an essential environment for the association to continue to grow and flourish.