22 February 2014

2014 BJC Advisory Committee and External Examiners Meeting

2014 BJC Advisory Committee and External Examiners Meeting was held on 22nd February 2014. Prof. Scarlet Tso, Dean, School of Communication, welcomed all advisors and external examiners and extended appreciations to their support for the BJC Programme. Mr. Richard Tsang, Founder and Chairman of Strategic Public Relations Group (“SPRG”) received the letter of appointment from Prof. Scarlet Tso, Dean of School of Communication in the meeting.

Starting from the academic year 2013/14, the committee was composed of six experienced professors and media professionals including Prof. Paul Lee, Dean of Social Science, Chinese University of Hong Kong (“CUHK”); Mr. Ronald Chiu, Executive Director, i-Cable News Limited; Mr. Garmen Chan, Assistant Director (Public Affairs), Wharf Limited; Mr. Chan Cho Biu, Executive Director, Hong Kong Economic Times Holdings Limited; Ms. May Chan, Director (News and Public Affairs) of the Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited and Mr. Richard Tsang, Founder and Chairman of SPRG.

Apart from summarizing the activities organized, students’ performances and graduation employment of 2013 graduates, Prof. Tso shared the development plan of the School with the Advisory Committee and External Examiners. The Advisory Committee and External Examiners provided valuable opinions on training students to be journalism and communication professionals as well as industry trend which were beneficial to the development of the Programme.

The Meeting-cum-Spring Luncheon ended with a campus tour by Prof. Tso, who led the Advisory Committee and External Examiners to the Radio Broadcast Training Centre, Multimedia Training Centre, BJC staff offices and classrooms located at the newly built Academic and Administrative Building (Block D) and campus facilities at Sports and Amenities Centre (Block B).

BJC professors welcomes the advisors and external examiners
Advisors, external examiners and BJC professors share their ideas in the meeting
Mr. Richard Tsang, Founder and Chairman of Strategic Public Relations Group, received the letter of appointment from Prof. Scarlet Tso, Dean of School of Communication
Prof. Scarlet Tso, Dean of the School of Communication, describes the school development and admission status	Prof. James Chang, Administration Head of Department of Journalism & Communication, describes the students’ performance and graduates employment
Prof. Howard Song, Programme Director of BJC Programme, gives a speech	Prof. Meily Cheung, Deputy Programme Director of BJC Programme, provides a brief on academic issues
Dr. Steve Guo provides valuable opinions on the development of BJC Programme	Dr. Chris Shen provides valuable opinions on academic issues
Prof. Chen Ling provides valuable opinions on future development of the School of Communication	Prof. Paul Lee provides valuable opinions on future development of School of Communication
Mr. Chan Cho Biu emphasizes the importance of developing students with knowledge and skills on New Media and Social Media	Mr. Garmen Chan shares the new trend in journalism, communications and social media industry
Mr. Ronald Chiu shares the new trend in journalism and communications industry	Mr. Richard Tsang shares the new trend in PR industry and emphasizes the importance of language skills
Group photo of advisors, external examiners and BJC professors
BJC professors gave a guided tour for the advisors and external examiners to the Radio Broadcast Training Centre, Multimedia Training Centre and BJC TV Studio
Group photos of advisors, external examiners and BJC professors during the working luncheon