21 March 2015

2015 BJC Programme Advisors and External Examiners Meeting

2015BJC Programme Advisors andExternal Examiners Meeting was held on 21 March 2015. ProfessorScarlet Tso, Dean, School of Communication, welcomed all advisors and externalexaminers and extended appreciations to their support for the BJC Programme.

The committee was composed of six experienced professors andmedia professionals including Professor Paul Lee, Professor, School of Journalism and Communication, 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 KongEconomic Times Holdings Limited; Ms May Chan, Director (News and PublicAffairs) of the Hong Kong Commercial Broadcasting Company Limited and MrRichard Tsang, Founder and Chairman of SPRG.

Professor Tso introduced the development of BJC’sprogramme andsummarised the academic and student activities, details of internship programme, and employment situationof graduates. She also shared the development plan of the School and the preparation of BJC programme re-validation in early 2016 with the Programme Advisors and ExternalExaminers. They provided valuable opinions on trainingstudents to be journalism and communication professionals as well as industrytrend which are beneficial to the development of the programme.

Dean of School of Communication, Professor Scarlet Tso and Head of Department of Journalism and Communication, Mr James Chang introduced BJC programme and development of School of Communication

Advisors, external examiners and BJC professors shared their ideas in the meeting

Professor Scarlet Tso, Dean of the School of Communication, described the school development and admission status

Mr James Chang, Head of Department of Journalism and Communication, explained the preparation of the new programme

Dr Meily Cheung, Assistant Professor of BJC, reported student’s internship programme

Dr Sammy Hu, Assistant Professor of BJC, discussed details of the programme re-validation in the coming year

Dr Steve Guo provided valuable opinions on the development of BJC Programme

Dr Chris Shen provided valuable opinions on academic issues

Professor Chen Ling provided valuable opinions on future development of the School of Communication

Professor Paul Lee provided valuable opinions on future development of School of Communication

Mr Chan Cho Biu emphasised the importance of developing students’ global visual

Mr Garmen Chan shared his view towards business industry

Mr Ronald Chiu shared the new trend in journalism and communications industry

Mr Richard Tsang shared the new trend in PR industry and emphasised the importance of language skills

Group photo of advisors, external examiners and BJC professors

Group photo of advisors, external examiners and BJC professors during the working luncheon