On April 27, about 200 teachers and students attended the DBM 2011/12 High Table Dinner and Mentor Caring Programme Closing Ceremony.

Ms. Shih and members of UIC

The guest speaker, Ms. Edith Shih, is the Head Group General Counsel (since 1993) and Company Secretary (since 1997) of a Fortune 500 company Hutchison Whampoa Limited. At Hutchison, she heads a team of over 250 lawyers and 50 company secretarial executives, stationed in 21 countries, overseeing all legal, regulatory and corporate secretarial affairs of the group. She also acts as director and company secretary of a number of Hutchison companies, including listed companies in Hong Kong, London, Australia and Singapore. Prior to joining the Hutchison Group, Ms. Shih was in private practice as a solicitor in a major local law firm.

Ms. Shih delivering speech

Ms. Edith Shih shared her lively experiences as a student and her career development afterwards. She encouraged students to follow their hearts while choosing study and work in life. She sang a lovely song "Over the Rainbow" to summarize her speech then asked students to name her speech.

Prof. Stella Cho presented a souvenir to Ms. Edith Shih

Prof. Cho showed her high regard for Ms. Edith Shih's achievements and hoped that students can always keep passionate about life and pursuing their dreams like Ms. Shih.

reporter: Effie Guo, Luke Choi photo: Joan Huang

editor: Sze Ying Cheong (from DBM)