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A Cocktail Reception At The Consulate’s Residence in October 2022

The representative of SMU alumni, Jimmy Ho, was lucky enough to be invited by the Consul General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao, Ms. Rachael Bedlington, to a Cocktail Reception for Heads of Canadian University Alumni Associations in Hong Kong. The reception was held on Thursday, October 13 at the Official Residence of Canada in Mid-levels.

The balcony of the residence has a spectacular view of the northern part of the Hong Kong Island.

All attendees had been asked to undertake a Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) before attending the event to confirm their negative status. This was the first event held by the Consul General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao for Heads of Canadian University Alumni Associations since the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic. This is a good sign and I am hoping that the pandemic will soon come to an end.

The reception was officially started by a speech delivered by the Consul General to all attendees.

One important announcement made by the Consul General Rachael Bedlington was the Canada-in-Asia Conference, organized by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) and Universities Canada, that will be held in Singapore from February 21-23, 2023.

It was subsequently stated in an email from the Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Service of Consulate General of Canada that the Conference will aim to engage 30+ university presidents and up to 500 participants — Asia-based alumni invited by their respective Canadian universities and key leaders from Canada and Asia in business and government — in a program combining keynote and inter-disciplinary plenary sessions, concurrent thematic activities based on priority sectors for Canada, strategic networking opportunities, and an evening gala event, followed by a series of activities organized by each participating university or organization with their respective community.

The Consul General of Canada, Rachael Bedlington, was accompanied by alumni of universities in the Maritime Provinces.

Here we are from Left: Henry Chong (University of New Brunswick), Charmaine Cheng (Mount Alison University), Jimmy Ho (SMU) and Joe Su (Dalhousie University)

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Upcoming Event

FINAL CALL

The SMU Alumni Hong Kong Chapter has now been officially set up. To mark such an occasion and to celebrate the Chinese New Year, we cordially invite all alumni, presently working or residing in Hong Kong, to attend the following Cocktail Reception of the SMU Alumni Hong Kong Chapter :

Date: Friday, 21st February, 2014

Time: 6:30 pm – 9 :00pm

Place: The Helena May, 35 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong.

Cost: HK$ 250 per person

(Full Bar Services with finger foods will be served between 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.)

RSVP: Miss Dora Lau (Email: [email protected] or use the Contact Form on the menu of this website)

Please give your full name, year of graduation, contact phone number and same details of other alumni who will be attending as soon as possible.

Time flies, memories stay. We all would like to share our sweet and bitter memories of SMU and Halifax. Please do come.