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Date: 11 – 12 September 2021
Time: 9.00am – 5.30pm
Venue: The Hang Seng University of Hong Kong (11 September 2021, Saturday)
Po Leung Kuk Jockey Club Pak Tam Chung Holiday Camp (12 September 2021, Sunday)
With the beginning of the new academic year, Honours Academy (HA) welcomes our 16 newly-admitted members of the 2nd cohort. On the 11th and 12th September, the annual leadership training camp was held for the members from both 1st and 2nd cohort. With experienced trainers from Training Master International Ltd, the 2-day Leadership Training Camps were conducted on the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong campus (11st Sept, Saturday) and in the Po Leung Kuk Jockey Club Pak Tam Chung Holiday Camp (12 Sept, Sunday).
On Day 1 of the training camp, through some simple yet engrossing ice-breaking activities, members of the two cohorts quickly built up their friendships with one another. After a morning of invigorating team-bonding exercises, our two HA Co-Chairmen, Prof YV Hui (Provost and Vice-President, Academic and Research) and Dr Tom Fong (Vice-President, Organisational Development), joined our HA family for lunch, listening to them about their thoughts on their morning adventure.
Later in the afternoon, members took part in the activity – One Symbol One Message, where members were blindfolded and given some puzzle pieces. With their sights being taken away, members must communicate with each other and figure out the total number of shapes given to their team. Through many trials and errors, the HA members completed the domino challenge by building a domino of the name and logo of the Honours Academy together.
The second day of the leadership training camp took place in Po Leung Kuk Jockey Club Pak Tam Chung Holiday Camp. Surrounded by the beautiful nature of Sai Kung, HA members started their day with an ecology tour, where they took a leisure midday stroll in the countryside. After bathing themselves in the comfort of mother nature, members were asked to share their views with each other under the lead of a professional ecologist. In the afternoon, under the guidance of the trainers, HA members learnt more about the 18 Sustainable Development Goals. Through a series of games and activities that allowed members to experience the process of city planning, members accomplished the goals of the game by building their ideal city.
The HA Leadership Training Camps 2021 not only strengthened the bonds among the first and the second cohorts, creating a more harmonious and sharpened idea of the HA family, but also enlightened our members on the importance of being a global citizen and an inspirational leader.
八月已矣，深夏落幕。伴隨新學年的發軔，香港恒生大學榮譽學院的十六位第二屆新學員如期而至。二零二一年九月中週末，榮譽學院號邀請了兩屆學員，以為期兩日（九月十一日於恒生大學校園本部；九月十二日於保良局北潭涌渡假營）的領袖訓練日營，在專業領袖訓練團隊的培訓及指導下，拉開學院專業訓練的帷幕，學員終稛載而歸。
訓練營首日是榮譽學院兩屆學員的首次見面。三十三位以卓越溝通及領導才能入選的菁英，隨著一連串緊湊刺激而高速更替組員的分組破冰活動下，僅僅一個上午便摒除了兩屆學員素未謀面的拘謹，共同融入榮譽學院的大家庭。是日中午，學員更有幸邀請榮譽學院的兩位聯席主席—許溢宏教授（行政辦公室常務暨學術及研究副校長）及方永豪博士（行政辦公室副校長(機構發展)），共進午餐並聆聽學員的分享。
午膳用畢，學員迎來了首個重大的挑戰：「一個代號，一個信號」。任務過程，眾學員被劃分為三組，以競賽的形式在視覺遭屏蔽的狀態下，依靠僅餘的感官去感知、表達、記憶並快速整理散落在個人手中的十數項複雜信號。此刻，眾學員終領略身為未來領袖必具的核心能力—聆聽及溝通技巧。
隨著日暮將近，訓練營的首日也將落幕。眾學員接受了首日訓練營的最後一個任務：「骨牌挑戰」。有別於是日所有活動，三十三位學員將協作以用盡愈千骨牌作前提，在限時內搭建榮譽學院的象徵—院徽及其名字。經近三小時的反覆試驗及修正，眾學員最終成功搭建複雜的骨牌模型，並在一片歡呼中推倒骨牌的引子。
翌日的訓練於北潭涌渡假營舉行。清晨，學員隨巴士駛入一山又一谷，終抵達隔鬧市喧嘩於十里以外的郊野。初秋的朝陽下，濃綠萬枝承和煦而芬腴，而一日之計在於晨，學員在訓練員暨專業導賞員的帶領下，伴清風拂過踏上林間小徑，走一場短暫的生態旅行。漫步紅樹林，細看寄居蟹，暫留綠湖邊，仰望數十年前的民居，透過滿布青苔的石磚回顧昔日的小鎮故事，親歷其境體驗刻骨銘心。導賞教練的介紹橫跨生態自然與歷史情懷，導入經濟發展與城市規劃，終歸至是日的訓練主題：可持續發展。
而後，眾學員又得到展現自己的所學與才華的機會—亦是領袖訓練營的最終任務。學員在接受進一步的可持續城市發展教育後，角色扮演一位世界公民並投身於一項「世界可持續發展城市專案計畫」。其中，學員各司其職，如城市規劃者、設計師及建築工程師，以達成指定可持續發展城市目標為目的，合作並體驗策畫，聆聽其他同為未來領袖的同學的意見，與夥伴一同踏出履行世界公民職責的第一步。
(Written by Icelyn Choy and Ray Chan @HA Editorial Team)
Our HA unique domino, together with our stronger-than-ever team spirit, came to life, after hours of our HA students’ perseverance.
Our two HA Co-Chairmen, Prof YV Hui (Provost and Vice-President, Academic and Research) and Dr Tom Fong (Vice-President, Organisational Development), and the two cohorts united as one.
Four SDGs-based fascinating global sustainable cities are engineered by our very own HA students.
The one and only HA Family with the professional training team.