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= Rocky LOK |
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Which year and class did you graduate
from?
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I was seen as an "old"
graduate even in the early days of my study (MC for the
EMBA annual conference dinner in 2001, active participant
and member of organizing committee for various activities,
class representative attending the CUMBA AA council meetings,
added to the fact that many of the truly "old graduates"
are my ex-clients, ex-colleagues, ex-college-mates, ex-classmates,
business contacts etc and we know each other well!).
So, in this big family of CUMBA, I was from EMBA 2003.
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Why do you study for the MBA?
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The first time I thought of pursuing
an MBA was in 1990 (You may guess my age!). Due to extensive
traveling and the desire to have further career advancement
and development, I decided to realize the chance only
when I am ready in career and be able to plan for myself
freely (This is exactly the same answer I gave to Professor
MUN and Professor Andrew CHAN during the interview session
in Apr 2001!). CUHK EMBA was the logical choice for me.
Of course, the attraction of Yijing and Chinese Culture
blended with western exposure spoke for everything.
The objective of getting an MBA is two-folds for me, gaining
knowledge and extending my networking capability. |
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Which industry are you now in?
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I am now the Finance Director, Greater
China for a Fortune 500 global food manufacturer that
manufactures daily packaged food consumed by most of us.
You are definitely one of our customers. Thank you for
your support and I trust that you will not ask me for
discounts, as mine are mass products. |
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Would you mind giving us a brief history
of your career life?
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I started my career in the legacy Arthur
Andersen & Co. Upon qualifying and thereafter, I kept
on moving myself up in the career ladder through serving
in different industries and companies, namely family business
for 3 years+, local listed giant for 4 years+, multi-national
luxurious group for 5 years+ (Still calculating my age?).
While being a FCPA in HK and FCCA in UK, I am also a Chartered
Secretary of the HK & UK Institutes. |
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Is there any unforgettable thing about
your career life so far?
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During pre-1997, the prolonged traveling
made me crazy that I needed to think over where I was
every morning when I woke up in order not to miss the
scheduled bus (If the Law of Relativity is true, traveling
could have been the trick that kept me of young looking!).
During post-1997, I was the one giving out piles of lay-off
letters and removing more than ONE HALF of my resources
under the cloud of the Asian crisis / currency turmoil
(Well, this is part of the game of survival!). |
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What is your future plan?
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Making progress in life, career, family,
social circles, personal interest etc, AND Working with
colleagues of the council of the CUMBA AA to bring about
new momentum. |
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Is there any difficulty/problem your
company is facing?
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NO PROBLEM!
What I mean is that there is nothing in the world that
is so difficult that it couldn't be solved. Adopting your
own expectation and tuning the other's expectation so
that an issue is passed and resolved is really a great
piece of art to craft. |
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Is there any future opportunity or
development in your field/company?
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The future developments / opportunities
are blocked by the current issues. Solving them would
allow us to dig those out. |
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What is the most unforgettable thing
during your study in the CUMBA?
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The class of CUHK EMBA 2003 consists
of a wonderful mix of talented musician, designer,
artist, scientist, scholar, sportsman, muscleman, golfer...,
not to mention the fact that all of them are successful
businesspersons in their own right. I am proud of being
a part of this class.
The 2-year period was always unforgettable.
30+ of us went out for a golf game in the first night.
We had our own Yahoo e-group set up in the first week
(Still maintaining hundreds of mails every month nowadays,
added to the sharing of photos, files etc!). We had the
Sep 11 in the first month (Top tier media professional
in class of EMBA 2003 reporting on-site in New York!).
We then had complaints in class in the first quarter
(Nonetheless resulting in an extremely excellent learning
environment thereafter!). We then had an elevated learning
atmosphere in the end of the first half the year
(More than 25 out of 40+ were submitting their completed
homework for sharing without cheating!). We then had a
study tour to Shanghai General Motor, Stock Exchange,
and City Planning Bureau in the end of the first year
(Yes, more than ONE HALF were attending!).
Into the second year, we were recognized as the
noisiest class! We then encountered SARS in Hong Kong
in the last half of the year (Many of us were exempted
from traveling, thanks to SARS in HK SAR and elsewhere!).
We overcome that in the last quarter and was the
only class in town on Apr 4, 2003 Friday (Or probably
the only class in Asia!)(We insisted for a lecture on
that "Children's Day" while the whole Hong Kong
was suspended for any classes from Mar 26, 2003 to Apr
6, 2003! This could have been the last class on "Children's
Day" for this group of "children"! We ended
with Pizzas and Drinks in the Town Center with strict
discipline in cleanliness, tidiness and hygiene!). We
also had our Graduation / Teacher Appreciation Dinner
in the last month (More than half of the class
were part of the Organizing Committee and the other half
was assigned a tough task of attending the lecture before
the Dinner!). Towards the last week, we had the
most enjoyable study week in Seoul of South Korea where
we were well treated at diplomatic level by the Seoul
Municipal Government (Such a trip was nearly completely
frustrated by SARS! But we succeeded in over-coming all
obstacles and made it happened!). Towards the very last
days, we (in Seoul) received the news of great changes
in the Hong Kong SAR Government earlier than the general
public in Hong Kong (Thanks to the media professional
in class!).
Together, extra-ordinary people like us had led a wonderful
class in two venues, the Tsimshatsui and Central Town
Centers, and ended the course with wonderful classes,
all of which are un-forgettable. |
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What is your hobby?
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I am also a part time professional
musician (What I mean is that we are playing as a group
professionally while still being professional manager
by career). You are invited to visit (http://home.netvigator.com/~cblau/khq/members.html#LYK).
We are still performing a number of times professionally
in Hong Kong and overseas every year. Occasionally, I
was featured as a soloist in various occasions, local
and overseas.
Apart from Music, PC computing, reading, swimming and
hiking are my favorites. |
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What is your view of the coming development
of HK?
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Getting away from the down turn, resuming
the energy and build another height. |
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Is there anything more
you want to share with readers?
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I could be reached at rockylok@alumni.cuhk.net.
Write to us (aa-cumba@alumni.cuhk.edu.hk)
and the Council of CUMBA AA will continue to cater for
your needs and serve you well... |
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