Ontario Hong Kong Alumni Association 2024 Event Day and Dinner

The Hong Kong Joint Universities Alumni Ontario, abbreviated as HKJU, has held an annual joint event and dinner for nine universities on Saturday, October 12, 2024.

The competitive friendly match will be held from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Wan Min Wesleyan Center (22 Esna Park Drive, Markham), and the dinner will be held at the Purple Knight Gold Banquet in Wan Kam Market.

The opening ceremony was held at 11 am on that day, and alumni from various universities gathered in the front hall of the Wan Min Theatre (22 Esna Park Drive) and lined up to enter. Over 150 alumni and media participated.

The current rotating host institution is the Ontario Alumni Association of the University of Hong Kong, led by President Margaret Law and Co Chair Tim Cheng. This year's event mainly focuses on sports competitions, including table tennis, basketball, badminton, and Pickleball, and has added a bridge observation tournament this year.

The competitions will start at 1pm, and nine universities will be divided into two groups: red and blue. The red group includes HKBU, Zhuhai College, HKU, Lingnan University, and HKUST. The Blue Group includes CUHK, CityU, Polytechnic University, and Shue Yan University. More than 150 athletes have registered to participate. The dinner will start at 7 pm, featuring performances from various universities to enhance the atmosphere, rotation of the current and next president's institutions, and lucky draws. The number of participants in the dinner exceeded 250 and was sponsored by the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office.

HKJU was founded in 2000 and this year marks its 25th edition. Initially, HKJU had five alumni associations, which later increased to seven and has since grown to nine in recent years, The original intention of the establishment of HKJU was to encourage alumni associations of various Hong Kong colleges and universities overseas to connect and help each other, regardless of age, college, department, etc., and to promote the spirit of Lion Rock. Alumni from various universities serve new immigrant alumni to help them adapt to the new environment as soon as possible.

This summer, HKJU held a joint school trip, and over 150 people spent a pleasant weekend. If alumni of the nine Hong Kong tertiary institutions mentioned above have not joined this big family, please feel free to contact the Ontario Alumni Association of each institution.