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Q: Recently there is a student who wrote to you
asking to build a Muslim restaurant in CUHK. Yet,
people have different views on this issue. How do you
demonstrate the qualities of a leader with regard to
this incident?
A: Talking about the vision of leaders, this is an opportunity
for us to learn to respect cultural difference and that we
should not force others to conform to our way of living and
thinking. Only when we have such accommodating attitude
can we attract all kinds of talents to come to this university
or Hong Kong at large. In this case, though I may not get
100% support from students, staff and the public, I would
have to try to listen to everybody’s voice and explain to
them why I am doing this. My purpose is to use this as a
lesson for everybody to learn how to accommodate each
other’s need.
During the interview, Professor Sung
revealed a secret to UMP – recently,
the university has been engaging the
Manchester United to give us some
opportunities for training in order to
establish a strong football team in CUHK.
He thinks that football is very special
since it is not a one-man sport as good organization in the team is required. Also, he believes that a good football team can
connect the whole university together to build up the university spirit. A good football team can even benefit society as they
can do some charity work and community work which can bring the university’s core values to the public. Hopefully we will
see a world-class football team in CUHK very soon.
Afterword
Q: People say university is a miniature of society.
How does the University prepare young people as
aspiring leaders in society?
A: University education has the most important role of
preparing young people from an adolescent who still
rely on their parents to becoming an independent and
responsible adult. The university should give teenagers
exposure to global issues to make our students be aware
of these things so that they can become global citizens.
The other thing I think the university is mandated to do
is to allow students to learn to work with other people.
Nowadays everything has to be accomplished by a team
of people who are willing to put their best talents together
in order to produce a result that is of greater impact to the
world.
Q: What tips would you give to our students in order
for them to become successful leaders in the future?
A: The first thing is that they should read broadly. Read
books that may not be related to their major studies but
anything they can put their hands on. Recently we had
a survey and found that university students rarely read
any books other than the notes and powerpoints they are
given, which is quite disappointing. Secondly, meet many
more people, especially people from different walks of life.
I strongly encourage our students to interact with non-local
students. I know that our students are sometimes a bit shy
and feel that their command of English may not be that
good. But try to talk to them and only through interactions
like these will you start to feel comfortable with using
English.
3 DO YOU LEAD WELL?
UMP 大學廣場
OCT 2013