President
Prof. Simon S.M. Ho
Director of Student Affairs
Dr. CHEUNG Pui Sze
New Student Welcome Day 2023
President’s Welcome Message
Dear New Students,
Welcome to the HSUHK family! I would like to express my heartiest congratulations to you embarking on a new learning journey at HSUHK.
The theme of this year’s New Student Orientation is “HSUnity”. The word “Unity” signifies solidarity with a shared team spirit. HSUnity represents that all HSUHK members, including staff and fellow students, will be with you throughout your learning journey in HSUHK. In the coming four years, you will find diverse learning opportunities in this vibrant community and enjoy a fruitful campus life.
The post-pandemic world is undergoing unprecedented changes. Different parts of the world are actively promoting technological innovation. Breakthroughs in technology bring us both infinite possibilities and challenges. For example, the recent emergence of ChatGPT, a generative artificial intelligence (AI) chat tool, is a double-edged sword that can both benefit and harm us. It should be used correctly for the benefit of human society. I believe the purpose of university education is not only to provide students with professional knowledge and skills so that they can find a job after graduation. What is more important is to cultivate their personal values, interests, potential and transferable competencies so that they become well-rounded and responsible global citizens, who can handle challenges confidently in their future work and life and find meaning and a sense of fulfillment.
As a private liberal-arts-oriented university, HSUHK believes that its unique “Liberal + Professional” education model can nurture the following five core humanistic qualities (5Cs) in our students: (1) Critical Thinking; (2) Creativity; (3) Communication and Collaborations; (4) Caring Attitude; and (5) Continuous Active Learning. These abilities and attitudes are hard to be replaced by AI machines.
I encourage you to make the most of the learning opportunities, resources and facilities at HSUHK, such as engaging in international exchanges or internships, joining student associations, participating in service learning, independent research projects, residential college life, etc. These experiences will widen your horizon, help you explore your potential and build your personal values.
I hope you will enjoy your university life to the fullest and thrive in HSUHK’s caring learning atmosphere. Wishing you a happy and fruitful learning journey!
Simon S.M. Ho
President
恒大迎新日 2023
校長歡迎辭
各位新同學：
歡迎加入恒大的大家庭！我衷心恭賀你們在恒大開展新的學習旅程。
今年恒大的迎新主題是“HSUnity”，Unity意指團結一致、上下一心。HSUnity 即象徵恒大各師生，將會於未來的大學旅程與你結伴同行。在未來四年裏，你們將在這個充滿活力的社群找到多元學習機會和享受豐富多彩的校園生活。
疫情後的世界正經歷着前所未有的大變局，全球各地都積極推動科技創新。突破性的科技為人類帶來無限可能和挑戰。例如近期興起的生成式人工智能(AI) 聊天工具ChatGPT ，是一把雙刃劍，有喜有憂，必須正確使用造福人類社會。我認為大學教育的目的，不僅是讓學生獲得專業知識和技術，以及在畢業後找到工作，更重要是培養學生的個人價值觀、志趣、潛能和可轉移的共通能力，讓他們成為全面和負責任的世界公民，能自信地處理未來工作和生活中的挑戰，找到意義和滿足感。
恒大作為一所以博雅教育為主導的私立大學，深信其獨特的「博雅 + 專業」教育模式，能培養學生具備明辨思維、創新力、人際溝通與協作、人文關懷及持續主動學習五項核心人文素質。這些都是AI難以取代的能力與態度。
我鼓勵同學充分利用恒大的教學資源、設施和學習機會裝備自己。例如參與國際交換生計劃或工作實習、學生團體工作、服務學習、獨立研究項目、體驗住宿書院生活等。這些經歷不但能拓闊視野，還有助你探索個人潛能，建立自我價值。
希望同學盡情享受大學生活，在恒大關愛的學習氛圍下蛻變成長，
祝願你們有一個愉快和充實的學習旅程！
校長
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歡迎各位加入香港恒生大學的大家庭！
本年度的迎新活動主題具繼往開來的意味，既承接去年「HSUnity」這主題，同時開啟了新篇章 – 「Wisdom（智）」。
「HSUnity – Wisdom」這主題在於展現恒大是一個多元與共融的知性社群。
我們欣賞多樣性、重視每個人的聲音、同時也視每位「恒大人」的經歷為集體成長的力量。
我們獲取知識，累積智慧。在這個人工智能的新世代，能夠展現出辨別是非、堅守道德價值觀並具創意地善用科技的智慧尤為重要。
《玩轉腦朋友2》是近期很受歡迎的電影之一，當中對於情感在生活中的角色很有啟發性。智慧不僅僅是智力上的成長，它還包括理解和認識我們的情感世界，是智力和情感成長結合。每種情感，不論是快樂、悲傷、恐懼、憤怒、厭惡、嫉妒、尷尬還是厭倦，都有其目的和價值。在恒大，相信你會遇到許多新的挑戰，好好地感受和認識你的情感，讓它們成為理解自己的鑰匙。我們會在每一步中支持你，見證你的蛻變。
智慧來自對知識的追尋、來自對各種觀點的反思、來自對每個經歷和情感的學習。擁抱挑戰，勇於探索。期盼大家不僅在學術上有所得着，還能成為一個明智、具關懷心和全面發展的人。
在恒大，讓我們一起創造屬於大家的共同經歷。
